The Monte Vista journal., 1899-09-09

egates after, which r. l.. Barnett IT
tho Omaha PrOxress read paper 9n
Impertalism" In which he criticised
sharply the course Of President No
kinley In the Philippines. Mrs. Ida
Oe Priest and Mrs. Clemmons read pa
pess on The CO30red Woman's Prog.
fess." h. o. Wagner Of Denver In
paper warmly commended the Filipino
war and the pres1dent. In the after
noon Kew. w. f. DeClaybroOk opencsi
with talk on preachers and editors,
in which be compared both to chick.
ems With all the feathers picked Oh.
J. d. D. Rivers Of the Colorado States-
man talked on advertising" and !,
general discussion followed on how
many neWspapers q town could sup
port Captain q. W. Jones spoke oa
The Political Power Of the Negro
Press" saying that its influence was
unlimited. W. W. Taylor cioeed the
speaking BY 4 vigorous talk on s'Thu
Animosities Of the Press." The cleo
ton resulted A. follows: Pres&denx,
| W. w. Taylor Of Salt Lake City; arst
vice prcsident. ]. d. d. Rivers OF Den.
yer: second vice president, Mrs. r. Il.
Emery. The Sun. Aanitou; secretary.
=. w. Jones Of Wichita. Kansas: treas
urer, J. w. Durham Of The Colorado
| 1850 ssS VANNuAaNC COuUuIllCS IN
composed Of +. l.. Barnett. ID. l., Robe.
son, J. l.. Fleming. Mrs. Do Priest.
Mrs. B. B. Craig. Mrs. r.. 8, Glenn.
mons and Mrs. II. H. Hackley. The
editors passed q resolution Of thanxs
to their Denver hosts and to the press
OF the city. They consider the conven-
tion highly successful one and arc
pleased that the associa tion has ba.
come so thoroughly western.
| A conhscatiOn feature Of the pro-
posed inheritance tax has been Thought
OF by Representative George Smith Of
Mesa county and he has urged ity
adoption by the conference committee
OF the Legislature. This committee Ia
now considering the form In which
proposed bills shall he Introduced,
Representative Smith says all the
revenue trouble OF the state can he
F., traced primarily to the assessors and
secondarily to the rich men OF the
state and because. he says. both fall
| to regard the assessment laws, To
bring this class Of citizens to time Is
whnt l believe to he the proper course
nnd ! think ! have discovered n rem
cdy. l have become dIsgusted with
seeing valuable coal lands turned in
Tor assessment at $1.25 an acre and
pictures worth thousands OF dollars
and adorning handsome houses, cscap.
Ing taxation because they are said to
Ike included In the 500 worth of furni-
ture allowed by law. advocate n
confiscation feature Of the Inheritance
thx law. When Il man dies there
should bc power to go hack over his
assessment returns for three years and
over his property records for the same
i usal ..f Il +
he has In this time failed to make n
return OF al! his property mt a fair vnlu-
! alton. such unlisted property or Its
value should In cOnfiscatc,l under the
law and turned over to the state. In
this manner. no matter whether ricl,
men complied with the law or not,
there would Ike IN abundance Of state
revenue. II property were not assessed
at fair value Il would revert to the
state. and u all property were assessed
as 1t should lse the state treasury would
l.e far from empty Representative
Smith will strongly urge this feature
before the conference committee, sev-
eral OF the members Of which are In
favor Of lis adoption. Nj. Saith has
made NO figures on this matter. bat
roughly calculates that II Il could be
made . law this one bill would meet
i sesE &usIbtSOUab uG10l U&,&AU3 OIL v0e
state. He ASSERTS that instead Of being
tax on Industry this confIscatIon TEA.
ture ~ proposed by him is a penalty
for the evasion Of tax laws aud a pr,.-
MUM on honesty.
| Commissioner General Ferdinand W.
Peck Of the United States Paris com
mission. spent Wednesday In Denver
with q part OF his staff Al a mass
meeting AT the Mining Exchange build.
Ing he cast aside the Colorado Paris
commissioners, not one Of whom was
there. and asked the Chau,l,e OF Com.
mercc 10 all him In securing from the
Cripple Greek district n million dol.
lars worth of pure gold for 4 pyramid
for the United States exhibit. Mr.
Peek made sOne explanations ~ FOL.
Iows: There IL existing a misunsier-
standing regarding the nature Of our
participation In the great forthcoming
event ut Paris. and there has been
somc embarrassment owing 10 the fact
that state commissioners have bes.u ap-
| pointed In various states without pron
err knowledge or considerations of the
conditions surrounding tue situation
| France Invited the Cnittsi Rtates ns
one Of 0fty -osse nations 10 participate
In hcr xrrat exlsosition. and requested
the appointment Of a cunilnlsaIOueY
general 10 represent the interests Of
the United states as such. The rules
of the French exposition declare that
the exposition shall In distinctly nu.
tionni nad In no way Interstate. aud
that no states or sections Of nations
should bc recognized. Therefore. therf
II little that the state commissions can
tlp 10 ni,i tl,c national. True. they may
attend to the gathering of such rxhil,.
| its o. the educational and the textile
arts and the like. hut they must do 20
only In cooperation with the Que com.
mission rccognlxcsi by ftnmtv.." Gen.
crnl Peek ih~n 1nvc 4 detailed ,ls~4,rir.
tlou VI the plans Of the commission.
the way the space u divided and the
value Of the exhibition ss \ whole.
lie gave n glowing aud highly ~laslucnt
statement II the l~Driit. 10 liz derived
from AFFAIR." of this character, snd
closed with n remarkably stirring mn.
peal 10 Colorado. And now I. want
To Sell you" l,c continued. "oe the
staIs We hav" In this grand opera nj
Paris" lie told Of tho great ideals In
each department.. ranging from the La
fayrttc monument 10 twenty. .six Of shr
largest locomotives In the world. And
the greatest stnr I have reserved for
Colorado" he aaid. 1T will top the
most remarkable mining exhibit 10 the
world. I want = pyramid of aolisl,
gruulne pure gold. worth at Ieast g..
on. 100. The metal must mt be koi.
low or vrsecrcd Or false In any mar.