Daily camera., 1899-06-08

sen,a,Ives of the railroads were present
and Mr.. Pollard, for the b. & NJ. had
clearly shown that the roads were dis
crimnated against. rather than favored.
His road is assessed at over $1,000 mile.
which, at the prevailing rate Of one third
of actual value, would make its cash val
uauon $4,000 a mi T. We are nat a
champion of these corp Por@uons ou' sheer
demagcgy can alone IL ad a man, sworn
to tax all with even lnparilalIty, 10 advo'
cate the Goct ire that, because they are
corporations. the state board should
tighten the cInch. A very neat reply to
Mr.. Ames was that gwen by the assessor
of El Paso county. who said that his
county would not attempt TO hold over a
threat, OF qus S ion the integrity, of the
state board of equalization, whose heao.
| Governor Thomas, was present and an
earnest advocate of harmonious and
effective action by the meeting, bu
would give loyal supper: TO the demand
for more revenue by showing an increase
of five million dollars supplied by basis
of 50 per cent valuation. However,
Ames had accomplished the meeting S
inutility, notwithstanding the strong plea
OF the states executive, supported by
conscientious asse sors OF other counties.
Assessors followed in his strain, saying
they would wait and see what the state
board did, or with unblushing mendacity
asserting that they had assessed their
counties fully in the past and. ther fore,
assessor of Bould county promised
S6oc, 1000 increase but others admitted
they would show decrease. With $751;
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netted but little better than 100000
the other counties practically offsett,ng
each other according as the dinner or
Ames' speech happened to "set" on the
stomachs of the respective assessors.
Its the'o.d story OF Arapahoe lodging
its just proportion of taxation and outside
counties unwilling, in view of the Ames
policy to contribute an unequal amour,
to the support of the state.
The remedy? Nothing but an extra
session. The soldiers home and the in
sane asylum plead tor money. Already
they have anticipated and spent theil
revenues for 1899. The pententiary i.
in almost as bad condition. This in
sttuiion cannot be closed down, as car
the university and state normal school
else society will be endangered. And
as was well pointed out by Governor
Thomas, a state that refuses to pay it:
creditors is not likely 10 be readily &C
corded credit by private individuals tt
carry these institutions along. Instance
the example of the I2,h general asssmbl,
in refusing to provide Tor the payment o
those patriotic citizens who advanced t
Governor Adams funds to pay our vol
! unteer soldiers at the outbreak of tn,
war with Spain, and another citizen, nov
said to be threatened with bankruptcy
who. by sheer patriotism, advanced
goods and money to the amount of 81 90
to carry state institution-the soldiers
home-through trying year.
There are no terrors in an extra session
when the subject of its session is limite'
by the call to a specihc item of legisla
ton. The cost would be more than GOV
cred by the saving to the penal ant
charitable institutions from the excessiv
charges that time payments or certificate
of Indebtedness for supplies would en-
tail. Resist it as he may. and 1t is WIS
that our governor should only call a
extra session after every other mean
had been exhausted, there is now n
avenue for Governor Thomas escap
from the imperative necessity OF conver
ing the I2lh general assembly in extra
ordinary session.
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