The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-23

go through a saloon into some back
room in order to reach their voting
place. It is so in other cities, and
presume it has been here.
Il would establish voting places, if
I had the power, in the most respect
able places, in your court house, for in
stance. Law sits there, and it is a
dignified place 1t would not cheaper
and degrade the ballot but would add
dignity to it.
What I shall now say is not based
upon any personal investigation, or
upon any official report, but on the
common reports which seem on the face
of them to show that at the primary
last Saturday an infamous fraud was
perpetrated. What I say I wish to say
as the monitor of the public conscience e.
Whenever the ballot is corrupted the
foundations of government are under
mined. No primary or convention can
induce me to vote for a man whose
nomination is tainted with eruption
(ApplauSe.) This is not personal as to
any particular candidate. for 1 do not
know the candidates who would be
affected one way or another by these
allegations. But I repeat that ] would
not vote for man whose nomination
is tainted with fraud, and hope no one
else will. AS a believer in civic right
eousness. I think the matter ought to
be probed to the center. If the can
vassing board will not go back of the
returns and investigate what appears
TO De an INFAMOUS IIduQs the GlllZCuS
themselves ought to go back of it for
themselves, and enter their protest in
behalf of public righteousness"
DR.. Mcfarland then spoke briefly on
the subject of tax-dodgers, concerning
which a great deal has been said during
the past few weeks.
I think we may do very we'll" Dr..
Mcfarland said, to guard against false
/ conclusions based on imperfect infor-
nation in this matter 1t is a matter
,f11, ,ic5T4 44ersa
| Every citizen in a community as a
matter of simple public honesty, ought
| to be willing to pay his share towards
! the support of the government under
/ which he lives. The man who does not
| is guilty of getting something for moth
/ ing. He receives protection and pays
nothing for it.
There are a great number of peo-
pie who pay nothing at all. There are
| wage earnerS who may well be excused
from it. They do not own their homes
their income is limited, and the exemp-
/ ton allowed by the state is sufficient
/ to cover their personal property. We
/ would probably be surprised to learn
| the great number of families who pay
| nothing except a poll tax. The great
burden of taxation, therefore, falls or
| the owners of real estate and the veal
| thier citizens
Now it is my information, and if
am mistaken I hope some Of the at.
torneys present will correct me. thaf
corporations are assessed upon theil
capital stock. Many men of wealtl
have a great portion of their money in
vested in corporations-in railroads
manufacturing industries, banks,- anC
the like. Now each of these corpora
tions pay their own taxes, and if q maI
was assessed upon his individual stool
he would be paying double taxes. Fo-
this reason it is not easy to judge whel
a reputed man of wealth is paying hi
full quota of taxes.
But I wish to say that a man VIII
will lie on any subject ought to be pu
down as liar The man who stea s
either from individuals or from tn
public, ought to be branded as a thief
and called such in plain Anglo-Saxon.