The sun., 1903-04-14
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS MEET.
DINNER IN ALBANY IN HONOR OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON. ,Nt'

VI VIC StasS Ssss~~-~-
Is Gov. Odeli's Measures 10 Abolish Direct
S fTaxatioR ana Arvafsns the LesisIature.
ALBANY, April ia-Msny members Of
the Democratic State Committee and OF
f, the Legislature and other prominent Demo
Gratis attended the dinner OF the Demo
cratic Editorial Association of The State
In honor of Thomas jefferson at the Ten
Eyck Hotel here tonight .Ex-Assembly-
man Daniel ID. Frisbie OF Schoharie county
Z president of the association, acted as toast
1 master. Comptroller Grout OF New York
expected TO be present. but was compelled
to withdraw his acceptance on account
! OF illness.
y Andrew Mclean, editor Of the Brooklyn
( Citizen. spoke on The Day We Celebrate;
Z Ex-senator David b. Hill. ON TIE Empire
!, State Democracy" Prof. Duncan c. Lee
I OF Cornell University on Jefferson and
Education Senat ar Thomas r. Grady
THE Legislatures. John NJ Caf1isle o<
Watertown, chairman Of the executive COM
mittee of the State committee, The State
Committee" Martin W. Littleton Of Brook
Jn. jefferson and To-day" and the Hon.
Elliot Danforth. sThe Declaration Of IRde-
pendence."
In his speech David B. Hill said: -
We are assembled tonight havinc in view
% two pur poees-iirst, to pay our tribute oil
respect 70 the memory of a great statesmen statesmen
together for the welfare of our country and
We M are e neither .,iismayed nor dsheartened
by the result OF the recent contest in our
state. There are song defeats more trium,
phant than victories. Besidesi Il was "a a
sSiss %snt and hs jaass iaS SS'5 of
.iovernorship by slender plurality. and they
only held the lie gisiature because of an un,
lust Constitutional geIrymgander, gyg riot not based ea
intrenohed with all the National and State
patronage at their command. and their
sale corruption and reckiess pledges. Our
only reliance was upon right principles and a
And now, after the contest is over. the
DEMOCRATS are more united than they have
been az any time within the past ten Years.
minority Of 5000 on the popular vote OF the
state. nder these circumstances may
not be TO 70
Of Pyrrhus, who, when his friends con ngrntu-
lated him on his yictory, over tho Romans
accomplished, with great slaushter Of his
own side. said TO them: Yes. but u We have
ANOTHER sncL ,ha; yGtory We are snd9ne E,nnb
obtained by fase pretences. 1t was vocifer-
ously and constantly proclaimed throughout
hs en Sad fHa dreSt STATE
taxation through certain fiscal measures
Rsd fer ssd tSe
advantages Of this alleged financial achieve
ment were everywhere parsded before tho
public.
The Democrats protested that the oficial
figures bad been juggled With and that the
Ser1sd rsanG1on wa, ,, cny oep9rstbs sborn ano
lion Of the surplus in, the state Treasury
which had accumulated therein from time
should remain there in order TO meet uney-
pected emer2ences-9s had been repeated;
recommended By y,riGE, ,a2 CSmptr9Ilsers soin and
new schemes shonld be devised In some form
additional taxation upon the people, IL would
be found tIat direct taxation had not been
sbSI.Ssd but only pSs,P1nsd ni Ip ,;,.I e more ore
The election being over We ind. that the
people could no longer be concealed. and
, il was confe.sed in January last In tho eanysi
ist6re. in the openine q address Of the Speaker
Of the Assembly TO the body over WHICH he
presides. and ~ the annual report ot; e he
OF these oficials that the exhaustion OF the
surplus in the State treasury was, certain
revenues should be somewhere tobtained
under new legislation there would be de-
shSs s II yer tse c e. S o tSr
To meet this anticipated and Inevitable
deficiency now made apparent to every one,
by the Chief Executive in his annual IN ssage.
several have since been proposed, some
s has
1, tickle. ipoonsistent and unprecedented. Even
. now it is impossible TO predict what new
snay be fasrenet upon the people during the
ns day. ias ssssGa
fof direct State taxation. which Is being at
. village and town TAXATION; and To- the injury
of many business interests. Is not proving
direct state taxation, which for many years
oos ess sffn surds
iion which y steadily ,nT,sssnf n ha amount noun,
Saiss's Ess s.snsd q; :Ssuia not
nv Sas csss reSs shes .sSS sS
be Ss shs State scas sS
sresfer burdens Of county municipal. town
S Ssf ssSeEon sr
state taxation being not 30 dasisshie as the
Of 0 0nSrsc ss1son nhss
privbe sss. earnings and matters q that char.
oppressive TO individuals who are Arbitrarily
sub jected TO it's unreasonable e1actions.
Mr.. Hil theu reviews the various in.
direct tax measures proposed by the Gov
ernor, and says: t,t rp-8 90 f-s 1912
The situation Is not without its ludlcrous
. features 1t had been. supposed that the
urgent object. Of the, Nortsags Tax bill. AS
well az its Kindred HeasncS. was to raise
s. q e. s = sss setSa Sut 81
once, without preStouf warning. the tegis-
isfure Is told that & niaS pFocsed-,with the
sanction OF the, E1ecutive-to absolutely
Withdraw from taxhfipn woperty which y was
estimated might pruaucs faAest the extent
. Tss sSpse,,. s e cs9A| ,pgprSys@.n; II (, q
desire Of abolishing direct state taxation.
hecsuse that measure contains provision
esempting properly from all Mtsxsti9n W Of The
provided Tor in the law. and leads 10 the suspi-
zion that such provision may have been in
serted ia the bin by sn enemy rather than a
friend of the canal improvernent and for the
very purpose Of causing me measure 70 be
defeated when Il shall come before the
The Legislature has passed ord the Governor
q has approved measure providing Tor 4
i ser ts IN special tax upon inheritances received
= by direct relatives upon the death OF the
owner of the real estate. the tax 70 go to the
state but no portion OF " to localities. This
hill pnsscd the Senate by deception or mistake
u- 20 the mature OF the measure being voted
:. on and the erTos or fraud WIS refused to be
II provide. for the meanest Of all ta1es--s
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