Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-02-27
An Unfair Criticism
Explained,

re ieet az o4 Seaatoc Freudenthal
fotmeris assessO,, ed nov Senator
from Lincoln IoaHu oeseu On Sen.
ste Bill No. 27 whieI Nj !. FreJdeu.
tiatiutrnduced.
In our Carson let'e last week The
REcoRD gave the purpose OF ,be bill
correctly as amending the law en
acted Two years ago requiring tbtt
the VARIOUS assessors ID senoEg OFT
printed iss o. assessed prone, iy
each yea shall separately enumeaate
each class, such as Tes estate, i'm
provements, WORK horses, saddle
horses, stock hofsea, mich COWS,
stock cattle, etc., an6 20 slorten the
list ana save expense b. publishing
real estate and improved enis separ-
otey and grouping persoDsl prop
er,y under one tem.
Mentioning the bill tbs Sentiu 81
says "Ihe bill charges the law com-
peng tina Assessors 10 pr Il sa as
sessment roll enumerating taxable
prop artv n13 laYvas tho ta'7 rs II was
prior 70 the Act oa 1901, sad after
thus falsely quoting the proposed
amendment, contlnuss:
This 0itl should ba dufeated as it
repeals the olauserequirng SCISSORS
to publish statement endmeratiLg
all properties sssesad Wat wss
wise clause, as, to certain extent,
il prevented the couoealinent oil
properly, ald -elpel to pre- gent tax
dodging
The following expose Of str
FreudentbaPs methods while Az
SCISSOR OF Lincoln county taken ron
special dispatch TO the Reno
Journal, dated DeLamar, Nevada,
October 10, 1902. shows tbs auimus
81 Mr. Freudenthat aud that he pro-
5sbly has good reasons, or at least
reasons satisfactory to himself, for
desiring the publication clause of
the existing bill repealed" "
Then follows the lying dispatch
sent out by Sam Davis and Van
Duzer from DeLamar last fall at The
time of their political visit there
which most OF our readers remember
as foiloa VS.:
Q. ID. Van Duzer and Sam DAVIS
addressed large audience here last
evening. Mr. Van Duzer's reply to
TO Earring ton's remarks on Mr.. New
lands were digni6ed, and made
Newlands many votes.
Just at the close of Mr.. Van
Duzer's remarks the electric lights
in the hall were turned out. There
was great confusion, bat Mr.. Davis
took the platform and announced
that be would speak as advertised,
lights or no lights. The audience
remained in their seats while Mr.,
Davis continued speaking until coal
Oll iiB ulS were FAo'iNf"N'
The speaker made most starting
expose OF the way the DeLamar aud
April Fool Companies mad swindied
the State and county out OF over half
a million dollars in taxes, and he
presented an array of figures to sub
stantiate his statement. He charged
Assessor Freudenthal aud District
Attorney McNamee witn having al
lowed these companies 20 perpetrate
swindIe and throw the county into
debt.
His talk was received with hearty
demonstration by the audience and
is The tall of the town today. MAJ"
republicans admii the truth OF his
statements and say they are glad lnr
whole ching has been made p1n'ic.
Lincoln county is now safely Fusion
for the entire ticket.
That dispatch was wired by Diyls
himself IRON DeLamar, and folned
part of tie Fusion Party's mistepfe
sen,ations to gain 81 the cam
paga. Ii was made up to defeat
certain local candidates, md Freu-
6euthala nsme was dragged into 1t,
more because, as q holdovar Senator
frou tlis coQal - hl at PEI
ell himself to Mr.. Newlands, than
for anything else.
1t is well known to every tax pay
er in Lincoln County, who is at all
advised of the facts that the chhrg r
made against Mr. Freudentha! -
that dispatch were not only false
and untrue, but that he had oeen
the best and most careful Assessor
the county has ever had, as inc re-
cords Of the Office viii clearly snow,
When he was first elected the as
sessment roll contained some 4ou
names. Later the law was amended
so as to require plats of all surveyed
townships in each county, to be kept
by assessors, and all new entries
from time to time 70 be entered up,
in order that no land holdings might
escape taxation. These records
were systematically and carefully
kept by Mr.. Freudenthal, and with
in three years the tax roll showed
an increase of more than 800 nnmes
the total being nearly 1900. In the
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