The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-04
lHIEFARhlIEEER2S TAXES
WILL BE REDUCED

office in the last Democratic regime.
1t charges Mr.. Dawson with the aban-
%donInent Of every principle of Tax
Reform. This is grossly false. Meth
er Mr. Dawson nor the Republican
party has abandoned tax reform. Mr.
Dawson stands where he always stood
for the abolition of State taxes and a
just and equitable system Of taxation.
Mr.. Dawson stands on the Republican
platform. That platform was adopt
ed July 13, 1904; and in less than six
weeks the Republican Legislature had
redeemed practically every promise
the platform made. The Republicans
did more for tax reform in six weeks
than the Democrats did in all the %
years. The Republicans have abol-
ished State axes.
The Democratic Way.
Democrats are attacking the tax re-
vision movement, simply because it is
a Republican idea. In the t~wenty-fOu>
years that the Democratic party held
power they made no attempt whatever
to readjust and improve our tax laws.
They know nothing of constructive
craftsmanship. The Democratic par
ty in this State is animated by the
same spirit and purpose as the Dem
ocratic party in the Nation, which
wants to tear down, not build up
The National Democratic party op-
poses protection because it is Il Re
publican principle. The National Dem
ocratic party opposed the mann Ca
nal because it vas backed by Repub-
lican leaders The National Demo
cratic party attempted to arrest the
course of affairs in the Spanish-Arner-
lean war when our fleets were fighting
and our armies marching a Il
Republican President was in the
White House. The National Democrat
ic party tried to undo that whic1 had
taken place in the Philippines because
the Philippine policy was formulated
by the Republicans. The National
Democratic party sought TO change
the MONEY policy in this country to
silver just when the powerful ma
tons of the world We're changing to
gold, because h Republican party
stood for the gold standard. The
Democratic party in this State is the
same as the Democratic party in the
Nation, the party of obstruction and
negation. the party which stands for
nothing but opposition. This party is
true to its principles and policies in
this campaign in arraying itself
against every good thing which the
Republican party has accomplished or
seeks to accomplish.
New Laws, "
The pamphlet next gives attention
10 the work of the last Legislature
and Introduces the subject by assert
ing that the bills passed were hidden
from the l~aw-making body and We're
prohibited from every member of the
Legislature. 1t is charged that they
were crudely drawn. full of incOusis-
tencies and antiquities, and provided
ar insufficient system of taxation,
containing many obnoxious features
affecting the collection of State
nue.. Here is another tumble of false
hood. The fact of The matter is these
bills were drawn by several of the
leading lawyers in the State, whose
position will compare very favOrablE
with the author of the Democratic
pamphlet. They are clear, plain and
incisive and may we'll be understood
by any laymaIs, who takes the trouble
to examine them. Tho bills We're
given full and free discussion. They
We're printed in practically every
newspaper in tie State before they
become laws. The people ere in
formed at every step in this legisla-
ton and the Legislature knew what
it was doing. The passage Of the
bills is a great step onward toward
the realization of tax revision. Since
these measures have become laws,
thousands of the acts have been dis
tributed over the State and they have
been very fully and fairly explained
by Republican eaders. If there is
anybody who doesn't know what they
mean, or what they will do. it is be-
cause they can't read or won't read,
understand or won't understand.
These laws do not bear harshly on any
but they provide for equal
and just taxation of every interest and
the wiping out of s~iX-seVenthS of the
direct tax now levied of 35 cents on
the hundred dollars and eventually q
total reduction of all of it.