The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-02

claim Of reduced tHK rate aud in
HialH with quotations from tie con
atitutlan and various other aufhoft.
ties that there has been 10 real Re
duetiun IF the fax rate. that the
farmer Is going - pay Just about
three times as mitch taxes as Ia the
past
Hundreds Of republican business
men are opposed - the republican
candidate because Of aet8 performed
b. him In his capacity na secretary
ct state. Ia the efforts Of these
men and manY other republican
heltefa to vote for eoruweil and
Roosevelt. the vetea vii be entire
u lost because opthe complex put
lnK requirements IN this state
Instead II marking names With
crosses Il voter scratches from the
ballot the tickets he does not want
e vote II be wants TO scratch the
ticket he must write the name 81
the candidate 81 the other party
All the candidates man votes for
must be In one column. aud names
must be written Ia particular
way Informally with regard To
single name destroys the entire bal
lot Thousands Of votes will be
lost IN this way 4 good many re-
uuhlleaaa. feeling most interest In
the tar question and fearful Of los
ing their ballot. VII vote the demo
cratic ticket straight
A strong fight Is being made By
| the democrats on tho proposition
that there should be a Street tar on
the oil gaa and coal produced In the
state. Republicans claim that tho
+ new law taxing those lands at their
full value constitutes fair system
OF taxation The democrats fetoft
that under this Law ths burden Of
qaxatlan falls on the land owner.
/ Under the oa8sF pAn Il would fall
| principally on the corporations. II
least 80 far aa oil aud gas are con.
eerned
I For instance. the ordinary ell
+ lease provides that the owner Of the
land shall get ons-elghth Of the
/ product and the corporations devsi
f uping the wells aeYeneeiRhthn.
Under this new Law the owner Of
the land pays all the tar II the
n oduet we're taxed then seven
elKhfha Of the amount would be
paid ~ the corporation. Coal lands
as a rule are owned by the com
panlea developing them. so that the
question Of whether the tax shall Be
on the property OF on the product
does not cut so much figure IN
Mcdowell county land now liated At
81 uilI be raised 70 g. 600 an acre.
In one respect the republicans are
in about the same position a. Wa
their party when euaRresa passed
the Mckinley bill. Just before the
presidential campaign Of i&s2. There
Was not time between the enactment
~ the Iuw and the aiestion to make
it, provisions clear The opposition
Nas given the benefit Of al doubts.
These West Virginia tar laws we're
passed az = session OF the ieKiHia-
tnQ which ended August Il. The
republicans arc working Ike Tro-
Jzua Ia save themselves from Pc ST
effects that may result from having
the LAYS misunderstood
One democratic orator has charged
that the republicans are not only
srahhlng the living. but reaching
their felonlouaa fingers into the
poeknfH u nphfsritY.' The repnhs
Leans deny IT,
Senator Elklna. republican lead
er. Is supporting the republican
ticket as Ssli "a he can in Yisw Of
the fact that Henry g Davis. demo
cratic candidate for vice president.
la bis fathsr.in-law. business part
ner. and that TOY have the highest
regard for each other Mrs EikinH
and the boys arc aaid to be strong
for Davis.
senator Nathan h Scott. ehum II
the late Senator Hanna and repuh-
lichn leader. Il a candidate for re-,
election He b. no republican op-
poeltlan. John T. MeGFaw. state
leader Of the democrats. viii prob
ahlY 20 10 the senate II hts party
controls the Legislature. They are
working hard. but. like the national
candidates. they are swallowed up
IN the tax issue