The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-08-19
nEBrnCzHTS SATISFIED WITH FAX

SYSTEM
no response t. our rgr'arted
aiisi sc Draaocr,ttir papers 4liat
fDs Eor the pubic bsnesfs the
tldesof themselves ana gtheir pas.ss- ON
the tax reform question They pass
over requests in silence ana since
they viii not. define themselves the
Telegram has taken Il. pains to look
the matter. md ssce rust wthurs they
as stand. According to the Demaaatic
stsl glistEorm, ssas FatBished lg the
Clarlssbnrg News August @, these words
are found in that platform
We declare that tire Democrrtie party
N Is 1t always has been, is in favor
81 s.ssiiiforlr.. ,aJzEteznoSf taxation, so ar
ranged as that Il will hear equally upon
an person and properly alike, 80 That
equal and exact justice may be done to
ailsnsn that I,eealEility sof right without
the equality of bnrdenisnay prevail. But
believizg that these objects may be at
sained,dn the, fullest aand fairest -sense
under she present ,coRstitution, we APP
prove Cine enactutant 81 a law providing
for ban for n convention to frame a
new constitution for tine state, TO tine
endisthGt the pseple tshereof may vote
upon azil. decide 'tise questions here i'm
VOWED, an accordance evijth their wishes
and best Judgment
sThes 1aader via natiee first that they
say they want ,eusEy, one to pay ssiiast
4 pFoporti9n, of tax ind sin the same SEN
fence tlqy say di,ey tw1nt equsllity OF
gihf bat that they ,uzGnt that roo pre-
vail without equality 81 burden The
average mind can not comprehend what
that iIaes1ss and IL ia 81 4Elatter Of .gnave
doubt az Hose who awrose it know wlrIf
1t 4aeaAa Taxes ure. hooked upon q
somewhatoof n bundsn and the platform
here hoida cout that veew, but 1t ,wSSiEl
seem from a literal construction OF the
plank on tiJhis question rIhat they de
clare themselves oYaossd 10 equality Of
burden in aAe matter OF iGS:atiou, end, if
that be. tplts,. they ne, asssIredly nHPos-
/, ed to sgstem that Imposes esgullity
OF valuation of property and payment
.gtsof tax. In nj her words the plank con
4 yeys the ideSl that they ,avant to exempt
some from rasaeir just a'ropor tion of aaz
So much fnrrs,iat paza aSf It
But the reader wiz also notice taIt
they believe ssiie present ,oOCsstitutiOn is
an sufficient Jlr this respect, for do we
not read in ,4sle Cla1lssbuEg News al
August 5, wtii4h published 'taee platform
fstiiat day, those words. -''but, believing
that Ihese Objects may rbe-s.ttained n
fithe.fu fullest. anu fairest sense under the
.,present constitut&oni" TR.asiis. certainly
plain enough fOrvthe average man. Does
s.itsunot. say the -skresent constitution is
all sufficient, ,,epsars to fine fullest and
fairest. SENSE add since 1t <snys that,
does the Democrats. party mot say that
int; IS satisfied wi1iss the present lax sys-
tferni And leaving this iEaTessien, at
Sltsmp4s - make tbs people aaieSe that
ut fayars TAX reform eontra&zVrt dts own
hiatform dsolaratAms.
Il Then. notice thaS.ift wants 6 new con-
! asssutisn, s1t .why'9 i tt. says ut wants
toilet the people haae.an opportunity to
yoieasnsSsue -questanse,. but Il doesvaot
Z defnes those questions. 1t does mot seSsn
point out, sraname. &,Fsingle oHs tnat- it
wants the people to, vote on and Ne
eide. dsf s-esss1se, it aan. not mean 'thc
tax question, since it seys the RBesSRt
system is,alIy rsgit, and -atsat the puesent
construction faaly covene that question:
This 6siIsg the situation, there IS ~
niger sn,t the wnSdpile.n n may Be that
that pa1ty ,.ysanss to .sIip,s,iin a silly
etites eection IA the constitution, OF,
something even more miadkevious and
Unconstitutional
At any ante, although theydzefused 20
define the1r IRarty.s position aan the tax
question, Vle haEe,t taken their own plat
form and di,own rtaern .exa.saly whers
they stand IN the burning question Of
the day, and having learned f1pm this
where they do stand, ttEsey may new pro-
ceed to argue with the people that the
present system is correct and that the
Snsesment along tthe line of tax Beform
is all wrong. Tsey may now go even so
far as to say tax reform e a bad thing
Must like their eanaiiete 6or governor
Says shout the Tax Comnission biils
Listen TO them saying Hetsy g. .DsSsis
,gas q fool for helping TO get these haIs
up or for working ON a system that
ended to change the pussent system 10
he slightest.
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