The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-30
TIE FARMERS TAXES
WILL DEREDUCED

Reform. This Is grossly false. Neffl-I
Ter Mr.. Dawson nor the Republican,
has abandoned lax reform Mr..
Dawson stands where he always stood
for the abolition of State taxes and q
Just n equitable system of taxation:
Mr.. Dawson stands on the Republican
platform. That platform a adopt
Ted July -, 1904; and in less thar six
weeks the Observation-Disclosures 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 25
years. The Republicans have abol
Eished State taxes.
The Democratic Way.
Democrats are attacking the az re-
vision movement, simply beca1se it is
la Republican idea. In the twenty-fous
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
Ety in his state is animated by the
same spirit and purDose as the Dem
Eocratic party in the Nation, which
wants to tear down, not build up.
The National Democratic party oD-
poses protection because it is a Re
publican principle. The National Dem
ocratic party opposed the Panama Ca
nal because it was backed by Repub-
lican leaders. The National Demo
cratic party attempted to arrest the
course of affairs in the Spanisn-Amer-
lean war when our fleets were fighting
and our armies marching because a
Republican President was in the
| White House. The National Democrat.
ic party tried to undo that which 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 were changing TO
gold, because the 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
to the work of the asst Legislature
and Introduces the subject by assert
- 80, ~ E.
ing that the bills passed were hidden
from the law-making body and We're
prohibited from every member of the
Legislature. II is charged thai they
We're crudely drawn, full of inconsis-
tencies, and antiquities, and provided
an insufficient system, OF taxation.
containing many obnoxious features
affecting the collection of State revc-
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 very favorably
with the author of the Democratic
pamphlet. They are clear, plain and
incisive and may we'll be understood
by any layman who takes the trouble
to examine them. The bills We're
given full and free discussion. They
were printed in practically every
newspaper in the State before they
become laws. The people were 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 ave been dis
tributed over the State and they have
been very fully and fairly explained
by Republican leaders. If there is
anybody who doesn't know what they
mean, or What they will do, it is be-
cause they ant read or won't read,
can't understand or won't understand.
These laws do not Dear harsnly on any
interest, but they provide for equal
and just taxation of every ntereS and
the wiping out of siX-sevenths of the
direct tax now levied of So cents on
the hundred dollars and eventually a
total reduction of all of it.
Constitutional Amendment.
The author OF the pamphlet next
directs his attention to the cOnStitu-