The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-14
CROWDS HEAR and
APPLAUD BLACK
Over 5000 in the Audience
Yesterday at Atlantic
City.
CHEERS FOR EQUAL TAXATION
Champion of the Great DEM
cretic Doctrine Gets
Ovations.
CHEERS FOR EQUAL TAXATION
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Special to 1.-THE Jersey City News.D
ATLANTIC CITY ,I@Oct. 13, 1904
In the face of adverse weather conditions
Atlantic county gave Charles G. Black
and his campaigning party a royal. wei
come yesterday. A whirl through the
county was made by rail and automobiles
| and at every stopping place enthusiastic
receptions were given to the candidate.
Mr.. Black spoke at several places and in
each speech gave telling arguments,
forcefully illustrated by local. application
on the equal taxation question.
Mr.. Blacks plain, terse statements on
taxation are travelling before him and at
places where it is not planned for him to
speak people are asking him to explain
the equal taxation doctrine. The party
rushed over 152 miles and touched ten
places.
The circuit eliminated in large and
enthusiastic meeting last night on
Young's pier. The candidate dined at
pYoung's hotel with Judge Joseph Thomp-
son of the state tax board,y and Mrs.
Thompson After dinner Mr. Black.
and party was escorted to the Democrat
ic>headquarters on Atlantic avenue. where
a reception was held. Several hundred
people shook his hand. A procession was
formed, and, headed by a. band, marched
! to the pier.
The stage was elaborately decorated
and occupied by 200 of the leading Dem
ocrats of the county About 1900 peo-
pie attended and the meeting was the
most enthusiastic of the tour. Judge
Eirhompson presided and George A. Bour-
geos was secretary. Mr.. Black made a
magnificent appeal for the principles of
the Democratic platform and his speech
was continually punctuated with loud ap-
plause. He spoke for thirty minutes,
and said:-
when party machinery is responsive
to the popular will the people make tile
| nominations. In the Democratic State
convention the. people spoke and aN plat
form was adopted containing the princi-
pies of Democratic faith, economy in
government and equal taxation Then
the standard was placed in my hands to
these principles to the people, and
come here so you can look ME square in
the eye and see what the next Governor
of New Jersey looks like.
mo one can deny the general propo-
sition that popular government de-
mands common tax to meet the com-
mon burden. The application of that
truth is found III the Democratic plat
FORM Equal taxation is a living, vital
issue. 1t is the doctrine that railroad
property should be taxed on an equality
with the property of every private owner
Il am not unmindful of the value of
the railroads and have no word to say
in condemnation of them. The only prob
lem to be solved is, shall they be exempt
ed at the. expense of every private tax
payer, or Shall they pay dollar for dollar
with the private owner?'
Speaking further, Mr.. Black gave a
lucid explanation of the state tax SYSTEM
showing the difference in the method Of
taxing the railroads and private property.
He said it is the policy Of tie Demo-
cratic party to change the act, of 1884 so
! that the railroads will be brought on an
equal basis with all other taxpayers. He
gave graphic illustrations drawn from
this county and city as he proceeded.
These made "a great hit and were loudly
appIauded. Some Of these follow
Atlantlc County has l56 miles of rail-
road taxed at s272.2o on valuation Of
S2,sl5,29s. The County tax is $143o,
and if fully taxed at that rate they
would pay the County over 10000. That
is the application and we propose to en-
force it. The Republican doctrine is to
make the railroads pay taxes at local
rates on only s245,ooo Of their property
outside the main stem Or roadway 100
fsetswide- That would not give Atlantic
County dollar more tax. In this city
the railroads pay only $s,3aS in taxes
and 100000 worth Of their properly
pays not dollar Of tax Tor the benefit