The Columbus journal., 1904-08-10
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1ho 0eaAo Dsasa.
The state hoard Of assessment and
has completed IT. laboes
and it has done we'll The task Of
applying the new syseem Of revenue
when dinerent localities, Glasses and
Interests were seeking 20 beat one
another va . most dimcult ooe, and
while Of coarse the work Of The board
10 nos AaWlss. Il would b hard 20
solect another ct o1 0ea Who Woad
done better. Evsey editor. every ssal
estate man. every merchant, every
farmer. II certain thAt he coald havo
settled the Iailway taxn&ioa matter ina
half hour. but ea&her dx oR thsse mso
together and yoa win 80 how their
opiuioos viii differ and how easily any
Of them cao b TANGLED when is CONES
to Hgasing On hallway Valuations.
Summerissd, The work Of tho lav
and the board has been 70 naiss ths
total valuatioa Of the saats from @lse,.
45s. S97,. - last ysar 70 @ssa. 79l, 3oa IS.
A. IL has fixed tho state lsvy at 6 mills
there viii b . silght increase In rsv.
0nue.
Now let % 80 who has been hit tho
hardest by that law paaeed By q ''rail.
road legislaturs'' and administered
By . board composed Of naughty. man.
eating. blood.suoking. corporation
eerfs.
Last year the proparty OF ali kinds
In Nebraska. exclusive Of the railroads
Va assessed at Sl6l. Isl. As. a; this
year IL 10 Ss4s, ,6s8. 456. a.
The incraess 70 81 IA per cent.
Last year railroad property was
assessed ct "a. .sS4. .sa6. This year
the railroad properties arc valued st
%. .Oss. s5s. IS.
The increase 10 20 per cont.
There 10 mute but eloquent srgu.
ment which answers all the slash that
10 being circulated about "redeeming''
the state. Tho state 10 ''redeemed, I"
thank you. and never va In more
safe hands than it 10 today.
One might 90 further along this
line and show that . goodly part Of
that 81 par cent raise in farm and per.
sonal property 10 presented By proper
ty just brought to light, which Of
course would lower tho proportion Of
increase on property formerly assees.
Cd, and IL might b shown, TOO. that
II tho county boards exercise good
JUDGMENT In making tho levies taxes
on farm properties viii b lowered On
tho whole, and other facts % interest.
inR and - pleasant to oootenplate
might b cited. But tho al absorbing
question has been: "Who viii get tho
worst Of IT," and the answer stands
there upon record absolutely refatlns
tho charges, slanders and insinuations
Of membsrs OF the opposition party
Who desired The law 20 fail. prayed
Tor IL % fail. hsmpsrsd tho hoard In
every possible way In order 70 bring
about . failure but now are forced 20
shy away from the figures % tho evil
o0s flies before the sign OF tho crosa.
When disoussing state politics With
. fasionist. just write down tho DC.
urss "70'' and write 'sailruads''
opposite them; thsa write down the
figures "54" on . line with tho "ths
people" and 80 how suddenly your
joint debate viii terminate. Thosa
6gares and words represent the pro.
portion OF increase for the two Glasses
OF property this year. Rsmsmber
them and hold them up 70: the in
epection OF your popalistie or demo.
cratic neighbors. 4 two houEs speech
could not b moro sneotivs.-Ex.
0ebrasks q 1epabllean.
II have read several published state
msnts, said . member Of tho Republican
State Central Committee yesterday, !" and
have heard it oftsn said that The legisls-
ture will bs close this year and the
Republicans may fail to have majority.
l have been looking into the matter and
have gathered together some figures that
ought to settle it. A. . Consequence /
predict that the Republicans vail have
over 100 members OF the next iegislatura
There arc 1S3 members Of tho legisla-
tura. In the last Legislature there vses
los Republicans and % Fusionists, s|
Republican majority Of n. Ssvsoty-six
OF the Republican members had msioei.
ties Of over 200 votea Only 8 of The q
Fusion members had majorities OF over
200 OF tho % Republicans elected BY
less than 200 majority each, the average
majority vas III. while 20 Fusionists
were elected by IN average majority Of !
GO each.
Tho Republican najoritiss Of tho . |
that wsre elected BY Len than 200 votes
vere - follows: 8. TO- II. s. IS. s., 10 |
"a. 80 80. 80. lO7, 100. no. ll9. l2o, ia,
l4l. 142, 142, l43, IA, lA6. 156. ia, $50,
lS4. l9e. 19d On the other hand. the
majorities OF tho 20 Fusionists elected
BY less than 200 votes sre - follows: z
8, II. IA. Is, 20. 25 q. IS. A, s. IS, 81,
%. 9A Ill, l3l, 40 and l38.
"A glance at the figures reveals some
peculiar facts. The Republicans had IS
members elected BY Eajoritiss OF over
100 votes, while tho Fusiouists elected
only II members BY over 100 majority.
Il shows also that thsre ars in the Re-
publican column and that thsy ars vssy
much closer than tho % called o)oee Re-
publican districts.
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