Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
w. w. VanWinkle Asked About
Meaning of New Tax Laws.
HIGH LEVY CAN BE MADE
Nothing to Prevent County Courts
From Laying Levy of 95 Gents.
How It Can Be Done.

w cSI II 3 lltt 1eCpuuilSoh' oN
ed Speaker Cannon at Huntington
last Saturday. "Let them get out
and show the people the truth.
Get some reliable lawyer of stand
IL and well known integrity to
pee those new tax bills, and
let hna we the people of the State
~ honest and, unbiased opinion
Of their probable effects. Don t
let the Democrats win an election
by lying"
The reliable lawyer of standing
and well-known integrity has been
found, Mr.. Cannon. He is a Re-
publican of Republicans, and a
native West Virginian of one OF
the best known families in Repub-
lican politics. His uncle was the
first United States Senator from
West Virginia. W. W. EanWin-
kle is the Republican lawyer OF
high standing and great lec2l abil-
ity who has perused these tax
bills-not at the instance OF lying
Democrats, but at the request OF
R. J. A. Boreman, another Repub-
lican, and the nephew of the first
Republican Governor of West Vir-
ginia. Doubtless both OF these
men would have been glad to
have found that the Interpretation
that has been given these tax laws
was only the invention Of lying
Democrats, but they could not.
Because Mr.. VanWinkle is a law
yer of high standing and great le-
gal ability, he was forced to de-
clare as a trusted lawyer, in the
interest of truth to his Republican
client, who sought his gal Opin-
ion upon this mat. as a bust
ness man who wanted to know
the probable effect of these tax
laws upon his business, that upon
some of their most important
points it is Governor a. B. White
and Hon. William p. Hubbard
who are going about over the
State misrepresenting the new
tax laws and their probable eff
fects. We will not be so impOllte
as Speaker Cannon and accuse
these men Of being lying Republi-
cans, who are deliberately at
tempting to deceive the people for
political ends, but we do say that
Mr.. Hubbard knows, and Cover
nor White ought to know, that
their statements are wholly at va
rance with the truth, when they
say, for instance, that county
courts will not have power to lay
a levy for county purposes and
district road tax in excess OF 6O
cents on the 800 valuation I'M
der these new laws.
Let the "honest and unbiased
opinion" of the reliable Republi-
can lawyer be read, and then let
Mr.. Cannon tell his next West
Virginia audience, if he cares to
do so, who is lying for political
effect in West Virginia this year.
Here is what Mr.. VanWinkle
says to his Republican client, who
submitted to him six questions
concerning six points of the new
laws, every one of which was an
swered in the exact manner the
Democrats have presented them to
the people. Question five is:
CAS- to levies by the county au-
thorities: Is it true, as is claimed
by one party, that the recent
amendment to section 20 of chap
ter 80 of the code, limiting the
levy for county purposes to 6O
cents, will prevent the county
court from levying more than gu
cents on the 500 for county and
road purposes, instead of IS cents
as at PRESENT. Will this 60 cents
limitation apply to the road taxes,
or can the county authorities levy
up to 60 cents for county pur'
poses, and in addition thereto levy
35 cents for road purposes, max
ing 50 cents in all, or the constl-
tutional limit as at present?
eve notice that you call our
especial attention to this question,
and we have therefore examined
it carefully and find there is no
difficulty in reaching conclusion
It is not true that the recent
amendment to section 20 OF chap
ter 80 of the code, limiting the
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