The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-11

and nope unGy Will SuSSSS1 IL
ing sufficient dissatisfaction to get
themselves into power so that they
NAV repeal the tax laws and gratity
that want.
When the books were placed IN
the clerks Office it was in compliance
to the law and that every one might
see for himself. The law providing
for this does not contemplate the
idea of a set of fellows hanging
around and taking all sorts OF IN
fair advantages to prejudice tne
public and make property holders
dissatisfied, nor is it expected that Il
public Office shall be braZenly con-
yerted into political quarters, such
ne some Democrats have without au-
+boritv or warrant of those in charge
attempted to make an Office or So
Also. in this connection, II tle
assessors had conspired to snow
favoritism, they would not nav nav
turned over the books ana eG i
ahont their business. Instead tht
design Of a conspiracy on thelT par
ro,Id have caused them to ne on
hand to guard their work and de1eh'
their Judgment. nrb-
lisbed a court of review convened, az,
oor5ino to law and for the purpose
- living any and all an opPortun.lse
- h present their grievances II
s1,ch they had, and it was talsG i b %
nounced that streams OF peopie, .o
ovailed themselves of tins 10 n";
+bnir assessments reduced, wl.en III, ~
~ ~ +ho number was inhmteslIna'l ~
la1, 'i compared to the thousands o.
-i &c, on the land books ms an
L ta,lroo1nrnt itself revealed the gar
Mount ntrnth agreed upon to be reSo[t-
l9S ~ ,.i' NV +bc conspirators IN the,r
e 5.o ~ to prejudice the PeoP,le
aesE'S I,. NC about discomfort with t me
now laws. The court mas any
carefully hear all the con I,1l, and
,,oa5o and has announced Openly az ~
.'.% hoard that its disposition Is H. ~
Io 10 fo;r to all. That court turln ne5
" 80 That all its members are aslet ~
~ la;,@ what the court believes :"
on on 40 AZ Tioht thing and that JuSuee
oe ~ r"e ,ravaiI 1t goes farther by
Sh a,-;,,r tbc announcement that there
l -, doubtless been some errors; az
LAY ,'.as.ors themselves do not az
tempt to set up the clam t tla;. com con-
vyork is perfect 1t is not thels eU no
tcr+ion that mistakes VIII nv NJ, as
snd nor do they egotlstIcally -
lnrt that their Judgment was IT, a.t
=; ali instances. In an honest el'oIt
- -, t t,.r all RIGHT they are Lending AZ
~ Ia thcv can to the court to 90
M ri,,hf thing. When a clerical er-
ror occurs. they do not hesitate -
~ 81 When there has been ms
;nfornIotion givcn them, they frank
" tell the court about it. w men an
rpparent or probable error oil luos
,Irnt is discovered, they are not con
rantious. but willingly and eagerly
senk to get at the right VaiGe.
Whenever their Judgment Is orouIl.t
INTO question in any respect, they
nitbcr have facts to uphold them or
Learning new facts willingly conform
their Judgment to them indeed
there has been no sign of dlspoSi-.
tion not TO bring about equatlty 81
assessment, and every comPlal'aeiSI
or petitioner has been given careful
audience.
That a number of clerical errors
viii be found no one denies, but tins
! not made as an apology. That
the assessors should 90 over the coun-
ty in so few months and assess all
the property. without committing
some erYors of judgment would be
to say they were men of infinite nina
and that the several thousand names
and figures accompanying them
should be copied three times without
a number of clerical errors is not TO
be thought of. AS an illustration oil
this it sometimes happens that even
in extending the land and tax books
an error occurs in taxes that can
only be rcctiffed by generations by
the court, as was done only year or
so ago in this county, though doubt
less purely a mistake without intent
to make it.
The purposes of the court to re-
view are defined by law, and it Is
right that there should be an in
crease or reduction in some prop
critics. and such will doubtless be
made by the court since it has that
power conferred on it by law. After
that there can be recourse to the