West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-07-06

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KlngwOOd, July 6, 1905.
II the Journal can't dodge it can.
not hope to escape the missives
which are being hurled by the indig.
nant taxpayers.
Will the Sentinel and Leader in
form us what decision was rendered
10y the Grafton people on the Gin
dignation meeting2"
We shall expect to see the Jour
nal go off into trance over the de-
cision of the Supreme Court in the
Montgomery bill case:
The Parkersburg Dispatch in dip
lomatic language tells the Machine
where to head in and clear the track
for the boys who are after it with a
club.
The Machine organs who are adj
vising their brethren to not discuss
the new tax laws must have been
unfortunate in getting in the way OF
the brick.
The Journal is at liberty to point
out the oil and gas wells in Preston
county. The people are anxious to
pay them friendly visit and ascer-
tain if they have come to stay.
The one coal mine in Preston
that is being operated under lease
will bring in the same amount Of
revenue that Col. Mulberry Sellers
eye water brought in when sold to
the Chinese.
One of the things which the aver
age taxpayer is most interested in is
why the Republican administration
has increased the State expenditures
from So, 200, 900 to 50, 900, 900.
The Journal can explain this at its
leisure.
Commissioner Dillon might as
we'll save himself the expense and
trouble of travelling over the State
explaining the new tax laws. The
farmers and middle class of taxpay-
ers seem to understand them thor
oughly.
There are many reasons why the
Journal should tell the farmers why
their calves, colts, pigs, lambs,
ducks and chickens should be as
sessed under the new tax laws, but
the principal reason is that the Jour
nal is a native of the sod and there
should be a bond Of sympathy
existing.
According to the financial state
ment of Monongalia county for the
past year as published in the Nor
canton papers the county is about
twenty-fiv thousand dollars i n
debt and with a one dollar levy
last year also. The levy this
year is reduced to IS cents on the
hundred dollars valuation, as a
large amount of extra property and
heavy increase has been made in
the assessment.
State Tax Commissioner Dillon
endeayored to explain the new tax
laws to the Wheeling Board of
Trade one night last week. From
the excerpts given by the Wheeling
papers we take it that Commissioner
Dillon will have to offer some grand
prize TO the one who can solve the
new tax riddle. 1t looks as though
the State administration is afraid of
the tax laws since Mr.. Dillon feels
1t incumbent upon himself to
explain them.
The Wheeling News has a column
editorial headed, BLAINE the Tax
Laws =" For months we have been
praying for the conversion of Bro.
Ogden and now we feel that our
prayers have been answered. When
we exhausted every othery argument
on the brethren Of the press we
resorted to prayer. At meeting
of the Editorial Association, Father
Morris of the State Journal told us
that he had unlimited faith in pray
er as cure for all ills and political
disturbances.
In the Sheriffs delinquent list this
year Pleasant makes the best show
ing Of any district in the county, with
only SO names. Grant comes next
with 81 delinquents and Valley and
Keno tie with So each. Union has
10, Lyon III and Portland rz6,
while Kingwood heads the list with
r89, making total Of 603 for the
county. Next year the list ought
not be half this long as the poll tax
was collected up very closely this
year and amounted 10 more than
ever before.
The people are not going to forget
that it was the Republican admins.
irations that introduced the invest.
eating committees into this State 10
investigate bribery and corruption,
which was charged against Republi.
cans by Republicans for Republi.
cans Z The committees were throt.
tied and not allowed 90 probe the
rottenness Of the Machine. They