The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-10
YOUNG MEN
eRAviTATE TO THE REPUBLICAN,
PARTY, THE PARTY OF Sue
CESS AND PROGRESS.

Uniontown, Pa, News Standard
In his recent speech. at Scranton. j.
Lee Plummer, Republican candidate
for State Treasurer, said:
This convention is composed large
ly of young men. and in this 1t is typ
ical of the Republican party. Young,
stalwart, eager, honest and enthusias-
tic, 1t knows no fear and the word
fail" does not exist in its vocabulary.
1t is composed of the most progress
i've men in the north, and to its ranks
the young men gravitate like the
needle to the Pole. Look about you
where you will and you will observe
that nearly all the young men coming
of age join .he Republican party.
They do this because they themselves
are young, ambitious and have de.
sire to do things, and they want to
belong to a political party that will
enable them tc work off some of their
bottled up. Unborn American energy
and enthusiasm. No political party
can exist long without influx of young
blood, and the young blod of the ma
ton Is all going into the Republican
party"
Mr.. Plummer, after reviewing the
early history of the Republican party,
then said, among other things:
at is our proud boast to-day that
the treasury of the commonwealth
has never lost dollar through the de.
fault of State treasurer. When the
Republican party came into power in
Pennsylvania, real estate, trades and
occupations, horses and cattle, house.
hold furniture and watches were all
taxed for State purposes. Just as soon
as the war was over the people were
relieved of these taxes, so that now
the only individual who pays State
tax Is the one who has money at in
terest, and three-fourths of this tax,
amounting in. 1904 to s2,9OO,574,' is
returned to TIE counties in relief of
local taxation. No mans home in
Pennsylvania is taxed to support the
State government. The policy of re.
lieving local taxation is carried out in
respect to the hotel licenses; four.
fifths of the money received from this
source is returned to the cities, Dor.
oughs and townships in which the
hotels paying the license are located.
More than s3.000.0O0 is returned to
the municipalities each year from
this source.
THE appropriation to the public
schools is also made to relieve the
people in their local taxes. In 1904
the princely sum of $6,256,167 was
paid to the counties for this purpose.
ITO show you the wonderful growth
of the commonwealth under Republic
can administration it is but necessary
to compare the financial condition Of
the commonwealth in 1860, when the
party took hold of the government,
with its condition in 1904. In 1860
the population was 2,9o6,215. The
revenue from all sources, including
tax on real estate, was $3,479,257, and
the State debt was s4O,0O0,OOO. In
1904 the population was almost 1000.
900. In 1900 It was 6,3O2,115; the rev.
enue was s19, 1888, the State debt,
nothing, and several millions of dol.
lars of surplus in the treasury.
During the forty-five years old ad.
ministration of the government of
Pennsylvania by the Republican pas
ty taxation of real estate, ETC., for
State purposes has been abolished, 4
debt of s40,000000 has been paid, a
surplus of several million of dollars
accumulated in the treasury and over
$214,451,00 returned to the counties
in relief of local taxation.
Gentlemen, this is a record to be
proud OF, and challenge any State in
the United States or any country in
the world to equal it. In nothing is
the policy of the Republican party in
this State to be more commended
than in its appropriations for char.
liable and educational purposes.