Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-05-30

luxury | say it is a necessity, for the
man who is addicted to its use can
more easily go without his meals than
his plug of tobacco, and many Of them
would rather have no money in their
pockets than no tobacco. The people
pay them who are least able to pay
them They fall upon the poor man
and are paid according to what he con-
sumes and not according to his wealth,
and God so made men that one of them
can eat or chew as much as another,
If he gets it, without regard to what
his aggregate wealth may happen to
be.
What Next?
Now, what next will they license? /
have just been engaged in settling up
little estate. A young man over in,
my county died. He had a little
money; he had policy OF life insur-
ance
The little money came from the es-
tate of his mother and was still in the
hands of his guardian. All told, life
insurance and all, there is less than
two thousand dollars. He was i'll for
a year of consumption Ills sisters
cared for him They are poor, almost
needy. He willed them the little
money that was due him and the life
insurance policy because he thought
they needed it worse even than the
father, but ! can not pay that money
over to these two sisters until the
State of West Virginia has stepped in
and said, Here, want by portion OF
af fc f,-ox Eos, !.
is a collateral inheritance tax law on
my statute books and must have my
three per cent"
Accused be the policy that takes
tribute from the mite that a dying
brother hands over to the loving and
needy sisters left behind
Shall we extend the collateral inheri-
lance tax laws and enlarge them?
Shall we levy tax on deeds, as our
Republican friends declared in their
party platform they intended to do?
Their hearts failed them in the last
Legislature. but it is asserted they in
tend to do it.
Will they tax farmer for the privi-
lege of tilling the soil, lawyer for the
privilege of practicing his profession
a physician for the privilege of attend
ing the sick and setting the fractured
limb of his patient? They have de-
clared in favor Of putting the special
tax upon the lawyer and the doctor,
but SO far have not suggested the spe-
cial tax upon the farmer.
If there ever was a time when a
party needed rebuke for its depart
ure from all Just forms of taxation
and all decent methods of government
that time has arrived
The Republican Candidate.
The candidate nominated for Con-
gress by the Republican convention in
this hall one week ago today is. the
candidate of that faction of th@ Re
publican party which Is responsible
for all the things have discussed. He
| is their creature their candidate.
Can the followers and friends of
| Judge Dayton, that man who has re.
Elected credit upon the district for a
decade in the Congress Of the United
States, forget that Mr.. Lakin went to
the congressional convention only one
year ago at the head of the Republican
delegation from Portland district, in
Preston county. with a set Of resolu.
tons, presumably written with his
own hand, and which, as originally
drafted, instructed that delegation. one
of whom was Mr. Lakin himself, tic
vote for Niger rather than Aston
Gordon Dayton
II they can. then they are not tht
kind OF men take some Of them to be