The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-10
fools as Democrats take them to be.
The Ticket.

The Ticket.
The personnel Of the ticket is Meth
er very bad nor very good. A ticket
could have been named whom the Re-
publfcans would have had much mora
reason to fear and against whom per-
sonaIly much more bitter and de-
termfned fight would have been made:
but as 1t stands we see nothing to be
gained in deserving good men on ones
own ticket to vote for no better me:t
on the opposition ticket. AS fndfVfd-
uals we have nothing to say against
them, but they stand for Democratic
principles and against Republican poll
cies. They must abide by their par
TVS platform and declarations or prove
traitors. In that, they stand against
the new tax laws which are proving
beneficial to the masses; the candi-
dates for the Legislature, were they to
be elected. would vote for John T, Nc.
Graw for the United States Senate
In short, they would be against Repub-
ltcans and Republican policies when
aver a party question was at stake.
The Republicans will not forget that
when they go to vote.
The Platform.
The platform Is a tissue OF false
hood, bitterness and idle vaporings.
1t starts out by saying it favors equal
ity of taxation and In the next breath
condemns the laws now in force
which are bringing about that very
thing. Mark the falsehood standing
out in every syllable of the following:
1--WE condemn the new tax laws be
cause of their variance in promise and
performance. The people were in
formed that the object of their enact
ment was to relieve real estate owners
from the excessive burden OF taxation
imposed by the old laws, by increasing
the volume and value of intangible
and other forms Of personal property.
Instead of carrying out this pledge,
real estate, under their operation, has
been increased about 300 per cent
while in comparison the volume and
value of intangible and other forms
VI PSESOudI pupC4lS A09 oSSA AAS'""9
ed by only small per cent. Thus.
by reason of the reduction made in
levtes, a large part of the burden OF
taxation heretofore borne by such in
tangible and other personal property
has been transferred to real estate
the homes and farms of the people"
Never was a more false or decer-
tive utteFance made. The tax tickets
will show a reduction of from twenty
five to fifty per cent. on the "homes
and farms of tina people" and nobody
knows it better or regrets it more than
the author OF that plank in the plat
form. The people won't stand for
such rot as that. Lasting victories
can't be won by lying and deception
and the Marion county Democrats will
find that they can't AFFORD to endorse
| a statement made with the purpose
of deceiving the people. The square
deal" and a fight in the open are what
the people want and any other kind
of tactics will fail, as they ought to do.
AS to Two Cent Fare.
It Is probable the rank and hle OF
the Democrats In the convention
thought they were actually adopting
a plank in favor OF two cent fare, but
they were not, They adopted plank
in full accord with the railroad com
pany's wishes. It could not have
been better had railroad attorney
n+anare,d IL and we are not certain
that such was not the case Here y
stSS5ss "A z 81 a cent rgIi ltpat fare