The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-01
HUGHES ON THE TAX DODGERS
HOLDS UP HEARST AS A con-
VI SFICUOUS EXAMPLE.
Before . syracuse Audience He EVOkes
Laughter and Applause by showing
" How Hearst Evades Taxes I'm This city
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SYRACUSE, Oct. S.-Speaking here to-
saight before an audience Of $500, which
Nled Alhambra Rink to the doors, Charles
z. Hughes held up to derision the state
ment made by Mr.. Hearst that he, Hearst,
paid more taxes than did Mr.. Hughes.
That statement was Mr.. Hearst's reply
70 a man in Rochester last night who in
t%errupted at one of the meetings to ask
How about the tax lodging charge''
II was the first and only answer that the
Independence Lacquer has vouchsafed
since the campaign began to the disclosures
which Mr.. Hughes has made in regard
" the evasion Of taxes by the Hearst cor
porations. Mr.. Hughes's reply tonight
was sharp and clean cut. not at all the kline
u an answer hat would be expected from
-An animated feather duster." Then MIR.
Hughes started after Hearst with a ven-
eeance, and before he was through the
audience was wild with enthusiasm.
1.-The Syracuse meeting was the largest
b the most encouraging that Mr.. Hughes
has attended up State since the n in
Buffalo three weeks & or more. Half
IN hour before the time set for the meeting
the Alhambra was packed, every available
inch Of space in the aisles and on the stair
eases being taken. The police shut the
doors with hundreds still clamoring for
admission. A hasty conference Of the
local party leaders resulted in the
ment that an overflow meeting would be-
held in the City Hall. To get to the meeting
room in that building il was necessary for
the people to climb two or three flights
Of stairs Yet nearly a thousand trudged
their way up and waited for Mr.. Hughes
70 finish his first speech.
A parade through the streets with flaming
torches, booming of cannon and plenty OF
ned fire preceded the Alhambra Hall meet
ing. Mr.. Hughes was accompanied on his
drive to the hall by an organization Of
seventy mel known - the Escort. The
club has been in existence since 1884 and
has participated in every Republican Presi-
Dental campaign and in every Republican
Inauguration at Washington since then.
The marchers wore khaki uniforms and
each carried his torch, A delegation of
Syracuse University students formed an
other section Of the parade. They whooDed
II no in an ear splitting style. Many trans
parencies were scattered along the line.
One Of them read: "Hughes-Law, Order,
Right. Hearst Insinoerity, Destructive
ness, Unit ruthfulness. You are the jury
The candidate when he reached the Al
hambra practically had to dig his way
through the throng. Some OF the Repub-
lican leaders who were with him were lost
in the rush toward the door and had a hard
time in getting into the place in time to hear
the speaking.
Mr.. Hughes got a tremendous welcome
when he appeared in the hall.
Jumped TO their feet and waving their hats
above their heads cheered like mad. The
entire ground floor Of the hall was taken
by voters. Salem Hyde, a well known
Syracuse merchant, presided. Among
others on the platform were former Super
intendent of Insurance Francis Hendricks,
Congressman Michael Driscoll, Senator
Horace White and ex-senator Frank
Hiscock Here is what Mr.. Hughes had
20 say Of the Hearst tax lodging PROPOSE
ton:
MR.. HuGHEs's SPEECH IN SYRACUSE.
- have asked my opponent whether his
corporations complied with the law, whether
his corporations over which he had full
control evaded the law, whether his cor
porations over whose destinieS he presided
discharged their public duty and bore their
share of the burdens Of government in New
York CITY. | waited in vain for a reply.
There was time enough to abuse almost
everybody in the State of New York, GER
tainIy, everybody of importance opposed
to my opponents candidacy. There was
time for editorial after editorial spreading
calumny and miSStatement but there was
no time to show that the corporations
engaged in the publishing and selling of
these great newspapers helped the city Of
New York to police its streets, helped the
city OF New York to administer its charity,
helped the city of New York to provide
schools and in other ways discharge the
functions OF government OF ne great city
Now the other night, when this ques-
ton was asked by some one in the audience,
/ believe my opponent replied that he prob
ably paid more taxes than l did. Laugh
ter. Well, it may not be AS reprehensible
70 dodge an argument az it il to dodge
taxes, but it is not creditable and il is not
American. Great applause.I
Il am glad TO say-and | say 1t in no
boastful way--that l pay taxes. and all
of the taxes that are due, so far as | ar
personally concerned, upon all the property
that / own. tApplause.l But the point in
regard to my opponent IL not what taxes
he a but what taxes are not paid. Jap
plause. I have said nothing abou his per-
soma concerns. | have made no mention Of
his personal affairs. I leave that 10 his own
conscience and to the Department Of Taxes
and Assessments. Great laughter.
Il read in to-ni9ht's Erehing journal
the following: Your rent has gone up, and
Il will 20 up again more than once il you
don't vote to take part Of the load of OF
the homes. Az long IA the street car trust,
the gas trust and other criminal corpora
tons dodge their taxes real estate must
nav the whole expense of the government,
And the man WHO pays LhC VIZ IolS bhV
tax on real estate, besides the landlords
profit
~Now, what do you think OF that? Laugh
teri That's in the EreHing journal. Now.
the Evening Journal il published by the
New York Evening Journal Publishing
Company, and that corporation was a.
sessed by the Department of Taxes and As
sessments in New York for the year 1906
at 500, 900. And ~thereupon, on February
%. 1906, Mr.. Clarence J. Shearn, as the
secretary OF that corpOration-not to say
corporation Iawyer-presented a petition
10 the Board of Taxes n Assessments
TO get rid of, to have that assessment re-
syissd and corrected. And an affidavit
was put in, which my opponent did not
swear TO and Mr.. Shearn did not swear to,
but an employee did swear 10, and that
showed this: Total gross assets, including
real estate, SIOO, lOS 90; Indebtedness, s2ls,-
O35. Fl. .
$50, OF course, IL il had been ~liquidated
on February %, 1903, and it had realized
the full value Of all its property according
20 the estimate in that affidavit, and It
had discharged its debts, 40 far az the
property went, il would still have owed
32eJ 900, and on that statement IL got rid OF
it's taxes and assessments and put this bur
den upon the home and raised the rent.
Prolonged laughter and applause.
y ~ I,..tSA To- uaiaarahla fin nriuI ppn-