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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
TAX REFORMS NEEDED


From the 1907 annual report of the
Taxpayers association of Hamilton
county, Ohio. I'VE now have COM
mittee at work to cooperate with the
Ohio State Tax Commission In seeur-
ing absolutely needed tax reform, so
as to divide the burden justly and fair
ly. One thing absolutely necessary is
the repeal OF section 2, article 12. OF
the Ohio Constitution In order to give
the legislature proper power to regu-
late taxation.
I'VE favor reasonable income tax
for those with large incomes. and espe-
cially the franchise corporations. who
usually get on very easy. although
their profits are large. owing to lack OF
competition. A properly graded in
heritance tax not affecting the poorer
class also meets with favor
Real estate mortgages ought TO be
exempt. as II Is double taxation. and
In reality serves only to raise the IN,
terest paid by the borrower while the
money lender reaps the benefit by con
cealing them from the assessor"
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
Thursday, Dec. 26, 1907

IT NOW SEEMS that Walter Sears,
a prominent politician of Ross
county, must have the post office
at the county capitol. He had
the republican central committee
meet and endorse him, but in the
meantime Editor G. w. G.. Perry,
already postmaster, and operating
the most prominent republican pa
per in the county, insists on Sec
ond term as postmaster at the
hands of Congressman Douglas.
In.as- much as General Grosven-
or is candidate for his old place
again, Mr., Douglas, "the aristo'
crat," has "stoOped so low as tC
come back to Ohio to look after
his home fences little.
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making them somewhat more attrac-
tive to the investor. 1t is utterly
senseless for public authority to take
money out of one pocket to put it into
another. This is what the taxation
of public securities of all sorts
amounts to wherever and to the ex-
tent that the ta.es are collected, and
worse trade ttan this where the
taxes are evaded The liability to tax
alton must be always in the mind of
the syndicate which bid for such bonds
and SO a controlling factor in their
rate of return to the city. The effect
upon our state bonds of their recent
exemption from taxation has been
clearly demonstrated. If the exemp-
tion should be accorded to future is
sues of Boston's bonds, it would re-
suit in saving to the city far in ex-
cess of any loss of receipts from
taxation which might be enacted
Revenue from that source, as prac-
tical matter, amounts to extremely
little,-Zanesville, o., Courier.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26

SECRETARY CoRTELYoU makes
specific denial that neither he OF
any of his friends has been en-
gagged in attempting to secure
delegates favorable to his nomina-
tion for President. He further
AYERS that when he is candidate
for anything he will make the fact
public. No doubt the talk about
his being "a candidate proceeded
from the friends of other Republi-
cans who are anxious to be the
presidential nominee cf their party
and who saw in the prominence
recently attained by Secretary
CortelyOu, because of his treasury
operations, encouragement for n
possible rival. If he ever had any
real intention of being a presiden-
tial candidate, the severe criti-
cisms evoked by his recent action
as secretary of the treasury doubt
less convinced him that this was
not the time to launch his boom.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
Eight Executions in Past
Fifteen Months.

1. Butler Styles, colored, mur
dered Guard Moorehead at the
penitentiary.
9. Frank Castor, shot Officer
Dan Davis in the act of rObbine
the Chapman residence in Colum.
bus.
3. DR.. Oliver Crook Haugh, SCI
fire to his home at Dayton anC
burned up his father, mother and
brother.
4. James Corneliue, murdered
his wife with a window weight a.
Canton.
5. Edward White, colored, shot
Marshal Basore of Lebanon, after
committing burglary.
6. Albert DAVIS, colored, mur-
dered his sweetheart, Hazel Reed,
at Springfield, by shooting her.
Z. Royal Fowler, murdered hil
sweetheart, Mary Hagerty, Of
Dayton, by shooting her.
8. Frank Earl, murdered Will.
liam Legg, of Sidney, by shooting
him in the act of burglary.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
UNEQUAL TAXES.

Why, for instance, should land
worth $40 an acre be returned in one
county at 81, in another at So and in
another perhaps at $40? Land worth
$40 an acre in. the market is worth as
much for taxation in one county as in
another, and what the state needs. II
the enforcement of present laws will
not do 1t, is new laws which will es-
tablish system of uniformity about
tax return. not only on land and real
estate, but upon all classes of prop
erty.
How can the conscience of the cor
poration official who returns his prop
erty at so per cent of its value be
brought into question when other
property owners of the state are per-
mitted 20 make returns at 30 per cent
and, in many known cases, even as
low as 10 per cent of actual market
yslue?--Atlanta Constitution.
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congress convened, when the
situation suddenly assumed n
different aspect. Absolute title
to the offices can only be gained
through confirmation by the
senate, an obstacle not foreseen
by the appointees when they 30
readily renounced the old faith
and accepted the new. Failure of
confirmation means the loss OF
job, and the appointees) must
again look to the senator's, who
can make or unmake them as they
please and are manifesting no dis
position to hurry. Rumor has il
that in more than one instance
these Job seekers are making over
lures to the senators for peace.
AS before stated, the senators are
in no hurry, and 1T is more thar
probable that consideration viii
be delayed until after the state
and district conventions have beer
held, confirmation depending en-
tirely upon their "good" behavior
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
Hickman Smith.
Newark Advocated

Newark Advocated
One of the prettiest of recent
weddings was solemnized at the
beautiful home of the bride, 43e
South Second street, Tuesday
evening of this week at S o'clock,
when Miss Margaret Smith was
united in marriage to Mr.. Fred
r. Hickman of 1877 West Locust
street. The color scheme of
decorations was green and white.
80, Promise Me-" was sung by
Mrs. Hickman, mother of the
groom, with piano accompaniment
Louise Black, of Woods avenue,
followed by Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march, played by the mother
of the bride, during the rendition
of which the contracting parties
entered, taking their position
under a floral bell suspended in
the archway dividing the spacious
double parlors. The impressive
marriage ceremony uniting the
pair for life was solemniZed in the
presence of about so invited guests
of Elder w. L. Fleener of the
Primitive Baptist church.
The bride was beautifully gown
ed in an elaborate costume of
white satin and princess lace.
After the ceremony the guests re-
tired to the beautifully decorated
dining room, where an elaborate
supper was served in courses.
In the BRIDES cake were found
a ring, thimble and silver coin.
Elder Fleener found the ring,
Miss Louise Black found the
thimble, and young Mr.. Neis the
coin.
The bride and groom went east
on trip, and will be at home
soon to their friends at 1877 West
Locust street, this city. Mrs.
w. II. Hickman was formerly
Miss Emma Dollison of Logan.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26

THE PROMINENT part federal
patronage is playing in Republl.
can politics would, if known,
shock the finer sensibillties of
those who are sincere in their adj
vocacy of purer politics and
genuine reform in the civil service
of the country, and who believe
that efficiency and honesty should
guide in appointments instead of
ability to corral delegates Of the
automaton stripe to the party con-
vention. All during the recess of
congress we have seen the nation
al administration prostiuting the
power of appointment to partisan
ends, endeavoring to strengthen
his hold upon the party machinery,
and to proportionately weaken the
grip of those who were not in
presidential favor. Postofiice,
internal revenue and even judicial
Offices were filled with persons
whose sole qualifications lay in
their ability to "deliver the goods. I"
No where has this policy been pur-
sued more vigorously than in
Ohio, where the patronage has
been nOtoriously used for the pur-
pose of break ing the power of the
two senators and thereby increas-
ing the chances of securing a solid
Taft delegation to the national
convention. Postmasters and
other office holders, whose, original
appointments is came through the
senators, were given to under
stand that there was no hope of
re- appointment except through
open declaration for their heir
apparent and repudiation of their
benefactors. All save few yield
ed to his coercion or bribery,
whichever term is preferred, and
were promptly rewarded with
new leases of official life, while
those who refused, suffered i'm
mediate decapitation, their places
going TO more subservient tools.
This method of gaining recruits,
such as they were, to the Taft
standard, went on merrily until
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26

SECRETARY TAFT is on his native
heath again. He is not as loqua-
cious as the curious might desire,
but then, like Mrs. Giilory's
French, he must be excused, for
he elias been SO long abroad" 1t
is Of little moment that he views
the sailing of the fleet precisely as
does his chief, nor is the informa-
tion startling that his administra-
tion of the Philippines is entirely
satisfactory to himself. Could he
have vouchsafed few remarks
bout the attempts of Foraker,
Knox, Cannon, Hughes or Fair
banks to rob him of his projected
inheritance, the average American
might sit up. AS to japanese
jingolsm, he reports its public APP
pearance as resembling that of
snakes in Ireland. Around the
world, and nothing to say!
Mr.. Taft is heavily handicap
ped. The Protective Tariff league
will have none of him, unless Mr..
Roosevelt's recantation of his
former revision views was the
pledge he gave the league for for
getting that Taft seeks a breach
in the tariff wall in behalf of his
Philippine wards. The Ohio
schism must chill the geniality OF
the rotund secretary. What mat
tiers it should Southern States cast
their patl onage votes for him
while his own divides2 If Penn,
sylvania should finally desert Knox
for Taft, will not the Cannon fol-
lowing more than recoup such loss
to the opposition? Already in
New York there are portents OF
the bitterness that is sure to come
over the Roosevelt attempt to sup
press the Hughes movement.
Without regard to the Demo.
cratic prospects, thus made
brighter, the reflection is happy
that it is better for the country
that the peculiar origin of the
Taft boom is almost sure to cause
1t disaster. Mr.. Taft may proper
ly be excused for not talking.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
Eastern Ohio Patents.

II. E. Dunlap, patent la wyer, of
Wheeling, w. Va reports the re-
cent issue of the following patents
to Eastern Ohio inventors; w.
G. Black, Plymouth, separator
sieve; T. p. Burke, Lowellville,
fastener.button for lacing termi-
nails; H. X. Ernsberger, Norwalk,
water heater; H. N. Flugen,
Thompson, cornear rack E. F.
Higgins, Mount Vernon, grader /;
G. H. Hopkins, assignor of fifty
one one-hundredths to National
Machinery Co Tiflin, bolt-header I;
j. G. Jacoby, Ashland, nose-ring {;
C. G. Parsons, Oberlin, milking
machine; Sylvenus Pennel!, Girard
pump-mounting; C. NJ. Reed,
Nashville, towel-wringer; G. M.
Rhodes, Steubenville, trolley
Frank Ries, assignor of one-half
to l.. Buckingham and j. A. BAN,
Tiflin, duplicating appuratur, and
G. NJ. and G.. V. Vernon, Zanes-
vile, composition to be used in
sweeping. Also the following
trademark registrations to East
ern Ohio firms: b. F. Goodrich
Co., Akron, for certain medical
and surgical appliances and in.
struments Taylor Chair Co.,
Bedford, for chairs, rockers, set.
tees and sofas, and Tracy Shoe
Co., Portsmouth, for boots and
shoes.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
TAXING MUNICIPAL BONDS.

There has been agitation in some
places against the constitutional
amendment which exempted Ohio mu
niciDal bonds from taxation. Massa'
chusetts municipalities Just now are
experiencing considerable difficulty In
selling bonds and the Boston Tran
script holds that II the taxes were
removed It would help their sale:
The difiiculty which this city and
Others are experiencing In finding a
market for their municipal securities
makes 1t highly opportune time to
urge their exemption from taxation by
the next legislature, ss q msaRs OF
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26

night by Officers Thompson and
Kelley for insulting two young
girls on South Paint street in
front of Herman's shoe store
Carter is young and has a wife
in Cumberland, Maryland.
Tink Fletcher also received one
hundred and costs and will have
to take the trip to Cincinnati.
Tink has been in the habit of be-
coming loaded and lodging in the
police station too frequently.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26

ANOTHER TERRIFIC mine eXpl0-
sion is reported, from the Connells
vile regions this time. The de-
tails so far received are of the
same tenor as those from Naomi,
Monongah and the later Alabama
horror. The Government reports
on these earlier disasters, pub.
lished only yesterday, indicated
that others were likely to follow
from the same causes, gas or dust,
that are supposed to have brought
about this latest one near Connells-
Vile. The pubic superstition
that these catastrophes come in
cycles of three, has been rudely
shattered by the fourth one which
has just occurred. It's fatalistic
conclusion that these wholesale
slaughters of miners by flame or
asphyxiation can't be helped is al
80 dispelled by the damaging com
parisons these Government experts
make between America and Eur
ope. We kill three times as many
men, proportionately, in getting
out coal, as is done abroad.
Not enough, of course, is known
of any of these killings to say
definitely what culpability brought
them about. But to those who
know the general Indifference of
the Legislatures to do their duty
by the safety and health Of the
people and the inelliciency of the
average inspection in any field, it
will not be difficult to put the
finger pretty close to the contribu-
ting responsibility. A tremen-
dous demand for Federal regula-
tion and control of mining is going
TO grow out of these awful dlsas-
ters. The people are careless of
little killings, but this succession
OF tragedies OF such magnitude,
and in so short a time, shocks the
Nation. If the Legislatures don't
get properly busy at their earliest
opportunity, and If State inspec.
tion doesn't bestir itself, drastic
Federal interference with interests.
which the State is supposed to
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
Each Got a Hundred and
Costs.
[ohlllicothe aazette.l

Mayor Yaple ON Wednesday
afternoon gave Caleb Carter.
charged with disorderly conduct,
one hundred dollars and costs and
committed him TO the Cincinnati
work house until the fine and costs
were paid. Carter has been drink
ing and was brought in Tuesday
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look after may be expected. No
law, however strict, can hurt one
mine to the advantage of others If
it he enforced fully. Operators
ure only responsible II they have
failed to keep the law.
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Taft for an Early Conven.
ton.

An early convention or late
convention, delegates selected by
primary or by the old-fashioned
caucaus, are problems still unsoIved
by the Republican politicians, and
until they are solved, the common
layman must remain in the dark.
There is no doubt that the Taft
managers want an early convention
and are willing to "bust" sus-
pender button to secure it,, and
also the public treasures if neces-
sary. A number of causes inspire
this desire, chief Of which is the
necessity of convincing the rest of
] the country that Ohio is back of
itheir candidate. Another, scarce
y important, is the knowledge
that the Republican panic from
which the country is suffering, is
playing havoc with their forces.
They rec ognize the danger of de-
lay and want the convention out of
way before the full extent of the
panic is realized. A mid winter
convention will, therefore, be call
ed if the Taft crowd retain con-
troll of the state committee, as
they claim. Walter Brown, the
chairman, has announced that the
committee will meet the fore part
of January, and if the Taft pro-
ram can be forced through, the
convention date will be fixed for
about month later, or about the
middle of February. This will be
the earliest convention ever held
in the state and it naturally re-
calls little history along similar
lines.
The most conspicuous example
of snap convention is the famous
mid winter gathering called by
the Democratic machine of New
York state in the interest of David
B. Hill and against Grover Cleve-
land. This convention was held
in February, when snow nearly
two feet deep covered the ground.
Hill got the delegates, but the in
dignation his snap convention
aroused cost him his popularity,
and when the votes at the national
vention were counted it was
found that all he received were
those of the New York delegates.
Cleveland, without vote from his
home state, was nominated In a
walk, and Hill has been a "dead
one" ever since.
An earlier example of the effect
of snap conventions is furnished
by the m memorable Grant campaign
of 1880, Cameron and Conkling,
by far the most prominent and in
1u' ntial Republicans of that period,
were back of the Grant movement,
and what they regarded as their
strongest card was the holding of
extremely early conventions in
three or four states to impress the
rest of the country with great
strenghth of the old hero. They,
of course, secured the delegates,
but the remainder of the country
refused to be stampeded, and as a
result the prize went to Garfield,
and Cameron and Conkling were
stripped of their power. Other
cases could he cited to the same
effect, all showing that whenever
tried, the snap convention proved
a boomerang, disastrous alike to
Its promoters and supposed bene-
fciaries. In the total absence of
a demand from the rank and file
of the party for polar-bear, hip
boot weather gathering, will
the Taft snap convention prove ex-
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-12-26
Probate Notice.

Notice Is hereby given tina: the following
Accounts and Vouchers have been filed IN
Probate Court OF Hooking County. Ohio, for
second Partial settlement sullivan Max-
we'll, Guardian OF William Maxwell, and
the same Will come ON for hearing ON the
18th day OF January A. d. 1908 ~ 10 o'clock
A. NJ. or as soon thereafter as may be CON
Yenient.
p, Martin,
Dec. 70, wks. Probate Judge
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-09
AL. ROGERS AND THE BRIDGE
BILL

Things are 'going some" in Water
Vile over the bridge question. AL
Rogers, the chief mogul, who is try
ing to butt the fine big project off the
track, is reported to have said "Those
Southsiders have got off the trail.
will have to go down there and
pound some "brains" into them.
AL is due tonight to go to Badger
Mountain where the Southside Farm
ers club is to meet at the Dry Flat
schoolhonse
Now, Al is all right on this ques-
tion, except that he needs little Fix
in" He is going too far for his own
good and for the good of this part of
the state. He hasn's been able to
see the turkey" because he has had
his eyes shut all the time He has
gone off on a tangent. He hasn't
Investigated to see the full facts in
the case of else he is knowingly but
ting his head into a stone wall. This
is certainly joke on the stone wall.
But some glad day when the sun
rises above his mental horizon he will
wake to the realization that it was ali
a mistake.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-09
Wateryille Fans Get Busy.

WATERVILLE, March S.-The
organization of the baseball team
for the coming season is now being
discussed by local fans. Instead of
using the old method of subscription
for raising funds the matter of form
ing a stock company is receiving
much favor. 1t is contemplated hav-
ing the strongest team here this sea-
son that the Big Bend country has
ever seen, and it is expected that the
club will start out with a cash roll
of $1,000. Most of the players in
last years star aggregation are here,
among whom are Roy Russell, jim
my Starr, DR.. w. S. Wilson, Arthur
Boyd and Patsy Wilson, while Patsy
Pankingham and Miller, two of last
years pitchers, may be had at any
time. These are the men who wore
Waterville's uniform through the en-
tire season last year without losing
a game.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-09
REFERENDUM VOTED DOWN
Bill is Indefinitely Postponed by Vote
of 25 to IL.

OLYMPIA, March S.-The referen-
dunn got a black eye in the senate
last night when a motion to postpone
it indefinitely carried by a vote of
25 to II. The bill submitting a
constitutional amendment on this
question passed the house with the
necessary two-thirds, but the vote of
the senate was two to one against it.
Senator Cotterill spoke at some
length last night in favor of the bill,
which is known as the Ranck bill.
Senator Davis moved to make the
bill a special order for March Is.
That is the day after the session
closes and the success OF the motion
would have meant the defeat of the
bill. Senator Nichols moved to post
pose the bill indefinitely and Davis
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-09
High School Notes.

The net proceeds of the entertain
ment held at the theater recently
by the students of the High School
under the direction of Miss Ella NJ.
Kuentzel, were s102.65. This was
raised to $103.65 by donation and
the remainder necessary to pay the
s11O debt on the piano will be made
up by the student body. -
A new constitution has been adopt
ed by the High School Athletic asso-
citation. At meeting held yesterday
afternoon Norman Lake was elected
captain of the track team and Bert
Lake manager of the baseball team
The members of the Athletic associa-
ton are busy making hurdles at the
Stevens building today for use j- .e
track work.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-03-09
SHEEP men
HOLD MEET
Secure Allotments for Range in the
Cascade Mountains for Com
ing Season

| The sheep men of Central Wash
ington are in Wenatchee today for
the purpose of securing their allot-
ments for range in the forest re-
serve for the coming season. Forest
Supervisor Milham with headquarters
at Chelan is in the city to make the
allotments. Only one half the num-
ber of sheep heretofore grazed in the
Washington reserve will be pastured
in this county this year.
The following sheep men are pres
ent at today's meeting:
William McCue of Ephrata with
1000 head of sheep; William Uqu-
hart of Krupp, $500 head; Allyn &
Hunter, Ephrata, 1000; Cook & Fer
guson, Ephrata, 1000; H. w. Tread
well, Wenatchee, 2,000; Henderson
& Harder, Kahlotus, 5000; Richard
son & Pugh, Wilson Creek, 1000;
Young & Phillips, Ephrata, 1000.
Saleen Brothers of Wilson Creek
were not present but were given al
| lotments for 2,S00 head. The above
represent total of $1,000 sheep.
The sheep men are Objecting very
strongly to the action taken by the
federal government in enlarging the
forest reserve in this section. One of
| the sheepmen states as his opinion
| that in two years there will be no
sheep grazing the county if the pres
authorities are becoming more strict
each year. Formerly the range was
free. One year ago a charge of Sk
cents head was made and the same
| charge will be made this year.