The Forrest City times., 1907-01-18
REST CITY ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 1S 19O7
TAXATION AZ EXPENDITURES.

TAXATION AZ EXPENDITURE The citizens and property holders of the State should not be required to bear any burdens not necessary for the support et I the Government, honestly and economically
 administered, and this burden should be
 made to bear on all alike. according to
 their wealth. The great difficulty Is to se- cure fair and uniform valuation of the property of the citizen and corporation It Is an injustice to the honest tax payer who | makes a fair statement of his property to
 the assessor 10 permit other property own CTS to assess their property at greatly | reduced valuation, and others to escape entirely -
 Our people are complaining at the rate of taxation, and the rate is advertised to | the world, when the fact is that with a | fair and full assessment of the real and l personal property of the State at Its actual | value the present rate of taxation could be
 reduced one-half and produce as much rev enues we now receive To permit appropriations beyond the revenue pro vded can not be thought of and any material increase in the burdens of taxation upon the people for the general fund should not be made. This leaves but one proper course to be pursued. that of l strict economy and a careful pruning of | the appropriations. The necessity for the l maintenance of the University, the Deaf | Mute and Blind Institutes and the care | and support of the Asylum and Reform | school must be provided for. out of our general revenue fund. The home for the 1 Confederate soldiers and widows must also | be cared for out of the general revenue | fund. The pension fund and school taxes, | constitute separate and distinct funds and | these taxes should be sufficient to meet the i purposes for which they are intended One
 being for the support of common schools l for the direct benefit of all the children | of the State, and the other for the noble pur. | pose of supporting the worthy and depen-
 dent Confederate soldiers. they should re. l ceive your generous and faithful consld- | eration.
 | EXCISE AND PRIVILEGE TAXES. I would suggest as one of the means of increasing the general revenue of the State, the increase of the license tax on | liquor dealers, and the levy of a privilege tax upon corporations doing business In the State. This will work no hardship on | corporations, and place a part of the taxes
 where they should be.
 Corporations after procuring their char l ter pay no annual tax for the privilege they
 enjoy under their charter. This tax might | be levied on a percent basis upon the cap | ital stock or by the levy of a direct sum
 so apportioned as to be uniform in It's oper. | ations.
 PRIMARY ELECTION LAWS.
 The primary election for the nomina- 1 tion of party candidates. having become | the settled policy of the Democratic party | in the State, should be required to be held | as legal election on a uniform day l throughout the State, and all the safe | guards necessary to secure the full and
 fair expression of the voters participating ! therein should be provided. The same pro- | DSt nd | tices should be provided, with like penalties. | as for the general election. The primary | IS the forum of the party people where | the vote of each has the same power, and legislation should be provided to secure the full and fair expression of the will of the voters participating therein provision for
 contestng such elections should also bs enacted.
 BUCKET SHOPS.
 These places maintained for the purpose | of gambling In agricultural products are
 but adjuncts to the great gambling ex. changes of the country and not only mate.
 rially and injurously affect the markets of 1 farm products but demoralize many of our l people.
 | They should be suppressed by effective
 penal legislation.
 vAGRANT LAWS.
 I recommend to you the importance of strengthening our vagrant laws. and au- | thorizing cities and counties to place those convicted of vagrancy upon public improve ments. If the concentration of the vic l ious and indolent Into our cities and towns
 can be prevented by rigid enforcement of
 the laws of yagrancy, and the low and dis reputable saloon dives. which permit them 1 to congregate and drink and gamble until armed for the most revoting crimes, ars | closed. then we will see loafers and crimi- | nals betake themselves to honest labor or | leave the State. There Is no excuse for in
 dolence and vagrancy when employment at | fair wages can be had anywhere in the | State.
 CRIMINAL ASSAULTS UPON WOMEN 1 These crimes can not be tolerated in any | civilized country, and every possible effort | ought to be made to prevent them To 1 this end l recommend, that the entering | of any dwelling place at any time for the | purpose or with the Intent to commit the | crime of rape upon any person being or | dwelling there, be punishable by death at | the discretion of the jury trying the case | And that all assaults with Intent to com l init the crime of rape be subject to like punishment; and that for the trial and l punishment of these crimes, the judges of | the different Circuit Courts be empowered to call special term immediately and to 1 empanel special grand and petit juries for the indictment and trial of persons charged with such offenses and in case of conviction that ten days shall be allowed to present the bill of exceptions to the Judges of the Supreme Court for allowance and no appeal shall be had except by the concurrence of at least three of the Judges of said court When allowed. said cases shall have pre- cedenee over other business and be brought to speedy decision under such rules
 as said court may prescribe. !. What af9 1ny nd iz aV,g certain punishment of those who by force
 and violence. either commit or attempt
 to commit the heinous crime of violating
 the person of our women To this they are
 entitled and our laws should afford them
 this speedy and certain remedy.
 THE PEOPLE RULE
 It Is a matter of reorganization to wit
 ness the active moral sentiment of the peo
 pie as evidenced by the heavy vote in favor
 of the extended applieatiou of our foeal