The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Approves Bill Limiting Exemption from
 Taxation to Sz.-OO.


 Luverne. Ala, Feb. 14. 1907.
 At call meeting of Camp Oracle. No 427, U. C. ", the following reso- iutions were unanimously adopted.
 Whereas, on April IA. 1906. this camp passed resolution asking our Legis- lators in the present session to re- move the property qualification of the pension law SO that all Confederate sol- dleys could share in the States bounty tc her aged sons; anG
 Whereas. copy of these resolutions was sent to the address of each Sem ator ard Representative in the present Legislatures; and.
 Whereas, a promise to increase and enlarge the pension bounty was made by Eaany of the candidates for iegis- lative honors; and.
 whereas the House bill of the pres en. session exempting the property of Confederate soldiers to the amount of $2,E00 we regard as unjust and dis cI eliminating to large number of needy Cot federate soldiers; and,
 Whereas, we cons der said bill a sham and delusion. a feeble preten- sion of aiding Confederate veterans, but in realty. cunning device to evade it.: and.
 Whereas, 1t is a weil-known fact that not one in ten of th,' old soldiers pays taxes on as much as sl.0o0, while a majority pay on but little over the pension limit of $400; and.
 ,weereas. according to the provisions of this bill. the Confederate soldier or sailor. though he be old and blind, crippled and utterly unable to cate Tor himself. without frIc1ds or kindred to do sa for him, if he Lay taxes on as much as $401 on his humble home that shelters him from the rains of sum- mer and the bitter blasts of winter even though that home be under mort. gage---is debarred from receiving aiC from the grand old sta.e in whose serv. ice he spent the best years of his life save the insignificant amount of s5 oi S7: and,
 Whereas. this bill exempts from tax. ation the property of Confederate sol. d.ers and sailors who may be neither maimed nor diseased, who are able tC care for themselves and those who art dependent on them; and.
 Whereas, such exemption will amount to $40 or $50--inore, in fact, than il now allowed to third and fourth grade pensioners; and,
 Whereas, the state has given witt lav:Sn hand for tttlous purposes hei tens of thousands and hundreds oi thousands; Therefore, be 1t .F Resolved, by Camp Oracle in meet, ing assembled. that we regard thi. bAAi Ao AhA6tA phN NbJGSA tO n SS jority of Confederate pensioners; tha it discriminates and does not furnish the relief of which so many of oui comrades stand in need that it Is { sham and a mockery in the way of pretense to help other old soldiers ana places the stain of ingratitude on tn, fair name of Alabama Be 1t furthe
 Resolved. That we most. respectful, protes- against the passage of thlI Dill and request our Senators and Rep resentatives to pass a measure tha l win be fair and just to all Confederat. soldiers and sailors and their widows along the lines suggested by our reso iulions of April IA, 1906, which sal, resolutions were adopted by the Sat, i reunion at Mobile. Be 1t further Resolved. That copy of these reso 1 lutions be sent to The Montgomery Ad ] vertiser and The Montgomery Journa | with a request to publish same. J. J. Walker, 1 Commandant l c. x. Buchanan, 1 Adjutant