The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
LE17ERS 10 TIE EDITOR
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 o h ae s rsssrS ssas S M sss ast 2 set Of resolutions, adopted ny Camp Oracle. No. 427, U. e. ", of Luyerne, Ala. condemning the House of the the bin exempting from taxation the Confederate Veterans and their widows who do not own property Tn excess of the amount exempted to citizens of tnis State from levy and sale under execu- ton. The resolutions proceed under the mistaken Idea that the bill. should # become law. would deprive some Confederate pensioners of the pensions they are now receiving. Such conclu- sion is utterly absurd and must come from the grossest ignorance of the pro- visions of the bill The bill does not in the remotest degree affect any pension CT, nor would affect any prospective pensioner. should the pension law be changed so as to permit the drawing of pension by Veterans. or widows who own property to an amount in excess of the maximum limit now fixed by the
 It Is said substantially in the sev- enth section or paragraph of the res- olutions that the Confederate Soldier, on his home Is debarred from receiv- Ing aid from the State" 1 have left ont in the above quotation some high sounding adjectiyes. and have taken oHly tne essence or the SecllOus ul8 declaration has absolutely no founda- ton in fact. There is not one word or inference to be deduced from the bill that could be distorted into any such effect
 There is nothing whatsoever in the hill which forbfds, in the remotest de- gree, any Veteran or his widow, who h entitled to claim tho exemption from taxation. to also receive pension un. der existing law or under any pension law that may be hereafter enacted.
 The bill is intended simply 10 ex. empt all Veterans and there widows from taxes on their homes when they do not own more than $2,50o of this worlds goods. It does not interfere. In the slightest degree with any effort or movement to increase the approprin. tion for Confederate Veterans or their widows, nor with any effort or move. meni to enlarge the number of persons to become beneficiaries as pensioners. The bill relieves all pensioners, under the present law. from taxation abso- and widows Of deceased Veterans, who. while not pensioners: own less than to the latter class of poor men and wo- not draw a pension under the law. but do not own any thing like $2.60o in property), to pay taxes and thereby contribute. of their scant substance. to increase the surplus and pile Ip money ury of the State. Their services to the State. during the trying years of war, rendered without pay, and their persecution In the years that followed would seem to entitle them to pass the few remaining years of their lives in their humble homes, free from the fur ther exactions of the tax gathereT. It is to be regretted that this worthy Camp of the U. c. VI, at Luverne has so misconceived the true purpose of this proposed legislation, and has so intern- perately and unjustiy impugned the motives of those who, knowing it's pro- visions, and rightly understanding it's beneficient effects, gave the bill thcir support. I have no doubt this Camp was impeiled by the best of motives. but It's membership have displayed a sad and grievous ignorance of the true import ofvthe bill.
 Very respectfully.
 Jos. !. Arnold.