Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-10-29
Every Mans Property Should Be Taxed Fairly
and Equally.
This Has Not Been Done in the Past. According
to the Sworn Testimony of Assessor Carter,
and Will Not Be Done Until Square
Board of Equalization
%si Is Elected

combined vote Of the two cities he
getting SO majority in Hoouiam.
while Thurber got 46 in Aberdeen.
Not much high standing in that, If
DR.. Watkins had remained on the
ticket, Davis would not have had a
look in, no more than he would II he
had any other popular opponent.
Arland stands in similar case. With
all the prestige of four years in the
Office, the patronage of which was
worked in the campaign to the lin
1t, he fell 296 votes short of 4 ma
Jority for the nomination, although
ne squeezed through on a plurality.
In Aberdeen and Hoquiam, Hartman
led him by 1S4 votes, and he, like
mis- confree, Davis, was supported by
every taxdOdging institution ON
Grays Harbor. The only nope of
those men for election next week was
expressed to the writer last week by
Mr.. Davis, when he said: 1--WE have
1000 Republican majority in the
county, and you can't beat me. The
primary is the only contest shall
have to make"
There we have the whole matter in
nut shell. This is presidential
year, and the voter is expected to
swallow any old thing thai happens
in any old way--to be on the
ticket with his choice for president.
Will he do it? Both of those candi-
dates stand accused of having tried
to purchase their nomination., and the
charges are not made by Democrats,
but by their Republican opponents in
the primaries. One is sail to nave
offered 5000, and position worth
more money than an honest man can
make as commissioner to make his
nomination sure, while the other is
charged with Offering $500 for the
same purpose, besides sending
bunch of political highbinders after
DR.. Watkins and forcing his with
drawal. If there was nothing else
against those two candidates. this
alone is sufficient to cause tine tag
payers to regard them with suspicion,
and all lovers of a square deal to turn
them down.
Remember, Mr. Voter, these are the
men who will have the power to
make ten per cent valuations on the
property of their favorites, while you
pay taxes on about SO or 60 per cent
of the value of your small holdings,
according to the sworn statement Of
your assessor. And, it is an undis-
puted fact that the beueficiaries Of
this favOritism are boosting for Da-
Wis and Arland with all the force at
their command. They are lined up
solid, they and their press are now
engaged in shouting, "Vote 'he
ticket straight" with fair chance of
success. If the taxdOdgers could be
lined up in opposition to those who
have to make up what is lodged,
there would be no doubt Of the result.
AS we remarked in the last issue
of the Herald. Geo. L. Davis has
abundant nerve to ask the support Of
the voters of Grays Harbor for the
years ago a proposition was up to the
voters of this section that met with
favor at the hands of Mr.. Davis, until
his aspirations to become state sena-
tor were shattered. 1t was then the
real Geo. l.. Davis became known. De-
spite the fact that 80 per cent Of the
voters on Grays Harbor desired the
removal of the county sea. to Ho-
quiam-Mr. Davis home city
what were the actions of Mr.. Davis?
Did he not use and abuse his Office
for the purpose of defeating the
will of his home people, to the in
jury of Hoquiam as we'll rs the whole
Harbor country? Did he not promise
a road on the south side of the Che
halls river in return for the vote
of Cosmopolis that injured his own
city? Yes, and more.
! He went all over the county fight
ing the project Of his home ueople.
preaching against the cost OF build-
ing a new court house, when at the
time he had an architect III North
Yakima drawing plans for court
house to cost 100000 to be built
at Montesano. Those plans We're paid
for by Davis and Arian1 with the
peoples money, and are low on tap,
ready to be used next year if they
are elected.
1t has been conceded On Grays
narbor that Geo. l.. Davis by the
prostitution of an office given jim
by those people, was the cause of ihe
defeat of the county seat removal,
and he stands responsible for all the
bitter fight and enormous expense
that came after in the attempt to di-
vide the county. Party fea!ry is to
be admired, but to ask those who
wanted the court mouse moved tw"
years ago to support the man that
thwarted their will, IS carrying party
fealty too far.