The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-09-24


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Not only have the Republican
officers enforced the splendid
laws which have nao oss15 e
t1e results. but they have even
gone so far as to quieSaolI the
conStit1ionality Of appropFia-
tons made by the Legislature.
One of the State officers refused
to issue his warrant on the treas
llfy for appropriations he bes
6eVed TO BE unconstitritioEla
The matter went to the Supreme
Court Of Appeals and that body
sustained the opinion of fle ofh-
Ger IN two separate. cases, and
$4,000 was saved to the State.
Now, I want to call your atten-
ton ia the FIRST item, State Tax,
which was ~ cents on the 500
valuation Of all the property IN
the State This amounted to
$353,:343.74 Then we transferred
from the State fund IN that year
to the School Fund $4Iz.z16.oI,
or $7o,3Zzzz more than we col
lected from the z1z-cept levy, so
you see we are not only running
this State without any tax on the
real and personal property, but
we have handed back to the.
schools $4,000, IN round num-
bers, for good measure.
And 50 I could continue, but I
have endeavored 20 show how L
was that we were enabled to do
away with our State tax, and, at
the same time, spend twice as
much money on the State gov
eminent as did the Democrats,
without the people having to pay
anything for the support of the
State government on their real
estate and personal property.
In case you do not engage IN
any of the special privileges that
have mentioned-if you do not
run a hotel, restaurant or circus,
or meEry-go-round, or keep a
billiard table or bowling alley, or
sell EqnoE or tobacco, or operate
an automobile, or have stock IN
corporation authorized to do
business IN this State, or do NOT
have stock IN an insurance COM
pany, or some one has not died
and .WlleG you their property.
then you do not pay anything
toward the expenses. of the State
government, with all of its chart
table, educational and penal m
situations, which are costing the
State annually approximately
about 81 soo,ooooo.
So I think you can see where
our money comes from to main
tain the State government, and
why It is possible for US to run
this great State without any di-
rect tax upon the real estate or
personal property IA most re-
markable achievement. Tie first
reason IS, that the Republican
party has put into law in West
Virginia common sense methods.
In the next place, she has elected
officers who have feaTlessly en-
forced this law, which is the rea-
son for the results that / have
mentioned. and which have at
tracted attention not only IN
West Virginia, but have set the
pace for the entire sisterhood Of
States, and they have been com
ing here to learn more of the
wonderful accomplishments and
business methods of the Repub-
lican party now in practice in this
State.
Much Greater Benefits.
Not only, my friends, have we
made possible the elimination Of
the State tax, which in itself IS
great achievement, but the bene-
fits received by the people from
the re-assessment annually iof all
real estate and personal property
IS much greater. Our law now
provides that the Assessors in
the various counties shall assess
the Persontl property and real
the personal property and real
firms and joint Stock companies
annually.
The Board of Public Works
assesses public service corpora
tons such as railroads, pipe lines.
telegraph and telephone compa
MES, and, IN fact, all common car
riers annually.
In 1896 the Democratic Board
If P11fIi- Works asseSsed f3Ie