Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-29

| the Atchison was raised from $4,000
to $25,500.
The plain truth Is. and Mr.. Hamilton
can verify 1t from the record, that he
can not put his finger on a single main
line of railroad in Iowa, where there
has been a reduction OF 80 per cent in
the valuation.
The fact is also capable of demon
stration that, taking all the main line
trackuge in Iowa, the amount of reduc-
ton due 10 the redistribution of val
ues TO conform to the code, is not %
per cent.
Statements Without Foundation.
Mr. Hamilton has played the dema-
sogue in this matter of railroad assess
ments. seeking to deceive the people b.
utterly false statements, then side
stepping with new stories instead OF
admitting his duplicity like an honor
able man.
Another place wherein Mr. Hamilton
is likewise playing the demagosue, or
exposing his after ignorance. is in the
matter of state taxes and state expen-
ditures. He seems to think that the
average voter is incapable OF under
standing the simplest facts regarding
Sidlt liAdl!Qll anu tAFtI4N4A u. 60 an
nowhere does he seek 10 enlishten them
but rather 10 deceive.
Having made the fat and unqualified
declaration that the levy for state
purposes or taxes for state purposes"
10 sass for every man,
woman and child in Iowa" he had his
attention called TO the enormity Of this
{ rror. Governor Clarke refreshed his
~ Low mr.
state purposes can no, raise more than
s.. coo a year. (See Chapter S3a,
Acts 55th C. Al
Sidesteps Of Tax Levy.
But Mr.. Hamilton sail. and in
tended II to pe believed, That the levy
of taxes for state purposes alone
10 $3.50 per ca! tia, which
means $6.0o0.QoO a year. r he did not
mean tina, he did not mean anything.
The extent Of his misstatement is the
difference between s6.ooo,oce and
81. 500, GOO. Mr.. Hamilton can not plead
ignorance of this for the man who
wrote his speech has the session laws
where it is down in plain print
But he sidesteps by bringing IN the
, mills levied by the legislature. not
for state purposes, but 10 go 70 the
institutions and state in
situations, which includes college eX-
tension work buying the epileptic
farm. buildings for the soldiers and
orphans. etc.-not a dollar Of which
ever can go for the current expenses
of the state government. But even
taking this into account ms assertion
is IN exaggeration Of nearly $780,
900.
Mr.. Hamilton cleverly turns the mat
ter by beginning a once tc talk of
quite different. He now
says that what he meant was what he
calls the expenses of state govern
ment," which he says amounted in the
biennial period TO 1l.So0000 and over.
This is entirely different from state
tax. And it is deceptive as to actual
expenditures for purposes of state gov
eminent. Ii is a thoroughly dishonest
attempt TO deceive.
Wherein is his trick? Mr.. Hamilton
probab bly, knows but Won. tell. He
knows, if he knows anything at all
about it. that the figures he quotes.
upon which ne based his assertion of
s2.56 per capita of the state tax levy.
or $4,000 600 year. do not represent
expenditures for state purposes.
Includes Automobile Tax.
Mr.. Hamilton is tricky. Fog instance
there is included in this $6,000,000 a
year, over a million dollars of the
automobile fund passing thru the
hands of the secretary of state and go
ing direct into the road funds in the
various counties and townships of the
state. The secretary of state acts as
collector for and on behalf of these
road districts and the treasurer of
state attends to the distribution. The
state, as state. has no interest in this
million dollars a year adCec 10 the
road funds by an administration now
subject to such criticism. And this is
only just one Of the catches in the
Hamilton statement.
Here are just two of the absolute
and unqualified falsehoods for which
John I. Hamilton is standing sponsor
in this campaign. When called to ac-
count for the same by the governor he
sidesteps and seeks to create new false
Issues. They are typical Of his whole
campaign.
Misstatement of Hamilton.
John T. Hamilton has Deliberately