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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-12-03
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

have this day received from the
Auditor and Recorder the Tonopah
Tax Roll for 1914 Taxes are due,
and by order of the Nevada state
Tax Commission, viii be DELINQUENT
Dec q. 1914.
n. X. FRANKLIN,
County Treasurer and Ex-offcio
Tax Collector. N3OD5
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

is placed upon the defendant and the
work of convicting those who violate 10.
cal liquor avs is made measurably easier
and more certain.
The federal tax is levied under n con.
stitutional provision that forbids the ex-
emption OF any state and ii comes with
in the jurisdiction of tho treasury depart.
ment just as does the tax on oleomargar.
inc or tobacco. If the constitution per-
mitted the exemption Of States establish
ing the prohibition system and Congress
authorized such exemption It is not diff
ficult to perceive that an anomalous and
chaotic condition would almost inevitably
result. It would seem, therefore, thai
the only effective method of handling the
internal revenue tax is the one now in
use.
1t is also to he rcmembered that there
exists a popular misconception in that
many persons believe the internal rev.
enue tax to be a police regulation when
as a matter Of fact It is q revenue meas
ure entirely. it must be confessed, how
ever, that not q few inefficient or worse
local officials have made use of a popu-
lar misconceDtion regarding the internal!
revenue tax to excuse their own failure
to enforce laws prohibiting the sale Of
liquor. The federal government. how
ever, instead of hindering the enforcement
OF such laws, as already shown. gives
substantial aid to local officers honestly
seeking to make them effective.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
PRAISE FOR
Boston Paper Appreciates Work Of II.
NJ. Perkins, Native OF BakersAeId

Harley M. Perkins, one of Boston's
best known young portrait artists. a
native Of Bakersfield, has been much
praisedA for his new portrait, which
is on view at the Copley gallery at
Boston. The Boston Monitor" In a
recent Issue had the following to say
of the artist II his work: Miss
NJ" a new portrait by Harley NJ. Per-
kins, Is on view at the Copley gal
lery n shows this artist to be main
tanning his fne achievem' nts previ-
ously in this field. 1t shows him
again as a man sensitive to delicate
effects of tone while solidly conscious
of tho value of simplicity and mass,
Altogether a thoroughly agreeable
work, n with a piqusnt touch in the
slanting direction OF the lines echo
ing the angle of the feather in that
lady's hat. The nssh tones are con-
vincing. tho modelling good, and the
background unobtrussly appropriate
n grateful feature In a season OF
backgrounds that have taken on the
air OF a wall paper exhibition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

were calling for intervention in the Pearl
of the Antilles, but President McKinley's
administration naturally hesitated to re-
sort TO Intervention in behalf of the long
suffering Cubans.
Upon the return OF the congressional
party to Washington enato Proctor
rose in his place in the Senate and in
his lliet but impressive manner that at
times became more effective than the arts
Of rhetoric and studied eloquence told a
story of mans inhumanity to man which
caused drum beats to sound round the
world" with Cuban freedom as a result.
United States Senator Fall of New
Mexico may nave read or learned from
his colleagues OF the impression treated
by Senator .Proctor's Cuban utterancs
with a consequent determination to
parallel that effort with a speech which
should arouse this nation to the point
OF Intervention in Mexico. II 90. he 10
probably doomed to disappointment
The situation In Cuba and that now
existing in Mexico are no more parallel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

than the speeches of the two senators.
Cuba was the victim of oppression by a
foreign power while Mexico Is simply in
a state of civil war not wholly milk
that OF the United States in the rebellion.
No nation would nave dreamed of going
t war in behalf Of either American side
IN our civil War, in which a great moral
cause was at stake; much less, would
any power dream Of lighting in behalf of
either one OF two Mexican bandit lead
ers?
Moreover, Uncle Sam learned an i'm
portant lesson as a result OF his exper-
fences in Cuba and especially in the
Philippines. A great nation can not
afford more than one war in a century
in behalf of humanity at large, and the
last one we fought Is so recent and its
heritage of continuing national peril to
ourselves SO sreat that the American
people will not easily DO moved to under
take a prolonged wal OF Intervention in
Mexico for the sake of preventing IA few
half civilized bandits from killing each
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
WHAT OUR NE|GHnO9S SAY
The Federal Revenue Tax Not n L.
cense for the Sale of Intoxicating
Liquor.
CFrom the Montpeller Journal.l

In no-license communities in Vermont
and no doubt in communities in other
States in which traffic in liquor is car
ried on in violation of law the opinion is
frequently expressed that but for the
protection given 10y federal government
licenses the Illicit business could be eff
fectively stamped out. Such opinions are
based upon an entirely erroneous concep-
ton of the internal revenue tax and the
constitutional authority for levying it.
AS a matter of fact the federal govern
ment does not license the sale of liquor
I'm the real meaning of the term. The
widespread idea that it does so Is due
to the fact, in large part at least, that
the treasury department deslgnates the
receipt it ISSUES to the person paying an
internal revenue tax a license"
This misnamed license" gives to its
holder no right beyond hat of not being
called upon again to pay the tax during
the time fixed in it. 1t is simply a re-
ceipt which carries with it 10 exemption
whatever from the operation of the laws
of city, state or nation, Indeed, there are
several States in which the payment of
an internal revenue tax is taken as prima
facie evidence of the intention of the
person who pays it to violate the local
prohibition law, In these States the rev.
enue collector OF each district furnish
81 certified copies of tho list of persons
paying such taxes and the Introduction
of these lists In the prosecution of H.
quor cases has the sanction of the state
law. BY this means the burden Of proof
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
BRADSTREET'S WEEKLY
NJ A REPORT

Reports to Bradstreet's for the week
state labor is generally well employed
and conditions among retail trade are
reasonably good. Unsettled weather has
favored a busy trade among boot and
shoe dealers but other lines report only
q fair volume Of trade. Mid weather has
had its effect upon the ice crop, among
dealers and harvesters along the shores
of Lake Champlain. The warmer days
Of the week have also held up work at
the granite quarries. The demand for
granite for both building and monument
tai work keeps up well and outlook is for
large shipments with the opening Of the
spring delivery period.
Manufacturers of paper report plants
fully employed and new business is COM
Ing in In small lots. Scale shops are well
employed and note a good demand. Man
ufacturers of woodenware goods report
a reasonably good trade and at the veneer
plants a little larger trade Is reported.
The demand for builders hardware is
still brisk and outlook for further busi-
ness in this line Is encouraging. Buying
on the part Of the retailer at present Is
about as large as usual.
-, "a I
good. the average is not much different
from what Is usually experienced at this
period of the year. Activity in building
operations Is reported from Rutland, St.
J~ohnsbury, Montpelier and Brattleboro
A new foundry and machine company is
planning to erect a new plant at Rut-
land. Considerable work on a large scale
is reported among the lumber companies
in Bennington county. Pulp mill manu-
facturers report large shipments, The
paper manufacturing plant at Wells River
has been making extensive additions and
improvements in Its plant and is now
preparing to resume active work. The
manufacturers Of baskets in this State
report demand ahead of ability to fill or
ders. The week has been free from mer-
camille failures and only two fires affect
Ing merchants were reported during the
week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
DUN NECESSARNf

The experiences of the voters of Yer
mont in connection with the confusing
ballot on direct primaries n that on
the State building ought to end forever
in the Green Mountain State any scheme
which tends to obscure the real issue or
to make things not what they seem.
While there was precedent for the
method adopted In the so-called referen-
dun On the proposition for a new State
structure. in simply giving the voters a
choice SIS to when the act providing
therefor should take effect and work
begin, our people a plainly reached a
point in the progress of government
where they demand a more direct and
aboveboard proposition.
! AS has already become evident from
the varied Interpretation of the result
of the vote on the State house PROPOSE
ton, the plan adopted simply opens the
way for misunderstanding on the part
of all concerned, and for all sorts of
claims as to the popular verdict, The
Brattleboro Reformer, for example,
notes this joker as to dates and adds:
1.-THE seventh section of the act provid-
ing for such "A building says that the
act shall take effect July /, 1914, il a
majority of the votes cast on the refer
endum shall be yes, otherwise July l,
1915
S it seems that the people of the
safe were not voting on the question
whether or not a new building shall be
erected in Montpelier, but whether it
shall he built this year or next, Since
the vote was against the building propo-
sition it viii be necessary for the next
Legislature, which meets in January,
1915, to repeal the present law IL II
wishes to carry out the desires of the
people"
The plea advanced in tho Legislature
for the placing Of two dates before the
voters IN this way was that II the people
favored the project work could begin
promptly, whereas if the people opposed,
then the Legislature which win convene
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
A BATTLE THAT WILL STIR THE
NATION.

tFrom the Rutland News.)
One Of the greatest and most momen-
tous battles that Congress has witnessed
will be opened when the debate begins on
the question of Panama canal tolls, which
now ovorshadows ali other questions be-
fore the country Mr.. Wilson has thrown
all the tremendous weight Of his office,
his personality and his patronage in ia
vor of submission to England's demands
upon our government. Tho President has
appealed in language hardly guarded to
the fears Of the timid. He has declared
in so many words that a %backdown by|
this nation Is vitally essential to our for
eign policies. English ears never listen
ed to such official reasons for a national
retreat and sacrifice, nor did AmericanI
ears, until Mr.. Wilson'S appeal to sur
render to England.
Against repeal are such men as Leader
Oscar w. Underwood and Speaker Clark
and back Of them is the patriotic senti1
ment Of tn country, now awakening I'd
the danger; the sentiment that elected a
democratic president and Congress on thd
pledge of free canal tolls. Before thJ
battle opens in earnest at washington thd
people Will PROBABLY ne heard FROM, fO4
they cannot be caioled or intimidated Of
strangled.
Against the LEGAL opinion of Senato}
Root of New York, who has led the cami
paign to repeal the free tolls clause, may
be cited those of former Secretaries OF
State Olney md Knox and other men Wild
are eminent in the legal profession. Britt
ish lawyers as VOL as leading lawyers in
Germany and France take the same view
Both Roosevelt and Taft secuted AMI
different Interpretation of the treaty.
which was negotiated during the Roose|
welt administration. AS senate O'Gor|
man of New York said in his statement
the other day. even the British govern
ment in IN official note In 1912 recog|
nized the right of this country to TIL
exemption, for it said: "The trade shoulI
be so regulated So as to make it certait
that only bona-1de coastwise traffi|
which is reserved for United States ves|
sells would be benefited by the exeInp|
ton"
But it looks as if Congress. dominated
by Mr.. Wilson. We're going to surrende|
to England.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
A BLACK EVE FOR THE STAT
BUILDING.
(From the Bennington Banner,)

(From the Bennington Banner,)
While the proposed new State buildii
at Montpelier was voted down last wei
in a total of S5,o0O the state as a Wild
seems inclined to consider it practical
an Endorsement Of the plan. 1t was
thing tina never ought to have been sui
mltted TO a referendum. Turning til
over to a popular vote was just a \
of peanut politics To save members of Il
Legislature from taking the responsib|
ity that they should have taken. Md
of the voters at home We're in a positiI
capital, yet over 1G D0o of them voted
provide the extra room asked for. N
turally there was a prompt tendency
accept the vote as favorable but N
tendency to SO construe it has ~receivI
a black-eye from Montpelier itself in
attempt by the Montpelier Journal to Il
Il that the referendum on the ouestI
was merely over the time when the ID
vision for the new building should tad
effect. A referendum in Vermont has
be worded a little differently than
other States owing to constitutional li|
ltations but the voters understood it
being a fair question whether or not
erect a lew building. Any attempt to q
tort the meaning into something 81
will have a tendency to overcome (
good win of the public toward the p}
and to defeat the object aimed at
those who think the new building shot
be erected.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
LAMOGLLE'S STRAW VOTE.
(From tho BENNINGTON Banner.)

(From tho Bennington Banner.)
The result of the senatorial straw vol
in Lamoille county on own meeting dj
is decidedly interesting. SO far as AMI
one can judge the vote was fairly col
Quoted and it We taken in a communal
thai was violently progressive a year ad
yet Senator Dillingham; received over
per cent. more votes than Prouty thoua|
all the hollering 50 far has been in n
vor Of Prouty. If Mr.. Prouty will nj
be a candidate without the united sui
port of the republicans and the progress
ives the Lamoille county result practice
ly puts him out of the field. The straI
vote or the g~overnorship is of less valid
The voters We're given a chance TO vol
between Fleetwood and Gates as repuI
lican candidates right in F~leetwood's oNv
county so the figures can hardly be col
sldered fair to Mr.. Gates,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
COMMITTEEMAN HROWN RECON-
MEN DED.

The announcement of the Washington
correspondent of the Springfield Repub-
lican that Mayor James T.. Burke of
burlington and Herbert s. Pape of Barre
were looked upon as the progressive
democrats likely to secure appointment
to the Vermont collectorships was gen.
orally accepted as an unprecedented au-
thority speaking with a considerable de-
gree of probability.
The same authority now says that
United States senate Henry F. Hollis
of New Hampshire has recommended the
appointment of Thomas II. Browne of
cratic national committee, TO one of the
Vermont collectorships, presumably that
of Burlington, although there might be
no rule 70 prevent a representative of
the whole State in tho party organiza-
ton from taking either appointment,
If Mayor Burke were to receive the ap
pointrnent rs collector CO customs, he
would be succeeded in the mayoralty b.
the president Of the board Of aldermen,
and this consideration mas invested tine
latter position with more than ordinary
importance in the eyes of some Of the
merabers Of the board. It follows as a
matter of course that II Committeeman
Browne secures the Burlington collector
ship, Mayor Burke is likely to continue
in his present office, and the presidency
of the board will resume its normal
level.
It will be a new experience for Yer
mont to see It's federal plums, under a
democratic administration, distributed
according to the recommendation of au-
thority in another State, a duty formerly
performed with marked zeal and eff
cheney by the late Col, b. b. Smalley.
We have not the slightest suspicion,
however, that this spectacle will tempt
the people of the Green Mountain State
to resort to the questionable expediency
OF electing a democratic United States
senator in order to have home rule, and
Senator Hollis and Senator Charles +.
Johnson OF Maine will probably continue
to enjoy, for a considerable period, the
distinction of being the only democratic
United States senators in New England.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
POLITICAL EXTREMES.

CFrom the Brattleboro Reformer.)
The straw vote on governor and sena
tor which the Morrisville Messenger cor
Quoted in Lamoille county on town NEE
ing day showed a preference for Flee
wood over Howe and Gates for the fol
mer office, and for Dillingham; owe
Prouty ana Fletcher on the senatorshiI
Fleetwood's g~ubernatorial strength on tn
test is not surprising when one conslded
he is a resident of Lamoille county whed
he Is popular. Down this way eithd
Howe or Gates would distance him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

Uncle Sans aid is now being solicited
for former soldiers who have married
families in that archipelago without Wis
ible means of support. First We are
warned against race suicide at home and
then against the other extreme in our
distant possessions. Why not induce
people to strike an average and let well
enough alone?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

peal the act in accordance with a mega
tive vote on the project.
The natural question Is, "Why have
any second date, II the people vote not
to begin work on the first date, and put
the taxpayers to the expense of fighting
the battle over again through their rep
re%sentatives In the Legislature In order
to carry the popular verdict in effect?'
The answe is that it affords oppor-
tunity for the friends. of a measure %
claim that the negative vote was not
against the project but merely to post
pone the project for a year, or to mako
some other specious plea to further the
undertaking.
Probably nine out of every ton men
who voted mo- opposed the proposition
on its merits, Judging from discussion
and comment, and not merely on the
question whether work should begin this
year or next.
The Rutland Herald. In commenting on
the negative vote, said that while the
bill now automatically goes into effect
on July /, 1915, 1t may reasonably be
assumed that the next Legislature, in
view Of the attitude OF the voters, will
take some action in the way Of either
amending or repeating the act which pro-
vides for an expenditure of 100000"
The Montpelier Journal, IN commenting
on the Herald's opinion, says:
is II, as the Herald remarks. a reason
able assumption that the next Legisla-
ture will, as a result OF the verdict rec
orded at the polls, take action in the
way of either amending or repeating the
act?' The Journal does not believe any
such course will be warranted or iustl-
fed. The proposition submitted to the
electorate did not involve the merits of
the bill itself. Vermont voters were
not asked to decide whether or not the
proposed additional building for State
uses should be constructed as provided
for in the bill enacted by the Legislature,
but whether or not work upon it should
be entered upon the present year or post
poned until 1915. **"" The merits
of the bill were not passed upon by the
electorate because the Legislature sub
mitted no such question to it."
II the building were needed, what par
| to,,Ia- lsefaro-,1 r,1,,Id &. ,,ayo -,,bathar
work is to begin now or one year from
now?
In view of the arguments advanced
before the Legislature In favor of sub
hitting the measure to the voters in a
form which would maxi it possible for
the next Legislature to repeal it in case
OF an adverse popular vote, there can be
little doubt as to the intent of those
behind the project to submit the referen-
dun in this form. The claim that the
vote was not on the merits is contrary
to this intent.
the voters of Vermont again, as it plainly
should be IL the present verdict is not
accepted as final, then the question
should be simply, Shall Vermont erect
the additional building proposed?" Civ.
ing the voters opportunity to vote di-
rectly on the merits Of the proposition
! That will be a genuine and sincere refer
endum, open and wholly aboveboard.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

Hiram H. Gill of Seattle was elected
mayor IN 1910, and in 1911 was recalled.
In 1912 he was defeated for reelection
and his defeat was hailed as the work of
the women. Now he has been over
whelminely elected to the much contested
office. That Hiram II. Gil who is not
regarded as the highest type OF public
servant gets elected in Oregon is one
proof that machinery alone will not
make good government, even though it
may help.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
SENATOR PROCTOR'S CUBAN
ts SPEECH RECALLED.

Once in a great while history repeats
itself, or almost, The situation at the
present time as regards Mexico is not
wholly unlike that which obtained when
States Senator Redheld Proctor
and a party of his congressional col
Leagues visited Cuba on a tour Of inspsc-
iion in 1893 for the purpose OF ascertain
ine the true condition Of affairs in that
Spanish possession. A host Of people
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

other. As Sir Edward Grey, British
secretary, has so pertinently IN
Parliament British subjects were
long ago warned of the peril OF remain
Ing in the disturbed districts, which are
the pale of established govern
ment, and the same thing is true OF
American and other residents Of the ter
ritory now under bandit rule. They re-
main at their own peril.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12
THE DIFFERENCE

Father" said Johnny. what is
difference between farming and agrie
ture?"
We'll my son. for farming you nee,
pillow and a harrow and other implemer
and for agriculture an YOU need is
pencil and u piece OF panes.'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

The democratic craft, which has
~weathered the tariff and currency storms,
promises to split before it can get
through the Panama canal without pay-
ing tolls.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-12

When you wart anything. advertise
paper. Some bargains are offered
there this week which 1t will pay you
to read about. Sec page two. This
every week ana one cent a word will
reach them all.