The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30

Now what did this do2 Note tho ng-
ures. These fees amounted this year
10 sol ,29O.32. enough TO pay the S25, $50
for the salaries OF all tho state officers,
the salaries Of the clerks of the gov
ernor's office. $S.23S.5S; clerks in the
state auditors office, S24, 155.S9: the
clerks in the treasurer's office, $500;
and the assistants and clerks in the 1T
torncy generals office, S12,677.5O, and
leave a balance in the state treasury
amounting to S6,70S16. Which is the
better system and which is the more
Just 10 the citizens OF the state-the
old Democratic plan Of showing less
expended for salaries for state officials,
While the fees, many times in excess,
were pockctCd by tire office holders,
or the system under Republican con-
troll, whereby more is paid for the sal
aries, but sufficient fees turned over to
the state treasury and thus back 10 the
people, to pay for all the saIlaries,
clerks, etc, and leave a balance 10 the
good Of the state? Does John ]. Corn
wei believe the people OF West Vir-
ginia do not know what this difference
means? The figures show the differ
encc even If he will not tell it. Since
the fee system Of the Democrats was
abolished Republicans have paid in
fees into the state treasury, the vast
sum Of S7S1,O76.S2, or about $65. 1000 a
year, which if the people of West vir-
ginia returned Democrats to nower and
they went back 10 their good old
Democratic system once again in
Gratis would be putting down into their
pockets, in addition to their salaries.
Couldn't CornwclI very happily prom
Use to reduce the salaries of the state
officials. with system like the old
Democrat ic system once again in
vogue at Charleston? The lower cost
OF state government" the Democratic
promise would be mighty fat plum
for the Office holders at Charleston,
but mighty big bunch Of sour grapes
for the people Of West Virginia.
Little Man Paid Taxes.
In the matter of the distribution
OF taxation the Democrats when in con-
troll of the state, were even more UNI
fair, for they let the man with a little
OF the worlds goods pay practically all
the taxes, while the great corporations
chartered as servants of the people.
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RESOURCES and the homes of the neople
themselves. paid very little. There
were great many railroads, coal
mines, pipe lines. etc. in West Vir-
ginia when McCorkle was governor.
But in 1897 his Democratic admins
tration collected from the public SER
vice corporations only the insignii-
cant sum Of S53,95S, while the Republi-
can administration OF 1916 collected
from the public service corporations
nearly half million dollars, or 1885,
$50. And at the same time ii must be
remembered that the Democrats col
lGctcd their little burden from the cor
porations on tax levy of thirty-fye
cents while the Republicans collected
the big sum on levy of fourteen
cents. now reduced TO nine cents. And
still further, what the average citizen
Is interested in, he was paying thirty
five cent levy on his little property the
same as the corporation was paying to
bring in only total Of $3.50 for the
whole states income from these cor
porations, including railroads, pipe
lines, telegraph and telephone lines,
etc
In addition to the fees enumerated
as turned in by Republican office hold
ers, who got their salaries and nothing
more, the Republican system has