Year: 1870




thumb paper, has found doc
ument that was necer pricate or concealed
from any one. signed by Daniel Stephenson
and w. A. Thomas, of Roseville, and the
honest debt-paying, tax-paying, anti-repudia-
ton, anti-defaulting soul of the editor, strug-
Cling with horrible nightmare at the bare
thought of any two men ever having con-
ceived the idea that all men should pay taxes
in proportion to the value of their property
Mr.. Stephenson and Mr.. Thomas are both
honest, intelligent, industrious, law abiding,
debt paying and honorable men and highly
esteemed by all that know them, and need
no defense by us from the attacks of any one
of doubtful veracity or integrity, and SO fan
know that they were disciples of ours as well
as our frien 's 1t would seem that Il e mouth
piece of the Court house ring of pap suckers
was almost struck dumb at the bare thought
Of there not being money enough in the treas
ury to pay the cooked up bills of those who
act upon the principle of ''you tickle me and
| will tickle you" Our opinions are known
on the subject oftaxation, spoilation and pee
ulation, all over the county, and are approved
of by all good and honest men of all parties,
and as a natural consequence are dis
approved of by the ring and its masters
and "supes' who only ask that the county
grabbing be kept full by the dishonest deple-
ton, by unjust and unequal taxation of hon
est industrious mems pockets. We believe
that all property should be assessed at its
true cash value, and that when the Assessor
fails in this duty either from corrupt or cow
ardy motives or from incompetcncy, that we
should have Board Of Equalization that
would correct his errors and shortcoming; but
we have neither of these in this county and
consequently what is here called taxation
ceases to be such, and becomes robbery. All
men know these facts and all honest men ad- /
nit their existence and our correctness The
Constitution requires Tax Collectors to be
elected by the qualified electors of the dis
trict, but we have none such in this coun-
ty, and even one Of the Collectors in this
county holds another office and has
exercised its functions, which disquali


ies him from holding any other Office
under the laws and Constitution of this State
and these facts are notorious to the people Of
this county. A corporation, in this county,
owns property which it claims to be worth
Sl40, 900 per mile, but refuse to pay taxes
on one-fourteenth of that amount, and the
Supervisors obey its bidding and make the
honest. toiling masses make up the deficiency
and this toe is not just taxation, but robbery.
This is not a one hnndredth part of the rob
berries that have been terpetrated on thu people
Of this county ftr 10 last six years. When
all are taken into consideration, the only sur
prise is that Messrs Stephenson and Thomas
are the first to move III the matter. We
know that the ring and the ring organ are
more concerned about the money getting n.o
the treasury, than where it comes from or by
what means it gets there, for the reason that
when it lands in the County Treasury they
then have a good thing out of it, but what
may be fun to these parties is death to the
people. Werepudiate nothing but rascality,
hypocrisy and evil deeds. We pay our
debts, our taxes, and deal honestly with all
men, even to the exposure of political crimes
and corruptions. Between now and next
November we will try to make up and pub
lish the balance sheet between the ring and
taxpayers, and those who wish to read it
should send in their names and become sub
scribers to the HERALD.