::-tai.i.I!ii:-:i :,t. TIic Tolu ;ubi4 gkmorrat, !TAaiJH2D i;' . t'ONHOl.l DATKI) !. - riB:.iHF.u bv ELWELL it BITTENBESDES EVEKY FIJIDAV MOKNINU At UlooniBburK, the County oat ol Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Tirms. Insldf the county, 11.00 a year Id ad' vaaco; fl.50 It not paid In advance Outside the county, ll.ss a year, strictly In advance. All communications should be addressed to THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, ra, FRIDAY. JULY 29, 1 89 J. For President GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois. STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET FOR C0N0RIMM4M AT LaRQS. GEOKOE A.ALLKX, Erie. THOMAS r. MERRITT, tterks. roii srPKixa jcdoi. CHRISTOPHER HEYDKICK, VenanO. FOB ILKCTORS AT LAROI. MORTIMER F. ELLIOTT, Tlog:v JN'O. C. BULLITT, Philadelphia. THOMAS B. KENNEDY, Franklin. DAVID T. WATSON, Allegheny. FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS. Samuel U. Thompson, Adam S. Conway, W. Kedwood Wright, John O. James, James DufTey, 8. W. Trimmer, Aiur Lathrop. Thomas Chalfant, P. a. Strublnger, Joseph D. Orr, Andrew A. Payton, Michael Lelbel, J. K. Clem't R. Waiawrlifht Charles II. LaHerty, Cieorije R. Ciuss William Molan Charles D. Breck Samuel S. Lelby T. C. Hippie, W. P. Hlmmelrelch II. B. Piper, charls A. Faau. John D. Uraden. Thomas McDowell 1. Ilall. Call For County Convention and Delegate Election. The Democratic voters will meet at the several places for the holding of the general elections in their respective aistricts, on Saturday, August 6th 1892, between the hours of 3 and o ciocK p. m., ana elect delegates to County Convention, and vote instate tions for the persons there to be nomi nated, subject to the rules of the Dem ocratic party of the County. The Delegates elected will meet in County convention at the court House, Bloomsburg, Pa., on Tuesday, August ine otn, 1 so 2 at 11 o clock a. ni. and place in nomination one person for uemDer ot the u. is. House of Repre -entatives for the Seventeenth District 1 0 persons for members of House of -Representatives of the State, ai.d trans act such other business as may proper jy come Deiore tne convention. J. H. Mercer, Jno. R. Townsend, Secretary. Chairman Georce Shiras Tr.. of Pittsburcr has been confirmed as Associate Justice of the United btates bupreme Court. The new war cruiser Columbia. launched last Tuesday at Cramp's ship yaro, is saia to De tne most formida ble vessel afloat. It cost the govern ment $2,725,000. and is 400 feet long It can overtake the fastest steamer, ana can steam around the world with out recoaling. Tudcre Perslvnir hae r..;i J o rt " luiivuilliai- ed by the Democrats of Schuylkill county, and it is said that his defeated competitor, John W. Ryon, has an nounced himself as an independent wuuuxic. j uujjc i-crsning nas sen-ed wo terms, out is win a man of vieor uu goou ncaiin. ne is one of the aoiest common Pleas Judaes in the state, and ought to be doubtless will" te. re-elected, and The only contest in County politics thus far is for representative on the jNorcn siue 01 the river. Mr Tewks bury has no opposition from the south side. On the north side Hon. A. L. fritz, who served in the legislature in the sessions of 1S85, and 1887, and Guy Jacoby Esq. of Bloomsburg, Gen. C. M. Blaker of Greenwood, and R. G. F. Kshinka of Briar Creek are contesting for the nomination, and each will no doubt present his claims with increasing vigor as the campaign draws to a close. It is to be hoped that no attention will be paid to eleventh hour campaign falsehoods, which are some times indulged in. Ex-Democratic State Chairman Elliot P. Kisner has about decided to be a candidate for the State Senate in the Twenty first district before the Luzerne Convention, soon to meet Colonel J. Ridgway Wright, the county chairman, and Captain Brod head have been in the field some time, but there is a disposition to give the' ' nomination this year to the" Fourth Legislative district, where the Demo crats roll up big majorities. Four years ago Senator Hines had a ma jority oi 1,254 in a total vote of s7, 376. Mr. Kisner is classed as in favor of a division ot the county, the new county of Hazle, with Hazleton city as the county seat, and they are fight ing hiin close a! the Wilkesbarre end. I WORLD'S FATR DOT BANKRUPT. Some ignorant or malicious person started the report that the World's J air is bankrupt; that it had drawn it 1 - . . . 1 . , ir.si cent aim used us last postage stamp. And this false report has been published in hundreds and probably thousands of newspapers. It is still spreading, and naturally is doing the l air harm. I he lact is that the l-,xpo sition has now $2,500,000 rash in bank and about a million more in sight. I has not had, at any time for a year am a half, less than a million dollars to its credit in cash, and has had as much as $3,ooo,ooo at ore time. During tne last six months the money has nec essarily been expended rapidly for constructing the great Exposition build ings. About three-quarters of a mil lion a month has been paid out for this purpose. A like expenditure will be necessary tor several months to come, and more money will be needed by October. Tne bulk of the receipt: of the Fair from admissions, etc., will not begin to come in, of course, unti the Fair opens. It is in order to tide the enterprise over until that time that the Government has been asked to ad vance $5,000,000. The most conserv ative estimate of the Fair's receipt and expenditures places the former about $4,000,000 in excess of the lat ter. There need be not the slightest fear of the Fair being bankrupt, or even of its becoming "hard up" if the Government gives tht aid which has been asked and which is confidently expected, snouia such aid not be giv en, the public can rest assured that Chicago itself, though it has raised al most 11,000,000 and ought not to be expected to do more, and will put its hand deeper into its pocket and will provide enough money to carry the Fair through to the grand success which it is determined it shall be and which it certainly will be. The Fair is not bankrupt and will not oe bankrupt. The only founda tion for the injurious report referred to :s the tact that the National Commis sion, or supervising body, has expend ed an ot tne money which the govern ment appropriated for its expenses for the current year. 1 hat body does not provide the money for constructing the buildings, gathering the exhibits, or otherwise putting the Fair in complete conaiuon lor tne inspection ot the public. This is done by the World's Columbian Exposition," or local Chi cago corporation. The Fair will be dedicated and open on time, and all bihs will be paid. LEGISLATIVE FIGHT. 1 he Lesislative fieht nn nnrii, o O ..W ,1V. Ill side of the river has developed, as usuai, into a ngnt between the two rings. These factions are bound to elect their men or "bust" the oartv. It is a known fact that no one need run for an office unless he h1rnrr one of these rings, and in most ins tances their candidates are m n u tir. can be used in more ways than one, and often against the nennle's inter. ests as well as the principles of the iemocratic party. rersonallv we have nnthimr nomine either of the Bloom candidates for tli legislature, but we do decidedly ob ject to this boss rule. This factional nghtinff is srettins? and is always so arranged that a man wno win not stoop to ring rule "frozen out" bv beinir told that he is "not in it." We think this "eating crow, or do2," at everv nrimarv election is about played out. Bloom, we think, is not entitled to all the offices. Thev have the Som tor, and to give them a member every time is giving the lion s share and putting tOO much nnwir in th r place. But, happily, there is a good t-naiiuc now 01 aeieating these rini by voting for R. F. Kshinlra r w,.;,0. 1 , r . . . w creek, a gentleman of ahil iiv and in (Arrtn'rir ...1 1 . .. ,fcb'"j' who is aounaantiy able uiauidjc me uuiies 01 tnat office. Mr. Kshinka has proven by the de termined stand he took, for Pntttcr. when a delegate to the Scranton con vention that he is a man who wilt represent the wishes of th. gardless of bulldozing or boodle, and siulc ne is outside ot these rings we think every democrat who is in fivnr of throwing these factional fights of me iioom rings overboard should give Mr. Kshinka his would be a credit to the party and a jaiuuui servant at Itarnsburg. Will you help accomplish this? Anti-Ring. an lrror corrkcted. As Mr. Kshinka is unable to see every voter in the county on account 01 jus iarm duties, an impression prevails, which is much fanned lv over ealous office seekers and their friends, that he is a foreigner from Poland. This is very wrong. He was borne in our neiVhhnrimr county of Sullivan, his father being a native 01 Uurlin. Germany, where this family resided for generations, x it Remember that Ayer's SarsanarilH s extracted from the Honduras root which only of Sarsaparillas has the true alterative properties. Also, that 1 is a highly concentrated and power ul medicine, and hence its wonderful remits in all forms of blood disease. Speech of A. L. Fritz, in the Housk or Representatives, April j7TH, 1887, on the Equal ization or Taxation. The bill passed the House, but was feated in the Senate. del Mr. Fritz. Mr. Speaker, the equal ization of taxation between all classes of persons and all classes of property is a subject worthy of the consideration of this House. Session after session of the Legislature, petitions and me morials have been presented Ifrom all parts ol the State, and perhaps mere rentieatt have heen trvml. lu the 1 - U y " ple of this Commonwealth for a change in our system 01 taxation man lor any omer object. 1 ne larmers and real estate owners in my section of the State are almost unanimously in favor of some measure that will more equal ly divide the burdens of taxation. I therefore ask the indulgence of the House for a few minutes upon this question. While it will be admitted that it is impossible to make an exact equalization of taxes upon persons and property, no one will deny that there could be a more equal division than our presetn tax law gives us. There is no subject before the Leg islature that more directly and deeply interests the people than taxation. It cannot be denied that great inequali ties exist. The burden for local taxa tion for county, school, poor and road purposes falls almost entirely upon real estate. Unequal taxation, and other discriminations has greatly de preciated the value of farm land and real estate in general in this Common wealth I have heard it said that if we do rot exempt certain cla.sses of per sonal property and certain industries from taxation that they would be driv en out of the State I misht sav out of existence. But there is another class of taxpayers that these burdens rti 1 -i . i.m ncaviiy upun more neavuy man any other in the State. I mean the farmers and real estate owners. Ac cording to the Constitution of the State "all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects." The bur dens of taxation should be enualized between all classes of persons and all classes 01 property. 1 he high and low, the rich and noor. should he taxed in proportion to the valuation of their property. The capital of the farmer and real estate owner is taxed four or five times as p-ich as the capita of corpor ations. This is certainly an unwarran table and unjust discrimination, op pressive to real estate, and contrary to the spirit of the Constitution and nat. ural equity. It would seem, if any dis tinction were made, that it should be in favor of that form of ranital that i most productive in favor of the hard t . . wonting, laboring classes of this com monwealth. But all that we ask is there should be an eaualization. as near as may be, of the burdens im posed On each form of nronertv. The farm lands and real estate in general arc sunenng to-day Iroin the onerous burdens of taxation, and the rrv for its relief comes to us from a class in the community whose appeals should be carefully considered the owners of homes and the tillers of the soil. The irregularity is too great against the large maioritv of tax-navrrs of this Commonwealth tMe farmers and la borers and a change must come soon er or later. Those who have made the Study, are almost unanimous in the opinion that corporate and personal property has not and does not bear a tr ! pl,.. c .1 1 i n oiiuic ui me Duraens 01 taxation. Hon. T. Simnson Africa. Serretarv nf Internal Affairs gives the total value of real estate in this Commonwealth at one billion, six hundred and rtinetv. seven million dollars (1,697,000,000.) The total value of personal property, which is far below its real value, is one billion, four hundred and sixty-three million dollars fXr.a6t.ooo.ooo which includes corporation stock, cornora- ion loans, national mrl State Kank stock, county loans, municipal loans auu money at interest, But there are Other Classes of nersonal nronertv that are not included in this list. So that the estimated aggregate value of per- SOnal DrODertV IS emial if not hirrhr than that of the real estate. The Au ditor General claims that there are four hundred millions of Hollars held by corporations that is not returned. anu ior wnicn no tax is paid. This sum added to the figures iust civen shows that the value of personal property is more man two hundred mil 10ns of dollars greater than the value of real estate. The estimated total ta naid on real estate in this Commonwealth. is thirty millions, three hn nnred nnrl ninety five thousand dollars ($30,395,. ""ii mc estimated total lax paid on personal nronertv is five millions nine hundred and sixty two thousand dollars ($5,962,000.) Now, if person al property paid the same mill rate as real estate it would pay twenty-six mill ions, one hundred and thirteen thous and dollars '26.111.000. or would ev. '--. 1 " ceed the amount it now pays by twen ty millions of dollars( j 20,000,000,) ac cording to the amount returned of each class of property. But if the total val ue of all property m this Common wealth is returned as it should be, and the total amount of laves nan is about thirty-six millions of dollars, real estate should pay eighteen millions of dollars, or twelve millions less than it now pays, and the corporations and all classes of nersonal nrn'ierfv. shotiM pay the same amount, or about twelve millions more than it now pays. Now, if the figures civen by the Auditor General and the Secretary of Internal Affairs arc torrent, and I think no one can dispute thtm, in order to equalic as near as may be, the taes of this State lctween all t.lasses of property something should bi dune liv this T.i-it. islattire toward giving the relief asked for by the great mass of farmers, real esi-ite owners nra laborers 01 mis com monwealth. It has been estimated that monied capital earns about five per cent per annum and that real cs tate earns about two and one half. If two men should have five thousand dollars each to invest, the one purchas es a farm and the other invests his money in corporate stock or some other class of personal property. There is no aouDt but that the farmer pays about five times as much tax as the person who has his money invested in personal property. Is there any doubt that the burdens or taxation are uncv enly divided ? The bill under consideration does not propose such a radical change as illustrated by the figures which I have just given you. These figures were based upou the statistics and facts giv en by those officers who have charge ot tne finances ot this State, and can not be disputed. It is, therefore, our dutv as renresentativea of the r,er.te of this great Commonwealth, to give neea to me demands made by the great majority of citizens of this State the largest class of nronertv owners. They have been knocking at the doors Of this Lezislature. ever sinre the sea. sion opened, and th.-y are still waiting to De nearci on this question hoping and expecting that some relief at least. will be given them. Every unbiased student of our financial policy will ad mit that there is an unfair division of our taxes at the present time. This inequality is apparent to all. Now, sir, knowing these facts, is it not our lntv as Legislators to place upon the stat- tne oooks some law which will make a more equal division of these burdens? The farm and the workshops should l .1 .. . . . .. . oear ineir proportion ot the nun ic hnr. oen ; so snouid the corporation, the , . bonds, the stocks and other monied capital and personal proi erty of the State. The practical oneratinn of our present law is that the corporations anu personal property in general pay but a small proportion of our taxes, which adds to the burdens upon real estate, while the latter is taxed with out regard to the actual interest of the owner in it. This presents a proper subject for action, and the suggestion that real and personal property should be placed upon an equal footing, for all purposes of taxation, is worthy of most serious consideration I mig.it give you illustrations of men who are worth from twenty-five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars, who have all their money in vested in corporations or ether person al property, and who only pay a small occupation tax, or perhaps, a tax upon a horse. Why, sir, Mr. Speaker, the farmers, the mechanics, the laborers, who own small homes, and all other classes who have the bulk of their money invested in real estate and who constitute more than four-fifths of the citizens of this Commonwealth, are asking us to pass some law in refer ence to making a more equal division of these burdens. It cannot be denied that money owners do not pay one fourth as much in proportion to the amount of property or income as the owners of real estate, which, in the present as in the past, bears the heavy burdens of local and municipal taxa tion, The property of a corporation is no more sacred than a farm cr the small home of the laborer. Both are property and arc protected by the laws which surround them. Should not each bear its share of the burdens of State and local taxation in proportion to their value and income ? Shall we throw aside and refuse to listen to the requests of three-fourths of the tax payers of this State ? It is our duty as representatives of the peor.le in passing laws, to treat all classes alike. The corporation, the farmer, the m. chanic, the laborer, and all other class es ot citizens should be put upon an equal footing. Shall we throw the armo of protection around the corporations ami me weauny moneyed men, who constitute onlv a small nortion of tV,.. citizens, and not heed to the wishes of an omer classes ? it is our duty to pass laws, not for one particular class 01 men, out in me interest of the whole people. Generally the corporations and other personal property make a net annual return of from five to twenty per cent. The farm and ot!:er real estate in Pennsylvania, after deducting insurance, taxes, improvements, re- pairs and hired labor incident t.i man aging the same, does not virM a net return or more than two and one-half per cent upon the amount invested. In some of the richest agricultural coun ties of the State the net returns from farms is not more than two and one half per cent. The Auditor General, in his report of the finances of the btate ror the year i836, in recommend ing a revision of the tax laws, claims that it will be admitted by any one fa miliar wun me subject, that our tax laws are in a mixed an.l nu.,1,n,i condition, and breed fruitful and end less litigation. Were it possible, all our laws relating to State, county, township and municipal taxation should be revised, codified and put in an intelligent and intelligible shape. It is difficult to determine in manyj rases what law is upon a given subject. For fifty years acts have been repealed, and others have been amended, until too frequently rio one can tell what act is in force and what is not. Others have been drawn in great haste and amended when almost on final passage, and at times the amendments contradict the terms and intent of the original bill. To codify and put in proper shape these acts of Assembly is no easy task, but the demand is al most imperative. Under these laws more than thirty five millions of dollars are annually collected, and they personally affect e cry citizen of the Commonwealth. In many cases they are worse than the laws of a certain Roman Emperor. His were printed in letters so small mat mey couiu not oe read irom tne street. Ours can be read without difficulty. There is no trouble with tin type, but they are so conflicting in terms, and so obscure in language, that eminent judges differ as to their meaning, and the average lawyer and taxpayer is lost among their mazes. A more just, intelligent and consistent system, distributing the burdens of taxation more equitably between cor porations and individuals, could cer tainly be adopted. No subject more deserving is before the members of the legislatnre. Mr. Justice Paxton in i7 W. N. C, 455, commenting up on our tax laws, says: "Our entire revenue system needs to be remodeled in accordance with the new constitution It has been for many years a disjoint ed system, subject to frequent and arbitrary changes, in many instances loosely and obscurely worked, making its construction and enforcement matters of no slight difficulty. To re-cast it now in entire harmony with the original law is a serious matter." Now, Mr. Speaker, no one will deny that great inequalities exist and that some change should be made in our system of local taxation, so that the burdens of local taxation upon real estate will be somewhat removed. If the corporations and other personal property are paying at the present time one-fourth or one-fifth as much j tax as real estate, according to the I valuation of each class of property, there should be noobjection to the pass age of a law that will make a more equal division. If the real estate is paying four or five dollars tax to every dol lar paid by corporations and other personal property, and the valuation ot the one class is about equal to the other, is it reasonable to obiect to a change tn the system of our local tax- alton? Why, sir, some of our cor porations are almost entirely free from taxation, while their net income is trom two to ten times as great as the income derived from real estate. Is it any wonder that real estate has been depreciating in value, and that the owners are pressed down with the burdens of over-taxations and other discrimination? Where one class of property is compelled not only to bear its own burdens, but the burdens of all other classes, is it any wond.r that there is a great dipreciation in value. All classes of property should cavs as near as may be, its snare of taxe- torall purposes of this Common wealth; or, at least, our present sys tem of local taxation should lie changed so that there will be. as near as possible, an equal division ac cording to the income or value of the respective properties. Judge Pax ton, of the Supreme Court, said, in his opinion on the tax law "it is, per haps, vain to expect that any system of taxation shall produce exact uni formity; it is, however, both reason able and possible to lay the taxes in such a manner that substantial justice uu uuuormiiy snau be me result. 1 am not here to defend anv nar. ticular class of property or persons, but I wish to treat all alike. When see and know that there are un. reasonable discriminations against certain classes, I feel it my duty to advocate some measure that will have a tendency toward remov ing the objectionable features from our present tax laws. The Philadebhia Citv Tmon od ihe Eighth Reniment h d Y O w '" VII wi - ered home from Homestead. Mr. Joncph llemmerloh An old soldtt'r, came out of tiie V.'ar nrcutly cuuiablcdliy Tryhaid I'ecr,!ia lifl.'r liolujc In various hos;ilL;'i tlio Uocton iilc!iarnoiI him as liutiiiaMe with Oummpilon. llo li;n tu-eii !u poor health since, until ha ,PKttn to take frSood's Sarsaparilla lin:iieil!nti;ly hi cou;!h pew looter, night nwcati tw.si.-d, ami h ieiluo.1 good (.vueral health, llo eovdlally reeoiimn iuls Hood's Stir mmriru MpcclaHy to jownulo tnthp3. A. It. HOOD'3 Pn.1.8 euro ll..Mtiml Ciiiutl,,utn by ,...k iiri.iuii:i.-(iouoi Die u.iiuauurj inul. Ho Stauils By th KocorJ, It is amusing to hear p.ipcts liv Trih,n,f. say th it Mr. Urean speech at the Notification meetir,,? . iin.iy Hum wie 1 cmocrat r Hrifr 1 1 ... !: .1.1 t .1. . t . uro .win iiiouuieu tne tariff 1 the Chicago platform. Th,. rei. lank of tr,,lL that these papers have fa!sif,., ,L, InrifT record nn.l miVi..,.i... i . 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For Representative, ANDREW I.. FRITZ, of EloomsburL'. For Representative, R. G. F. KSHINKA, of Briarcreek. For Representative, E. M. TEWKSBURY, of Catawissa. 1'or Representative. CHARLES M. B LAKER, of Greenwood. FACT. m. n 1 V . Wn mnut ell Ii.m . . i I. I I . 1 1.1. U Piniples, Boils, ; m kj Heads, l I .I V u.w, nun uimJUi wiihu U ruinilly ninrin li tht iwmarknliln nrMnir Hiinu.Sr. LIWlSjJ BimOVM SUZS CIi203". f or ttie BjHwIy curt, of Hrrufulii, Waatin, aUronrial Diu, Ernption. Kryiiwlii. yi'ul dwouy. and evnry indication of i-jiovr. Uhed bliHxl, It. Llai!7'i Bl-el Csirchif in tU oai reuuxljf that can alwaya be roliwi uouu. ,. lrnKlaU soil it. THE SELLKRS MEDICINE CO; i . i ITT1u"-aH.
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