The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 31, 1894, Page 2

BEVELED AT TAX DOGERS.| Missouri Assessors Talk Plainly | to That Class. Mumerous Changes Recommended and | a Legislative Committee Ap- pointed. —New Plan of Assessing . | | Jeffereon City, Mo., May 24.—The | sonclusion of the state assessors’ zonvention was quite as important as the first day's session. A more harmonious convention never assem- bled and transacted business in the states. the state officers, were highly pleas- ad with the business like manner | im which the important work out ined was performed The only question which the con vention failed to harmoniously con zider was a half way indorsement of the old “assessor's seal law,’ a meas- are twice defeated by ‘legislature. The more conservative members of the convention thought it was use- less to resurrect this scheme, as it is epen to so many objections on ac- aount of being impractical. If en acted into a law it would require every assessor to carry a stamp or geal and stamp evidences of indebt edness, such as notes, bonds, mort gages, etc , held for exaction, and a failure to do so would render such property non-collectible and non-ne- gotiable. Under such a system, if a note was given for a long period, it would have to be as large as a barn door in order to make room for the aesessor's indorsement from time to time. However, the resolution left room for something better, aud is aot regarded as mitigating the work of the convention. Most of the speeches to-day were ‘oveled at tax dodgers, and by this term, according to the views of the assessors, the money lenders, note shavers and misers constitute the principal class. Nearly every asses- sor had one or more instances to re- tate of how one or more of this class in his: county had committed perjury with impunity, and they united in seying that the legislature will be derelict in its duty ifit fails to enact some law that will proye effective in making tax dodgers give a correct list of their property. The reason given for ewpowering assessors to value the stock of mer chants and manufacturers was that ander the present law the owners place their own values and that no serious effort is ever made to pros- seute any of them for withholding property. It was also argued that a very large per cent of merchants and manufacturers return but a frac- tion of their property. All the resolutions, recommenda tions and speeches were in line with the original policy adopted by the} convention, that henceforth all prop | arty must be taxed at itsactual cash | market value at ordinary sale. Asa permanent organization was effected an@ the next meeting will be held in February when the legislature is in session, some most important shanges in the revenue laws of the atate may be confidently anticipated. Governor Stone informed the con- vention that he will include a recom mendation for necessary changes in his message to the legislature next January. Among the resolutions offered by xarious members of the convention was one by Mr. Stubblefield of Cald-} well county, providing for grouping | the counties of the state in five sub-} divisions and fixing minimum valua- tious, provoked a heated debate and Was tinally withdrawn. | The following resolution, offered | by Mr. Weber of St. Louis county, was adopted after some discussion: Resolved, That it is the sense of | this convention that the cash value} of any property is what in cash | Each assessor, as well as | be passed upon by the local Board | of Equalization. | Third—That the length oft f ficial term of the office of as or |should be changed from two to four! years. Fourth—That the law giving | over a record of mortgages, etc, such a record for all counties. | Fifth—All town lots should be assessed and valued separately. A resolution cffered by Mr. Har-! rison of Howard that the Legisla ture be asked to pass a law requir- ing the assessor to stamp notes, bonds, mortgages and other evi-| dences of indebtedness, if no better | pian can be devised, was adopted The legislative committee, con | sisting of Messrs. Fredricks of the St. Louis Board of Assessors, Petty | of Jackson, Rundle of Barton. Ren- fro of Ray and Benton of Holt, was continued for the period of one year | under a resolution adopted by the} convention The committee will look after the legislation that will come before the next General As sembly next winter. The conyention resolutions of a complimentary char acter. Stone nd the A. P.A. Jefferson City, Mo., May 24.— Since the Democratic State Conven- | tion at Kansas City the organs of the A. P. A. have been pouring hot shot into Governor Stone. They are under the impression that ke is alone responsible for the anti A. P. A. plauk adopted by the Convention. Speaking of the matter this after- noon, the Governor said: “I care nothing about all this twaddie. In the first place I did not write or dictate the socalled A. P. A. resolution in the State platform. T heartily indorse it, but I did not write it. I was not even on the com mittee which reported it. I under- stand that Mr. Kehr, of St. Louis, presented the resolution to the com- mittee, and that it was unanimously adopted by the committee, as it was by the Convention. The resolution is all right, and I affirm it I have no quarrel with the A. P. A's as in dividuals. Iam positively and un qualifiedly opposed to the effort they are making to inject religious intol erauce into political I am opposed to making any religious tests of citizenship, and I hate any kind of proscription. On this rock Istand. It is somewhat remarkable and a little amusing that these A. P. A. newspapers should concentrate their entire fight on me for a resolu tion which I did not write, o dic- tate, and which came from acom mittee of which I was not a member. Is it not peculiar? But the resolution is all right, and Iam perfectly will ing to take the credit of it.” affairs Lynching Bee Probable. Neosho, Mo., May 24 —The two men charged with the Southwest City bank robbery arrested yester- day at Fairland, I. T., are J. E. Winn aud John Sparks. At Pineville tc-/ day where they were taken to jail, J. E. Winn was identified as one of the robbers and also the man who shot and killed ex-Senator Joseph Seaburn. Jchn Sparks is also iden- tified as one of the robbers. Officers are still in pursuit of the remaining five robbers, and their arrest is hour- ly expected. Excitement runs high and it is believed both Winn and Sparks will be lynched. Locusts and Army Worms. West Plains, Mo., May 24.—How- ell county has not escaped the rav- ages of the locusts and army worms. They are both here in great num- bers. ‘The former are injuring fruit and forest trees alike in many in- stances stinging them to death. In the southern part of the county the trees are literally covered with them Army worms are getting in their | Present law, 4 adjourned after adopting the usual} 2 money it will bring on June 1, | work on the meadows and are sweep- should the owner desire to convert | ing them clean of everything green. it into cash. The damage from both the pests is The following report from the/incaleulable. Cold weather lately committee to recommend changes in | has given the locusts a setback and the revenue and assessment laws | some of them are dying. was adopted: : \ Danyille, Ill, May 19.—The re- cng a ey uae | publicans late this afternoon decided aris A ara ea tniimake theirire- to accept Judge Bookwalter's deci- — aa Wahesars leach | sion declaring the democratic con- P yobs ea | gressional apportionment legal and | eee d—That the merchants and will make no further fight. Second— chan’ cerudy aaes oe manufacturers should be assessed} Governor Stone pardoned three by the assessor and the assessment penitentiary convicts Wednesday. TARIFF DUTIES COMPARED. Treasury Experts Compl-te Their Com- | parative Statement. Washington, D.C. May 23.—The Treasury experts have completed their work of caleulating the equiva-| 4 | counties of 40.600 inhabitants and/lent ad valorem rates of the com- promise tariff bill, as compared with | | should be changed so as to proyide|the McKinley law and the House) bill. This shows the following aver ages on the schedules of each of the | two bills and the existing law: Chemicals—Present law, 31,61;) Senate bill, 24.21: House bill, 25.00. | Earth, Earthenware and Glass-! ware—Present law, 51 25; Senate bill, | 37.33; House bill, 34 37. | Metals Manufactures Of—-! 43; Senate bill, 34 2 House bill, 35.06. Wood and Manufactures Of— Present law, 32.66; Senate bill,28.82; House bill, 22.64. Sugar—Present law, 14.55; Senate bill, 39.59; House bill, 28.43. Tobacco and Manufactures Of— Present law, 117.82; Senate bill,105.- 95; House bill, 91 58. Agricultural Products and Provis- ious—Present law, 33.21;Senate bill, 62; House bill, 21.58. Spirits, Wines and Other Bever- ages—Present law, 69.90; Senate bill, 58.98; House bill, 69 69. | Cotton Manufactures—Present law, 55 25; Senate bill, 40 92; House bill, | 38.45. | Flax, Hemp and Jute and Manu- factures Of—Present law, 45; Senate | bill, 32.41; House bill, 30.51. | Wool and Manufactures Of —Pres- ent Jaw, 98.62; Senate Dill, 41.13; House bill, 39.78. Sik aud Silk Goods—Present law, 53.56; Senate bill, 45.90; House bill, 45.13 Pulj, Papers and Books—Present | law 23 85; Seuate bill, 20 38; House bill, 19.10 Sundries—Present law, 27; Senate bill, 22 12; House bill, 20.2 Totul—Present law, 49.58; Senate bill, 36.79; House bill, If yu do not look better, feel better, eat beiter and sleap better bring it back ‘That is what we say when we sell a bot- tle of Parks Sure cure. If your head aches, your back aches your stomach dis- tresses you, if you are all out of sorts and dont know what tha trouble is why don’t you try a bottle on this guaranteed plan? We willftake the chances it you will ta the medicine. S Id by H Tucker. | | and 5s | 3} Criminal Costs. The taxpayers of Missouri are now compelled to foot criminal costs bills amounting to more than $300,000 a year and in addition to the crimi- nal laws are poorly enforced as a general rule. In 1893 the legislature appropriated $550,000 for criminal costs for the years 1893-4.and $59 000 to cover a deficiency. What the amount of the deficiency will be at close of the present year can only be surmised, but it may reach in the | neighborhood of $100,000. It is time the people of the state were taking some interest in this matter of criminal costs. It is becoming a great burden and is increasing at a rapid rate. In late years this paper has had considerable to say on the matter of criminal cost, and it is a subject of encugh importance to merit frequent attention. The criminal laws all tend to greatly increase criminal cost over what it should be, and the elect tion of inexperienced and frequently | incorbpetent prosecuting attorneys} adds to a burden that is much great | er than it should be. The legisla-| ture has never been able to put any check on the constant increase of} criminal costs. Every{change in those criminal law is for the benefit of the charged with crime and to the detri- ment of justice as well as tax-payers There is no reason in the world why persons charged with crime should not be tried within a reasonable length of time. But no murderer or other person guilty of a serious crime and able to employ an attorney | ever goes to trial without one or more continuances. Frequently such trials drag along for years. These con tinuanees all add to the criminal costs bills in each case and at the same time they serve to wear out justice. So great is the burden of criminal costs becoming that the legisiature must do something before long. If the criminal laws were reyised in a sensible way and district prosecuting attorneys elected, a great saving woulld result and the laws would be much more rigidly inforced. The shortest cut. however, would be to require every county to pay its own {supposed to be two of | west City bank robbers. He brought jidentiti jeling ¢ ;and was identified as the man ‘so by the robbers. j corder of Deeds of the pea o : es criminal cost. Some counties in in this state draw nearly their tire sta » back in the shape sts. This is manifestly ired by One county is not requ reurred avy other costs . and wh be taxed to enf tion in a different part of on ecr the If such laws are to be continued the state should assume tl control of all prosecutic solute in a man- ner like that pursued by the govern ment. Southwest City Bank Robbers. Neosho, Mo., May 23.—Capt. Lac- ey made the arrest of Dr. Wyn aman by the name Fairland, I. T., and Daniels of They are the South- of to day. them to Neosho this eveving for Dr. Wyne is a trav- icer doctor, and admitted in a conversation that he had been in ation. robbery. He also admitted that the horse shot at the time belonged to him. he was arrested for being implicated the Bentonville (Ark.) His reputation is unsavory, as in robbery who At that time he claimed he had been compelled to do Daniels, who goes by the name of Sparks and is supposed to be the man who killed Joe Seaborn, runs a pool recom in Fairland. He is badly seared while the doctor is perfeetly cool, and claims that he was in Blue Jacket the day of the robbery. If identi- fication is complete a term of court will not be necessary, as Southwest City people are in a mood to deal promptly with them. held the horses. ‘Taylor Confirmed. Washington, D. C. May23.—C. H. J. Taylor, the colored Kansas man over whose confirmation to be Re- District of Columbia there has been a spirited debate in the senate, was contirmed at to day’s exective session, the vote standing 34 to 15. There were no speeches made beyond a few remarks by senator Hill to the effect that the democratic platform on the subject of home rule should be observed >| The division in the vote was not over party lines but Taylor received a larger percentage of republican votes than at first seemed pdobable. Wholesal+ Murder Scheme, Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 20.—<A plot which, for fiendishness, has never been equalled in the annals of crime iv this section of the country, was nipped in tke bud to day through the confession of one of tne Key- He said the strikers had secured nine kegs of giant powder, almost enovgh to de- stroy half the city,and secreted them near the house of Foreman Heslops. Last evening, had it not been for the the arrest of the ring-leaders of yes- terday’s riot, it was the intention of the strikers to put the powder un- der the houses of all the bosses of the mines, and set it off. The re- sult been somethivg terrible, taking into consideration that the families of the bosses num ber nearly 100 persons. Despite this evidence against the ring-leaders of the riotous Hungarians, the six men who were taken into custody this morning were this «fternoon admit- ted to bail. The nine kegs of pow- der were secured by the officers. AINT cracks.—It often costs more to prepare a house for repainting that has been painted in the first place with cheap ready-mixed paints, than it would to have painted it twice with strict- ly pure white lead, ground in pure linseed oil. Strictly Pure White Lead stone colliery rioters. would have Southwest City the day before the) i ene | es SOLD EVERYWHERE | “sr THENK FAIRBANK COMPANY, StLovs, |R. J. HURLEY, Pseripest. G. B. 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