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Show THE RANDALL AMENDMENJg Wc notice that Representative j U dall has introduced into tho Ijj ot House a proposition to amend th$t U) stitution iu the matter of relieving JWl tain persons from taxation. His. Be posed amendment follows the WW m of Section 3. Article 13, of tho j fc stitution, down to and including, j 50! proviso that mortgages upon both-, h and personal property shall be U from taxation, as agreed to m aio amendment of the Constitution, and: closing tho section. Mr. BandalL ever, proposes to Add at the fin Ut the section the following proviso.! Provided, further, that the Ugj orphan children, who ar bong jj dents of the state of btah, snan 1 empt from taxation. ; j" There is no doubt but Mr. J&j has a good heart, and tha : Jjj v. tention in proposing this constilutij I 1 TfcSBT nt is charitable, benevolent. 4jjrfferea'jn the best of good faith. iRt nothing could ,bc or 'SSK'iliii that an amendment of this ktSjH trtiuld be subject to the grossest unKTana that it would entirely dis-fcSBfTa dis-fcSBfTa whatever symmetry there may SuFTV flor oj6tem of tasation Besides, uSSMu, hardly have escaped the atten-'7Hf atten-'7Hf versons vho are observant of CflB?J.ftods of the boards of equallza- j BK. that it is tho common practice toBj-ta ahate taxes in tho cases of ira-MfcflKffched ira-MfcflKffched widows who may own thoir 5,HErSom, aa in cases whatever Ei diBtrcss by Teason ot propo8ed feffKLieus therefore, that the amend-lRMKII?ea amend-lRMKII?ea by Mr. Randall, though fcKa witb tbe best of motives and ttfBlfitbe kindest intentions," is entirely mKusaSt and 'lt would throw opcn s tmUlMT to a flod of abuses- Wo judge WfcfM ttU Pnt3 wiU be easily 6ecn by H iitaeinbr8 both of the House and ttKw Senate. And so we suppose that iEisnot any particular likelihood of ftRsandell's proposed amendment be-'WKareed be-'WKareed to by the Legislature, aud, 'tfir it would be a hopeless prop-Ea prop-Ea to submit anything of the kind tijpte ratification of the voters of this |