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Show GROSS MISREPRESENTATION. Tho following Item taken from last Suturiiaylg lopal g. o. p. organ caps the climax forgross and malicious misrepresentation, misrep-resentation, oven for Unit notoriously inrcllub,lo sheet. Tho Enquirer says: A widow lady was over from Salem today in pay 'hor taxes, which niiioiiiited to $14,70, and complained thai she could hot sou how her tuxes had taken such a lilg jump lu ono year, as last year $3,fi0 pnld them. Qt course the expensu of riiinnlng 1 lie pounly Is continually con-tinually lueruasui;,aiid tlio boor widow will have to help pay the fiddler If she dopsn'i dance. Now as to thonb.ntrdlty of tho above It will only be necessary for each tax payor to ocujuiuo bis own tux statement state-ment and sea It there Is such 11 ratio of Increase. However, let s look at tho facts. Last year this btdy's tax assessment assess-ment was SI3.nO. Sue Is a widow, and our, board of county commissioners, always al-ways humane and generous, remitted her the full statutory l(iit of $10, to that sho only needed to pay $3.f0. The foro pal t of th present year qnr State Supremo court, composed of three Republicans, Re-publicans, ruled that, these remissions wcro Illegal and could not bo made. This Republican decision prevented tho county board of equalization from remitting tho taxes of thlsor tiny other poor wld,qw, and sho mut consequently consequent-ly pay tho full assessment of 814.70. This Is certainly neither the fault of our Democratic assessor or county commissioners. The Enquirer man know the fuels when tho above Item was penned, but preferred to falsify Jn order to bolster up the fust falling causo of tho local Republicans, It must ben vymik causo Indeed which requires re-quires to. use such methods in the at, tempt tcj gain support. |