Show FIGHTING THEIR OWN MEN the second plank in the republic can an county arid and district platform reads eads as follows resolved that the law passed by the democratic lemo cratic I 1 mor mort t gaes ages frow from taxation is an unjust dis dig in favor of the wealthy ie althy classes lasics lass cs and aai wo we therefore favor the piss pass idof it a law which will corn compell pell nil lasses classes to pay their just share of tile hie public auldene hui bul deu dene that law was recommended by he territorial board of equalization there here are arc seven members of that board five of them are arc republicans and i were ere at the tima of that t recommendation one of those live five republican members was at that th at time frank J cannon ile iio arid and they recommended the elie law anti and upon their recommendation it was passed will mr hammond deny this besides as the law now stands it is better for the man mail who borrows when tile the lender is compelled to pay taxes upon the mortgage he holds rest assured lie will insert in ert a clause in his mortgage providing 0 for the borrower to pay it the londer lender will not be affected by any other policy iio licy no matter what it is the taxing of mortgages C is an additional dit ional burden on the poor man mail who lias has to borrow besides it is a discrimination against loral local capital aud and in favor of foreign capital cal lital so in this particular mr cannon and his republican colleagues colica collca 0 aes ues were right no matter what the local republican platform may masay to tho the contrary are arc we corrector not mr 11 ammond |