Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-27
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have always asserted it as a fact, which
would invariably. be sustained by the docli-
monls that the inevitable result O! whig leg
islatlon is high faxeS TO the people; and
have wondered, thai during the presen,
contest, the whig journals and our present
Auditor Of State have beed suffered to glo-
riry the present financial position OF Ohio,
without having the documents stuck under
their noses, which would show the people
Of Ohio the true state of whig linancie,ing
The wings brag of the stability of the cred
it of the State brought about by their inan-
cial system; and still it is an incohtroverti-
be fact, that our State stock sold higher,a at
the time the finances of the State ere un
Ger democratic management; ard when our
late Auditor (Mr. Brough) handed over
the Auditors office 10 his whig successor,
than they have ever since. And that was
effected by democrat, with lass taxation
upon the people Jess revenue from the pull
lie works, s,-than " oods has under his con-
troll. us the following statement will show:
The amount Of taxation for
Stale purposes in 1914, when
Mir iiRoUGn was Andltur,1s
per Auditors report were 1913 .996 63
In 1915, WooD's iirst ear of
! whig iinonc'ering, they
were l003,GA 25
In 1916, second whig year HOS ,222 s3
In 1917, third do d, ll3I,333 IA
: And in 1913, at three mills on
the dollar, the state lax will
not be less than 1250,O00 0O
! 1t will he seen. tha! in four years Of un-
interrupted arhig government. we have ad-
vanced the snug round sum Of three hun
d,ed thousand dollars IN taxing tie peo-
pie.
The Wigs hnve most glorious way
of covering up their financial blunders, and
that way is to pile up taxation Oh the peo-
pie.
But is this all? No! In addition the
whig Auditor has had to help him nm enor-
nous increase IN the receipts OF our public
works, the. result Of the democratic tariff
policy Of 1916. 81. ....:.. ....
In 1916 the receipts increased over 1915
SIS, 1896, and in 1913 over 1876, $l92,.
7l6, making with the increased taxation al
ready referred to, nn excess Of receipts Of
half q million Of dollars which the whig
Auditor had over the democratic Auditor,
and still our State stocks can hardly be held
near par.
/ The wings will reply TO this that they
have paid off part of the Stale debt. Not
50!
The State debt in 1914 n
mounted as per Audit
or's report, to $l9,276,751 7s
In 1913, rs per Auditors
/ Report, it amounted to &l9,233, 487 27
A difference ofa little rising of $40, 900.
But will some one ask what have the
wings done with this large amount Of mon
ey? | will tell you.
l. The salary Of erery officer Of the
government has been increased
2. A large amount of old, improper,
and in many instances fraudulent claims
which our democratic auditor had steadily
refused, have been paid.
3. Was:efnl expenditures Of every de-
lscrip:irn for new officers, costly buildings
of every description have been encouraged.
The grand total result boing an enor-
nous increase OF expenditures: from dem.
ocratic State government to our present
one.
Sea5ury Ford, Alfred Kelley and Joe
Ridgvay,end the neutral Columbus clique
have teen the great agents in this work of
plumber Of the people
Just let the people of Ohio consider this
naain fact, that the democrats carried on
their State government when the public
works were not yet finished, when repairs
for them were in consequence very heavy,
for less than ole million Of dollars, and
not only that-lhey rescued the credit of
the State, from the selling of State stocks
at 55-100 on the dollar to little abore par
in 1914.
Whiggery has since ruled four years.
They have had an increased duplicate TO
help them, the receipts from the public
works have steadily increased. Repairs
have been light, and in addition, with an
increase Of taxation Of three hundre thou
sand dollars. with all these means, still
our State stocks are not quite par.
If the wings brog, hereafter. of their Fl,
nancial exploits, or if Auditor WOODS should
again s'neglect the business Of has office"
by making electioneering brag stump
speeches on his financial abilities, just poke
the documents at them, and thus silence