Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-10-06
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ibis fall YETI"
"Nol Why do you ask me that?"
gTo see what your taxes are ] was up
to see what mine are"
"Well how is it?"
"About three times as high as last year."
the anxious enquirer, rabid
Democrat. and bis answer was followed by
an indefinite number Of not very compli- !
mentary adjectives towards the gentlemen
who occupy comfortable quarters in the
Court House. at tho expense of the hard
working farmers, and laboring men Of San
dusky County.
His statement Of enormous taxes was not
new 10 me, and for years past the people
have borne il patiently, rather than dis
charge the hungry, greedy cormorants
who GIL the various offices in the Court
House. They are all good Democrats { p
and the people of the county are Democ-
rats, and though they have complained Bit
terly Of their burdens, from time to time,
they have reelected the horse-leeches,
rather than turn them out, and put in hon
est men. This forbearance has made them
bolder, and yearly they dive deeper into
the peoples treasury, and clutch larger
sum under various devices, of which hon
est men would be ashamed. The peoples
course authorized them to do so, for they
always sustained them in this gdliinipper
operation, instead of repudiatipg them
The officers knew this, and for your
complaints they cared not, for by crying
Democracy" right Justify they could in.
duce you 10 sustain, or vote for successors
of the same stripe, who had been uominat-
ed by few beardless lawyers (without
practce) and office seekers, so as to get a
share Of the rich spoils, annually forced out
OF the hard earnings of the peoples pock
cts. The complaints of my friend, who
solemnly affirmed that he believed that his
party had been tdttening long enough at
the public crib, induced me to look at some
of the "otficia' documents. TO ascertain, If !
could find where the peoples money went
to- found it 10 be "thc pursuit of knowl-
, edge under difficulties" for the officials are
smart enough to admit nothing to come tc
light except what they are forced to-
Sharkish operations are not for the "puJHt
eye"
, A few items from the "Auditor's Books,
will, or should, show, that the pickings BY
the favored few, is rare feast, to the recp
tents, but will show you the 'gaHoping'
consumption to the pockets Of the tax pay
ers. Look at the following interesting
items; mean interesting 10 the taxpayer
:. and the lawyers:
"Paid Prosecuting Attorneys, TWO
: HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE
t DOLLARS!"
:. "Paid Lawyers ONE HUNDRED AM
e FIFTY DOLLARS!ll"
a Here are two items for tax payers t.
look at; every cent comes out of their pock
i cts. What the last item is for can not b,
d asccrtained from the "official report" thu
S officials having probably, wisely concluded
! that they had better not tell. Whether i
o was for services done. or for party services
no one can tell That it is shameless ex
: penditure of the peoples money; a reck
e less waste upon political favorites, some o
: whom would starve to death, for want O
il business. if it was not for the plumber from
d the Treasury, no one can doubt
!. Under such inveterate, old federal, aris
+ tocrats as Judge Sadler and Judge Bowen
the Prosecuting Attorneys of Sandusls,
: County, were allowed about one hundret
d and fifty dollars year; but the peopl
+ wanted reform" and they got it. The
; elected the present Judge Of the Commo
! Pleas. and under his present highly Demo
S cratic administration, be and the Demo
cratic" Commissioners Of Sandusky County
have reformed" the salaries of Prosecu,n
!" Attorneys of Sandusky County, from on
= hundred and fifty dollars. to two hundre
e and eighty three dollars year! All fc
IS the sake Of the "dear people," out of who's
e. pockets the money comes. And that
y not bleeding the people sufficiently yet tn
e officials think they will stand another goo
l. slice still, to keep up young and promisin
e Democrats" lawyers, who have tlst
l. but not talent for the law, and so civ
10 certain members Of the profession, goo
lie suck o; the public teat; and as matter
'e course they are vocferous to keep the pa
IS ty in office, as good democrats" Fo,
Or hundred dollars and over, under "Dem
'e cratic" rule. for lawyers fees. instead of OF
MS hundred and fifty. under the administr
b. ton uf oristocratic Wing Judges. 1t pa
e we'll to be a "Democrat," and with sut