Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-31

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Demlsaeann and Pluuder,ns.
Why Will men talk about matters
they don't understand Why will the
0ssssss prattls about tho affain Of the
city Of New York, when it does no,
svsn know enough Of the offairs o.,
Davenport to tell whether Jim Thor
tlgtoa wss Representative or SENATOR
h Cosgrsssl lts articles on the New
York defalestioas only excited rdicule
amoag the New Yorken resident in
thh city. for it Wa, beyond al Com
parison. the greatest farrage Of non
ssass md impudence that journal has
publihed for several days. A CON-
nittss Of the common council Of New
York recently appointed to investigate
the pecuniary condition oftbe city,
II beaop 10 examine the accounts OF
the CIT odicers eight years back, and
continued il examination up TO the
present time 1t may be we'll TO state
that the present comptroller Of New
York is the Hon. Azarial c. Flsgg,
ono Of the ablsst 6nsncisn and purcs,
gsatlemen in this or any other count
~; md oil who know aught Of hun,
either . tried and trusty public ser.
want or - Treasurer Of the Chicago
4 Rock Island X. X. will laugh to
scorn any imputation on his fair fame.
Mr.. flagg is Democrat and there is
not . man in the city, in the state OF
New York, who doubts that his &c
counts sre square to the last DOLLAR
Not 70 with his predecessor, Joseph K.
TsyIor. Joseph Il. Taylor is Know
Nothing Black Republican, politl-
cisu Of the Mstteson School, and all
the "bungIing" WAS done during his
term Of office. In speaking of las &C
counts, the committee adopted he
words Of comptroller Flagg, and say
'thst A's books and papers were ming
led in confused mass" II is Joseph
X. Taylor,who is responsible for thc'bun
gliagan corruption, which once disgra
cod the comptroller office, Joseph II 7dy
IN the Kno'o Nothing Black Republic
can. The llecciver OF Taxes from lS49
n 1855 wss Harvey Hart, another
Know Nothing Black Republican, and
he appointed all the officers in the Bu
lean Al arrears, the greatest sink OF IN
equity in the Empire city. Millions
aha millions were stolen from The cit,
treasury by the Black Republican r.
csiver ana his Black Republican az
polntees. The present Receive, OF
Taxes is the vol, known uar.ry How
ard, who can and wnl sccoun, tor eve
ry dun received by him. Tho time
he's not yet arrived for his annual set
Element, but We havo no ioars Is to
the integrity Of Harry Howard.
Let us turn for moment to the
condition OF the tinanses OF tho State
Of New York. Last year the State OF
New York enjoyed blessing similar
10 that vouchssfcd to the people of
Iowa Black Republican Governor
and Legislature. In one year they in
creased the taxes OF the state one hun
bred and isenty fee per cent! The taxes
for 1887 are $3,2l7440,53: in 1855 they
were el,4sO,2s4,60;-au increase in
twelve months Of sl.7s7, l64,s4 That
j. Black Republican economy in New
York. The Empire state is now in
solvent reduced to bankruptcy, and
that by Black Republican .fnaneiering
Let ~ turn to q wider arena for the
display Of Black Republican integrity
The last congress was the only one the
Black Republicans ever controlled !;
and from that four Black Republicans
were retired for bribery and corrup-
ton splendid record for a yearling
partyl
In Iowa, the Black Republican leg
islsture increased the expenses Of the
State one hundred percent swelling
the amount paid for printing from six
thousand to forty thousand dollars
And their only excuse for all this rob-
bery 10 that "Ksnsas bleeds,"
~By Telegraph we learn that the
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