Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-02-28
COMMUNICATED.


Ediiors Jounol-Sirs Il hope you will per-
nit me to make few inquiries in regard to coun-
ty matters. l will say that | am not actuated by
either selfish or political motives. l am no poll
! tician or ollce-seekcr, nor have | ever dictated
politics to any man. l enjoy my own opinion
and permit every other man to do the same. |
have done business in the little town of Weaver
vile for over five years and have enjoyed du-
ring that period the privilege Of paying an in
creased taxation every year. have witnessed
the various changes which have takcn place, and
as the county administration recedcd from one
party to come under the control Of another, the
cry was exactly the same as That which has al
ways been kept up in the state administration
reform reform! This loose, patriotic wind, "
bumming," or loud-sounding gas. means no
thing but its own holowncss. and well does the
tax payer feel the truth of this when he is called
upon to respond to the tax collectors demand
We have lately been surprised by the startling
fact that the revenue Of Trinity County was much
less than its cXpcnd ture Now this is a fearful
dilemma, and the remedy proposed is an iucrcas-
ed taxation This is the policy which has al
ways been rcsortcd to Iy the State Why should
not the example be followed by every little, one
horse County in California? The State of Cali
fornia has been almost crucifed bya pundering
band of politicians of all parties. Under the
! guidance and control Of the rotten branch Of De
mocracy the State was swampcd under an uncon-
stituticnal debt Of nearly four millions, which is
now thrown on the shoulders of the tax paying
people to pay or repudate. Thus did the Biger
wing of the party leave the State. The great
Ki-yi party then took the rcins of government to
accomplish wonders They have done it hay mt
| they? The little money that was left in the
Treasury was taken special care Of Gen. Jack
son removed the dcposits-sO have the Ki-yis :;
but Jackson removed the deposits from outside,
rotten, straw, specializing institutions into the ma
tional eXchequer the Ki-yi chiefs have the Cali
fornia deposits. Where? Aye, that is still the
question. | only refer to this matter to show how
closely the counties and State emulate each 9th
er The people will pay the millions which Cali
fornia is h olden FOR unjusty, and they may posi-
bly, stand another turn of the tax screw, but if
the people of Trinity ever consent to pay another
additional cent Of taxation ] am grossly mista-
ken. If The people who have these taxes to pay,
and the Hon. Board of Supervisors of the county
would recommend to our Representative the in
PRODUCTION Of bill into the Legislature to reduce
the fees and salaries of our county officers from
onethird to one-half the present rates, the ex-
penditurc would be within the income If the
fees and salaries were only one-fourth what they
are at the present time the Offices would be filed
and sought after with just as much zeal and by
mon fully competent to fill them, Is not the
idea ridiculous that in q little county like Trni-
ty, with scarcely twcnty-eight hundred popuiu-
tion a little county Office is considered equivalent
to a fortune? Now look at ii The county like
the State, whenever she makes contract, paws
about four times its value for everything she
touches. Now | should like to know why China
men are taken up and crammed into jail for the
county to support, for no other offence than that
which hundred white men are guilty of every
night Win those gentlemen who exercise the
power inform the people why they make this diff
ference? / should also like to know what the ex
act county indebtedness is, and who holds the
scrip? Also, how our county Treasurer stands
viii our Hon. Board of Supervisors attend to
these matters, and give the people full and com
plete statement Of how the county stands | for
one have paid for sight, i" and claim the priv
ilege of seeing the hand. TAx PAYER
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