The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-02-25
BLACK REPUBLICAN TAXES.
WHICH ISTHE EXTRAFAGANT PARTY

WHICH is THE EXTRAFAGANT PARTY
Certain of the small politicians connected
with the Black Republican party OF this ouniy'
have stryen assiduously for some years TO make |
people believe that Democratic officers manage !
the affairs OF the county in a careless and eXpen-
sive manner. or late, and especially since the |
making of the trennial assessment, these |
unprincipled tricksters have resumed their old |
game and are buster than ever in trying 10
saddle the responsibility OF our increased taxa
ton upon the shoulders Of the Democratic
Commissioners. Now, we have examined the
records of the county, and we find that their
Is not one word Of truth in the stories set anoat
by these Black Republican hlsters, but that
on the other hand, our present Indebtedness and
high taxation have resulted from the reckless
ness and mismanagement Of Opposition officials
We will give the facts a we found them, and
if any one doubts their correctness, let him com
pare our statement with the records from " hlch
we obtained it.
First, then, as to the funded debt OF the
county, or the borrowed money on which the
county pays interest. The first account we
have of any money being borrowed by the
county, is in the report OF the County Auditors
for 1853. In that year the amount borrowed
was $3978.4 IA, and the Opposition then had the
majority of the Commissioners In 1884, the
amount OF borrowed money increased TO SoO9h-
~. This was during The Know Nothing era,
and majority of the Commissioners belonged
TO the Opposition. In 1855, there was still
an increase of this funded debt, the borrowed
money amounting 10 $5l60.26, the Opposition
still having two of the three Commissioners. In
1856, the borrowed money. decreased, the
whole amount being $4660.00, The Demo-
Gratis had majority in the board OF Commission
ers, during this year from May Court, When
II. J. Bruner, Esq, was appointed in place Of
D. C. Long, resigned. In 1857 the borrowed
money decreased further, the whole sum being
$4,000. During this year Evans and Bruner,
both Democrats, composed the majority OF the
board of Commissioners. In the Auditors re-
port of 1858, the borrowed money is put down
at $3293.0O, the Democrats, having had
majority Of the Commissioners since May, 1856.
'Gss reauceu -lan-e the democratic Commission
created by the Opposition, nearly $1,000! So
much for Know-Nothing Black Republican
extravaganza, on the one hand, and Democratic
thrift and economy on the other. In the early
part OF 1858, the Commissioners We're compelled
TO borrow $5000.00, in order to meet the de-
mandS of the State for money which the late
Know-Nothing Black Republican Treasurer
had misaPplied TO the payment of county checks,
and for taxes due the State which the Opposition
board of Comm'rs in 1851, and 1855, refused
to assess. About 100000 of State money that
had been paid into the hands of thus Know
Nothing Black Republican Treasurer, by the
Collectors OF the different districts, had been
thus mis-applied to the liquidation of county
orders, and when the State called upon the
Treasury for those $4,000 90, the Commissioners
found itabsolutely necessary, in order tc save the
credit Of the county, 10 borrow that sum. Had
this bungling Treasurer paid the State her
money as it was paid 10 him, there would have
been no necessity for the loan ofthe $1,000 90.
The remainder OF the $5000,00 borrowed as
OlneT
claims of the State which Opposition officials
had refused to meet. For instance, the Board
of Revenue Commissioners for 1854, fixed the
State tax of the county at S708206. This
amount was required, of the county, and had to
be paid some time, or other so there was no
use shirking it, But the Opposition board
OF Commissioners refused to assess that amount.
and in two years repudiated $1,000 90 of The
claims of the State, thinking doubtless, that they
would popularze themselves by laying LIGHT
tax, and leaving it for their successors to make
up the deficit So, If will be seen, the Demo-
Gratis, since they came into power, have had to
make good TO the State this Black Republican
Know-Nothing reputation of $I009.29. But
this is not all. When the Democrats obtained
the ascendancy in the Commissioners, office,
they found a debt due the State of $4,706.7I.
which had been shuffled upon them by the me-
glect and mlsmanagement OF the different OpposI-
tion boards. This was heavy sum but the |
"pay as you GO" doctrine OF Democracy soon
found way to raise it. The only wonder
therefore, is that only 100000 has been
borrowed by the Democratic Commissioners in |
the three years, during which they have been |
in power, especially when the Opposition
borrowed over that amount in the same time
without having such enormous claims 10 satisfy. |
As TO the current expenses of the county,
they have been greater under Opposition adj
m'nlstratlons than they are at present. The
expenses for the year 1855, when the Opposi-