The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-10-06

/ Ise L3ts ESpoSGd.-' HhefG me IClPto NO
neg Goes."-7he Beans and Neat.-7he
People that IRE in Glass Rouses.--7He
OFque.-Free White 5bn Cheated By the
Democratic P1rty.
The time Is at hand when you are to select your
Representatives to the Legislature-your Judges of
the supreme Cortland your County Officers. iou
are doubt anxious, you ought t" he, TO ascer-
tain the positions occupied by the candidates, and
what YOU may reasonably expect If them IL elected.
1t is now two years since the commencement of the
thnr,cst ti,nes ever known in the west. The money
crisis came upon it did upon. others, but It's eff
E, cts were increased greatly in by the fact
hat we had no surplus capital to fall back upon, as
they had ia the older States In additonsto this, our
crop Of last year failure, and that of this year
less than an average. These causes combined have
prolonged our poverty and embar"assments; much
30 that our people almost discouraged, and ready
to grasp at any means relief.
The Democratic party and its writer's and editors
have taken advantage of this condition of things, to
charge the Republican party ofthis State as the au-
tIors Of ni>fortunes. They say that Repubhcan
extravaganza" is the great cause Of our emharrass-
ent. That they have administered the affairs of the
state with reckless prodigaty, SO much so, that
they ought to be turned out of Office and the demo-
Gratis nut into their places and to prove the truth of
these charges they foot up long array of state ex-
penses and appropriations State Institutions. such
as the Lunatic asy lum, and others.
II would he impossible TO follow out all these charges
and show up the truth it is in single newspaper
article hut we propose to show few facts, which
prove their charges as whole, 70 be uufounded and
unjust And it may he remarked in this connection,
that even if our Republican state government, which
came into power near FIVE years ago has overreach-
ed our means 20 some extent, it affords no proof o.
either their incapacity dishonesty; for who ia it
that is not embarrassed? and who is it that has not
ovcr-reac hed his means during the same period? IT
not q.a fair condemn the Republican party for
doing just what ninetenths of the people have hem-
selves done in the management of their Affairs
that is expended than tIcir means justified We
woud not Justify extravaganza in any party, aud tits
no part of the Republican doctrine One plank in
their platform is ECONOMY in the public eXpendi-
lures"
But we said that we would show few facts which
Of themselves disprove the charges Of extravaganza,
and which ought shut the mouths of those who make
them forever
l. The rate eft-ration for 1ate purposes has been
less uader the Republicans ScR under the Demo
cyats. viii you read the proof Of this? Our
State government into operation in 1917 and the
democrats controlled it until 1885, period of eight
| years. The auditors Reports" and the minute
books of our County Judges show the amount of tax
levied each year for State purposes. We have exam
ined them md taken these items from them, and ind
the rate of taxation for these eight years 10 De fol-
lows: