The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-22
Something of Interest to Taxpayers
--SherIR GavItt's Official miscOn-
duct.
(EUMBER Two.)

Nothing so depresses and weighs down
the energies Of a laboring people as excess
i've unnecessary, and unjust taxation. 1t
eats out their substance with the voracity
of The horse leech, whose appetite grows in
proportion to the sum it devours. The
poor farmer or mechanic who has purchased
small homestead, for good part of which
he has involved himself in debt, labors
earnestly and hopefully during the year,
in order to accumulate a little money to
meet the payment due on his home at its
close By dint of the most rigid economy
denying himself pot only the luxuries but
even many of the necessaries of life-by
the most untiring industry, he has barely
scraped together sufficient to lift his annual
note But the fa1es hare TO be paid and
an inquiry into the amount shows him that
near one-quarter of the sum accumulat-
ed to pay his note must be deposited in the
county treasury to feed and fatten a lot of
political drOnes, whose principal occupation
is riding horses at the peoples expense, and
packing caucus conventions to force officials
upon them whom they detest. Discouraged
and almost disheartened, no other resource is
left him but to carefully examine what other
necessary or comfort he may rob himself of
to supply the deficiency on his note. Ex-
cessive taxation not only oppresses individu-
ais but It paralyzes the growth of a city or
county. Capitalists will never invest their
means in place where the taxes are so
burdensome as almost to swallow up the
entire profits they prefer locations possess
ing fewer natural advantages, but where the
taxes are moderate and within reasonable
bounds.
Yesterday, we exhibited, in part, the rea-
son why our people are so highly taxed
We have pointed out to the voters one of
the leaks it is for them to say whether it
shall be permitted to remain, expanding and
increasing in volume. To-day we turn our
attention to another department.
THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
In this department our readers, we think,
cannot fail to discover the same system of
extortion that characterized the Sheriff7s
administration of affairs during the sessions
of the Circuit Court. The presentation of
excessive bills has been reduced to a science
They make their appearance as regularly as
Court convenes and adjourns. The fol-
lowing are copies of the Bills, as taken
from the Records
COMMON PLEAS co URT-ORDRA Book No.
8, $50.
DEcPxBER nth 1870
Ordered that the follow ing named persons be al
lowed for their services bailis during this term
RS follows, to-wit:
Jas Fitzwilliams, Is days, at s15O per day s22 so
Joel F. Sherwood, - " " p. so
Thos. Bush, II " a. rs. 80
Jno. Welsh, courtroom ianltor, 10 da -, at
Isaac Hutchnson Is days, at 81 .25 per day, 1878
Ordered that John :. Gavitt be allowed follows
For service Of milage for regular traverse
For service of mileage for extra traverse jury
(Alt vs.. MlnB5t) 40
For service of mileage for extra traverse jury
Eddy Emerich ........-.. 800
For empAnueling two juries. loo
FOR Deputy in Court Is days at 81 SO per day. 81 81
S55 Is
Ordered that solomon Kahn be allowed, for horse
hire, during the present term, per bill file,
S2I.0U
COMMON PLEAS COURT-ORDER BOOK No