Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-06-19

nesae0y IN Guy AAs1rs.
Ths diseussisa In council last evening
upeo ths assessment rs1setien bseaghs eas
$500 faees thaG havs ~ deubt 81 81 out
sidsfs Who vsss Interested 70 thinking, ana
shesld havs besa 90 II oil tax payers
eeuld havs bssa present. Thsrs 10 soms'
thing radically wrong somewhere In e'ty o.
gaaiaatiee. Thsss i pswss too near "sae
throne" whess intsgssts come 10 diamstr'eal
oppssitien 70 The interest Of the people. 10
other werds there ars thoss who pay but
little ifany Of Tie eity-tax, who can more
readily rsash thsear of The pswers that be
than ean tAoes Who made end sustain ths
city with their enterprise and means. lde
not wish 70 b undssstesd = bringing eharg-
= against any nov in o6les. We are vii
ling to believe tbsa faithful until they prove
themsslves. But our city has been brought
70 state Of bankruptcy, nst ~ believe BY
expenditures called fer By tax.payers, but
rather By that tendency tobsnef1t the throne
aad make it hsriditasy. From what could Be
discovered IN the discussion rsferred 70,
our pesssat council were too much disposed
to follow the long time precedent Of extrav-
aeaaee end folly rather than to break loose
and govern themselves BY the rules Of right
under the circumstances - they exist.
For instance the expense for the past year
had been go, 900 hencs the estimate ior
the comine year Was put at 32O,00O for
that which should bs done for one half that
sum. For instance The city printing was
put at 81 900 who believes there 10 neces-
sity for the expenditure Of more than i've
hundred dollars for that purpose. Salary
Of city olacsrs $4,000. Would the city b
less faithfully served for one half that sum
Street work from 81, 900 to $4,000 when -
many hundreds would DO al nsesssory work.
Other expenditures were somewhat in . sim.
liar ratio 70 nsceasity. While like to zee
corporation - individuals reasonably liberal
when they have surplus Of means that
they can call their own, this system Of li6er-
ality with money that legitimately belongs
to crsdisors by either 10 no better than swim
ding Or theft. An individual has no right
to spend that which does not belong to him
however Il may toms into his hands. Ifhe
10 in debt he is but the trustee foe the real
owner, who is the creditor, and conscisn.
tious sense Of justice will be Is powerful to
deter him from its use for his own pleasure
~ though he must needs take il Is bread
from his childrens' mouths or break into his
nsighbors store and rob his drawer to obtain
It. II may not be disgrace to be indebted
beyond present neans Of payment. Pecu
liar circumstances beyond the control Of In
dividuals or the present officers Of incorpor-
atoms may have caused it. But the present
duty is no less clear for that reason. Those
now in Office are the trustees Of the city 8
honor. To do al they can to economize,
using no funds except when absolutly nec-
essary, when - in case Of individuals il
would be for victuals and clothes to keep up
life, 10 their first duty. II they cannot spare
time to perform these duties without salaries
there are abundance who have sufficient in
terest to take their place and no ofhcer has
. right to accept salary while there are
widows and orphans holding our unpaid
bonds. The doing Of duty BY our authori-
ties will bear its fruits. Our creditors see-
ing we have an earnest intention to do right
viii meet % il . spirit Of liberality. Will
our City Council Try it one year! P.
RsxAaks-Thers is . possibility that
there Is some mistake about all this hue and
cry about extravasance in the sdministra-
ton Of city affairs. At oil events We would
like 70 zee some Of those extraordinary a.
nanciers run the machino . while. We
have heard the same complaint for seven Or
eight years, and what seems very remarkable
is that none Of our uncommonly economical
fnancisrs have never got into Office. Prob.
ably they think they can make more money
working for themselves than for the city,
and in that conclusion they are right. tits
ilns thing to work for nothing and pay for
ones own board and clothes especially fine
when you ars working for your wealthy
neighbors in the capacity Of city oncsrs.
SPLENDID Llrs Slxs Picfunss.-Thoss
life size photographs taken BY Jones, oppo.
site the Ls Clairs House, are far ahead Of
anything Of the kind ever attempted in this
part Of the country, and fully equal to any
ever produced anywhere. Nr. Jones has
expended about 6vs hundred dollars in pro-
viding and psrfscting the apparatus to enc.
bic him to do this work. No other estab.
lishment in the Stats hes anything Of the
sort-in fact thsrs are but fsw 10 the eeun.
try. With Il hs can take your enact shadow
any size desired, even larger than life = full
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