Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-09-05
SicindIing fhe Taxpayers.
How the Radical state OfIiciaIs are Man
aging Financial Affairs.


aging Financial Affairs.
In the last Indiana Register there is
an article worthy the attention of the
taxpayers of Indiana county, exposing
the attempt of the Radical State au-
thorities to swindle the county out of
s2,l59 1871 To more clearly expose
this swindle, and give additional facts,
We copy the following from the Har-
risburg Patriot d, Union
ave lately alluded to the fact that
the Radical State officials and their
favorites had perpetrated a grand
swindle upon the taxpayers of the
State in their method Of making the
twenty-three million loan. They bor-
rowed s23, 100000 at six per cent. in
terest, and made the loan free from
taxation. This sum they applied TO
the payment of similar amount of
the old loan, which bore FIVE per cent.
and was subject to tdrdti0n. By this
transaction the State is compelled to
pay one per cent. more interest and
it looses the State tax upon twenty
three million dollars-a total annual
amount Of at least four hundred and
ffty thousand dollars, which mus /
either be added to the State debt, or
made up by future taxation. The
Radical favorites who held the old five
per cent. bonds made good thing out
of the misunderstanding one per
cent. more interest and being relieved
Of taxation, but the taxpayers suffer.
Whether the Radical State officials
made anything by thus playing into
the hands of the old State bondholders
is for the people to determine. To
say the least, their conduct was not
above suspicion.
mo doubt the success with which
the twenty-three million loan swinde
was perpetrated, and the little con
demnation which it has excited, en-
boldened the Radical State officials to
attempt others at least another is
now in process of consummation of
most magnificent proportions. In
brief, the Radical officials are making
an ertra assessment Of tdres upon the
several counties for the years 1866 and
1867, ,chich, II made generally, ,oll
compel The taxpayers to pay this year
from four 10 Sir hundred thousand dol
lars in addition 10 their ordinary State
tdresl Berks county has been thus
assessed, extra, for 1861, to the
amount of s10,s69 0s, and York
county TO the amount of sl0,940 rs.
Upon half of these amounts interest
is demanded from the second Tuesday
Of January, 1867. If the other coun-
ties of the Commonwealth shall be
mulcted in proportion, the swinde
will fully reach the larger aggregates
above mentioned.
at is not necessary to multiply
words in reference to such a bare faced
transaction. No doubt every cent Of
the extra assessment is needed to meet
the expenses of the State, incurred by
Radical officials, but this method Of
raising the wind is both unjust and
Illegal. A Radical Legislature re-
moved the tax on real estate, in order
TO make political capital, and they ran
Geary and the late Cameron Legisla-
ture into Office by so doing, but the
operation greatly reduced the revenues
of the State. Then the Radical State
officials reduced the revenues of the
Commonwealth TO the extent of at
least S45O,0O0, by paying additional
interest on the twenty-three million
loan and making it non taxable. Then
tho Cnmeron Legislafure made vast
increase in its own pay and official
salaries; squandered immense sums
upon Radical contractors; gave Geo.
Bergner ten or twelve thousand dol
lars more than his work was worth /;
made a large appropriation TO ft up a
palace for the "Unhappy Failure =
another TO keep up a negro "insti-
tute;" another, of nearly four hundred
thousand dollars, TO maintain the sol.
dier's orphan schools, with its costly
State "Bureau," when a much smaller
sum would have answered n better
purpose if dispensed in pensions"
The amount of this swindle to be
exacted Of the taxpayers of Indiana
county, according to the Register of
last week, is $3.50 49, II is further
stated by the Register, that "our State
Senator, Hon. Harry White" had
gone to Harrisburg, "to confer with
the State Treasurer upon the subject
and correct, If possible, this grievous
mistake" This mission Of Senator
White failed, of course, and our tax
payers have the qualification Of pay
ing this large amount Of additional
tax, to perpetuatc the rule Of the
Radicals in the State. How do you
like IL, gentlemen Indiana Dem.
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