Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-08-03

e,.nen< 20 The end thai "
,o...,, ,nnre. ia,e ,he Ky a'o -
&c a. ic5se p t'u ''.''
"''o' -an he machine curing
Of Sup,rs ~er- "" r.,seterrn "con.
~, mas, few ,esr-. We d .' ''' '''''
,,o,i,n. ,.sslce' simply 'eeiDs. ~ .
49, a., ,e,y large proportion oil the
N"'" ,..,.,.ed Of G ID honest citizens
tho give their ac'ise attention 70 ho'"'ns
,.,ord tie roads ard 'dges required ="
~. townships they represent sha nA."e
,..,..s he appropriations needed for these
,u,oo.s.. n.,hcr think nor ea'e as 70 Inc
n,., in which The affairs OF The other De- |
,e managed Il has thus e,me
~. f,c, thai. aside from roads snd
l,;,,e. the .f.irs o. the county have bee
I'll and control cd by two or three old
-. vho.e confidence in their own Wis.,
md executive a6ili'y vas only equal'ed
- ,h.;, rare and vndicsveness ut any IN
,;o, ,,,, there Wa something rotten
n.om.,.r Under the wstchfll care OF
rol-.o 6 .lo,nors. il happened thai
-, ear 'hpu au3s of acres we're an
,.,i,ox. a and escaped assessment
p. Ia h,r,,,., ID Tat or psdper system
-. .,,hi.hed A. being ~ perfect working
,4.s srd actu.ly source o. pro-"
.,r -,y.tr,.e,, the c,u',y. when N iscs the
ans an Thurman and sxtrav
nuisance. annually increasing ~ ''s
e,.,,,... expense. And so With each
,,a .v,rg department, Of the cpurty mat
,e,s. our sapicn, supervisors practically Wis
o'.,.a their o.ths Of office. and gave no; the
.h,,,cs. real supervision 10 any Os IN.
,,,.,, eo,6 led 1, them. The result is seer
q, the pre.en. condition of these trus''. a
pauaer system that successive Grand Ju'ics
nave reported ~ a disgrace, and YET 'h''
.y,t.m. always reported a. source OF rev
cnuc. will this year aheorb some h'tee" o.
,vcoty thousand dollars OF the county
sn.,ce. To this add . bankrupt treasury
for. a. the m odesty OF our rul "a withhold-
The condition Of the county funds. me ar'
eomp,ll~d TO announce that the county
fund. proper. long since fell into arrears, ant
to-day are about .ftteea thousand dollar
oyerd,awn, with an absolute certainty tina
b.f,r, the collection Of next years tsSe
begiaa. there will Be deficiency Of nearl.
TWENTY rnousASs DOLLARS. 10 other word
the boasted good management Of our ooun
A.. = ~ ,,,A he fact that m
than half II the county revenue OF mex
year has already boom anticipated and OK
pended, and our county warrants woul
now again be- pediled at discount we're
not for the public spirit Of the First Na,io'
al Bank, which 10 promptly advancing q
cash needed TO uiAin the county credit.
We publish these facts in sorro
rot In nnger" wesro willing 10 believe III
those who have thus run the machine -
to tho ground are simply honest. wei
meaning men, vise in their own concsit M
wo.uly bind to their own incspa -ity. -
II stl,ne that our t,x.pltc-s survey y
y,,d they are travelling NJ the Septemb
scs aaa Of the supervisor. the lax levi
f,r tho ensuing year are 70 lac dst' rmil. Z
and announced. The financial situation w'
nj 80 probably he discussed and the susle
--pcsponei according their reuual ma
ncr ~ H. dgirg m unpleasant fact. IL -
The ,a,o ~ the tax limit is too close. al
,has measures bc taken TO induce the Lei
iSl,turc next winter 20 extend the limit.
The argument being that ~ il r,quirei
four mill levy 10 run" the counsy VIII
tie total vslualions accounted 10 hu. 10
million. OF dollars. it therefore needle
eight mill levy now tia, the Assessors "
uat,cns exceed sigh. w lions. Good log
eertsinly and in pcrfee, keeping with
official action Of the "Barnaclc f,mily."
Seriously, al schemes far All increase Of I,
TAX limit ~ Tor an arbitrary increase OF 1
Asacssol's valusii,os are merely ch'ldis
ness sud evidences Of the .mbccili,y Of III,
authors.
The s stc Daa' 1 # Fqcnl ration has
ways reported Scott Coun,y as returning
disprapor 'cratcly hi.h vslua ! r. ana
1868 ordered ro!ucti nj ten pr cont.
For our Supervisors TO Increase the Asses
or vslla,ou merely to obtain an incr, =
# county revenue, aso con els our coun
70 pay al unfair proportion Of the Sta
taxes. The county levy being four mil
ard the State levy reing about two mills,
follows that for every dollar OF increase
our county revenue. we pay fifty cents n
,itional 10 the State In other words 7
are bcrro~ine money ~ fry per cent
We lay these details thus before the Pr
lie that reflective tax payers may attend
their interests. The prosperity Of our ci
and county Is largely dependent on the n
and smoun. Ct our local tsxation. A d
ference Of lev mills, more or less. in o
ts1 rates. may attract Of sepel the arri,
OF the manufacturing ard business oper
tons on which our future 10 dependant.
AZ - have already said. in Septemh
next the tau leviss for the ensuing year .
TO be determined. The eIisting defcien
in the treasury will require the highest I
levy and the mort pruden. administrati
Of the public Affairs for the next two yea
But our tax payers ahould be remind
that in this same September the ususl =
litical conventions. for the selection Of Of
eials for 'hese two years. will be held. .
it 10 TO b. hoped that political lines and a
imos,lies gill Do % far forgotten that I
candidates TO Be selected by the ProP
shall be emphatieally the right men in ,
right place. The men Who have 90 10
mi.govsrned osr county and bankrupted
treasury should be politically dam'.ed il
erer.
FROM TENNENSEE
Certainly we have heard from Tennessee
and the most remarkable features Of VII