The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-18
afheslins Register.
rhur.day nor.ing. ,....,..J"ly rs
Now and Then.

While the war was going on, the busi-
ness prosperity incident to its progress,
closed the eyes of many people 10 the
increased cost OF government under
Radicairule. Now that peace has re-
turned aud the armies are disbanded,
people are beginning to wonder why
there is not corresponding return to
the standard of taxation that belongs
To peace times. They find it difficult o
reconcile themselves To the dnty of pay
ing one hundred and eighty millions al
nu,Ily to the bond-holders. and one
hundred and fifty millions each year TO
defray the current expenses of ''the hest
povernme Mt the world ever saw" They
remember the cheaper and better days
of Democratic rule and they cannot
help making some significant compar-
isons.
In addition to the increase of cost in
conducting the General Government,
there is marked difference between
the State and county taxes of the past
and of the present that is well worthy
of attention. In West Virginia this
difference is very remarkable. Under
the new-fangled system of Radical Gre
alton, we have, il is said five times "s
many county officials as sntficed ms be-
fore the war. The additional four must
he fed and clothed and supported, and
the cost of the process is sufficient to
make the people long for return of the
days when there were fewer bad gov
ernors and more good government.
The two Clarksburg papers, the Con-
scrratirc and the Telegraph, have been
discussing this subject with considera-
BILE earnestnesS. The following extract
from the Conservative in reply to the
Tclegrdph's last article will show the
present stains of the controversy:
We understand him, then, as admit
ting that there are '4l6 officers IN the
county, but far the greater number OF
Them are township officers and their pay
amounts to simply nothing" This he
ing the position of Onr neighh0r, we
would he pleased to have him inform us
what becomes of the extra $4,000 A
YEAR il now takes TO carry on the po-
lice arran rements of the county: more
than was required under the "td much
abused Democratic rule. The article
-l,;..i, = SlnUnI1TlN l.
lent upon this question. We are not
willing 10 accept his common cant
about rebellion aud ''traitMs, ana
"bounties,7 and "tha vile rebel den,
Libby prison" as an explanation of this
excessive expenditure and the conse-
Ouent extra taxation. In addition 10
the expenses 0f the ''rebelllon,' the
paymeut ut ''bnunties," and all that sort
of thing, $4,000 A YEAR are wrung
from the hard earnings of the people OF
Harrison county Ia support n parcel OF
politieal paupers TO electiOneer for the
Radical ticket aud keep the Union di-
yided, to say nothing about the im'
mepse sums that are repaired To be
paid TO the State and National govern
ment for the same purpose.
Our neighhOr cannot dodge the issue
in this way If il costs no more to ad-
minister the affairs of Harrison county
under Radical rule than it did under
Democratic rnle, what becomes OF the
$4,000 annually paid to the present
county and township officers more than
il cost In administer the affairs of the
county in 1889: The people then paid
the officers of the county $4,000 year
they now pay the officers of the coun-
~ about SlS,O0O year-mOre than
double. We then had about FIFTY Off
GERS in the cOunty--we now have at
least -FOUR HUNDRED AND sINTEEN-6e-
t,rceR eigkt aud nine times Os many. But
our neighbor says their pay amounts
70 simply nothing" Does he consider
$4,000 "NorHINGf" At the election
for Governor last fall, there were cast i'll
this county, 22l6 votes. Divide the
$4,000 annually squandered by the
''loyalistsr of Hrrrison county, among
these voter, and it will be found that 1t
costs each one of them about $500 A
YEAR EXTRA, to maiatain this extTaor-
dinary number of Radical officers. Are
our people willing TO pay this extra sum
for the privilege of being ruled and
eaten np by Radicals!