The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-03


Vanderburgh County. at the. election
on Tuesday next?
But it may be objected that we dc
not make a fair comparison. We
have taken the more populous coun.
ties of each political party; !. and we
defy any one to show from the State
Auditors report that the exhibit is
not an equitable one. But IL or.
der that the comparison may De con-
-Nincing to alb let us contrast Wander
burgh with the counties of this Con
gfessional District. which gave Demo
cratic, .majorities last year, and W hich
have for the. pastten years been u ndel
the control ofthat party 19golq
- g. KNOX AND. yANDERBURGH-
n Let u.s. commence with. Knox, the
banner county of, Democracyein this
District, which has been unfaltering
in its attachment to the principles
of VALLANDIaHAM, VOORHEES,, and
NIBLAcK. We compile the, following
tables from the State Auditor report
of the taxation of 1866. s'1 . silss
Ea ae1i A9c Sc s5 5s fs5 rs s
Marlborough 6,5N o. 1904 buE IS OF
But upon, examination we find that
about one-third of the above amount
for Vanderburgh was for Special
School purposes a($30, 66D, and in
Knox, = only about . one sixteenth
ca, 1887; so that, after deductiDgI the
Special School tax,swe have the fals
ilowing:i III bs3auIaiIo tEb ODD 70 eay
.qsfssb Voters County. Ezp: PenHoters
K Knos; 81 ss sa7;s 9ealtsiSe j j
! Do the x-payers Of Yanderbdrgh
envy the luxury enjoyed blythe people
of Knox County under the blessed
domination of pure Democracyf I'D
wARRICK. AND vANDERBURdH. y
Old Warrick has for the past ten
years been noted for its rousing
Democratic majorities. a In 1856 it
gave BUCHANAN over one thousand
majority. In 1850 it was one of the
few counties in the State which had
the hardihood to give'a majority for
the traitor BREcKINRIDaE, In 1864
il gave a decided majority for Nc
CLELLAN. Only once has it ever fall
tered. In 1865, under the staggering
blow which GIANT had given the
Southern branch of the Democracy
under LEE. the county was carried by
the Union men by bare majority;
but it was recaptured by the Confed-
crates in 1866. It is . thorough De-.
mocratic county in all its county man
agenaeut of taxation. We make the
following comparison for 1866: 81 ~
ws,o Vossss Local s %a s.s Per ysse :,
Vanderburgn.s,sN Ss,ofGF IL a Is Is q
Butthe contrast is stronger after
we deduct the Special School. tax, as
follows: tars .,Hrr SRI
,v..,., g gss, Co. Expenses Per Yose.
6,527 s7,4s3 giiasl0 81
In other words. the small County
of Warrick, with half the population,
and with no town of more than 700 in
habitants, under Democratic man age
ment, cost $21 ,491 more for County
expenses than for the County of Van
derburgh, with its high city valuations
under Republican administration or
tsoo and a half times more PEI. man,
Do the tax payers of Vanderburgh
desire such a system of affairs in
here? If so, they can
speedily have it by placing the DEM
ocratic party in power: p.l.n. ..a
GIBSON AND vANDERBURGH.
But the Democracy will say that
Warrick County has been afflicted
with defaultng officials and shameful
~ badb management. We reply that
the defaulters were men bf their own !:
party. and that the costly experiences
IF Warrick i. what Democratic adj
brings with it. But id
order to make the best showing possi-
bic for the Democracy we will take /
the prosperous. and quiet agricultural 4
County of Gibson, which has d been
mainly under Democratic control,
but the majority is always so small
that the officials were compelled to
keep within the bounds ofmoderation,
and did not dare to give free play to
heir party principles In : the past
lon wars fba narnoorot;o ,no,oo Z &c