The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-07

Special School tax, we have tine fol-
lowing:
Voters. County .,sz Esp.- Per =. gSt 2,
Vanderburgh6 .527 SASS 10 81
Do the taxpayers of Yanderbnrgh
envy the luxury enjoyed blythe people
of Knox County under the blessed
domination of pure Democracy?
WARRICK AND vANDERBURGH.
Old Warrick has for the past ten
years been noted for its rousing
Democratic majorities,- In 1856 it
gave BUCHANAN over one Thousand
majority. In 1860 it. was one of the
few counties in the State vhieH had
the hardihoed to givesa majority for
the traitor BREcKINRTDGE. In 1864
it gave a decided majority for Nc
CLELLAN Only once has it ever fall
tered. In 1865, under the staggering
blow which GRANT had given the
Southern branch of the Democracy
under LEE. the county was carried by.
the Union men by bare majority I
but it was recaptured By the Ghhfed5
crates in 1866. 1t is thorough De-
moeratic county in itsJcounty man
agement of taxation, We make the
following comparisonlfer1 1865: ,'. no
.y,fI Voteys.I Local 1aS.ops Per iYesers.
vandsrbdrgh Sol .ad u Is Is o. o.
But the contrast is stronger after
we deduct the Special School, tax, ssase
follows g. s..', -; .'' y5as ,. FL sfd1 10 +
Peters. Co. ESge'ases Pei Yote
Marlborough s,527 isiss s., Ass ~ JG9io "a y
In other words. the. small County
of Warrick, with half .the. population,
and with no. town OF more than 700in i
habitants, under Democratic manage
ment, cost 81 ,491 more for County
expenses than for the County of Van
derburgh, with its high city valuation. =
under Republican administration; or
taco and a haF times more per- man.
Do the tax payers of Vanderburgh
desire. such a system of affairs in
augurated here? If So they can
speedily have it by placing the Dem
ocratic party in power. 40 .s9Ef1o
GIBSON AND vANDERBURdH., f,TrT
But the Democracy will say that
Warrick County has been afflicted
with defaulting officials aud shameful
ly bad management. We reply that
the defauiters were men of their own
party, and that the costly experience
of Warrick. is what Democratic ad 4
ministration brings with it. But in
order TO make the best showing posi-
BILE for the Democracy we will take
the prosperous and quiet agricultural
County of Gibson, which has 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
their party principles. In the past
ten years the Democratic majority has
averaged about1 25 votes, once only
in that period in local election being
carried for the Union party. It is
not fair comparison to make of this
rural county with the commercial
and manufacturing county of Wander
burgh, but the latter will not suffer,
as will be seen: ..
~ Voters. Local Tares. Per Voter
Gibson -...-.--....3,696 S6I,49 SIC 60
But when we deduct the Special
School tax, the difference in the
purely county expenses is more appa-
rent: .S,NlEtAa-N \sAF-td
Gibson 1855 $50 g. S5 ggss r' sl y2 IS
80 that under the most favorable
aspect of affairs, the Democracy have
nothing so favorable~-tos offer in all
the record of their party manage
ment inthis part of the State Tax
payers are likely to Judge a party by
such practical exhibitions of its adj
as the above instances
cited by US, rather than by empty pro-
fessions on the eve of an election. IL 4 |
. DUBOIS AND yANDERBuRGH.
s We have given a comparison of the
taxation of Vanderburgh and every
other County in the First District
which gave Democratic majority at
the last election, except Daviess, and
that has for ten wears past been so