The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-03
Err Hnndricks, InnnIrT.

In one or MS recent OTdIOElCdi
flights, Senator Hendricks held up be-
fore his audience the last annual re-
port of the Auditor of State, and in
quired with the apparent sincerity OF
an. uninformed citizen seeking for
knowledge, what, fellow-citizens.
has become of this nine millions of
taxes collected in the State of Indiana
last year. under Republican admin
istration?"
Mr.. Hendricks is receiving replies
to his question, thick and fast. He
knew we'll enough who levied those
taxes, but thought the people would
not take the trouble to inform them
selves on the subject, and that he
would be suffered to go over the State
insinuatirfg that the Republican ad-
ministration was using up the pro-
ceeds Of nine million tax per !.ar,
without being called to account, or
having the raseality of Democratic
county government in Indiana expos
ed to public gaze.
his impud MT and unfortunate, and
fortunately impudent, attempt to mis-
lead the people In regard to the cost
of sustaining the State Government,
has awakened spirit of inquiry that
cannot be otherwise than damaging
to himself and the local politicians
who control the taxes and expenses
of our Democratic counties.
The Shelbyville Uninn is published
in the county where Mr.. Hendricks
resided until recently, and which has
body of county officers trained in
Democracy by that gentleman him
LIZ M~1 H. LID hlo Il ~.
aid Mr.. Hendricks in obtaining the
information he processes to seek, the
Union says:
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks d.
verts the attention of the people from
the main question at issue, as frankly
stated by Blair, the Copperhead can
didate for Vice President, by talking
about taxes, and asserting that the
Republicans expend the peoples
money wickedly and prodigally Let
us see how this isa The tax levied by
the Democratic omn:ssioners Of
Shelby County last year, for county
purposes, was SIC. 356, (seventy thous
and three hundred and fifty-six dol
lars, and we are engaged In no pub
| lie enterprise whatever There were.
in 1867, three thousand two hundred
aud twenty-eight votes cast In Shelby
County. and the county tax is, there
fore, SO 10 twenty-five dollars and
ten cents) per voter.
Now, let US look at the Republi.
can counties of Decatur and Rush.
The total county tax of those two
counties is only S70,912-the tax of
Shelby County alone lacking but five
| hundred and fifty-six dollars of being
equal to that of Rush and Decatur
both. The total vote of Decatur
| County Is two thousand eight hun
dred and sixteen, aud the tax but
S24,207, making tax per voter of
but eight dollars and thirty cents.
The total vote of Rush County is two
thousand seven hundred and eighty
three, and total county tax SAG, 705.
making a tax per voter of $l6 70.
fhe tax per vote In Decatur and
Rush, both Republican counties, only
amounts to twelve dollars and forty
FIVE cents, while in the Democratic
county of Shelby 1t is as above stated,
twenty two dollars and ten cents per
man.
So it appears that of the 100000
of which Mr.. Hendricks seeks to
trace, so 000Iwas expended by his de-
voted supporters in Shelby County.
The Mount Vernon Union answers
Mr.. Hendricks for Posey Co4nty, as
follows: -a e5' IN a1aa
But we can ask questions as well
as the Honorable Senator, and we
promise to give a detailed and per-
tectly. satisfactory reply to his ques-
ton, Ut any Of his friends hereabouts
will inform US why it is that the ceun-
1 ty tax In Posey County, under pure
| ly Democratic administration. has in
creased from 81. 120 81 in 1860 TO
$34.010 33 in 1868, OF In fully equal
proportion TO the increase in national
expenses at which Mr.. Hendricks
Processes to be surprised. Come. gen
| tlemen, you who imagined that Mr..
| Hendricks made a strong point
against the Republican party by his
question. walk up and tell us about it. y
just think of that, Mr.. Hendricks?
Your dear, economy-loving, frugal,
tax hating people embracing Demo-
cratic officials of the once Democratic
| Gibralter of Indiana, have increased
their expenses nearly two hundred
and fifty per cent. per annum since
the year 1860. Did you call them to-
gether while at Mount Vernon, and
lecture them for their rapaelty, and
their lavish expenditure of money,
wrung from the patient Democracy of
] POsey? If not. you failed Ia YOUR