The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-13
HIS MISREPRESENTATION EX.
PLGDED.

PLGDED.
The Woodsfield Radical lawyer in a
communication to the Athens Messenger,
dated Sept. 81, calls attention to the tax
alton of Monroe and Noble Counties as
follows:
"We call attention to the relative bur
dens Of taxation in Monroe and Noble
the latter county Republican. BY the
| Commissioners annual report, published
in the Spirit flor which the editor was
well paid) of October 80, 1867, it appears
that all our expenses for the year ending
Sept. 4, 1867, for county and township
purposes alone, were over 1922, 900, By
the Spirit of Sept Is, 1868, as given in
the Treasurer's report,it will be seen that
nearly as large sum has been handled
by that officer for the current year. But
lest this be considered unfair, let us take
the levy Of 1867. In our county the
levy for county and township purposes
alone were $50, 200, for State 100000, of
which SIS, 600 was refunded to US, max
ing our total for county and. township
S9S,0O0. The total for county and town
ship purposes in Noble was S59, 9,000-
We paid for each inhabitant So s. tax,
I they but 50 SIS. At last falls election
Noble County polled 1852 votes, Mon
roe 4,509. Their tax per voter was
S15 90; ours S2l 35, or Sc Is per voter
more than theirs. Again our levy for
county purposes alone for 1868 is 6Sk
cents per hundred dollars theirs 30 cents,
or little more than one third of ours.
These facts are well known to tax payers
on the border, and have caused no little
grumbling. Is it possible that our edi-
tors wish to protect the county from
Radical robbery has kept down his list of
items on this subject? The more we
think Of his devotion to the interests of
the county, the more we feel inclined to
wonder at his masterly silence on this
question. Here is field where his ge-
MUS for calculation need find no limit, as
he revels in facts and fancies suggested
by Monroe County taxes"
The first charge which sets forth that
the expenses of Monroe for the year en-
ding Sept. 4, 1867, were $4,000, we
shall prove to be false.
The tax levied by the County Commits
sioners, for all county purposes, for 1867,
was, County expenses, SS,62S; bridge
s5,752; poor 1923; road SIT, ,256. To
tai s35,662.
The tax levied, for township purposes,
in 1867, by thetownship authorities, was,
township tax, s23,336, school tax, S27,-
522. Total S5O,s5S Ecery cent of
,ohich acas paid to the toacnship author
ttieS.
This same Radical forgot to tell the
people that the law authorizing the Com
missioners to levy three mills for road
purposes, aoas passed bg a Radical Leg
Sslature in 1865. The law will expire in
1869.
In addition, there was in the above
county levy, S6,545 of delinquencies, ,un-
paid taxes of former years
Now the result Of the above is this!
Senexs figures. es.....................S9S $1,000
Actual expenses for all purposes
IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1862
Total amount of falsehood.. d......S62, ,339
We will now give the tax levy of Mon
roe County for 1S6S,which the Impartial
"Senex" leaves entirely out of his "com
parison," because it exhibits large de-
crease since 1857.
The total county tax, levied by the
Commissioners, for 1868, including debt,
expenses, Infrmary, bridge and road
amounts to only ........ .........S29,553
Deduct that from the county tax
OF 1861 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a, ,662
And we find a reduction ......S6, 100
in one year Of the county levy of SIX
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND
NINE DOLLARS!
Further, the school tax levied by the
Up. authorities in 1867, was S27, ,522
and TIP. tax s23,336; total. .S5O,S5S 90
In 1868 the levy for school
tax is S24,602 56, and the
Up. tax ,53S 05; total. Sc, 140 81
S14,717 SO
There is reduction in the township
evy in one year of FOURTEEN THOU
SAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEW
ENTEEN DOLLARS AND THIRTY
NINE CENTS!
Total reduction of county and town
ship taxes IN one year........S2O, 1926 80
He says, Monroe pad for each inhab-
liant IS s. tax, Noble bat 50 IS.
Let us see. The population of Mon
roe by the census of 1860, was 25,741.
Noble 20,751. But it did not suit 'Senex's'
purpose to honestly state these facts, but
he based his calculations on the vote of
1857. We find that the population of
Monroe over Noble is 1890 Now the
tax in Monroe is So 99., while that of
Noble is s3 50. Compare these figures
with those at the commencement of this
paragraph and you will discover that
Senex falsiied again, and for no other
purpose than to benefit Moore, his pay
master, by deceiving the people.
"For State $4,000, of which $4,000
was refunded to US, making our total for
county and township s9S,O00."