The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-10-02

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you going to do about it? Here is
81 900 ofyour money given away to
a man just because he is Democrat.
Glorious Democracy! Glory to Han
cock county! Democraticruh! Cheap.
Cheaper!y Cheapest Economy for
ever |! '7.a, t DEMOCRACY.
For the Jeaersonian. y.fit- -.
Taxes anl TaXatiOn-.Sl3S,OOO
County and Local Tax---S75,-
900 County Democratic Tax
..-SS4 900 COrnty Expense
Tax, and only ~ 800 Kepub-
lican State Tax i'm Hancock
County,. z7uf ,nt
In(my last article l showed that
Hancock county pays State tax Of
t26, 900, That Of this amount the
Republican party ist responsible for
less than $3.50. / proved this
from the official reports of our aud
|itors. OF State for the years 1855,
1866 and 1867 and from the Hancock
Costiev of October 81, 1867 These
are the reports sworn TO by our aud
'itor aud treasurer Of the county
From the same s,authorities / further
proved, sandI cited the books and
She pages. that in 1855 our county
and local tax was S32.671., In 1866
it was slOs, 459--an increase of s75,-
7Ss. In 1867 it was sl2S, ST.. or an
Iinrease in twelve years Of s96, 200.
I further showed from the same au.
'thorities and proofs, that the county
taxes proper were in 1855, $9,361.
Ia 1865 this same tax for which our
Democratic county officials were
strictly and alone responsible, had
increased under Democratic rule to
naarlv. a.. 900. .. In -.l6,67. the -ssms
'e~- 49, ae.rlv 4z5.ooO--cr =. i.-
grease under Democratic rule in Han
cock county in twelve years OF $685.
900, or seven times in that time.
further showed that the tax for the
county expense fund was in 1853
IS, 1854 In 1865 this had increased
to eiS 900, and in 1867 to S34 900
This exhibit seems incredible. 1t
staggers the faith and credulity OF
any man until he has examined the
sworn authorities above cited. But
it shows the unparalleled extrava-
gance ofDemocratic rule in our coun-
tv, and the iunexampled incompeten-
cy ofour Democratic county officials.
O,s Now examine the one item Of coun-
" expense fund above cited. In
1856 out ofSS counties in Ohio, there
were but IL whose county expense
fund tax was as great as ours. In
1867 there we're but whose county
expense was as great as ours. These
five were. the great counties Of But
Ter, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton
ind Ross. But Mr.. Glessner, editor
Of the Hancoek Courier, in his issue
of Sept, "a. 1868, i(last week. at
tempts to svade this astounding ex-
travagance by saying that this county
expense fund is levied ito pay
court expenses, Jail expenses, keep
ing OF PRISONERS, salaries of county
officers, fuel, lights, blank books,
stationery, printing, &c,"@ 81 a;no4.
Now Mr.. iGlessner knows that all
the other counties have the same
number Of officers as ours, and many
have more. He knows that but
three officers are paid by the county,
viz the Auditor, Treasurer and
Prosecutilg Attorney, while the Pro
bate Judge, Sheriff, Clerk and Re-
rorderI ,rsPaid BY the fees oftheir
Office. He knows that there are few
er prisoners and less criminal busi
ness in this county than in most of
The counties Of the State, as shown
by the statistics, and therefore there
should be less expense in our coun-
" than others. T. Mr. Glessner knows
that in this county there are few
Or and shorter terms of court, less
litigation, fewer Jail expenses than
"a most counties of the State; there
ore, there should be less expense.
All! MI Giessner, this won't do.
You must take some other way to
cover up Democratic tracks, Demo
.rAtic defaleations, Democratic ex-
fayagance and DemOcratic corrup-
ion. Tax payers Of Hancock conn
y, how long will you submit to this
hing ?ss How long will you thus toll /
rate this corruption, this extrava-
yapce. these defalcatione D. Forever?
Arouse ye, and on the 18th of Octo-
'er, change the control Of your coun.
y and introduce economy and reform.
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