The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-09-30
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These figures show that if we had
made up the tables in our article unde,
the head of ''Facts for the People, so al
TO have included 1870 in the Republican
table instead Of 1869, the increase ot
taxation would have footed up four mil
lions more than we made il in the table
az published.
/ We will show the duplicity Of Gov.
ernor Baker. lie dcducts from the total
taxation under Republican rule the tax
alton for 1860, S4,47l,I2S 81, withou,
adding any estimate for 1870, so that he
contrasts nine years of Republican rule
with ten years of Democratic rule. Tbe,.
he Jeducts from the Republican table
twenty-one millions for county taxation.
and about six millions for road and
township taxes. In addition he deduct :
for special school fax, dog tax, railroa d
taxes, other local taxes, delinquent taxes.
etc, some twenty-cight millions more.
The deductions OF "Old Honesty" are all
on one side. lie takes out, mind We. one
years taxation, and the various items TO
which we have referred. but deducts
nothing for the Democratic ten years.
That lie lets stand as we published it.
without making any reduction, even
those Of the same Class that he takes from
the Republican table. And with such a
Misrepresentation, with such lying ia
bic of the contrast between tep years Re-
publican and Democratic comparative
taxation, he is bound to concede that
even then that the Republican is by far
the most costly rule.
Our tables are correct. Republican
taxation for ten years, foots up sixty-six
and half millions of dollars more than
ten years of taxation under Democratic
rule. No honest representation of the
comparative cost of Republican and
Democratic rule. even when the country
was at peace, can show any other result
than the largely increased cost of Re-
publican rule. When the Republican
party came into power, although il had
charged extravaganza and corruption on
the Democratic party, taxation was in
creased. The figures show there was n
rapid and very large increase i'm taxa
ton and expenditure. The taxation un-
der ten years OF Republican rule is three
and half fold more than ten years of
taxation under Democratic rule-twen-
ty-cight millions under Democratic
rule, and ninety-four millions under
Republican rule. There are the figures.
and they can not be honestly contradict
ed, unless the Republican Auditors of
State have made sham statements. and
that ought not to be, for Governor Ba-
kcr quotes them as authority in his mes
sage TO the Legislature.
We have referred to Just cne portion
Of Governor Bakers speech to illustrate
his attempt at deception, but the effort
and the object is SO transparent that he
utterly fails in his purpose. When the
mask is stripped from "Old Honesty" his
character appears just in the light that
he attempted TO tastcn upon Lieutenant
Governor Cumback at the session of the
Legislature in 1869. The speech of Gov
crnor Baker had the characteristics that
he charged upon Will. Cumback. His
were ''corrupt and indecent
and it is humiliating that any human
being should measure the people '.by so
low standard of morality" Governor
Baker knew that his statements were mis-
that they were sham.
that they were prepared TO deceive the
people, that they were dishonest. and it'll
Is sad to think that man who not only
claims to be honest. but a Christian.
should for partian purposes, prostitntcI
his position and bis personal and official
influence to mislead the people.
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