, 1870-07-01
4 WORD 70 THE sLUGGARDs,


sp. NJ, may be seen one to two thousand
private carriages, containing the owners
and their families, rolling along the ave-
nues, or visiting the parks, for fashiona-
ble airing The proprietors of
these establishments are heads Of
families, householders, and, generally,
large and influential taxpayers, and
1ncn who hare deep stake in the future
welfare and prosperity of this State and
city. They are nearly all capitalists md
employers Of many men. How many Of
these gentlemen thus taking their evening
pleasure will neglect to vote at IN election
that more deeply affects their interests than
my other they ever attended? VIII half
OF them go the polls aud vote for the new
constitution? How many of them viii
tstke the trouble 10 ask their clerks or work.
men to vote for it? And yet these men
who will be out pleasuring or sitting idle
On their front steps during the evening,
watching the fast nags as they race by,
have it in their power to give ten thousand
votes for the new constitution, by merely
adS7slug their employees to vote and by set
ting them an example Of doing it them
selves
What can we say that shall induce them
TO perform their bounden duty2 If scold-
ing or coaz1ng would move them, we should
exert all our powers in that direction.
Perhaps the pecuniarv aspects of the INIT
ter may have some influence to move them
to action. As there is no registering to be
done, there will be no delay at tie polls.
The loss Of time need not exceed five to
fifteen minutes in going, returning, and
voting, rs the polling booths are located
Within few minutes walk of every citi-
zen residence or place Of business
Let US reckon up some of the pecuniary
advantages that will accrue to the tax-par-
crs from the adoption Of The new constitu-
ton:
l. The repeal Of The two-mill State tax
Will save s. Of taxes per annum on each
Sl,coo worth of taxable property that every
mhn owns, for SIX years to come.
9. The absolute limitation on the cost of
the new State House will save not less thau
three millions Of dollars, which, otherwise,
the Specializing rings, hired lobby, andcor-
rupt legislators would manage to steal o,
squanaer. This saving amounts to Sc on
each 81, GOO of taxable property.
r j. The new constitution so carefully
guards against Interpretations of public
money by future Legislators, and holds the
General Assembly, and each department
end subdivision Of the State Government
to such strict accountability, and places On
them such healthy limitations, TINT the ae-
gregate saving viii exceed million q year.
at the vcry lowest calculation and rs com |
pared with the proaisate appropriations of |
TIE Last General Assembly, the saving will
be more thnn three millions year. But
call it one million this amounts to So on
every LOCO of taxable property.
4. In abolisl,ing the costly and corrupt
Cook County Board of Supervisors, we es-
t1mafe that the Taxpayers viii save between
Two mud three millions per annurn On their
property.
.. In liking definite limits to the amount
of city and county Indebtedness which the
Common Council and County Board may
hereafter create, the new constitution saves
this city and county from future bank (
rnptcy and ruin. Already the Common
Council have created debt Of nearly ff
At0 1i2'seisA. which is mortgage on the
property Of every man, whether personal
OF ir:1 End must be paid, principal and i'll
tercst, by ta1ation. The prohibitory pro-
visions If the new constitution cannot take
effect an lour loo soon The value of this
sa.utary ard essential article Is SO g-eat that
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