The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-29
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HIGH TlYES.

HUE IAAES.
Our people are often called upon to
listen to the story Of exorbitant taxs-
ton by the United States--of discrimi
nation infavor of a particular elass-Of
the "bloated bond holder, !" livinga his
case, while the toiling farmer pOurs
his sweat to pay the taxes The DEM
oeratie orators declaim loudly Of the
immense expense OF the govern
ment, Of corruption in Washington,
Of profligacy everywhere except when
the Democratic party is power, then
all is pure. The Democrats have
been in power IN tkis county for .
number Of years, and their effort sole
/ " Is 10 draw away the attention Of
/ thetax payers from high taxes Of our
county. In order to protect their own
nest and keep the people from finding
out how their money isspent, at home,
they, like the cunning bird, conceal
ing her nest, draw the peoples atten-
ton elsewhere so that they may en-
tireIy lose sight of matters at home.
But how stands the matter here? Who
are responsible for our high taxes
here? Who render necessary and make
tie Ievies, which We are all called up
on to foot up at the end Of the year.
Who make the taxes Of the county rs
high as they are
We have often eommente,iupOn the
fact that our County Commissioners
have paid Illegal livery bills 10 them
selves. Each year the Committee
have reported that sueh fees could not
DE paid by law Has Peter Ebersole,
Thomas Watson, or the present can
didate for County Commissioner, II.
3. Rakestraw, refunded that money
into the County Treasury? Has the
County Prosecuting Attorney inslitu-
ted proceedings 10 compel it 10 be
done, as was his duty by law? No,
they simply have pocketed the money
and there the matter rests. Is it the
fault of the Republican or Demo-
cratic party? Who paid $500 90 out
OF the County Treasury to a Demo-
cratic lawyer of the county, for ser
vices in the litigation of certain Ditch
es in which one Of the Commissioners
was interested, and in which the
county was not interested to the
amount of a farthing.
Why would not Democratic lawyers
labor hard for the interest Of that
party which pays so literally for SER
vices rendered to private individuals,
out of the County Treasury /
Why is it, that when the Commits
sioners made their last annual report
TO the Court of Common Pleas, of the
expenditures of the year, that they
Jumped the items, so that if any one
desired any information on the SUBJ
jeet, they would be compelled to go to
the Auditors Office and search by the
week fer the information? Why, un-
less to keep it away from the people
Why does the Court ofCommon
Pleas appoint an entire Demo-
cratic committee to examine
the report of the Commissioners of
such expenditures, unless it is for the |
purpose of eoncealing or covering up |
the Profi1gato expenditure Of the peo-
ple's money2
Why is that q host of hungry con-
tractors for bridge building, stone
work, petty jobs, &C., hang around |
the Court House and button hole the
Commissioners unless they get fat
jobs-get two prices for everything
they do?
Why is it that Seneca county, in a
majority of eases, has paid nearly |
twice as much to build bridge or a
cuIvert as the work is actually worth? |
The people must aud can put a cheek
upon this extravagant use OF our mon
ey. How can This be done? Elect
Levi Keller, an old citizen, an honest
man, as County Commissioner, and
we will stand good for it that there
will be no more extravagantuse of our
money, no more livery bills paid with
ont full publication TO the people
Try the experiment. If the honest
Democrats of the county knew how
their money went, they would ALSO
lutely insist that n change should be
made. Try it! Try il z-