The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-29
MORE OF COUNTY TAxATIOS.
The I" ImDOssIbillly !" or Lower Taxes
than Adjoining Counties Under
the Democracy. 80
Tho s. Possibility" Realized By Re-
publican County Administration.


Our article contrasting Democratic
and Republican taxation for county
expenses shows By the official figures
that for the last six years Of Demo
cratic administration in Vanderburgh
County the average rate of County
Levies was very much larger than for
the next succeeding six years of Re-
publican management of county tax
alton. To recapitulate our preceding
article on County Taxes wo found the
following to be the comparative state
ment; r.
Average RN5eer.
-fsJl-'57-Rep. Co. Tax, 20 curry s 70 curry
Or bringing them TO the same cur
rency basis. we found the fellowing:
Average Rate
56-BI-Dem. Co. Tax, s25lc curry SO As curry
-'67-Rep. Co. Tax, SS16c cnr'y $40 curry
Certainly the above contrast pre-
sents a sufficient warning to our peo-
pie against ever entrrsting the affairs
of'Vanderburgh County to the hands
of the Democracy, who are now, By
reckless extravaganza and bad man
agement, fast carrying cur city toward
bankruptcy and ruin. 1t will be re-
membered by old citizens that the
Democratic administration Of county
affairs in the years VIC have named,
with its burdens. of taxation, caused
the people to rebel against it, and an
intense excitement was created on ac-
count of its high levies and bad m an
agement. It was clearly shown that
the taxpayers of Vanderburgh Coun-
ty were at that time taxed for county
purposes much higher than the ad-
j dining counties. and as consequence
the people were preparing to drive
the party from power. The Demo
cratic Auditor found it necessary to
give the public some of the reasons
why the county taxation was SO bur
densome, and from card published
in the Daily JOURNAL Of that date VIC
make the following extract:
"It is impossIble TO calculate how the
people OF Vanderburgh County can OBJ
than the citizens of the neighborin2
counties surrounding us"
[Ses Gard of Auditor In Evansville JOUR
NAL OF May 2'th, iS'0.l -
AT that time the Democratic Off
eials had levied county tax upon the
people of Vanderburgh County,
amounting to $22 81 in gold.pe voter.
and yet, by the figures published in
our preceding article. We have DEM
strated that the Republican leyies for
county purposes for the six years fol-
lowing scarcely averaged ten dollars
in currency per voter. What aUcts
our intpossi6itity" under Democratic
County management aoos made an
accomplished fact qsnder Republican
management. -
We desire new, By the standard
fixed by the Democratic County off
cials in 1859, to- test the Republican
county taxation. in Vanderburgh, as
compared with that of Democratic
county taxation, in the adjoining
counties. By the rule established By
the Democracy in 1859, when in pow
er in this county-''it is impossible tC
obviate the necessity Of paying more
taxes than neighboring counties "-let
us see how it has worked since the
Republican party has had control in
Marlborough County. We have not
the data at hand to give the tax
levies of the adjoining counties for
the past year or two. but We have
the official figures for che year 1867,
the last year Of the Republican tax
contrasts in our preceding ar