The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-09-21
CANTON STARK COUNTY, OHIO, SEPTEMBER al 1870


! the county by the Commissioners; and for
! the city by the Council Senator Sher-
man knows this as well as you do, and
| yet IN referring to my remarks he says,
| and l will read from his speech:
! He then undertakes to tell us what
becomes of the money of the people-and
the highest and only evidence of the aw-
ful atrocity of the Republican party was
| the fact quoted with much detail from the
report of the Auditor of Ohio, that in
1869 our State taxes amounted to the
| enormous sum of so, ,232, ST., while IN
1860 they only amounted to $lO,Sl7 ,576,
an increase of $ll ,4l5, POI. 1t is not !
strange, fellow-ci6Zens, that he forgot to
tell that in 1860 we had a Republican
! Legislature, and that every dollar of the
| $22, ,232, ,S77 collected in 1869 was voted
by Democratic Legislature in both of the
| houses"
| He says that I quoted with much de-
tail from the report of the Auditor of
| OHIO that in 1869 the State taxes amount
| ed to the enormous sum of S22, 232, ST."
l said dnothing of the kind-nothing that
can Justify or excuse the statement of
Senator Sherman. | said-and he ought
to have known what l said, as he had my
| speech before him when he wrote his re-
ply said that the total taxes for all
| purposes in 1869 amounted to $50, ,232, ,S17.
| And knowing this, he charged that l had
stated that the State taxes alone amounted
| to that sum Wy did he so state? Was
it to create the impression that the Leg
islature of 1869 was responsible for that
| enormous burden of taxation? The best
! excuse for his errors land take his errors
from his speech, and there is nothing left),
is found in the first sentence of his speech.
l will read it. He says: 81 confess, fellow
citizens, that enter into the canvass
rather laZily." l trust that my friend
Sherman will pardon me for suggesting
! that 1t is a most pernlclous thing to be
lazy when preparing a speech intended TO
instruct the people as to the public affairs.
| l never dreamed that Senator was lazy,
but am glad to know that laziness, and
not willfulness, is the source Of all his
errors.
What does the report of the Auditor of
Ohio, for 1869, say? 1t says that the
total State taxes" for 1869, were only
| 81, ,045,476; while the total county, city
and other local taxes amounted to $lS,-
| lS7, 400, with which last taxes the Legis-
lature had nothing to do, as that amount
was assessed by the County Commission
ers, City Councils, &C., and it is well
known that large majority of the cities
of Ohio are Republican, as Cincinnati,
| Cleveland, Toledo, Steubenville. Mount
| Vernon, and so on.
If the Senator had been industrious
enough to have examined the Auditors
report, it is not to be supposed that he
would have made so gross a misstatement
Of facts.
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
Senator Sherman says, "And then Gen.
Morgan arraigns General Grant personally
as being influenced by bribery and nepo-
tism." This language is the Senators
not mine. "In governments" says the
! Senator, ''the crown rewards great ser
vices by royal gifts" But ours is not
kingly government, and the man in pow
er, or who is about to be in power, who
accepts royal gifts" from persons upon
whom he afterwards confers the first Off
ces of the Government, must expect to
have his conduct regarded with regret, if
not with suspicion.
What l said in Delaware I here repeat
For his exploits in war the gratitude of
the people knew no bounds, and never
was a President treated with so much in
dulgence by those who were opposed to
him in politics.
But an honest and patriotic people are
at loss to understand how it can be
right for the President to secure gifts of
great value from persons upon whom he
confers office, and wrong for member of
Congress to do the same thing, why the
latter should be expelled, while the former
is not impeached'
AS you will see by and by, Senator
Sherman advocates an increase of salaries,
and it would be more honest to increase
them directly, than by fraudulent means
now restored to.
STYLISH ECONOMY.
For instance, the Presidents salary is or $4,000
nearly $40 n day.
His Secretary ts sign the Presidents
name TO Sl'oOO
ant Secretary, two Clerks at 81, 800 each
stewart Cwho has charge of the wine
cellar and kitchen) and nessenger...... 1880
For contingent expenses of the Executive
Office Including stationery .............. So. 1900
Two poiiceman at Presidents hoIse..". a640
Two night watchmen ut Presidents house l,SO0
Door keeper at Presidents house............ 200
For fuel for the Presidents hOuse......:.. 5000
| Care and improvement of grounds south
For OF repairs and refaTnisbinc Presidents zOOO
| house (Which had been refurnished
since the election of Grant, )............ 1900
Annual repairs and repainting exterior Of
Presidents 10000
! For additional repairs at the Presidents
green house "a building with q glass
roof, in which flowers are kept to per
fume the Presidential nose e)............... $500
Flower pots, mats and twine......-........ 1000
| For construction of circular fence around
and through the Presidents grounds. 10000
| For lighting Presidents house, capital
and public 10000
| Sl33, 800
Whether this proves that the Presi-
dents salary ought to be increased, l
leave to the taxpayers to say.
MODEST ECONOMY.
You can all form pretty good idea of
| what it ought to cost to furnish a Court