The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-11-17
For he C0its.ji1 Herald.
- What do they do with the Peoples
Money -


AEssRs. tDIToES As have often heard the
above question asked by Tax r..yess, when
criticiziug tie official acts Of the various boards
of Mayor and Aldermen, without an answer, !
naturally thought, too, there must be screw
loose somewhere and at once determined
would be tue man to iirst iuvestigs ie and make
the discovery F.; and show 10 those who had so
often asked the question in vain, how that to
present Board, at least, have squandered large
portion Of our taxes, ali d.yijei the remail-
der, thereby enrichiHg themselses-as bad s.
those who had heretofore served in lie same
capacity. Who does not know that every citi-
zen who has bad the honor to have served eth
eT 60 Mayor CT Alderman, retired from the Of
fee ia opulence, * \ poEs,
Well as I said, determined 10 make the
invess. ;gation and show up the present Board in
their true coIors, let the Consequences be What
they NAV, and thereby perform an ac' which
would iumortalize NY name and so en6ear NY
self 10 the dear peqP,8 hat hcucetorWard nd
forever hereafter they, BE peoPts, po..i3 force
upon me ali the Offices Of both Mayor and Al
derman, having learned there was one man OF
pluck who would DO IL re 70.
made the investigation and hero il the re-
suit. Read it. Readit!! everybody l find
that the whole amount Of taxes assessed for
the present corporate 5ear, upon real and per-
sonaI property TO be ........ 1854 y
The License and Privilege Tax ..--.. LOO 10
From Rents and other sources --..-.-- Z0J W
Old Tax Of Is6S-5 charged to W.
Tucker, present tax
collector .-.....-. S4oll -
n " 7 Tu IS 90. $50 81 1902 So
Making in the GLEN SloO55 -
OF this sum they have collected up TO
this date Sll00 = and what DO you
supuOse they have done with so large
sum l viii tell you that you may
know how your money goes. First, OF
this vast sum assessed, they have col
Iecied sIG7I2 Il. ali Of which was IN Cor
poration checks, the major portion Of
which was issued hy some former Board
or Boards, and what do you suppose
mas been done with 40 vast an amount
@, cheeks, which all know are just as
good As E.r6.. hacks 20 the fellow paying
Them to the collector, hut not quite As
GOOD As grecub8Cks TO the TcuS.-eT2
II ere Is The way they went the Record
81 and Treasurer, by the express orders
of the Board have cut a cross mark III
shape like an -, through each OF them,
thereby destroying their entire value.
I believe that Is what the Banks call
caucclling them. 80 much for the
checks, Now / find there has come
INFO tho hands OF the Treasurer the
IN d Il ii no
the corporate year, to this date, 1874 50
and what do you suppose went with
that? / will tell you that, too, or
AZ least as to portion Of it. find they
have purchased for the two Fire Engines
the present year leading Hose, which
cost S7=6 %. which leaves balance OF
SS7 S. in clean cash, which ought to be
in the treasury, but is nOt-and some
one will asE where Il IS, answer don't
know, and TO tell you tbs truth fellow
citizens. | became so discouraged ana
disgusted az my most signal failure TO
mako the character for myself at first
ANTICIPATED, that at once ceased my in
yestigations and concluded they might
divide and be hanged, so lar as | cared.
There WAS one other conclusion came
to. which was this: that the present
BOARD was composed of the sort of men
1
u.auv wears, viz: mon that could run
the anIachi.c" without money, and at
the same time do the zGlu.to- work on
the streets, &c, &c. In looking over
our street find there has been as much,
ar more. substantial work done the
present, than in any one year preceding,
AID we are informed by a committee
of gentlemen who were invited to in
yesIigate the subject, thSs TIE work had
been done at perhaps one-third or opy-
half less cost Than was ordinarily paid
for the same class OF work under the
contract system. u requires, in my
opinion AT least one years experience ia
tho Board as an Alderman, to sufficient
" qualify any one TO make what is term
ed a good Alderman. And now / ask II
to turn out such an one and put In an
other who must undergo the same eX-
perience before they are sufficiently
Qualified to fill the place with credit TO
themselves o. profit to their coDstitu-
euts, in accordanc5 with Common seuseP
Would any business man SO act III ret
ereuce TO his or their individual bust
ness? | have always found, with
few exceptions, that those who are most
clamOrolls and ZoalDus IN turning out,
or beating the old Board AS they term IL,
are the same persons who are for turn
ing out the next old Board, and so on
df tBfnit,sm. admit the true doe
trine 10 be where a bard, or "ny mem
h9r hereof tail to perform his or their
duty, Jhsy skould toe let out at once,
and others put in theI- place who will
/ p-Tiorin their du y.
know OF no charges made against
/ the present 30 ird Tor any dsreliction OF
duly o Justify change, and when even
I 1, 1t,. 10 a r.I G4ssf.sinaI I
/ for one stand pledged to vote for lhe
change. | 20 farther, aud promise if
Won will, or can, show The men who can,
/ or will, give any assurance that If elect
ed. they will, OF can, run the MACHINE"
| "a Lean m The aNRIRiu Of imprOYe.