New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-25
MR.. CLINTON's SUCCESS AND FUTURE
POLICY.

MR.. CLINTONs SUCCESS AND FUTUR
! POLICY.
> The success that has attended NJ
Clinton's efforts TO buy in State warrant
. on behalf of the State at the market pric
. strengthens the belief that this will b.
come the established policy. It is d
rect invitation 70 original holders Of wal
rants to come forward and receive fro1
the State as low rates for their claims a
they would accept from anybody. So ia
as the State is concerned this is an act c
bankruptcy, and while the business is nc
conducted with the ordinary forms pre-
scribed for bankruptcy proceedings, tn
result may be made quite as satisfactory
1t is no doubt great thing to be able t
show a saving Of sixty thousand dollar
by the outlay in judicious manner o
but little more than eighty thousand dol
lars. If every eight dollars paid into tn
treasury to the credit Of the general funt
ca be so administered as to cancel four
teen dollars Indebtedness. we shall soo1
find our State approaching condition o.
solvcncy.
Of the three considerable funds, how
ever, which the State has to provide fol
the general fund is the least burdensome.
The interest account is more than double
the general expense account. while the
levee tax is nearly as great as that for in
terest. While bonds are nominally offered
at forty and fifty cents, it would be very
wise financial measure to make sacrifice
and buy in some at the price. and thus
check to a slight extent the enormous
drain for interest, which amounts 81. 750.-
900 year.
The people have. so far this year, paid
their taxes with a commendable prompt
ness. And those who are in arrears can
not truthfully file plea Of inability, for
it is within our personal knowledge that
there are more comparatively poor tax
payers who have tax collectors receipts
than there are who have not, and this,
too. in proportion to the numbers on the
rolls. There are plenty Of men running
about town with the public money in
their pockets, or invested in interest pay
ing business. And they boast Of their
ability to bea. the radical government.
They are practical and avowed tax resist
ers. whom the multiplicity Of other mat
ters has heretofore shielded from atten-
ton and pursuit. But now the "Audi-
torial war" is over. these gentry will have
their cases attended to under act No. AZ.
We learn that proceedings are to be order
ed at once under that act, which, one or
two of the pioneers in this tax resisting
business are in condition to testify. are
Of most peremptory and positive character.
Those citizens who pay their taxes
promptly have right that their neigh
bors. rivals in business. perhaps. shall be
required to do likewise. The landlord
who is able to eyade payment of his taxes
year after year is always able to rent his
property lower than he who pays can, and
this breaks down the market. So with
merchandise and manufactures. lie who
pays all his obligations. public and pri-
vate. like an honest man, has no chance
with the dishonest defaulter or the blus-
tering tax resister, who is able to success
fully bully our State officers out Of the
performance of their duties. Now. this
thing has been going Oh just about |
long enough. Mr.. Clinton has given
them plenty Of time to come up and shown |
every disposition to save them from costs.
How far he has permitted his leniency to |
mislead him is not necessarily pregnant |
question at this time. It may arise in the !
'uture, however. when those who now
profit by it will be the very last to come
;orward and share the responsibility. The
needs of the State treasury, no less than
ustice to the honest citizens who have
paid their taxes, imperatiyely demand a
little activity and frmness in enforcing
collection from those who have refused to
10 50.
We give delinquents warning that the
lext sensation" will be the work Of look.
ng after them. There will be some
'osts charged up. here and there. which
S the more unfortunate. as the State gains
lothing by losses to taxpayers on that ac-
cunt But We suppose sheriffs and
Jerks Of courts must live. and as they
arely collect fees from just men, who
discharge their duties to the
tate and their fellow-men. the dishonest
nd the laggards are necessary for their
The sale of warrants will |
Ike place every month. The Treasurer
ill need money to settle with bidders.
he Governor. Auditor Clinton, the tax
warrant holders and nearly
else are interested in having
lis experiment prove success. And our
elinquent taxpayers are about to be ,
rged in the most positive and persuade t
e manner to put their shoulders to the /.
heel. We see no way Of escape for l
em. and would not point it out if We
d. I
II TROUBLES NOT ALTOGETHER PO-
LITICAL.
1t is not unusual to hear q consumptive c
tient complain of the bad cold that has p
tiled on his lungs, and the subject of l,
ght paralysis will sometimes tell his p
vSinian that bo pecarc fro,,, ,,o,-,1: !