New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-31
SENATOR. COMBINES SPEECH
A Thorough. Review Of New York
Politics. f
STATE FINANCES AND TAXES
GOVERNOR TlLDEN'S FALSE PRETfNSES
WHERE THE CREDIT REALLY BELONGS

A large and enthusiastic mass meeting Of
Republicans was held at Cooper Institute
Friday evening, October %, the hall being
filled to OVERLOOKING Hon. Charles S.
spencer called the aesemblsge to order,
and Salem H. Wales was made president
of the meeting, and spoke briefly, after
which q series Of resolutions were adopted.
principal orator of the evening, spoke as
follows: ....
Ladies' and Geatlemen-Befor proceed
ing further beg you TO receive my most
grateful Acknowledgements for the kindness
with which yon have been pleased to greet
y MOntesq uitssu declared that ia wrote t." to
make others think, not to show how much
he, thought himself. In the spirit OF the
great FrenchmaD, appear before you TO-
night. My purpose will be gained if l can
induce you to inquire into the matters at
issue in the pending political trial in which
you are Jurors. l shall not attempt to ex-
plot novel theories about other things.
shall not ask you to hear my views about
the modus Operandi of working out re-
sumption of specie payments in 1876 under
existing or future legislation, nor about yet
undiscovered schemes for future public
achievements in war, diplomacy or policy.
Newspapers sometimes tell US that such
things, and only such, are craftsmanship,
but plain mortals usually do best by attend.
ing to the duty of the hour. A military
critic, speaking of the charge OF the Light
Brigade, said, ut is magnificent, but it is
not war So venture to believe that
flights after soaring topics not now to be
voted on, even should they be magnificent,
would DO little to the purpose
THE QUESTION BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
There Is but one inquiry before us now.
1T is, shall the men and the agencies pr o.
posed by the one party or the other be
adopted by the peoplel This inquiry in
wolves several questions and many facts. l
shall ask your attention, briefly trust, to
only few topics. As the text for one head
OF discourse, 1 take up production, per-
haps it may be called q circular, with which
the managers of the other side are covering
the State as with snow storm. This docn
ment is fearfully and wonderfully made. In
mechanical construction it is, you see, like
an ACCORDION. 1t pulls out and gathers up;
it has a sort of corrugated automatic adjust
ment by which it stretches and contracts.
Indeed, its 0ontants do the same thing; they
stretch, not only themselves, but facts, and
they contract into very narrow measure of
truth when they are sharply looked at. This
tract, being drab, and a work of fiction,
would seem to belong in SOME sort to the
yellow covered literature of the times. 1t
is being sent broadcast, as Autograph letters
which passed off as autograph letters pur-
porting to come from one of the candidates
for Governor, were sent last year to the
people, including bellboys and chamber
maids in hotels, soliciting votes. II is made
up largely Of speeches of Governor Til
den, addressed to boards Of trade
and agricultural fairs, and delivered
at other non partisan occasions Of civility
and hospitality. Other matter also is In
;troduced; the aim of it all being to convince
the electors that the Governor and his
party have reduced the State debt, and re-
duced the taxes largely, and that, there.
fore, everybody on the ticket of the Demo
cratic party ought to be elected. The g1st
of these recitals is found In three passages.
Speaking at complimentary reception
given him by the Board of Trade in Buffalo,
the Governor, after ennmerating what he
had thodght, and said, and suggested, made
this statements" Whereas We reduced the
: taxes last year from seven and one quarter
to-six mills, next year We will put them
down to four and one-hslf, or even four
mills. Afterward they can be reduced still
lower At . fair ut Utica the Governor
repeated himself, except that he changed
the reduction from last year to this
year. He said: 1--WE have reduced al.
ready your taxes from seven and
one-quarter to six mills in the present
year, At the conclusion of this collection
woEds: Reforms accomplished under Gov
-ernoT Tlldenis Reduction
of Taxeb." Then follows: "Ract !. A re-
ductf0d Of Ne State tax Of about seventeen
Per cont. The tax imposed In 1874 WAS
seven and o9eauazter mills ON dollar Of
the aseossed vALuation. The tax imposed
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