Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-06-03

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Add the interest due on ire
ducible debt January 1, 1915
which will not be paid un-
TIL February, say. y.-.---...-. 241, ,0e0 90
--s27. 600 Ok
Leaving the suEa Off,. ......... .s1sl, ,s51 Q;
This might be provided for by an.
ticipating the revenues of 1876, BY
drafts on the county treasurers, which
can be made to q limited extent in ad
vance of semi annual settlements. Il.
the case thus appears, there IS no 9th
eT resort from practical reputation OF
WpaCards Of half million Of the loan
Of 1875, than q temporary loan to
meet at
There has been no material change
in the situation. The Revenue Fund
will doubtless be able to repay the sum
of $4,000 due the Sinking Fund, but
the payment of the interest on the ir-
reducible debt in February will only
afford temporary relief, as it must be
paid and a0ill be paid then, for it con.
stitutes part of the settlement with
the County Treasurers. There will
then be due on the 31st of December
S72S,S51, while the amount of taxes
for this purpose, upon the duplicate
Va L SOAASCtaUlS 4CtOs WHICH
be anticipated, will not exceed about
100000 land this is much larger
sum than was ever before drawn from
county treasures in advance of settle
ment), and aciU Eeave atpeCard Of $500
coo at7lpToUided for The remainder
of the taxes collectable at the Februa-
ry settlement, will barely suffice to pay
the interest on the funded debt, paya-
ble in New York in the following
June; so that, notwithstanding the in
creastng prosperity of the State an ex-
tension of credit mast be asked, that
the great Democratic party may go
before the people with the false plea Of
reduced taxes, retreDchment and re.
form.
The late Chairman of the committee
on Finance, in the Lower House, will
point to provision in the general act
making appropriations passed on the
last day of the session (page 124, sec
ton }, requiring the Auditor of State
to transfer before January, 1876, 5000.
600 from the Asylum Fund to the
Sinking Fund; but the requirement
savors of the act passed April 16, 1874
at the instance of this same dabbler in
State finances, in which the Comptrol
ler of the Treasury was authorized to
make drafts upon the several county
treasurers, for two thirds of the taxes
collected upon any duplicate, tive
months prior to their settlement will
the Auditor Of the State. This act ha:
been very justly charac :erized as {
''n0ndescrlpt." It imposes the dut,
khr Ov,.y1GrolJo-, 81 IE
of Issuing his drafts upon the cunt,
treasurers, without providing any in
formation upon which to act intelli
gently, and is therefore u dead lette
upon the Statute book. So, too, viii
be found the requirements of the Ap
preparation act of March 30, 1875
The Auditor of State will hardly ven
ture to transfer 5000, 700 from nothing
5 or from funds the collection of whIc
he may anticipate, and thus expent
: the fund from which the benevOlen
institutions are supported. That is no
= the Reputliaas Tao5s =ef doing b1fs
: ness.
Having disposed Of the only pre-
tense of the Democracy to popular fe
t vor that has the semblance Of merit, le
: US consider their claims Of retrench
= ment, and it will be seen how utterl
untenable they are. They have lon
e claimed that the offices Of Railroa
:, Commissioner, Superintendent of In
1 surance and Gas Commissioner, wer
expensive and useless, and should
: abolished. These appointiVe office
have been uniformly filed with exper
> men of marked ability and fitness
: men whose experience especially quail
: fled them for the duties of their re
g spective offices. If the offices wer
!, useless they should have been abolish
t ed, however creditRbly they were file
S but with keen scent for fat salarie
: the offices are not only not abolished
but given to small politicians of war
: calibre-two of them at least, to me
e utterly deficient in the special attain
ments required for e respectable dis
e charge of the duties imposed.
n Governor Aliens Gas Commission
/ er, for example, don't know a ga
{, meter from coal seuttle, and coul
II no more tell the constituent element
It of pure infamable gas than he coul
II publish an Allen organ in Toledo will
out the salary of Gas Commissions
y He has appointed his old partner fo
e Assistant-a man who carried Can'
f water on both shoulders, and didn
1t pay for half of it; and who has n
n more knowledge on the subject of gs
3, than can be gained by Hottentc
q from two weeks connection with
y Democratic newspaper. So, also,
= appointees to other Offices which tt
n Democracy were crazy to have abo
le ished, until it became practicable to Fl
1t them with Democratic hummers an
/ ward politicians.
The Democracy not only do NJ
E. abolish fst Offices; not only fill thel
IN with incompetents; but they crea
rs new uncalled for offices. They hay
ly created board of three salaried Con
missioners for the construction of til
Central Asylum TO take place of Il
~ old Board of Trustees, working VII
utter devotion to the public interes
without pay; they have added larG
.. number Of new judges, to make plac
w w for local Democratic politicians; the
90 have created q Board of Commissio
lg ers for revising the laws, at an e,
pense of over SIS, 900 per annum, al
in various ways have provided for
material increase in the annual expen
of carrying on the State GOvernmel
They claim an offset, the passage
VI the county fee bill. This bill was
- troduced by a Republican, and W
oa not treated Us partisan measure. !
ire examination of the bill will show tina
,r. could not have passed as u pal
e. measure. 1t was carried by Repub
Iii can votes. 1t was opposed by eve
to man who was owned by the "Co1
,ur House Ring" of this county, and u
nd lobbied against by county officers.
is respective of fparty--conspicuously