The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-06-03
THE REDUCTION OF STATE
TAXES

1ffice-holders of the Grant dynasty,
Ire laboring hard to mislead and
prejudice the minds of the honest
and independent voters of Ohio a
gainst the last General Assembly,
and are %perverting the truth and the
records to accomplish their ends. We
have not claimed, nor do we now,
that the last General Assembly was
the best one that ever convened in
Ohio, but we do assert that it was
far superior to any of its p%redecess-
ors for the last fifteen or twenty
years, and the records bear us out in
this assertion, and no amount Of lie
ing and pervertion of facts by the
administration satraps, will convince
the Independent masses differently.
We give place in this weeks De
MocRAT, to an article from the Wayne
County Democrat, in reference to the
reduction of the taxes by the late
General Assembly, and call the at
tention of the reader to it, and adj
wise each one to lay it away for future
reference. There is no plundering
of the Sinking Fund to the tune of
$5SO,000 in that, as was done by the
last Republican Legislature, in VIC
latiol of the Constitution of the
State-no robbery of the School
Fund to the amount of $4,000 and
using it for other purposes than
School education, against the sacred
provisions of the Constitution, but
there is solid and substantial reform
in the whole of it, and such reform
as every taxpayer and farmer a
feel and appreciate. There was not
q single law passed by. the last Gen
eral Assembly, when looked upon
with an u~nprejudiced mind that does
not commend itself to general favor.
The taxpayer a not help but be
pleased at the law cutting down the
fees and salaries of County officers,
thus saving to them several hundred
thousand dollars q year. They are
certainly not dissatisfied because the
tolls we're reduced twenty-five per
cent. None but a bigot would find
fault with a law that allows every
body the religious service they may
prefer. Every liberal-minded man
must be pleased at the modification
of the Adair law, by which its black
mailing features have been wisely re-
moved, and to recognize that a Town
Council must adopt its measures,
under the Pearson Bill, to the Con
stitution of Ohio. The law requiring
every Common Pleas Judge to hold
Court 24O days each year, and the
law abolishing second trials, are en-
inently just and practicable and gives
satisfaction.
The submission of an amendment
to the Constitution, which, if adopt
ed at the October election, will make
it the duty of the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, tc
appoint a commission consisting Of
five members, to hold their Office fol
the term of three years from the Isl
of February, 1876, to help clear III
the vast amount efbusiness hat has
accumulated on the docket of the
} Supreme Court, to the denial ofjus
tice and equity, meets the approba
ton. of every reasonable person
! Surely a General Assembly whose
chief acts are so popular and praise
worthy, would not be denounced a!
: "rotten" and "steeped in infamy,' b!
any other than a person who ha'
cheek enough to be silent and quiet
ly support and sustain the Grant ad
ministration, with all its usurpation
and corruptions.