The weekly clarion., 1876-09-27

pa.tad ne have oneor two courses before
"a. either 70 economizs and retrencn,
under our present financial system, which.
(uhether the system be at fault or nOi,l ,
has brought ~ to our Present Embarrassed
condition, or to economic and retreich
under a new and different system
In proof that We are not in error as to
the excessive and Plundering rate OF tax
alton in the counties, We have only 10
quote from Gov. AlcOrn's message Of
February 9Th, 1871:
The taxing po~,r OF the Boards Of Su-
pervisors Apprar from many eommRniea-
lions made 10 me on the subject, to be
AbuSsd Ia IssaquenA county, am assur-
ed u is being exercised to the enormous
amount Of Rise hundred per cent. on the STATE /
tGx Contracts for rOuTt-hou-es, bridges, !
| rOads, are being let out in all parts Of the
| State 20 an extent that threatens the people
, with greyious burdens. This state Of things
! / will 20 on, II MT checked, TO the full extent
Of power that knows no limit within ~
Of the ayarice OF msn by whom Il is welced
When advised in time I can, It is true, ar
. | rest this evil. zs have In some cases oy re-
L moVals from office; but evil having, Ike
- | that under review, its tOundatiou In hum an
ity, cannot be held in check but By an agen-
.e cy ommipotent that OF restraints OF leg
A. islaii0n. /, therefore, recommend earnest
| ly that the issue Of credits by Boards OF Su-
], pervlsors shall be placed Immediately under
=. rigid restrictions; and that their powers OF
taxation be limited 70 TWO hundred per
ge cent. on the State tax.
Washington is, | lear. not the only county
In which the assessment may BE- supposed 70
tie be tainted by improper purposes Issaque-
ma is, have reasDn to suspect, not the only
u" county In which the local taxation Ia liked
r. at a rate amounting to oppression
ia The Constitution had set apart, as {
OF permanent school fund, the amounts re
, is ceived for licenses to retail liquor dealers
in fines, etc. the interest only to be drayI
pie and the principal to be held sacred. Th
Of amount which accrued from this sourc
one was $3.50, 1878. When the Democrat
for party came into power it was found .th'
not the Radicals had robbed tse trefsury {
.y, Ill this sua. except S0f, ,VVO ~ /
of other words, they had laid violssst hand
in on s769, ,45I1 (See Report Of Treasurs
in Hemingway, p. l6, Jan. 1st, 1S'6.)
ark Attorney General Harris admits thi
put the Reform Legislature did reduce Il
the taxes somewhat, (he could not deny VIII
the is as plain as the nose on his face, b
mo charged thatthe Legislature of 1876 -four
'ged sl72 900 in the Treasury, and in ado
iak- ton levied State tax Of 81 mills. I
icial failed to state, however, that 8 mills
orne the same was for the purpose of payir
need bonds and interest, which lad resultr
AIRY, from Radical prohigacy, from Janua
lst, 1870, to January 1st, 1876. Oft
remaining 81 mills, 1t is provided th
,,sd. the State Treasurer shall set apart
ssets sufficient amount which. added to t
,ted- common school fund receipts for 187
ssets shall be an equivalent of the State teaC
ers' fund, heretofore levied. (See la
of 1873, Chapter 7S, Section Z, page 9;
s,.,o Thus, by cutting off supeFAuous exp'
COO, ditures, notwithstanding the repeal Of I
,oo 1" two mill school tax, an equivalent is sec
ed from the general fund if needed, sn'
FIVE months tuition year is guarante
50 50 to the children of the State under Der
cratic rule, in place Of from one to f
months under Radical rule.