The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-09-27

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Need We make any comments upon the above
showing Do not ihe hgnres speak plainly enough q
aiiairs in this county ought 10 be made.
The Sentinel then benignly inquiries
'Need we make any comment upon the
above showing?' We frankly answer that
self-intercst, no doubt, suggested that no
comment should be made, and accordingly
none was made. The first comment that
common honesty would have demanded Of
any ordinarily honest person would have
been to say, that in twelve years the Re-
publican party increased the tax burden
Of the people Of this county from s2O,.
695.Ss in 1856, to s6s,722.74 in 1867, a
difference of s4s,026s6, whilst the
Democratic party increased the assessment
of s5S,4s5,99 in 1868, to ss3,59532 in
1879, being period Of twelve years and
difference of s25, 1898, thereby saw
ing s22,9l7.53 as compared with the in
crease during the IL years Of Radical rule
The next honest comment would have BEEN
If you deduct the amount levied for public
schools in 1879, to wit, s2l 900, from the
amount Of the whole levy of $50, 595. 32 Of
that year, it will be ascertained that the
sum of s62,595.32 remains, which is just
s6,l27.42 less than the Republican levy of
1867, when they paid not one cent out of
the levy for the expenses of public schools
The wisdom of the "no comment" dodge
being sufficiently apparent, we will pro.
coed to do that which our Republican
friends not only have failed to do, but
which they cannot reasonably b expected
to do, and that is to give detailed state
ment Of our stewardship as Democrats,
aud let the people sec for themselves where
and how their money has been expended.
That there should exist large difference
in the gross amounts levied from 1856 to
1867, against the amounts levied from
1867 TO 1879, is but reasonable, as will be
seen from that which follows hereafter.
To expect that with vast increase 10 pop.
ulation, 10 wealth, in material prosperity,
and 10 oil that goes to give this county its
position Of prominence 10 the State, there
should have been no increase in the de-
mands upon the County Treasury, is too
absurd to need comment at our hands and
is an insult to the intelligence of the peo-
pie Of our county.
We will preface our statement with the
undeniable assertion, that when the Dem
ocratic Board Of County Commissioners
assumed control in 1867, their Radical
predecessors left them not one dollar in
bank, and their account overdrawn; they
left them an Indebtedness of 5000, which
has since been paid; they left burden Of
public debt for bOunties paid, which still
in part weighs heavily on the people, but
which has been reduced by payments
made to the extent Of s6T ,5S4.O0 on the
principal aud interest due on same. From
1868 to 1879, for public school purposes
alone, the taxpayers Of the county have
been compelled to puy the sum of $780,
230.le This, the largest item Of expen.
diturcs since 1867, Is burden the Radi-
cal party did not have to carry. But, for
the amount thus spent, our people have
received more than an equivalent. Old,
dilapidated and badly-ventiIatcd and worse
furnished school houses have been replaced
with rev ones, built with due regard for
health, comfort and convenience, and fur.
nished with many Of the modern applian.
ecs that conduce to make teaching efFec
tive and learning pleasure. Our teach
ers, too, are Ladies and Gentlemen, and
will lose nothing by comparison with
those Of any other county 10 the State;
and the intelligence Of our people and the
spirit Of emulation 50 prevalent among ouI
boys aud girls, alike bear testimony ts
their competency and ability as educators
The Democratic party is alone responsible,
for this outlay, and 20 long as We are il
power win our public schools be continued
and VIC appeal % the people for our yindi
cation.
Since 1867 the county has been com
PEELED to meet expenses which could
in 20 sense, be regarded as ordinary; as
for instance, 10 1870, in pursuance Of al
act Of Assembly, the County Commission
ers paid for the destruction Of the Demo
erat Office BY Radical mob, the sum 0
sS,25O,00; a large number Of indicI
inenis for treason, the offspring Of Radiea
ianatieissr, lost their foster father whe
the Aueean stables were cleaned In 1861
and the cost Of which had 10 be paid o.
Of the county treasury. The regislratio
! Of voters during the last twelve year
]. when every qualified voter was permitte
( the free exercise Of the right Of salIrag'
! has cost The county The sum Of s7,7e0.9'
i which does not include the cost Of priatin
. lists and bills. The Court expenses Il
the year 1872 reached the enormous su,
Of sI0,74f.5l, and in the year 1873 Il
}. sill greater SUM Of si2,7ls.26 tn
. cannot be charged 10 the Democrat
party, Or 70 my party. for II vas cause
! ~ the unprecedented cost Of lhe Dasi
4 Lynn case, which alone reached nearly 4
som Of 1000.