Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-10-23


Thus q wiIl BE- seen that the county charges
asc In favor Of democratic rule By si4.Ses.eo
and the county rate by So per cent. ON the 500.
And Iris, as conclusive as Il may seem, does not
ret do full justice TO the contrast. Included In
the county charges for 1878 10 an amount Of -,
1877 So for overexpenditures Of road appropria-
lion, incurred by the Republican Board, and
which had TO be and was provided for BY the
Democratic Board in the levy ofIs7s. Add this
to the regular reduction as above given, and IL
f6ols up total Of eI7, s5s. 40 in county charges
and in the county rate of about IS per cent,
made by the present democratic Board within the
last two years and without any detFiment TO the
public interest. This il why we said s'that II
Mr.. Gary would come nearer home he would
change his conclusions" But the Republicans
having pitched their battle in this State almost
exclusively on finance and taxation and arraigned
democratic management in Maryland for extray-
agance and venality, let Us inquire Of The record
10 70 these matters. Promising that We are In
debsed to the Baltimore Gazette for the facts and
figures following, which are cfunquestioned aud
unquestionable verify, We open with The declara-
ton that IN the State Of MARYLAND the State taxes
are lighter than in any State in this Union, with
three exceplions-Rho Island, Connecticntand
Delaware. We omit Tennessee whose rate is low
er because II has repudiated its State debt and is
thus able 10 make It's taxes lower. But Rhode
Island, enormously rich In proportion to popu-
Iaton and extent Of territory, being FUN offacto
ries and mills, has much larger proportional
taxable basis Of property and yet its taxes are
ours. Connecticut for the same reasons precise
", has a lower grade Of taxation; also three
cents on the hundred dollars less than ours. in
Delaware the States income Is equal 10 the ex-
penditures and there's no tax. Maryland thus
has The lowest grade Of taxation except the three
mentioned, although she carries State debt Of
$lO,0 900 incurred half century ago in her
great works Of internal Improvement while
Connecticni and Rhode Island have State debts
less than half as great rs ours. Let II he borne
in mind, too, that Connecticut and Delaware,
two Of the three States whose tar IL less than
ours, are Democratic States. Now let us look
at the other side Of the picture. The State taxes
Of Maryland are lsa cents on the hundred dol
lars. In Nebraska, always Republican, they are
e3a In Nevada, 90; in Illinois, 90; in Kansas,
IS; in Ohio, 80; in Vermont, 30 and SO on; oil
Of these being 'igood Republican States, !" seve-
raj Of which never went Democratic during their
whole history. Tn those States which have 81
ternated between Democratic and Republican
rule. as New York, New Jersey and New FIamp-
shire, the taxes are rather lower, because, when
the Democrats come into power they usually re-
duce expenses and taxes, as witness the States Of
New York and New Jersey. In New York, in
spite Of tia redemption Of the State from the Ca
nal Fing, saving to the State about three millions
per year-a reform carried out under Democratic
rule and against Republican resistance--the State
tar 70 10 cents, nearly double a. much as ours.
In New Jersey, although the railroads between
Philadelphia and New York yield vast increase
10 tbe State, the tax Is IS. But the darkest part
Of The story IL stiil to be told There are several
States receztly delivered from Republican con-
troll In which TIE State taxation is enormous In
Louisiana the debt created under carpet-bag rule
now requires State tar Of $50 cents -nearly
seven times greater than ours. In Florida the
carpet-bageers bequeaihed the State tax which,
after several reductions, Is stiIl 81 %, more than
Sin times ours. In Georgia and Alabama, which
hare been longer free from Republican rule, the
saxes have been cut down to 20 cents in Ala
hama and SO cents In Georgia. This is The Re
publican record as 10 State taxation. Now for
Baltimore. In Baltimore the city tar Il 81 SO
on the hundred dollars. In Cincinnati II Is ss,-
&c e-io, In New Ycrk city Il u 81 .s5, ia Phila-
delphia II Is e22s. In ST. Louis II IL q 90. The
only large. city In which the rate Of municipal
taxation Is lower than Baltimore IL Boston, which
has 81 81, nineteen cents on a hundred dollars
less than Ballimore Bat this fact 10 readily SC
counted FOR. Boston has 9 taxable basis more
than double Baltimore and smaller population
Moreover, Il must be conceded that the CITY snan-
CTS have been admirably managed in Boston and
upon pretty much the same y siemasin Baltimore.
We are sure Mr.. Gary, In his late speech here,
had no intention Of making wilf6ll mircpre-
sentasion Of The comparative financial condition
either Of Maryland or Baltimere eisy. We be-
lieze him 10 oe incapable Of Il, but re submit IN
view Of The statement made above, that he
Is called upon Is an honest man to rstraef The
charges he then Esade, which ware, Substantially;
that of all States, Maryland was the most beav-
iiy tax-rid6en and fhat0f all cities Baltimors
was sSe most expensiyely governed