The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-12


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Editor Constellation Allow me to
call the attention of your readers to some
reasons why taxpayers, especially, wheth-
er white or black, should rally 20 the sup
port of the Democratic party, and should
be solid in support of Democratic princi-
pies. Let M consider:
l. What the Democratic Congress of
the United States has saved to the peo-
ple-the taxpayers of the United States.
In the four years Of 1873, "a, rs and
1876 the Congress of the United States was
Republican. The four following years
the House of Representatives was Demo-
cratic. For the four Republican years
Congress appropriated of the peoples
money $500, 6,s47. For the four Dem
ocratic years Congress appropriated only
$500. 566. 748--a reduction or saving under
Democratic rule of more than ninety
millions of dollars! And yet the Demo
Gratis fell far short of what they desired
and attempted to do, The Republicans
were in possession Of the Executive de-
partment, and for three years of the latter
period they had majority of the Senate.
The Democrats were therefore unable to
do all they knew should be done.
The amounts demanded by the Depart
ments for 1877, '7s, '79 and 1880, was
the enormous sum of $72O,645, 743. The
Democratic House reduced the amount
to 1914, o4s,l52, which, if the Republican
Senate agreed to it, would have saved
the people STAG, 1897, sol! The Republican
Senate disagreed with the Democratic
House, and proposed to compromise on
granting $62s,736,ll7. The Democrats
refused to agree to such compromise,
and it was at last determined to grant
the amount named above, i. e., 5000, $780,
746-thus saving SOL 800, 100, instead of
the amount of sol.
1t cannot be doubted that if the Dem.
ocrats get entire control of the General
Government, the annual expenditures
will be still further largely reduced, and
instead of saving to the people twenty
two millions four hundred and five thou
sand dollars each year, they will save
*5O,00O,O0O annually!
2. Let us next consider the savings to
the people of Florida by honest Demo-
cratic State government for the last three
years, of 1877, 1873 and 1870.
BY reference to tables made up by Col.
Dyke from the public records, we find
that the expenditures of the peoples
money by the carpet-bag State govern
ment, for the years 1874, 1875 and 1876,
reached the frightful sum of $l,2l7,O45.
During the same time there was collected
as county taxes, and made way with by
these miserable vultures, the sum of ST.
O91, 75o-making in the aggregate for the
three years, Of State and county taxes,
the sum of $2,sOs, 1895!
The Democrats came into power in
1877, and for the three next years we find
a great change for the better. The ex.
penditures by the Democrats for the last
three years, for State purposes, was
$s49,3l2-thus saving to the payers
1867, 73O! The Democrats expended In
the same time for county purposes, the
sum of $979,Os9-a saving Of $ll2,661!
Add the saving upon the State and coun-
ty taxes together and we have the sum
of $3.50, 1871 saved to the poor struggling
taxpayers Of our State.
3. We come next to the savings to the
taxpayers Of Jefferson county. In the
three last years Of Radical misrule our
people paid the sum Of slls,4l3 for State
and county purposes; and for three years
of Democratic rule they have paid the sum
of sos, O34; and thus we had saving of
81, 1919, i. e., at the rate of $7,793 per
year,
The Radicals during the time they were
in power in Florida, added yearly to the
bonded debt OF the State at the rate of
sos, l23.84!
Since the Democrats came into power
they have been compelled to keep down
the interest on debts left us by the Radi-
Gals, and this accounts for &l75,96s of the
monies collected by the Democratic gov
eminent in the last three years. But for
this yearly interest on the Radical bonds,
there would have been saved to the peo-
pie of Florida &e5e,s6O in the last three
years, instead Of $4sO,s9l actually saved.
In the language Of Colonel Dyke "War,
pestilence and famine would be prefera-
BILE to the restoration Of such rule"
TAx-PAYER,