The daily gazette., 1880-06-18
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


once entered upon are hard to get rid
of. Let any man take this to himself.
Let him look at the matter, and ask
his neighbor whether 1t is not the ex-
perience of all, and of all time
Whether the heads of families do not
find it one of the most difficult things
TO retrench when the 'hard times"
come-whether in majority Of cases,
they do not fail to come down from
high living, high rents, and fashiona-
BILE life, until tits too late to arrive at
condition where the "two ends will
meet" before they are so swamped
with debt, the necessary attendant of
extravaganza, they can never re-
cover ? Fortunately this is not the
condition of our city, but what it
might have been had the Republican
officials gone on in tho course of ex-
travagance they adopted when they
purchased the land and commenced
the erection of the Cool Spring Reser-
voir. A course of folly that, stopped
where it was, cost the city debt of
over 100000 that could have been
better saved. A better, and more Sc
cure reservoir, could have been made
on, the land the city owned at the
time near the Eighth street basin, for
about $4,000 And all the expendi-
ture and the interest which Cool
Spring Reservoir cost could have been
saved the taxpayers. The GAZETTE
urged the use of the city's property at
the time. But the prevailing desire
to expend money filled the minds of
the controlling party here as in all
other places where they had power,
and the course of folly was entered
upon, which dNove them out of power
and put the Democrats in. In the
eighteen months which the Democrats
have had control of the city they have
met all The difficulties that are met in
personal, or family monetary difficult
ties-they found contracts had been
made that had to be carried out, and
the money all expended; and debts
hanging over the Council, that had to
be paid with money the Democrats
had yet to raise. They could not see
for the first year what was to be done.
And they naturally fell into some of
the ruts of their predecessors. They
soon saw, however, the errors that
had been committed, and set to work
with will to reduce expenses. They
cut down the tax rate TO 81 10. Over
this There was ''howp' by the Radi-
cal editors. They charged that it was
only done for political effect, and
would lead to heavy floating debit
The GAZETTE alone of all the news
papers sustained the Democratic
Council in this course. 1t defended it
during. the whole of the time against
the most violent assaults of other Jour
mails, and insisted that it was the part
of wisdom to take the new econo-
mists at their word and insisted that
they should be given trial. We felt
confident that they would, if they
could, carry the city through on a tax
of 81 15 in spite of all that was said to
the contrary; and we feel great pleas
ure in being able nowto say that sue
cess has attended the efforts of the
Democrats in this important matter.
And cow they have undertaken to
run the city on a tax rate of 81 10,
making another reduction of five cents
on the hundred. And we belive thew
will be able to get Though the year
on this rate easier than last year on a
higher rate. This is substantial way
oftrecommendiug themselves to the
tax payers, that should be and will be
appreciated by every man who owns
on. rents house.
This economy on the part of the
Democrats does not only show itselj
in the City Council. But it must bt
noted also as a fact that the Lev,
COURT is building the new Court Hous,
without an increase of the taxes owe
the past year.
REPgBLrcAN BooKKEEPINa-In +:
great government, progressing lik,
the United States, ought to be abb,
to present fair balance sheet at al
times. Unfortunately this has no
been the condition of the Unitet
States since 1860. Since that time th,
receipts and disbursements have aggre
gated thirteen thousand millions O
dollars and no man to-day can tel
how many hundred millions have beer
wasted The committee appointed b,
the Senate to examine the books ant
investigate the matter state in opel
Senate that millions of dollars of dis