The daily gazette., 1880-08-30
FOR SHERIFF,
PURNAL j. LYNCH.
FOR CORONER.
JOSEPH YARNAI.L.


"SILLY" DEMoCRATs.-Oure esteemed
contemporary, the Republican, sees
nothing good in what prominent Demo-
Gratis say /; or in what the DemocI attic
party proposes TO do in its efforts to re-
trench the government and reduce taxa
tion, and restore entire confidence in the
solidity and strength of the Republic by
attaching all sections to it by love, and
not by the bayonet force of the Radical
party. 1t says it is ''silly boast" in
Senator Thurman to say that "Hancock
was sweeping Ohio" So it said year
ago that it was silly for the GAZETTE
to say that the Democrats would cary
this city by a large majority; yet it
proved true. In 1878 it said it was silly
TO say Mayor Almond would be elected
by 500 majority and yet the GAZETTE
was right. 1t said it was silly in 1878
for the GAZETTE to express confidence
that this county would give larger
majority than ever for the Democratic
ticket, yet what the GAZETTE then said
came true, as well of the State as the
county.
The Republican was just as confdem
in Its dem nciat.ons Of the Democrats in
the City Council last year for reducing
the tax rate to S115. That was a
"silly" thing-that it said could not be
done, without plling up floating debt
previous to July of $4,000 or $4,000.
Yet the Democrats did reduce the tax
and did run the city on an economical
basis on that tax rate, and have this
year reduced the tax rate to $l.1O: and
July is past and gone and instead of A
floating debt of So, 900 or $50, 900 as the
Republican said would exist in conse-
quence, the City Treasurer reports cash
in bank to the credit of the city, $l01, ,7SS.
OF course 1t was "slly" to save ten per
cent. to the $4,000 people of Whining
ton. They did not want this money at
all and according to the Republican's
ideas would rather have a Radical ma
jo ity in Council although it might cost
our Republican citizens, whom il saws
pay the great bulk of The taxes, S2O, ,OOC
year. But it seems that the Republi-
can citizens do not hold the same views
that the Republican does. They 90
right to the polls and vote to save ten
per cent. or stay at home and thus let
their Democratic neighbors' votes count
double. Now this year will test the
matter more fully than r, if the Re-
publican property holders and tax PAYERS
don't want the tax rate to remain at
$l.lO or reduced to S100, they will 90 to
the polls and help swell the negro vote
in the Third, Fifth, Seventh and Nintl
Wards to beat the Democrats, and thu,
secure heavier vote in Council, thai
will help them TO secure majority il
that body in September, 1881. So far a.
we can see there is no possibility ol
their getting majority in Council un-
til 1881. Nine Democrats hold ovel on.
of 21 which constitutes the City Coun-
Gil. The Democrats, therefore, have
only TO carry two wards to secnre a ma
jority; and yet the Republican en-
deavors to make its party believe they
could secure majority at the approach
ing election and go back to the extrava-
CANT custom of former Republican
Councils, for it stoutly maintains that
the reduced rate is all wrong and would
fix the tax rate a. $1.20 the day after the
election if it could secure a majority of
its way of thinking. The Democrats
will go on in their "silly" course of
economy all the same, you bet