Daily Republican., 1883-06-21
THURSDAY. JUNE 81. 1858.
Why the Tax Rate must be
Raised.

can help but know, if they have given
the question of city finances an honest
thought whatever, that the apparent
overdraft in bank, called deficiency,
is a legacy left by the last Democratic
Council. Nobody will deny, indeed
Democrats themselves would blush to
deny, that they used O,0O0 of the ap-
propriation for the Board of Education
for the current expenses of the city. or
course this $40, 900 had to be met by the
late Republican Council, and to meet 1t
they had no money appropriated-in-
deed they did not know there was such
q deficiency until after it was too late
TO make an appropriation. Neither dld
the late Council know until too late to
make provisions to meet it, that there
was deficiency, besides the $50, 900 re-
TERED tr, of about S30, 600, making S50,-
900 Democratic debts that had to be
paid some how. To make good these
Democratic Deficiencies, the City Coun-
Gil of course has to increase the tax rate,
and 5000 deficiency alone makes the
addition in the rate above last year.
The Democratic Council of 1881 and
1882 were the defnulters, not the Repub-
iicau Council Of 1882 and 1888, The
outstanding taxes not collected are
uuite sufficient however to meet TINS
deficiency, and had there been no de-
ficiency to meet, the taxes yet to be col
lected would have stood to the credit of
the city and there would have been "A
surplus in the Treasury. There never
was a more careful and economical
Council than the last, whose term eX-
pired the rst of June, the only money
thrown away being that to pay wire
pulling, log-rolling Democratic politi-
clan, for going to Dover to lobby the
water right bill through the Legislature
aud who at the same time lobbled
through Water Commission bill for
his own ben fit.
There may be some who still wonder
why the tax rate should be increased
this year if, as we say there are uncol"
lected taxes sufficient 70 meet last year S
deficiencies caused by Democratic mis-
management and tiIching of the school
fund the year before last. TO such we
h,t I b.r lpS h,,.n a
nfa Democratic Legislature last winter,
and that Legislature has 50 torn up and
altered the city charter to make offices
for Democratic politicians, that as a
consequence we have to raise more
money and TO do that the tax rat" must
be increased For instance, the $4,000
the Democrats took from the school ap-
preparations had to he made good. The
water-right bill put S6o,0oo more debt
-S-lpon the city.
,r,o, - four aud a halt per cent i'll
,erest to pay on that. The bill to make
H MrIutire Chief Engineer ot the
water w DlhS " as W ii''N' '''"''' ~-',
900 more year out Of the city Treas,
i,ry, besides the salaries which We're /,
have been paid to the three r,,rnered
Water Commission, hut as .he WhOU
thing so far has only proved a flash il
the pan, we cannot r,.ckon these item
amongst the eH -rnn-es, The intention
81 the he .,s'Ature and De,H ocratic poll
'"i -ns were ali the same, however -
Ne must not forget either that som
$4,000 additional i, Required tor III
Bard of Education for III" building Z
new school houses. This is an I'%'n I
which nobody in favor q! "duca'io
will object, nevertheless il hc,p''" II
crease the tax rate. Then Wr must IL
forget that we have Democratic Nj
mcipal Court now in p'are OF MaNo1
Court with al. it, additi"ua. rNprnse
contrary to the expressed "jil Of II
people at the ballot box. All the'
items taken together are more than 81
fclent 10 MAKE up luf fN'tSN III INV IA
rate of this year over last year, and y
'lle Bourbon organ in the owl rooN
with hardly strength enough left to e
abp i, to lie and grow, tries to mai
vrrdant voters believe that the imrrea
~ caused BY Republican eX'ravagauc
The record of Democratic ,egiSiatlO
however, both III the city Couucil al
Legislature, i uftoo recent a datr tod
t.riye honest voter. who have watch'
the current of events, The rrUth Vi {
matter is that the whole Increase "
caused by Democratic p"'NiatIon a
Democratic Legislation.
THE EXrEHIMENT If rumiug te
E,erance and politics toy" h"l VIII Il,
- fair trial in Iowa This year, +
IIibitionists control a large ma. oritE
The delegates to the E"puhIiran st
Convention and will dictate the p
form. This will demand prohibition
-.Itutr law or by rouStitnti"na, am"
ynnt. The Judges who IN any Y
lrd anything to do with l"'h
4galnst the late Constitutional Anne
meant will he defeated for n"'nina