Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-24
what Will yOm Do abOut Ii-

IAnt question 10 you You nave Il =
ready complained of high taxes and
the constant tendency to increase them.
If the Water Commission has its way
uAmolested your taxes will be increased
about twelve cents on one hundred dol
lars, or enough to raise about thir-
ty thousand dollars additional taxes.
You are opposed to this You are not
in favor of putting your hand in your
pocket and taking therefrom your pro-
portion of thirty thousand dollars for
the sake of having Water Commits
sion, and for the sake of providing an
Office for Ii. b. McIntire. Being OPP
posed to this, it becomes an important
question TO yourself to know what you
are going to do about it at the city eiec
ton for members of the City Council
next Saturday week. Now, tn en-, "A
word to you, more especially if you are
Democrat and have been voting for
that party and its measures through
thick and Tain You are as much OBJ
posed to an increase Of your taxes as
Republicans are, we had almost said
little more You do not want-indeed
you cannot afford ~ pay more. Upon
this point there is no dispute between
us. Now then let rs bring the matter
right home 70 a political standpoint. If
you are Democrats, how do you intend
to vote at the city election ? You want
to vote your Old party ticket, of course
you do. That is entirely natural. But let
us tell you that your party, as a party is
in favor of the Water Commission that
raises your taxes. You know this, do
you not? We do not say each individual
member of the party is favorable to the
Water Commission, for We know they
are not. But, the Water Commission
business is "a Democratic measure
passed by a Democratic Legislature. 1t
has been thrown upon the party as
party measure, and the party has to ac
cept. Thus the Democrats in Council,
though in principle many of them are
opposed to il, ale compelled to vote
solidly for every measure that will sup
port it,
Democratic citizen voter, you who
are opposed to an increase of your tax
Is through a Water Commission or any
o her kind Of IA commission, how do You
int nd t, yoJe next Saturday week ?
1t Is none Of our particular business We
know, but we are just impairment
enough 10 ask the question, for we,
though EepubIlran> are in the same
boat 50 far As opposition to an increase
of taxes through Il Water Commission
is concerned. If you vote the Demo
cratic ticket for City Council, you vote
in favor Of the Water Commission and |
ALI Increase of your tax"S--in fact you
voDe il favor OF the very measure you
a. opposed to, unless you have some
guarantee that the Democratic candi-
dates for Council that you vote for are
OPPOSED to the Water Commission and |
vii, not be- controlled by the caucus
action of their party if elected. The
Water Commission is to,erably sure TO
succeed if the next City Council is
Democratic. II will succeed even un-
der Republican rule il the courts decide
i'll favor of it, but if the Democrats get
the next City Council it will succeed |
without the decision Of the courts. This
is exactly how The case stands II is
for you TO say, VINO are OppO~c,; 10 an
increase of taxes, whether Ihr~r taxes
shall be increased by Tho success Of the
Democrats and the Water Cornuls- ion |
at the city erection. The question is
important, what are you gong . do
about it ?
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