The daily gazette., 1883-06-25
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Dailusagl lg6zette.
wrLMINGroN. MONDAY. JUNE sS.
AN Impudent and Reckless Charge.

f. III. To b.
The identity of the pretended "eorres-
g pondent''l of the morning organ, whose
recent effusions have been given prominent
position in the editorial columns, is now
clearly revealed. He is no correspondent, at
ALL He is the morning organ--the New
York contingent. His assumption Of local
non dc plume will no longer avail him, for
he has so paIpably dropped into the habit OF
deliberate Misrepresentation and outright
falsehood that long ago marked the edi-
torial conduct Of the morning organ that
further atrempt at concealment would be
ridiculous as well as useless.
The latest charge OH this masquerading
scribbler is one that will cause broad grin
of amusement to spread over the faces of
our people, as its falsity is SO apparent to
every tax payer as to make it matter OF
surprise that even journal having such
slight regard for truth and justice should
have the temerity to give 1t utterance. 1t
is, in plain words, that the increase OF our
city taxation, since 1873, from 81 to Sl.5O
on the 500 is due to the unasked interfer-
ence of the Legislature in our city affairs.
The fact that the charge is made without
any pretension OF specification or proof will
not surprise any Que, for the slightest at
tempt to produce facts in support OF such a
statement would cover even the reckless
author with the shame and confusion OF
ignominious failGre. The charge is simply
made in a spirit of lying travado, and sent
out to the public in the hope that its posi-
tive statement will be accepted without any
corroboration whatever.
However the people of this city are well
aware that during the eleven years from
1873 to 1888, inclusive the City Council was
under Democratic cOntiOl only four years.
In fact, prior TO 1878, the City Council, with
the exception OF two years, was unanimously
Republican tor twenty-hv or thirty years
and no responsibility whatever attached to
tine Democratic party for the municipal ex
peuditures When the Democratic
City Council came into power 4
found tax rate of Sl.25 on tht
the 500, which it increased to Sl,32, wheI
the "model" Republican Council again tool
charge, and after one years mismanage
ment left our financial affairs in such
stale that a rate of ST. will have to be i'm
posed upon the people to meet the expense
Of the coming year r
Prior TO the session of 1879 whatever
municipal legislation was desired was asked
for by Republican City Councils, and Coun
Gilman Pickles well remembers when S77t
of the peoples money was expended in th,
shape of lobby fees to force through ltgisla
ton that was opposed by th Democfati
people.
Neither party in Wilmington is guiltles
Of the charge o extravaganza in the man
agement of our city affairs, but 1t is
noto rious TACT that under Republican ad
mi uisuation our city debt was piled u
from ii few hundred thousand to milliO
and quarter dollars, and our expenses il
creased from fifty thousand to five hundre
thousand dollars year.
The attemptto hold the Legislature r.
spDnsible for the mismanagement of Wi
mington's financial affairs is so foolish tn,
it viii not deceive even those who would /
pleased il such was the case.