Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-05
THOSE RAFTING RESOLUTIONS.
A Democrat Who Thinks they Have too
Much Rattle and not ENOUGH Reason.

Much Isdttte anu not Enough tktaSOu.
The following letter, from Democrat OF
inquiring mind, appears in the Placer dr.
gus, and was addressed to the editor of that
paper:
DEAR SIR: Permit me through the col
umns of your paper TO ask a few questions
of w. NJ. Crutcher, the Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee of Placer
county, which should be styled the Com
mittee of Many Resolutions.
The first resolution of Mr. Crutchers,
published in the Placer Herald, reads:
WHEREAS The Central and Southern Pacific
Railroad Companies and other corporations by
refusing to pay their taxes and by corrupting
certain officials, have arrayed themselves
against the interests of the State and of the peo
pie and have precipitated the issue as to wheth-
er they or the people are masters of the COM
monwealth.
You say, Mr.. Crutcher, that the Central
Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Com
panies have corrupted certain officials.
Now what officials have they corrupted ?
Has more than one State official taken any
action or part in the settlement of taxes ?
If there are, who are they? Next you say
That we regard such an act as the compromis-
ing of taxes as odious and indefensible, for the
reason that it is plainly discrimination and I'M
the present Acknowledgement in agreeing with
the railroad companies to accept from them an
amount tor taxes less than the sum justly and
legally due. We regard the compromise made
by our Board of Supervisors of Placer county,
whereby the county lost 80 per cent. of the taxes
Justly due from the Central Pacific Railroad
Company for two years, and the legal and equita-
BILE penalties for three years, as no less than an
outrage on every citizen and taxpayer of the
county.
Now, Willie, what did you do when you
were a member of the Legislature? Did
you not have a law passed by which Placer
county compromised the taxes with the
Central Pacific Railroad Company? Now,
Chairman Willie Crutcher, please answer
this question Which year did the county
receive the most taxes, under the law that
you passed in the Legislature or under the
present Board of Supervisors that you con-
denim? | want you to answer this ques-
ton so the people can tell who outraged
them the most by their actions, the present
Board of Supervisors or you while YOU
were a member of the Legislature. You
next say
ResO1red. That we condemn the action and the
inaction of a majority of the Railroad Commits
sion-Messrs. Carpenter and Humphreys-whom
we regard as having been more than derelict in
their duties, for the reason that in scarcely any
particular have they fulfilled the pledges OF
OT inc PROMISES
the people before their election.
Now, Mr.. Crutcher, in your next resolu-
ton please tell the people what YOU mean
by condemning their action Do you mean
that you want the old rates of fares and
freights restored, which the present Com
mission have reduced from thirty to forty
per cent. in this county? Is that what you
mean, Mr.. Crutchcr? VIII your learned
committee, or you as Chairman, please tell
he people how much Carpenter and
Humphreys have reduced freights and
fares in this county? Some of Us Demo-
Gratis would like to know what your com
mittee is trying to do by their misrepre-
sensations of facts Now Mr. Crutche"
would it not be better for your committee,
if they are going to continue to publish
rafting resolutions whereases and re-
solves, to publish one telling the people OF
the reductions made on the Central Pacific
and California and Oregon Railroads
by these two Commissioners, whom you
condemn than to publish resolutions stat
ing that the Commissioners have done
nothing? 1t would certainly confer great
favor on us, for we do not believe that you
or your committee know anything about
what the two Commissioners have done for
the relief of the citizens of this county.
Please tell us just what reductions have
been made in freights and fares in this
county by the Railroad Commissioners
Carpenter and Humphreys In conclusion,
Mr.. Crutcher, would it not be well for you,
as the leader of the Democratic party in
this county, to tell the people just what has
been done for them by Carpenter and Hum
phreys, so they can judge for themselves
whether they have kept their pledges or
not, as this is the first Commission that has
done anything for us. So far as the rail
road not paying taxes is concerned, | hope
that the present Legislature will do all it
can to compel corporations to pay their
taxes, as we farmers have to do, and then
adjourn and go home and save what money
there is in the State Treasury for legitimate
purposes. DEMOCRATIC FARMER.
Lincoln, April A. 1884.