The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-19
THE CLEARING ERRORS
OF OF TIE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
for or oo''S'ernor-Es.Gov Govcrnor ricrpont Cor.
reefs some Of his aiisstatcmcnt.-,yT.
sons l.nornnse-sowing Good
Seed In Hampshire County,
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sIR:-On last Wednesday evening y
Willis Wilson addressed the people Of ,hi
place. On Friday the Fairmont Imle4, ,l
Democratic county organ, published, /,
substance, Mr.. Wilson'S remarks. hear,
the speech and believe the figures, lii re
gard to Democratic and Republican ex
penditures, given by the lnder arc as Mr.
Wilson stated them. The hlaer correctt,
reports Mr.. Wilson MS saying:
1T is n party Of deception, and Il now
impudently trying to mislead the people
by charging the Democratic partv with
oiienses OF which 1t alone has been guilty
They say the Democratic party has raised
Your taxes by, their frequent assessments
!hc means raluations.l | will show Won
by the records that this is false. The MS.
sessed value OF NIL property in this State
under Republican rule was in round
numbers SIS 100000. In 1888 It was sill
about Sl35, 100000 The Radicals levied nm
average rate OF so cents on the 500 for
State purposes. Since 1871 with the OK.
cception OF our single year, the Dcrnocra,s
nave levied a tax rate Of only 20
cents. VIII any Republican dis,
Pute this? lie can not! What
llsthc difference. Just $l35, ,0OOless annual.
". = The Democratic party has
governed the State at nh annual cost OF
Sl35,pO less than the Republicans needed.
In the thirteen years they have had con.
tfoi they have saved the people therefore
nearly 100000. These figures are simply
astonishing; but so also was the extra.
vasance and waste Of the Republican party
in this State"
"They charge the Democrats with rob-
ping the irrcducible school fund. Their
or Ignorance is withouta paral.
lei. What arc the facts? In 1871 the ir.
reducible school fund amounted to Slao
$50; in 1855 it had grown to SsjOt 4l6. The
interest has been regularly paid, and u
great portion OF the borrowed money re-
turned" - -
MR. WILSON'S IGNORANCE,
To show the ignorance OF Mr.. Wilson.
OF facts he ought to know, will state the
following iacts. Firs:-lIc SAYS "thc as.
sessed value OF the property under Rudi.
cal rule was in round numbers sIS5. .OOO.-
ooo, and that in 1873 it was still only
about l35,0Oo,000." The Auditors report
!or lse2 shows the total value OF property
IN the State to be Sl46,5lS,l7G. Here is a
OF 100000. Second-He
says, "The Radicals levied M average rate
OF 30 cents OIL the SloO for State purposes.
Since lS7l, with single exception, Demo
Gratis have only levied a tax OF 20 cents"
The facts are as folloWG A5sg ~ -E1I1
In 1866 anil 1867, when the State was
masking large outlay on public building
and valuation oi real estate and personal
property, the levy was 3Oecnts on the 500
Tor State expenses, but then the valuation
OF property for these years was only Sl26.-
c60,D. lnlS6s, lS6''and lS10tl leyvwus
but 20 cents ou the 500, for State purposes,
IN 1870 . cents on the SlG0was aldedas
hospital fund. That 8 cents was contin.
ued under Democratic rule until 1871,
from which Democratic rule collected
S25l $50 IS. This five cents was again
added in 1883. Tf5 2, :.
Hesays the assessed value OF the prop
ertv in ISL was Sl35 ,0O0, 600 and that it is
about the same now. The Auditors re-
port shows assessed value of real and pcr.
sonai property US follows II quote from all
the reports have): fs.7-E-
!s6. presume lsG6 about the samc) sle6 GO Isl
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