The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14

/, rcaifas the hopes Of the people And the
fca Of heir enemies.
.oe-l1, now to call attont!os to stats mat
ters ana 80 Low they have farod under the
same ma sRers.
The repuoli~en party hes prfdsd itself much
in tho past upo1 its conduct Of the state
finances. II has boasted Of tho low rate Of
state taxation and Of the fact that tho state
WAS out OF debt and because II WAS In CON-
troll II arroeated 70 iisclf all ths credit there
for. That control has continued To tho pres
ent time and according to II own line Of
reasoning Il must BE- held tc s.sponsibity for
the present condition 0f af airs.
Inc record Of this past few Joarr r. record
of increasing taxation and Increasing indsbt-
esiness.
In 1880 the rate u star tszation was two
ti..ils On tho i. lar. Tha. rate had for . long
q .e been .ouId su.dcient for al purposes
although the stAt9 was subject TO heavy
charge for Capitol construction from which
II ID new free.
The war and defense bonds sere then about
TO mature and that the state might Do entirely
Of debt, y special lax Of one half mill
was authorized. These aoi.Ls ore paid from
the proceeds Of thet levy and In 1850, the
party e1uliingly announced In It's platform.
THAT We refer with pride to the facts that
the public debt Of Iowa ID .yt.lguis. d and
that the rate Of our state tar ID less than Of
any other western state.
Tho special ievc diu not however ccsse
with tho Cause OF It's enActmeut. II
has beon levi.d esery year siLce
II wac upon various prrt1yts renew I'd In 1852,
ID 1854 and In ise6, ! We COR identity pre-
dict VIII % renewed y loss. Tro t~enty-nrst
9eneTAi assembly Iccitcd tlo puiidin9 81 ne
soiaIcIs nome = INC occasion Ior conunuins
y during lno next Two years, OUT tue ehtire
appropriation Tor tho soldiers home y less
than WAS regularly expended In the past for
capitol construction In single year. Not one
uonAI WAs appTopFIa'oo ~ THO L.. .sscHoy
1or ING eapNol. Inc expenses OF tno s.a.e
wore NOT increased y appropr'Atlns enc aoi-
1T " TUG nome WneTe Dcloto Two mo oi'e.a
tnfoe nAo ooen appropriated to inc capitoi
under iaiso pre'cnsee. ~ y nearly sooe,uoo
III W u.en I,on .ne penp,o ouInns lhe
oiconsa! PERIOD. Wole ou1 Sioo.WV OF THIS Y
devoted 70 the mono on account q wnicn
vs. raised:
Inc totAi ~ s.Aec t.Aauon isOM AsoV W 1000
ootn. inclusive . = follows:
!ssv. ....................... ooi'o-..o.
~,
l661. ..................... l.u.a. o-z %
!oso. !.ito, %. ~
isSA. ......................... !.lao.o9b ~
Inoso ngufos speak TOT lnomsotsos. mere
ID increase q nearly $4ooWo 10 the sum OF
e0nuQ stat0 nxation accomplished 10 the
space OF nvc years.
Our inoeDto0ness growing y even
moro rapid Ia 1883 the
eudltor o. state r0i - the state out
01 0cot. IAot 81 Wnicn .ae reeuoncsn party
va swlft 20 taAe note. but THIS occasion Tor
congratulauon was snortlived, - VIII DC
seen from the following statement OF cash In
the treasury and warrants outstanding q
the several dates named:
June ~ 1855 ..n
warrants outstanalng. lo.soV.oO
Cash IN treasury......... n,obs.Ss--
Balance Ia FAVOR stAte -, Jus. l.
January 9, 1861
Warrants outstandinx.. Nls,9so.5
Co0n 10 trcasury......... xs'os-.uo----------
Balance against state. SasS.eo4.a@
June ~, 1850
warrants outstanding. .S7oo.oA.O
Cash IN treasury. ........ A7.lol.s4----
UAlanCc against 0tato.. 1ols.dsS-sS
January =, 1856
warrants outstanding. .SslI, Sos.lo
Casn 70 treasury. ........ lOS.Sel.4o-- =
baiance against stAte.. 11V!,6soo %
August 20, 1850
WaIrants outstanoinR. .Sccf, oSo.so
Cash ~ treasury ........ oo.I54.45--- =
6alancs against st&te.. 1Szsp4.oS
inst y 70 SAY, starting june ou, 1888. win
y5o.lOS.l3 surplus. the republican party IN
three yOarv had piled up An Indebtedness Of
1SSO,l04.6z. This 10 IN plain violation OF the
constituuon. wnicn limits the state inaented.
ness 10 xS5O. QUO. The average annual rate Of
debt increase Tor these three years y S2so.oot.
Inc average annuai income from lhxatioh
Tor tho same three years was Sl,lfo.u4o. MAX
Ing total average annual expense OF Sl.4<S,-
lO5. For tho yoar1 1918, leeu ano 1854 the
average annual income from tAxauon Was
@62S,056. Inis amount served 20 carry on ai'
the aHAlrs OF etAtc. ~ paio aii shlaries main
talned existing institutions ana PROVIDED TOT
building oxtonsive new STRUCTURES Inc three
years last past show an increase OF annnal
AYnAnnfenEA0 Gn040 i.tsA 4.
Tho annual expenses OF the state have nearly
doubled since 1851. ineee INJURIES are OFFICIAL
being takon from the DOCKS or tno Euul0r
0Mc0. cn6iicnke tnesf eontrauicuoh. WAX
naS Doom zone Win tho money! Ihcro u I'd
solutely nothing TO show. II has been wasted
~ bad administration. Pubic insiltutions
were maintained as well and new ones We're
built - rapidly during the former period As
during Inc latter. Inc repibicau party is
10 cOntrOi OF every prahch OF the state gov
ernment ana cennot escape re- ponslpiity TOT
this depl0rxbe financial cshibit.
The total or necessary state expense OF
course grows with the growth OF tue state,
but % does the totai OF is1api0 property.
The rate o. taxaton enouid not 90 increases
on account Of tho states growth in popula.
ton, but should rather DC lessened. The IN
crease OF Income derived from the added TAX
able property should more than compensate
Tor any necessary increase OF expense.
With tine facts herein recsfed brought 70 ~
attention, tho IWenty-nrst general assem-
bly, took no steps looking 70 relief
On tho other hand II augmented
expenses In every direction. Ia the number
OF 10 employees clerks. door Keepers. pages
and other dependents, II oatran all its prede
cessOrs. II foisteo upon the people regis
try law OF cumbersome ana expensive. III
well - unjust and partisan operation. II IN
| creased the number OF district judges IN ths
| state from thirty live TO forty -four; and Will.
thus iUsstninR the ieoors. y Increased tneil
| salaries from $500 to 5000. In addition q
this, either interest must be paid on thu
/ states Indebtedness. or It's warrants VIII DC
probate. and their purchasing power 70 thu
| extent Will be lesSonea- As consequence o
tho direliction OF the iasA assembly, the mex
L To convene VIII ne CONFRONTED with u create