New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27
THE TAX RATE INCREASE.
CONTROLLER wEMpLE RECOMMENDED n.
ArAner ADDITION TO THE TREASURY SURPLUS

AIAser ADDITION TO THE TREASURY SURPLUS
-cRousnLpss DEMOCRATIC CHARGES.
ryyo, THE nKou1In coanxsPoSDEsT on THE rhIbuHnl
Albany. Nav 2s-There was general SURPRISE
among IN. members of the Legslature "nen ~
,vs. Known that Controller Wempie had aaVisv s
an increase OF the State tax-rate roin S'v@ "
70 q go mills: for no one lad suspeO'ei '
legislature had made appropriations y. s"1
l.,oe nmnaut that so large an increase Vi ''''
49,, r.. racessary The mystery has oeen
s,,'sS 30 the discovery that the Controller him.
80 =. - ,oa,e Al 500. 900 Of the s3ooo,oeo extra
o. y. ,aised: and that not q dollar OF tnis iarss
voo,nt was before the Legislature In the torh "
,r annropriatson bill. The Controller WISHES W
,parease the Surplus in the st"te treasury
ss 600 600. That is one item In the sl,ooo''"V
mentioned Then the city Of New YORK hoios osok
saoo 600 which Is due from 1t on State taxes ast
-, hu. which IL claims was inequitably assessed
,nos, its property. This is item No. In tue
q 500 900: for the Controller desires that the
saf,a 600 shall be levied upon the State taxpayers
20 make rood the loss he is now suffering oy 'he
city Of Hew-Yorks derehction Lastly, the Con
troIl.r said that the legislature having followed
the savice given It by Controller Chaplin In his
last annual report submitted 70 the Legislature
In 1898 nv Mr. Wemple himself. that laws shoulu
he passed for the repayment 70 counties indlviu-
uals and business concerns OF taxes erroheousy
levied upon them and obtained from them' ne
,bou,d he compelled % have 100000 TO pay DacR
tbexs taxes These repayments are 70 be made an
ser bills introduced by Assemblymen Whippie'
Yates and Brownell, in compliance with the sug'
eestion made by Controller Chaplin.
,Is will thus be seen that Democratic news
pauers especially The Albany Argus') are AZ
tempting 60 deceive taxpayers when they assert
81 ne
sents that amount Of Appropriation bills passed
nv the legislature. Upon the contrary IL repre-
serts. as shown above. money TO the amount OF
a. 500 600 70 be raised for Controller Wemple'
and raised at his request; and then the Approprl-
atom bills passed by the Legislature, from winch
shmld also be subtracted the Fassett Prison APP
uropr,ation, in view Of its necessary oharacter'
That would increase this portion OF the tax levy
70 81, 100000.
Senator Sloar the chairman Of the Finance
Committee of the Senate. states that early IN the
year he requested AdiutantGtneral Porter TO IN
form him what separate companies or regiments
Of the National Guard still needed armortes, ana
70 estimate the cost Of supplying them with ssch
buildings My idea in obtaining TINS report
f,opo Ad,u.ant General Porter said Senator Sloan
a few DAYS ago, was TO learn how many com
NAMES of the Guard were still without armories.
sessral wears, and thought we might be down
toward the bottom of the list Of the companies
,eonirinr them II so, was in favor OF pushing
ahead and completing the work Of supplying these
.rnories, for think the National Guard should
in every way be encouraged discovered from AL
;utsntGe Porter's report that we had gwen
on srmory TO neatly all the companies we there-
fore cheerfully gave appropriations Tor arfaories
10 all remaining companies, but two or three
think that after this year there VIII De only
.l,ree places in which cut National Guard organi'
sations will be without armorieS, namely oRoens'
burg Whitehall and Canandaigua. Last year.
ass, our appropriations for armories were as Ioi
lows: Oohoes $4,000; Ponghkeepsie, $4,000;
Catskin, $40 700; Middletown, s25, 900; Mohawk
81 5000; jamestown, $4,000; olean, $4,000;
Saratoga, $1,000; total, $4,000. The present
year, 1882 we have made the following appro-
priations for armorles Glen Falls. $4,000:
Saratoga Springs. $4,000: Malone, s25,o0o;
Penn Yam, s25 600; Geneva, 5000; Csca.
SAC, 600; Niagara Falls. s25, 600; Cortland
$4,000; total 100000 Ih4t was slight IN;
crease but / think IL was iustthable IN view Of
our desire TO complete these arDories once for all
We shall not have such an expense again for
them" 80,
One notable feature Of the appropriation bills
Of the Legislature is that the Democratic State
officials are nearly all represented In them WITH
deficiency bils--that Is, they have exceeded
the amount appropriated ouIpOit VI
departments Thus, Charles D. Andrews, who lost
his position as Superintendent Of Public BUILDINGS,
comes in with deficiency Of $4,000. The
Democratic State Board OF Health has 1" de
noiency,' which must be made good, OF $4,000,
The Democratic Factory Inspector has de-
hciency7 OF $1,000. The Democratic Board OF
Mediation and Arbitration has deficiency" OF
$4,000. The Democratic Commissioner OF Sta
hstics Of Labor has o deficiency" OF a, 600
The Democratic State Engineer hiss - deficiency
o. 1900. The Democratic State Treasurer has
applied for and obtained an extra clerk at
salary Of $4,000.
Controller Wemple informed Senator Sloan and
Aksemblyman Ainsworth. as heads OF the appro-
priations committees OF the Legislature on the
night before the tax rate was made that the
appropriation bills passed by the Legislature Of
1855 had amounted TO Ss.460.57l; and by the
Legislature of 1880 TO S9,lS7,276 81, making the
excess Of appropriations made by tie LEGISLATURE
which has Just adjourned, s72e, 7G5 81. Then the
Controller came in with his own request that
the tax rate should he increased so that be could
obtain for the OF his Department 81, 800, 900.