Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-06

howl for the benefit Of the reform
council and all the officials who had
hand In that vile business.
PLAIN FACTS AND FIGURES.
The sInter Mountain in its zeaIous de
sire for the success of the ring candidates
should mot allow it's boasted reputation fol
being on the right side Of every important
question. and OF honestly giving to the peo
pie for their Judgment the facts of every
public Issue, to suffer.
lit is really the great apostle OF light
and the bright guiding star it claims to be,
why did it not, when it made the assertion
that Mr.. Kenyon left the city $1,000 In
debt, and that now. alter one short year oil
reform" Republican rule, the city has
$10,00 to its credit, go on and state the
facts and give the reasons. II this 10 true.
why 10 It so7 Diditconeider this unimport-
ant, or can it be that il forgot for the mo-
ment it's proclaimed principles Of honesty
and abstained from giving q review of the
facts. with the expectation that the people
would rely upon it's imputatioDs Of mis-
management thus cast upon the admins
tration Of Mr.. Kenyon AZ being the truth,
and that they would take the assertion
thus made by . 'highly honorable jour.
nal' ss proof conclusive OF his unfitnsss for
the discharge Of the duties Of Mayor OF the
City OF Butte, and without looking further
for reasons defeat him in the coming cleo
ton? Can it really have happened to it
that it neglected giving the facts, because Of
a desire swelling up ia i;s Immaculate
bosom to conceal from the people the
enormously increased receipts OF the city
during the last year. and the profigate ex.
~penditures in instances of city funds, and
thus deceive the people into voting for the
candidates, to the end that it
might continue to feed at the public |
crib2
II not, and it prizes truth and honesty
and justice to men above party success
and the city printing. why did it not
honestly state. to the people, that when
Mr.. Kenyon came into Office be found the
,ity in debt to the amount Of about
$1,000; that during his administration he
abored earnestly to and did curtail ex.
,enses in all the departments in which the
could be done; and at the same time
he carried out and paid for city improve
nents far in excess Of what had ever before
'een accC mplished with the same amount
money; and besides, that the debt above
mentioned was measurably reduced during
he tune; that this was all done with about
'ne.half the amount OF money at the city's
ommand during that year. which it has
ad during the past year. out OF which it
as paid of an Indebtedness OF about
5000, and now can boast OF but Sc, 900
q hand2
During the year 1887, which was the
OF the Kenyon administration and
the re-iDcorporation uf the city, the
'cords show that at the beginning Of that
ADMINISTRATION the city was in debt over
1000; that the assessed valuation of
for that year a a little over j.,
1000, 600; that the taxes levied and col.
cted for the year amounted to about the .
I'm OF $4,000, licenses collected $14, 900, 4
about $4,000 received from the police I
'urt and other sources, making the entire
mount received from all sources about q
s6, 900. The administration carried on O
,provements and paid all the expenses of I
10 city government out Of this amount, v
somewhat decreasing the amount q
the indebtedness which existed at the t
Of the year. a
Beginning with the ''rsform" Republican
which succeeded we find q
at upon its coming in, re-intorporation b
I'd just beer adopted and the city thereby a
the assessed valuation Of property u
r the year 1855. was $5.446, 5O4, an in r
ease OF over 81, 900, 600 over the previ-
10 year, upon which q tax levy OF TX 4
hls, nearly double the levy OF the former ~
ar. was made, yielding nearly $4,000 in
venue to the city. The amount OF licences a
llected for 1888 was sbout SIC. 900, and q
received from the police court and
her sources about $4,000, making the n
tai revenues OF the city for the year 1883, D
'out $63, 600, az against $36, 900 the y
year. t4
.ut OF the said amount of SEA, 900
ndled by the Republican administration y
It year, there has been paid less than +,
900 OF Indebtedness existing when they pl
into power, and there il now about to
900 in the treasury as q balance on "
Let the reform party" through or
} "Inter Mountain" account for the use OF
OF $4,000 Of this money. The oil
'ple woulk like to know. and Judge from as
to whether MFR. Kenyon or bis admins I'll
'tion shall suffer from a comparison 10
Crewith. 1t will probably be interesting Sc -
the people to know that nearly 90 much i'm
ney was paid out by the city for salaries su
ing the year 1888, as was received from az
sources the year previous. va
he Inter Mountain" in it's capacity OF ria
'lic servant can, at the present time, do en-
better service than to employ itself in a.