Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-03
HARVEY W. DIETRICH,
ROBERT NJ. CRAWFORD,

candidate, for member of assembly for
the First (eastern) district of Iowa
county, being one of the editors of
The Democrat, no personal mention
by us of his candidacy would be in
good grace, and we therefore give be-
low what he said in accepting the
nomination:
GENTLEMEN: While | heartily thank
you for the honor conferred upon me in
this nomination, | cannot express to
YOU the interest which | feel in the
great battle which is to be fought out
this fall against unnecessary, eXorb-
bitant, and burdensome taxation
full well what burdensome taxation
is. Their costly experience in liqui-
dating the great Indebtedness occa-
stoned by the issuing of their rail
road bonds taught them that. But,
while taxation on account of the rail
road bonds is Il thing of the past, fed
eral taxation, more eXorbitant, more
bUlNCliNplilNs anu lSll SNlN ultlitNESSii "
still goes on, and will 60 on forever
unless a radical change is effected in
the manner of collecting revenue for
the general government. Hon. David
\. Wells, who is one of the very highest
authorities upon economic questions,
estimates that for the ensuing year
the federal taxes will amount to
the sum of forty dollars for each
family of five persons. According to
the census Just taken, Iowa county
has population of 2l,lO1; and upon
this est mate our share of the great
federal burden would be over $685. 900:
while the total amount of taxes levied
by the board of supervisors last year,
including 81, 900 as the last payment
of principal and interest on the rail
road bonds, was sos, 700, or about one
third the sum to be contributed to the
general government. And the mis-
chief of it is, that these taxes are not
levied and collected according to the
scriptural injunction, that those who
who have much should give plenteous-
ly; but on the contrary, the poor are
compelled to pay even greater share
than the rich. And besides, the in
crease in these taxes during recent
years is alarming. From 1870 to 1890
federal taxation, independent of in
terest on the public debt, increased
only / per cent; but from 1880 to
1890 it increased over IL per cent.
1t cannot be too strongly empha-
sized that the real, vital issue of the
campaign - and the one which the
democratic platform puts foremost-is
TAFT of tax reduction. For, while it
has been well said that we should in
siSt upon the right to train up our chill
dren in the way they should go,without
the intervention of constable, the
republicans of Wisconsin would never
attempt to generally enforce what is
known as the Bennett law; and they
are now only using it for the pur-
pose of avoiding the real question at
issue. They hope that by making
a good deal of noise over it they
can detraCt the attention of the people
from the tariff, and prevent them from
inquiring closely into the iniquitous
manner in which they have been
unnecessarily taxed through the falsely
so called system of protection. which
has enriched the trusts and mortgaged
the farms of the country.
Again, fellow democrats, | thank
you for the nomination. 1t has come
to me unsought, as you well know.
But having accepted it at your hands,
| shall feel myself in duty bound to do
my best to get elected; and therefore
l ask your hearty cooperation in the
work of gathering votes by every
means that S justified by honor.
E. L. BAKER,
candidate for member of assembly for
the Second (western) district of Iowa
county, is young, progressive dem
ocrat, and reliable and straight
forward man of affairs. He is very
popular wherever known; has been a
lifelong resident of the town of
Linden, and was last spring elected
chairman of the Linden town board /;
and, in consequence of such election,
is member of the county board