Arizona republican., 1890-10-20

S5, 5,660.95 as claimed in the Gdzette's statement. These figures are given thus minutely to show how that paper has tried to juggle figures in false manner in it's efforts to misead people.
 The tax roll for 1889 was sI,si4,SOl the tax levy being 2.5O on the one hundred dollars while the Territorial tax levy bounced mp to the enormous figure of so cents; or in other words the first year of Republican Territorial rule under Wolley and his men, who are now shout ing reform-the increase of our Territorial tax was S3Is per cent
 This again gives false figures on the levy, it being for 1889 $2.60 on the hun dred dollars instead of S2.5O. The Ter ritorial tax did jump up to S0Ia cents on the hundred dollars but let us ex- anime and ascertain some of the causes for this increase. "This first year of Republican rule," says the statement, Maricopa county officials refused to recognize the Territorial officers ap- pointed by Governor Wolhey and the Territorial levy of S0h cents on the hun dred dollars was upon the apportion- ment made by Meador and other of the Zulick's appointees.
 Among the causes for the increase of Territorial taxes to the extent of l71a cents on the hundred dollars-and not 331s per cent as Parish tries to make it are the following: In 1883 law was passed providing for the issuing of S260, ,000 in bonds for the purpose oi redeeming Territorial warrants. Section 8 of this law reads:
 For the payment of the interest on the bonds issued under this Act, after such bonds shall have been issued, there shall be and Is hereby levied annually, in addition to all taxes other wise directed to be levied, a tax of l5 cents or each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of real and personal property in the Territory oI Arizona, to be placed by the Territorial Treas urer in fund to be known as the Interest Fund.-" and five years thereafter such an addi tional amount shall be levied as shall pay of twelve thousand dollars annually of said bonds for period of five years, and for the next ten years such an amount as will pay of twenty thousand dollars annually of said bonds unti all of the bonds issued under the provisions o this Act are fully paid off and discharged.
 This law expressly provided that five years after it's passage or in 1888 ar additional levy should be made to pay off Sl2,OOO of these bonds. But in order to try to make an economical showing in the campaign of 1888, this partizar board of Zulick's refused to obey tht law and make the necessary assessment Likewise it refused to make the assess ment of five per cent for the University and Normal School. But in 1889, seeing that it's life was short this Zulick BoarC made the assessments to cover these deficiencies in 1888 and now Zulick'i howlers try to foster this increase or the Republicans. Then the fourteenth Legislature which was two-thirds Demo cratic in both its branches increased the salary of the Attorney General iron 5000 to 5000, created live stock com mission with veterinary surgeon a an annual cost of 5000 to s6OOO year These sums had to be provided for il the Territory tax levy.
 Coming back to county affairs agail the statement" says, "the legislatur, of 1888, etc." There was no legislatur of 1888. Speaking of the fee system i says "this statutory enactment in creased the expense of Maricopa count. in the neighborhood of $l4,0O0 per year How we would ask? On the ia, levy? O, no, you know better thai that. It reduced the salaries pal, by the county to county officials, for i abolished salaried offices and made then fee offices, so that officials collected thei compensation from those having busi ness in their offices and not from tn county. The county pays the Sheriff fees in criminal cases only, and in al civil cases the litigants pay the fees The County Treasurer has always been
 fee office. The Recorders office wa made fee office and the county had n money to pay him except as in the cas of the sl400 illegally paid him for rt cording worthless and illegal tax deed;
 But then it was not necessary to mak this explanation, as the statement contradicts itself about the fee syster as will be seen by the following parallels la