Daily Republican., 1890-03-26
Tnx SAHmERy MEETING AND
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The farmers meeting has taken place,
and some tslk iudaiisd 10, with a lew
ras6lutiens that n themselves may be
good, bat the resolution that would have
been most elective WA not even a.
much q meuti0bcds the only resolution,
to vote % they tall. , the only ono that
ofhctals heed Or ~, II mcetinas Of
citizens demand reforms, let them
sssss, Il 4 sSe eaiio5 boz. II tho tho tax t.9.
payers Of this atats w'eA ooonomy in TIE
government OF staf1, county aud CITY. let
men intsrest themselves In securing the
election Of those 0nly who viii represent
the interest Of taxpayers, instead OF, ~ At
present, electIng only those who repres.
eat toe interest cf the professional Office
iIucksten, political papers and party
barDacles, that ere worse than the horss
leech. Now Mr.. EDITOR who 10 II that
has doue all our leRinlAtion for county
and state but farmers themselvesl
And II farmcrs arg oppressed they arc
only victims Of thsir own Injustice. AZ
this city only has ous representative IL
each house Of the Legislature and one in
tho Levy Courts and The Legislature haS
made II 20 not only ere the people OF
this city not represented IN those bodies,
but the DemScFAtic party b not repre-
aented, only tho ring, - II 10 more Of .
crime ia tho estimation Of the ring TO b
. Democrat with teif-ssspsct manhood
and Independence TO oppose injustice,
inequality and corruptiosS than Il ID 70
DO : Republican. ~ that kind Of . Demo
crat y branded as sstEalt0rI" Al sys-
tens 10 Republican form Of govern
ment should DO such tlist tho doesn't;
eeli-rsspscting nembssa Of = party could
defeat . bad aud corrupt monaco oil
their party, but fArmsss You have made
AND continued > system list b in oppo.
sition TO those Just pricciples, a. The
ring have all the machinery In theiI
hands aud they use u for all there d ID
II. Now, farmsrs, you know that II
coats more TO collect the taxes In thii
city than all the rest OF the county. and
the error list 10 ~ large - all the COUNTY
beside. am informed that It cost
nearly ", 900 10 collect what taxss are
collected and disfrauchise 5000 or 1, 0O(
Republicans and Independent Demo
crAts, ~ the latter b worse than thu
other.
Now, any man with ordinary iutellI-
gence knows that the taxes Of this city
can be collected for 5000 year,
saving Of "a. 600, and II you have col
leotors, instead Of receivers ct will, 70,
can collect ut least Oh, 900 more In fhil
county than 10 At present received Farm
ers. 1t 10 in the Lesislsturs that you hav
made laws for this city that neither th
citizens st large nor even the Democrat
party desired. but lew political pauper
and bsrnacles, who never id supper
themselves, making now Offices and q
tending the term Of old ones and increas
ing salaries until We have soma COST.
city ornamental. II they are ornamental
soine Of them are OF very useful Unds
different syatem, such AZ men general
adopt In their private business, this cit
government would not cost much owe
one-half what 1t does. Farmers, 70
will have TO come to the same conclus
OF 1400 independent Democrats In tbi
city; that 10, that the ring have had thsi
pound OF neah but shall not have anothe
drop Of the tax payers blood.
| These paupers and barnacles remin
me Of man In Holy VIII, who cold h
birth right for . NOSE of pottsge, a
they would not only sell their birth-righi
but their interest In heaven, n they hav
any therc. for official pottaRe. Now on
OF the first steps IN tho right direction
TO commence on the legislative, and ID
Levy. Court tickets and let them kn0'
that public Office 10 Q public trust fc
The benefit OF the whole people" Instea
Of Office huckcters aud the ring let d
bave a good registry law. and the AuI
traIian ballot syatem, and law that wi
make every man pay bis tax or comm!
Suicide. or runaway reforms never 2
backwards, and our officials and would
be officials will do we'll to take notice. o
decent men OF ell parties have their eye
on you. Remember, there 10 400 tndt
that own themselves.
/ JAMES B. WEIGH.