Sharp County record., 1890-08-14
"ScTops" OF History
TeNarkana Democrat.

AN-N' 'N'''i'' - eAAANNA"e'
The rate Of taxation, under 2e,
publican rule in Arkansas, was %
cents, now under Democratic rul$ il
is only ; mills. How do you 4ffkt
that kind of "scrops of history"
The expenses of the State govein.
ment, from 1872 to 1874, under Ee'
publican rule, was 81, 1920, ,68G; un@el
Democratic rule, from 1888 to 1890
it was 100000. Tax payers shoiid
note that "scrop of history"
Under Republican rule it cost tae
tax payers $72,3lO to run the au4i~
tors Office two years. During @e
two years of Coy. Eagles admins
traton the expenses Of that oiKte
only reached $ll $40. Can any hoA-
est man vote for a change?
History is good, and "scrops" ale
convenient, so we take pleasure $50
stating that the State printing fr&n
1888 to 1890, under Democratic ruiz,
only cost the tax payers $5O,Oc9,
For half the same length of ting,
under Republican rule it cost $l55,
900.
The expenses Of preparing aEl
issuing treasury certificates in 1879,
for one year under Republican ruiz,
were $48,l2l. The cost of the sane
under Eagles administration is on&'
5000 year. Can an honest Repus~
lican desire to change the adminl4,
tration?
From 1872 to "a "blank book 4
and statements" used by Republicans
office holders, cost the Tax payers
$l68,785. Under the administrator
Of James P. Eagle, those same
"blank books and statements" ONLY
cost $8,667. Can an honest Uniot
Labor man vote for a change?
Ask Clayton's henchman, the Rev
N. B. Fizer when he visits yous
county to speak, to explain how i
was that under Republican rule FROM
1868 to IA, the expenses Of the gov'
ernment reached the enormous sun2
Of $8,532,282, while from 1884 ttf
go, it did not exceed $l,675,000.
1t cost the tax payers, under the
Republican rule, $48,675 to print the
journals of the Legislature w.
true ss,-.v--,, of L. I -. -
I..aoi the administration Of Cow
Eagle, the same work cost $3,764.
Tell this to Clayton's little man Fiz-
er when he breaches up Democratic
corruption.
"Scrops of history" have done
much good, but heretofore we have
failed to relate that the revenue com,
ing to the State, under Democratic
rule, from the penit,ntiary, from
1888 to 1890, was $l79,979, while
the penitentiary, under Republican
rule for one year, cost the tax payers
$24S,6oo.
For two years under Republican
rule, the Secretary of States office
cost the people $2G,l25, For the
last two years, under the manage.
ment of B. B. Chism, an honest and
competent Democrat, it cost the peo
pie nothing, but has yielded n reye-
nue. to the State of about $4,000,
Ask Clayton's cats paw to explain it.
In 1874 when Clayton's thieves
were ousted from power in Arkansas,
there was no public school money,
Except $34, 900 in bonds)in the state
treasury, now under the administra'
tion Of Governor James p. Eagle,
there is $296,3lo in cash, school
fund IN the treasury. This is an
other true "scrop,"
When the cold gang" went out in
1874 there was not dollar in the
state treasury, and state scrip was
worth only 10 cents on the dollar
now under Democratic rule, state
scrip IS worth loo cents on the dol
lar and there is $4,Gl0,l 1876 in the
state treasury, Isn't that an inter-
csting "scrop of history" for the TAX
payers?
1t is an interesting "scrop Of his
tory" for us to relate, that, from
1868 to 1874, during the reign oI
Clayton's, gang, the State debt in
creased $l4,o5o,27G, while for Sly
years, ending IN 1890, under Demo
ctatic rule it decreased $l5,ll2,5oo
Think Of this tax payers when Fize,
begs you to vote against the Demo
cratic ticket.
Willie Clayton and his Fi2cr,Ga
alers are talking reform, they shoulC
explain how it was that in 1874, un
der Republican rule, the State deb
was $l53o2,575 while in 1890, I'M
der Democratic rule, IL is only 81
] anE 90. Q',,r ,,,f,us ah,nl1 tihu1