Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-11-04

ing year. 1t was the Southern Dem
ocrats aided by their colleague, justin
X. Whiting of the seventh district
who voted against the return of tina
amount to the state of Michigan.
Think of such mockery, citizens
A Republican Congress orders S420 ,OOC
paid to the state of Michigan, and the
Democratic party claims TO be econom
ical because they did not have to levy
to that extent upon the taxpayers.
ANOTHER FRAUD.
Since the Auditor General sent on
his report to the various counties, and
since to comply with this requirement
the Board of Supervisors have caused
to be spread upon the tax rolls OF the
county the sum OF so, 1852, as shown
above, the Democratic speakers and
press have suddenly found that these
figures show an increase of over 50, DOC
which we must pay, and now find II
abs olutely necessary to do something
to meet this state of affairs.
For this reason they Immediately
began to claim that this was due to the
fact that the valuation of the county
was raised in 1891. Nothing can be
more false than this as the following
figures show:
The equalized value of the
property of st. Clair coun-
ty for the year 1886, was $ 1880, 600
The equalized value of the
property of the state for
the year 1856 was ............ Oh, 0OO, 900
See proceedings of state board of
equalization for 1886, rage 81
The equalization of ST. Clair
county for 1891 is.........S 10000, 900
! The equalization of the
state for 1891 is..........,." ,l30, 900 900
(See proceedings of said board for
1891, page ~.
Now these figures are Official and
they show that the valuation of the
entire state was raised, so that our pro-
portion of state taxation is practically
the same as before and there is no ex-
cuse for the increase of over SO 900 in
state taxes in this county under Wi
mans administration, except an illus
tration of Democratic extravaganza.
NO IMPROVEMENTS UNDER DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATIONS.
The above facts and figures plainly
show that instead of saving any money
for the taxpayers of this county and
state, the Democratic administration
has increased their burdens over SO, 900
per year in this county alone, and
their official reports further show that
there is Il corresponding increase in
every county in the state. In addition
to tins it is II fact that during this time
not II single new state institution has
been built. Not one. When the DEM
ocrats assumed control of state affairs
they found our state prisons, asylums,
reform schools, institutions of learn
ing, and all other institutions built,
furnished, equipped, and in good run
ming order. These were all thus pro-
vided for under former administrations
and almost entirely under Republican
administration, and because of this
they have escaped the necessity of
assessing state taxes to- build them.
For these reasons there can be no pos
sible excuse, no possible reason why
the tax payers should be called upon
to pay increased taxes. As matter
of fact the state taxes should be much
lower under these circumstances than
ever before, but in fact they are higher.
WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE: s420, 900 RE-
CEIvED FROM THE GOVERNMENT
Within the past ten days the demo-
cratic wire pullers have been alarmed
for fear that voters became aware of
the fact that taxes have increased and
also that the Winans' administration
did receive the $4,000 as has been
shown, and, as a means of checking
the effect that this has brought about
they are now circulating a report that
this $500 900 is still in the treasury.
Upon this point we cali the voters
attention to the following facts:
The Act of Congress which returned
this money to our State was passed
March ., 1891. The Senateand House
of Representatives by joint resolution
caused this to be depositedlin the State
Treasury and in the General Fund on
May / 1891. (See statutes. 1891, page
1921
So it will be seen that the assess
ments on our property for the fall of
1891 and also for the fall Of 1892 have
both been made since that time, the
Auditor General forwarding. this to the
Board of Supervisors i'm October of
each of those two years-and if not
used it cannot be used in anv assess
ment until the October session of 1898.
Now this is the question, Did the
Democratic administration lot this
S42O,OCsO lie idle in the State Treasury
and at the same time tdC tie farm
homes, and property J the people to
raise other money!
What reason is therefor laHving this
enormous sum, fully half enough to
pay all State expense,l there where it
could not earn cenk of iS6erestg If
the school board of Your district should
receive half enough money from out
side sources to run your school and
then let it lay idle in the treasurer's
hands three years and tax. your prop
erty Just that muck, mOre% how long
would you want TIN am, to, do, business
for you?
The fact is that this went into the
General Fund for general purposes as
has been shown and the Auditor Gen.
eral in his Annuag Report for 1891 at
page "a records this $4,000 in with
the other items which went to help
pay the State expenses for that year,
and this fully explains the difference
in tax receipts that demagogues and
politicians are seeking to- use.
This attempt to mislead and deceive.
voters is trick of cunning politicians
who have an ok to- grind and want the