New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-22
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STATE TAXES INCREASED
THE WORK OF THE DEMOCRATIC LC0lo,
LATURE.

AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE By THE RErvb
| LIcAN MINoRITY-TAxEs NOT REFORMED
HOME RULE DENIED CITIES.
IRON REGULAR CORRESPONDENT ~ THE rRrBrxAi
Albany, May 2I.-The Republican members of
| the Legislature held a caucus upon the morning
of the day the Legislature adjourned April 20,
, and with otf er business passed resolution u
1 lavor OF issuing an address 10 the electors ee
New-iork reviewing the acts Of the Democrats
majority composing tie Legislature. The chair.
man of the caucus appointed as members Of Q COM
mittec to draw up the address Senators SaAten,
| Erwin ana Mullin, and Aseemblymen Malby,
| Fish, Ainsworth, ConI,ling and Wheeler.
This committee met at the Kenmore Hotel II
| the evening of the same day and began drafting
an address of the nature described but finally
| dec,.ed not TO complete it until Governor Flower
should finish his inspection Of some 4O3 bills left
| in his hands by the legislature, and give his
| Judgment upon them. Ii was argued, and argued
correctly. that legislative session actually docs
| not end and cannot justly be reviewed until tho
termination of the tairty-day period that ID
allowed to Governor by the constitution Ia
which to sI.n or to veto the bills it leaves with
him uron departing from Albany.
The thrty-day pcrlod expired yesterday. Il
therefore possible for the members Of the Re-
publican Committee 10 finish the work assigned to
| then, By the Republican members Of the Legsla-
turc and this they have done. Their address TO
| The voters OF Ncw-york is eiven below:
| TO the Electors OF the State OF New-York:
| Governor Flower having completed his examine
ton OF the bills left In his hands by the Democratic
legislature, and acted upon them, it now becomes
| possible for the public TO review, whole, the
legislative record OF both the Democratic Governor
| and the Democratic Legislature. The Republican
minority In the Legislature would call attention 70
in behalf OF their fellow citizens irrespective Of party.
The ord OF the Democratic Legislature OF $780,. like
the record Of the Democratic Legislature OF 1909, Is
of extravaganza. neglect OF needed legislation, and
want0n invasion Of the rights OF TIE cities-the
i doctrine Of home rule,' loudly proclaimed In
recent patfotms OF Democratic state conventions and
| In the messages Of Democratic governors, being
| tempuously dsregarded. The pledges Of economy,
of reformntory legislation. and that there should bs
no interfcrencc with the government OF cities
| towns. made by the Democratic party previous to
is accession to legislative and executive power, were
| thus broken.
| FRAUDULENT CHARACTER OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Possibly, however, the people OF the STATE In
view u the fraudulent character Of both houses OF the
| Legislature OF 1888 anticipated such record.
| The senate had Is three members OF its Democratic
majority, who not chosen by the people
| to BE- members OF that body, they having failed Of
election I'm 1891, respectively BY 90 votes. 340
votes and 6i1 votes but they given certificates
OF election instead Of their successful Republican
| opponents. The votes Of these three Democratic
Senators. elected by the people. gave majority
in tie senate the Democratic party.
|; THE ASSEMBLY Az ILLEGAL poDY.
| Tie Assembly had as its members scyenty-four
Democrats and hfty-iour Republicans but the Court
| of Appeals, In "a unanimous opinion. have declared
| that seventeen Democratic Assemblymen from Kin2
COUNTY were not elected under constitutional ap-
roriionment of the Assembly districts OF that County
by the Democratic Boari of Supervisors The unjust
| and unconstitutional division OF the Assembly dis
rict OF Kings County is shown plainly BY the election
figures Of Kings County In 1892 the Republican vote
| being 1CJO3. and the Democratic vote 1Ool6o. ard
yet. with two-ihrds as manS votes as the Demo-
crats. thc Republicans were only able 10 elect ono
A,sembymln out Of eighteen. This result due
10 TIE unequal division of voters among the AS.
,cnbly districts; three Of the Democratic Assembly
districts. for instance. not having much popula-
lion the single Republican Assembly district. 1t
will thus he that the Democratic Assembly was
non-rcpresenta,ivc OF the Of the state a.
TIE Democratic senate.
THE STATE TAXEs INCREASED.
The state appropriations made by the Legislature
have been increased from Sli.3Gi,094 IN 1892 10
,lS. ,3f.T7 I'm 1s93. IN Increase OF S3,112,1s3.
TIE state tax rate Therefore. was raised. II was
announced y, :.ai2,3 mills but this result was
reached by the Democratic Legislature by disregard
ing tax Of one-third OF mill for the support OF
The INDECENT insane, which will take 81 100000 out
of the pockets Of the taxpayers, and by also dsre-
;arding 5000 600 Of other laws making appropria-
iiors tho Democratic Controller audaciOusy de-
clarlng that h. would these bills for 81. .O0oOoe
by Increasing the states receipts from the In.
hcritancc and corporation most unwarranteA
assumption. Judging from the amount OF the IN
crises or receipts from these taxes in past years.
The extravaganza Of tn" Legislature can be judged
Of by the fact that the annual Appropriation Nll ap-
propr:,lng sO,3-s g. Is larger by S12sOoO IL IN
has, year: and the supply BILL which in 1892 ap
rrcpratcd s2llG.I6s appropriated Ii. 1893 the sum
,f ~, 01i,lf, an Increase Of Ss5s.5i6. These two
appropriation bills alone increased the total appro
pr nearly 81 10000. based upon
appropriations made by the Legislature. the State
tax rate would be mills. As 1t is. the tax
tate which m,.t be- paid during the coming fiscal
Year + 2.5s mills instead OF 224 1-3 mills as
announced The sa.oO90oo ignored will have to
be paid by the Legislature Of 1894.
TAXES INCREASE WITH DEMOCRATIC RULE.
Two years ago in 1901. with n Republican senate
10 cheek tie naturally extravagant tendencies OF .
Dcmccra'ic Govern and Democratic Assembly. the
State tax rate was kept down to 1 38 mills on the
thousand doars-the lowest tax rate In thirty SIX
year. The OF State taxes upon the incoming
OF Democratic Legislature and Governor Is the rule
however I'm this State The Republican Legislature
OF 1850 gave State tax rate OF j5 Mills Cow
crnor Hoffman, Democrat. and Democratic Legtsla-
turc advanced the rate In 1870 to 4l136 mills
a Republican Legislature In 1881 gave a state tax
ra,c of = Ii mills. The Democratic Legislature OF
lss1 ndvanced the rate TO = 4510O mills. and then
the Democratic Governor Grover Cleveland and the
Democratic Legislature In 1888 increased the rate to
3 IL mills. The Increase In take, has followed
the coming into power Of Democratic Governor ana
n Dcmocratl, Legislature I'm 1S02. Republican taxa.
tlon laws the Inheritance Tax law and the Corpora
tiou TIN law had lcsscncd the other tax burdens OF
the people. until the Republican Senate OF 1901 as
already stated. able give the people the lowest
tax rate in thlrty-siX years-namely. 35 mills. The
Democratic Lcgslaiurc and Governor In 1892 In
creased the rate to / 0S-l0O mills, and the
present year have increased the tax rate to . 5slo0
mills and have made appropriations which. II they
had been put In the tax levy this year. would have
raised the state rate to 3 mills. This increase