The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-11-23
A FEW Wig SHOTS.
Chatleaged 70 Ans.
wer These Points.

The main thing to be determined by
the voters who have the COOL OF the city
at heart Is whether the men who have no
interests at stake shall vote taxes upon
those who have. without their consent.
The founders OF this city and the men
who pay mos to sustain it's government
and credit do cot want any change In the
charter.
"0ld Charter" on first page, calls at.
tention to curious fact II this city turns
it's financial affairs over to the county,
under new charter. The assessment Of real
property in the city by the comfy asses.
sor is nearly million dollars less than
that made by the city assessor. Here is
q nut for our business men and financiers
TO crack.
One Of the most touching exhibitions
recently exemplifed OF patriotism in the
abstract Is that Of Lawyer Jones. Refus.
ing to pay $l.65 taxes, he sued the city,
which not only has to pay the costs OF
the suit, but an attorneys fee as we'll, to
the enterprising Jones GO. If the city
escapes a charge for legal advice furnish.
ed by this attorney the other night to the
council, it will be by the skin of its teeth.
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Quite good many citizens labor under
the delusion that the supreme court de.
cided our charter invalid. Not at ALI
Judge Graves decided the charter an
right, but the revenue ordinance passed
in the fall Of 1883 was invalid in chang
ing the date for the assessment of taxes
from April to August. The supreme
court sustained Judge Graves decision.
Under any charter the ordinances must
conform to the general laws in this re-
gard. and that Is all.
Edward Whitson and s. ]. Lowe, the
two heaviest tax payers, are in favor OF
the old charter. Frank Rudkin, who
lives on Morford's ranch. and w. L.
Jones, who refused to pay $l.65 taxes,
are in favor OF wiping out the old charter.
The zeal Of the disorgsnizers is in the
inverse ratio Of their interests here.
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Jones. he who pays the freight. II not
his taxes, says that the patriotism Of his
fellow citizens will come to the rescue of
the city in its dire distress, which he, by
the way, brought about. Jones's pat
riotism reminds US Of the feeling observa-
tions Of the Arizona Kicke' snent the
failure OF the local bank, and the public
address to the creditors by Its late presi-
dent, Col. Yell:
Although our esteemed friend, as pres
ident OF the Yellville bank, failed to az.
count satisfactorily for the funds, yet his
remarks upon the busting of the same
showed that his heart still beats warmly
for his native land.
The Wall street bankers wao employed
Judge Hornblower to pass upon our char
ter powers to create a bonded indebted
ness for sewerage system must have
been in ignorance OF the whereabouts of
Judge (?) Rudkin. Reed says Rudkin
took Issue with Hornblower at the time.
But the bankers gobbled up our bonds Ut
par, just the same. Likewise, President
Cleveland would have hesitated, no
doubt. to appoint Hornblower to the
United States supreme bench had he
known that the ex-iustice Of Elleng CHURCH
had turned Hornblower down so easily
as that.
Judge Hornblower, a supreme justice
of the United States, Judge Lewis ex-
chief justice Of Washington, and the
major portion of the talent in our local
bar have said that. our charter is Al.
Messrs. Rudkin and Jones, whose exper-
fence in the law is confined to few terms
OF practice before Judge Graves, say our
charter is no good. You pays your
money and you takes your choice, in the
language Of Artemus Ward.
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The mayor taxed the city $50 for travel
ing expense to Seattle recently to procure
testimony In the Schmidt case. AS there
is no one in Seattle but Schmidt and his
bondsmen who know anything about the
case it is presumed that the mayor was
like the King OF France on one occa.
sion. He marched up the hill and then
he marched down again.
The Republic says the "Y. B.'s" are on
top in tho charter affair. The young
bloods are indeed hilarious over their
victory in knocking out an old ordinance
and thus pntting the city to deal Of ex-
pense and trouble. 1t is easy 20 deer :
the credit Of an individual or q corpora
ton. Many bank Ia the last panic
went under because idlers on the street
corners said they were shaky. The
young bloods have already traduced the
city until nobody wants It's warrants at
20 cents discount. It is fun for the "Y.
B.'s." but death to the city.