Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-11
THAT TAX REDUCTION.
1t is Worrying the Republicans
Badly.
TRYING HARD TO FIX ATTENTION
ELSEWHERE.

state Administration Can Withstand al
Acknowledgment Pleased at the Re.
Guction in Taxcs-EcsiGes Doing Thl,
Heavy Extra Expenses have been Met.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. S.--I'he fact that tho
/ Republican campaign managers are using
Mr. TnylOr's wonderful array Of figures as
fetish Is another illustration of the ease
with which flint fam game can be
worked, provided the worker uses the
proper degree Of solcmnity. incidentally
the venture is proving very profitable to
, Uncle Horace in n pccuniHry way, but
this-a5 kipling would say--is another
story.
The figures, he assured the managers
were taken from the books, and they were
received with that awe which all such an
nounccmcnts create. OF course he took
them from the books. Uncle Horace is
shrcwd but no one ever credited him with
an imagination capable of evolving such Il
mass. The seriousness of his ofrcnsC was
not in the taking but in the mixing. What
he was after was not cold, hard facts but
such combinations as would support the
theory that the Democratic administration
had been extravagant.
IT WORRIES THEM BADLY.
The fact that the Democratic adminiStra.
ton capped four years of good work by
saving $742 600 which was applied to three
fourths of the state tax for schools is
something over which the Republican man
ayers We're seriously exercised in mind.
Something had to be done to countcract it.
Tint is where Mr.. Taylor came in This
reduction stands out like stump in d
clear field or II rock In mdstrcam, an OBJ
struction to success. The managers seized
upon Uncle Horacc's figures as something
which may mask the obstruction and let
them over easy. That is the reason Uncle
Horncc's presses have been working night
and day turning out supplements for tho
Republican papers containing copies of his
work on higher arithmetic.
This work Is to be used as u terrible ex-
ample of the dangers of Democratic rule.
Even Uncle Horace, however, has not the
audacity to assert that black as the picture
he has painted may be it would be any bet
ter If Mr. Sawyer and his following came
back again. He is too shrcwd for that.
1t seems now that Uncle Horace got in
with his story just In time. The Sentinel
was on the same lay. Both were after tho
almighty dollar that would como from mp
pointment Of supplement printer to his
exccllency, Prince Philitus and Mr.. Tay-
lor captured the plum. The old man may
have toyed with the years longer than
some of his contemporaries but no brush
brooms arc needed to keep the insects off
his clothes. Not yet awhile.
There Is one thing In connection with
this work on higher arithmetic that has
not been given the prominence TINT is due.
That is that the Republican managers arc
willing to admit now that the Democratic
officials did recover from the Republican
state trcasurcrs nearly half million of
dollars, and some even say frankly that
this never would have been done had tho
Republican machine under Mr.. Sawyer
been continued In power The common
people have had n belief of this kind for n
long time, Fcw expected the Republican
leaders to acknowledge it. Even Mr. Tay-
lor's figures can be forgiven when it pro-
duccs such results. The admissions, 1t Is
only fair to say, were not made with any
great degree of cheerfulncss but because it
was necessary In order to support tho
theories advanced, Still pin ought to be
stuck through the fact that Republicans
now admit that the state trcaSurcrs would
never have been forced to disgorgc by any
Republican administration.
HAVE HAD HARD SHEDDING.
As to the figures themselves, if the Re-
puhliCans can get any comfort out of them
they ought to be allowed to have It, They
have had very hard shedding in trying to
get over or around the record made by
Governor Pcck's administration and II
for n few moments they can imagine
they have succeeded there Is no one hard
hearted enough to interfere with their en-.
joymcnt.
After all the fact remains that the Dem
ocrntic administration has lowered tho tax
this year to II point that taxpayers will
hardly be aware they are paying state
taxes No combination of figures can
change this. By forcing ex- Republican
state trcasurcrS to pay back the money
they had taken from the people and been
allowed to keep by Republican officials,
and by wise economy the Democratic
state officials were able to almost entirely
wipe out the tax lowed for the educational
institutions OF the state The schools do
not suffer, and the people are relieved.
Most people will agree that record like
this Is enough even admitting Mr. Taylor's
figures, which have been adopted by tho
Republican managers, TO be correct That
they arc not has been shown heretofore.
That there has been no extravaganza but u
shrcwd saving has been demonstrated
from the books" as Uncle Horace would
say,
The greatest extravaganza Is alleged to
have been shown in the state institutions,
To prove this, however IL was found ncccs,
snry, IN order 10 make the statement a
good Republican campaign document, to
put the year 1891 in the Democratic
column Possibly when Mr. TAYLOR pre-
pared his campaign supplement- he was not
aware that the Republican state board of
supervision had control OF the state instl.
tations for ten months OF that fiscal year.
He was absent from the state at that ti,rc
enjoying the pcrquisitcs attaching to the
position of United States railroad commis.
s'oncr, aud therefore was not IN touch with
state affairs. Possibly, therefore, he was
ignorant he WAS putting a Republican
year into me Democratic column Pos
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