Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-18
CAN'T FOOL THE PEOPLE.
THEY KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC PAR.
TT HAS HELPED THEM.

Efforts Of Republican Politicians to Dis.
credit the Big Reduction in State Taxes
This Year Unsuccessful-Resulto of Demo
cratic Economy-It Means Dollars in the
Pockets of Every Tax Payer In the State.
MILWAUKEE, Oct l5.-The efforts Of the
Republican politicians 70 discredit the re-
duction in the state tax this year has been
attended with little success. The friends
of Mr.. Sawyer may theorize as much rs
they desire, but the people who pay the
taxes know that their state tax this yea,
Is mere nothing and that the reduction
is due TO the good management of the
Democratic administration. So much has
been said of this wiping out Of SIX, 900 in
state taxes and so many Measurements
made that 1t may be interesting to many
TO have the original order republished.
The order was as follows:
THE ORDER.
WHEREAS, 1t appears that after reservine
sufficient moneys for defraying the entire eX'
pense Of state government from this date 10
Jan, l. 1895, there is a surplus in the general
fund in the state treasury of S142,5 SO, derived
asfollows Recovered in Judgment from former
state treasurers, to the credit OF the general
fund S'2 ,02. So; direct tax fund $50, 466 10;
interest from bank deposits, St6,G44,1S; railroad
and insurance licenses and Office fees S21S,5j5-
o.; and that such surplus without detriment to
the public service can be applied as portion
OF the state levy; now therefore.
Resolved That we, the undersigned gov
ernor, secretary of state and state treasu rer,
In pursuance of section l059A of Sanborn IS
Berryman's Annotated Statutes, do hereby APP
ply as portion of the state tax levy the sum
of S742,5I0 to - applied as follows: The mill
tax for the support and maintenance of the
common schools, S600000; fifth normal school
tax, $4,000; state university tax, Sl32 so; leav-
ing to be levied in accordance with section 1910
of chapter IS of the Revised Statutes of the
state of Wisconsin the sum of S2i0,OO0, being
Sl57 to pay the interest upon certificates Of
state Indebtedness incurred between the years
1866 and 1856; for the support and maintenance
of free high schools $4,000; the l20 mill tax
for normal schools, $4,000 for the support and
maintenance " the state university e, 43O, of
which sum the following named counties will
be required TO pay the sums set opposite the
name of said county in the following table, TO
wit:
Then follows list of the counties of the
state with the amount each must pay. 1t
Is givcd in table which follows.
1t will be seen from the order that the
state officers before deciding on what sum
to apply to the reduction of the state tax
levy set aside money enough to pay the
running expenses of the state government
until the state treasury is again replen.
ishcd by receipts from those sources which
furnish money for the general fund. 1t
will also be noticed that the war tax re.
fund of which SO much mention is made
by Republican speakers, amounts to just
$50, 436. 10, or barely one-eighth of the total
amount. 1t will be seen further that the
amounts directly chargeable to Democratic
economy is 1925, 20l.35, or nearly one half
OF the total amount which etfectually dis.
poses of the Republican assertion that the
Democratic administration has not been
economical.
Most interesting of ALL however, Is tho
table showing the gain to the people OF the
state by this Democratic economy. This
table, compiled from the state records,
gives the taxes for each county for 1890,
the last year of Republican rule, and for
1894, when tho Democratic administration
pays out of its savings S742, $40 of the $685.,
$40 levied in state taxes for educational
purposes this year The table-Iron and
Villas counties being omitted. as not or
CaniZcd In lS9O-is as follows;