The Bessemer indicator., 1894-11-03
SAVE THE STATE"
But While saving Ii Save the
COUNTY.
Home Interests at Least as Important
as Interests Which Concern the
People of the whole State-Taxation
Must Be Reduced Remedy Lies
with the Peonle.

The subsidized Chieftmu IN some
Of its recent editorials written by MIR.
Dixon say that the people who are fight
ing the judicial ticket are endangering
the entire ticket, They bear down hard
on the cry. "Save the State" They say
that the ticket cant be scratched. that
Mr. Deyiue and Mr., Voorhees, and Mr.,
Sahin are not on any ticket and that it
isn't possible to vote part Of the repub
lican ticket without voting it all.
II is true that the state must lie
saved. I, is OF very grave Importance
that the republican state and legislative
tickets win. But 1t is Of equal import
ance that u little be done toward saving
the county rs we'll We who live in
Pueblo are, or at least ought to be. more
deeply Interested in the county OF Pue
bio than any portion Of the state.
Our tnxes here are cXorbitant and
they are continually increasing. Judg
ing from the thirty y-mill leyey for city
purposes and the sixteen mill levy ior
county purposes already made for next
year, and taking into consideration the
school and state tax. the people Of Pue-
blo will in all probability be compelled
to puy a five per cent tax next year. Our
total Indebtedness is such that unless
there is "a sudden and radical change in
our present methods vt administra-
ton this tate will be higher instead
of lower for some years TO come.
Capital will not seek Investment in
cities where the rate of taxation is
50 eNtortiouate, and when prosperity
returns to this country again, rs all
hope it will, We of Pueblo will find
that with a five per cent rate of taxa
ton capital will pass us by and 20
elsewhere for investment, no matter
how great our natural resources or
how hatteriug our prospects ~
otherwise.
1t is necessary for Us to begin ito
put our house in order" in this par
ticular at once or it will be too late.
Iu fact, great many of the business
men of Pueblo have already formed
an association, subscribed money
and set movement afoot to do this.
One of the greatest sources or leak
age and waste in our entire county is
in the office of clerk OF the district
court The pinion itself is author
ity for the statement that our courts
cost the county 100000 per annum.
This is at least twice what it should
be. If Elwell or Dixon are elected
'Seayer and Mccoy will remain
where they are tor siX years longer,
and this wholesale squaudering of
the peoples money will continue for
six years more.
The honest, capable and ecomomi-
cal administration of justice is Of
higher Importance 10 the people of
this comfy Than any other consider
atipu relating t" government. 1t is
in short tine corue stone OF ali gov
erument, and II in this election it
were q question between saving the
state as the cry is. and preserving
the courts, our people would choose
wisely in prefarring the latter.
But it is not necessary to make a
a choice, a. both can safely be done
at this election. The ticket can bc
scratched with perfect safety. The
primary object of the Australian
ballet z,star,, a. ,,r f,,i .. Ia. .,rrai,.al
was 10 force the voter to vote for
each person on the ticket by himself
and on his own merits. 1t was
thought that 10y the act Of placing
cross after the name of each individ-
ual caudid0 the voter would, mo
mentarily at least, consider the
merits OF all candidates FOR the same
office and decide in favor of the per
son after whose name he marked
In short, the primary Il III Of the
present system OF voting was TO put
tn. yuter alone by himself free from
all restraint and give him Il chunce
to think and make do 50. To do
away with the voting for yellow
dog business simply because the
yellow dog happened to be on your
party Ticket
The emblem WIS an after thought
eHgraftod upon tho system by the
politicians ON the theory that it
would enable those who could not
read English ana who did not wish
to make affidavit to the fact in order
TO secure assistance to vote their
party ticket bv marking the en-
blem. But most of the republican
voters can read, and it will be very
easy for them to refrain from mark
ing the emblem and to go down the
ticket and read the name of each
candidate the Office he is running
for and his politics, and when they
have found the men they want to
vote for, put a cross in the square
space opposite his name for thnt
purpose. Elwell, Dixon, Collins.
Seaver and Mccoy and their friends
all scratched Platt Wicks Success
fully last fall without any injury to
the rest of the ticket, thus showing
that it's an easy thing to do,
The Chieftain says the gentlemen
on the independent Judicial ticket
are not any ticket, and is endeavor-
ing to make people believe that by
voting for them they will lose their
votes. But all are on the official bal
lot, Messrs. Devine and Sabin being