The Globe-republican., 1895-03-22
he is wrong. terribly wrong in that he
stands against law and for its violation.

he is wrong. terribly wrong in that he
stands against law and for its violation.
1t can never be right for an individual
to break the law for private gains. So it
can never be right for this City to violate
law for its gains. II yOn accept one of
these statements you cannot deny the 9th :
err. If::you accept them, you ought to vote
according to your belief.
A man is not to be justified In getting
money by unlawful means because he is
short of cash; neither is a city.
Nv. The City's Revenue. But it is not
true that tie City's revenue from taxation
is insufficient to meet its necessary expen-
ses. Mayor Gluck expecting a re-nomi-
nation, prepared and had printed in last
weeks Democrat financial statement,
showing for 1894 receipts as follows:
From 60. Treas. from taxes. 80, $50. 81
=" occupation tax and licence 56S. 10
I" Police Court fines 3, S24.O0
Making total receipts according to this
statement Is, 7S1. At
Expenses according to this statement
were 'S5,15S.7l for police, light and
water, and 1881. O6 for street work, lum-
Der and repairs making total OF $685.
u. He thus figures out a balance to the
credit of the City of $7,791.70.
Assuming that these figures are tzs,e let
us see if the police court fines which are
nearly all derived from monthly payments
by jointkeepers are necessary in order that
we may hav. water and light in the City
as some are SO loudly claiming.
Say the balance in favor of the City is
as stated, s7,79l.OO farm this deduct
police court fines, 1884. This leaves
balance of $3967, which has been wholly
derived from taxation.
In other words the people of Dodge
City las. year paid not only the running
expenses Of the City but nearly $4,000
besides all from taxes. 1t is not gener-
ally known, but it is a fact that for the
two years we have been paying ten mill
special tax for water and lights, which
ought to raise $500 year, while the
water and lights cost less that $500.
But the statement as to the amount of
police court fines is grossly false and
wrong by almost ex-
actly SlOOO,-the total of fines actually
paid for the year 1894 is less than $1,000.
The committee stands ready to point
out the exact pages of the police court
records for the year 1894 to prove that
our statement is tue, and that the state
mept as published in the Democrat is
false in this regard.
We find that of late the fines are all
paid into special fund, called the "PO-
lice Fund.- and that salaries Of officers
are paid in cash from this fund.
While the whole matter of levying
these fines AS license is unlawful and to
be wholly condemned, we do not find
that any Fart of the funds so raised have
beea wrongfully employed, payments
being made therefrom for the usual and
Ordinary expenses of the city, Z,
We earnestly protest against the sum
mary action Of the city council on March
2lst, in attempting without authority Of
the law, to distrOy the fourth ward Of
the city, thus dep:iving many Of our cit |
liens of their most sacred rights. If the
council could destroy the forth ward it |
ces,id also destroy any Of the other three. |
No one would claim that the number |
could be reduced below two. We assert |
that the council had n" lawful power to
reduce the number at all. The wards
must be allowed to remain As at first Gre
ated, until authority for a reduction of
their number is obtained from the legis-
lature.
In conclusion, We urge all who really
care for the true welfare of the people
to spurn all unworthy con-
:iderations and arguments. and to vote
for the only enforcement Make no mis-.
take in your ballots; the ticket is headed
Lew Enforcement" and our candidate
for mayor is Mr.. j. N. Pope.
COMMITTEE.
Announcement.