Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-26
A COMPARISON MADE
WITH THE TAX LEVY or OTHER
SOUTHERN STATES.


Austin, Tex, Feb. 2s.-(spe cial).-Tx-
Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bar
nett Gibbs deprccates to an alarming
extent the fact that the state ad valor-
EN- tax for 1896 has been increased
from fifteen to twenty cents and the
state school tax from twelve and a
halt cents TO eighteen cents making an
increase over two years ago IN the tax
in the state OF eleven and half cents
ana II decrease over last year OF seven
ceuts on the one hundred dollar vnlu-
alton. lie win no doubt charge that
the reckless extravaganza OF the nd
miuistrltion OF state affairs caused
this. He will not tell his Populist aud
fences ana whuupcrs that the real
cause Tor this condition lay in the
fact that an insufficient tax for the
past four years has been cSactcd ana
In addition TO this that there was
a. failure OF collection Of taxes and in
tcrcst on land notes In certain parts
Of the state, which collections would
have rdded much to the general and
available school fund
II * to be hoped. however that the
DALLAS brunette beauty viii not fail
To- compare the 'hurdcnsume Texas
tax to other southern stutes Miasis-
sippi. Alabama and Louisiana for In
stance. The tax Of these three states
IL sixty cents IN each cuse. Florida
tlfty-scven and half cents: Arkansas
fifty cents; Georgia, forty-three and
half and North Carolina forty-one
and third cents
/ have tried to ascertain what the
taxation Is In the prosperous and pro-
Errssive state 60 which IL divided
from us by the Indian Territory and
which has been gobhled up by the
Pupullsts In the past. but a letter from
Governor Morrill, of Kansas informs
me Tint he himself is unable to fur
uish mo with the desired Information,
na under their system each school dis
trict. each township, each city and each
county leNies lts own taxes, SO there
ia no possible way OF giving the total
lCvy FOR all purposes In the state.
However. he Elvos the state taxation
which 'ls very small, but the much
greater burden under their sygtem
seems to hc the county eXactlon. The
rate OF taxation at their state capital.
If used as n criterion for the state
over would not place that state Mt the
envy OF "burdcnsome taxed Texas"
In using the relative comparison OF
Topeka and Dallas where the brun-
cite warder resides, for Instance [
find that the rate nj the first named
city Is 81, while at Dallus for the same
time as givcn In reliable eucycIo-
podlc almanac It was Sl5O. And vet
Governor Gibbs would have the eli.
2eus OF Texas and more especially
Democrats "Kansaslze" Texas.
-
During the recent meeting OF the
Democratic executive committee berc
the congressional situation In Tho
LlGnth district was discussed by
politicians haillnE from that scc-
ton of the state. 1t was n notice
able fact that the name of ex-senator
Jim Swayne OF Fort Worth was often
mentioned In connection with the
Democratic nomination. and there were
those who thought that the hustllnr
ana hummiuE blonde political Grur.
would be In the contest for the nom
nation. II is needless to state TINT
Jim Swayne will make the fight an IN
teresting one &c he determines 10 an
sWer to the beat Of the drum whom the
line OF battle Is formed. Hos n mix
er; ne can mold his own end send hot
shot into the enemys camp Mt tor
rife rate, lie has record OF getting
everything he goes after, and bcql1sg
he has n whole goh OF friends who
would favor him, am told for alnnost
anything hc would 10 after. Some Of
nc cN-scratoTs friends say, however.
mat nc WIN probably. make n pull for
the county attorneyshlp and That no
rs laying low, allowing his admirers To
survey the ground and report to him,
In THIS connection I am told that tbe
colorcd vote ls solldly for Swayne In,
reason Of the hard and open fight he
made for Jim Toots.
The information comes protlv
straight that Judge Stedman has Ict
MS friends understand TINT II he nc.
oepts any place In connection win Inc
state university 1t would be law pro-
feesor rather than president Of thc Ia
su'ution. Tho item which appeared
I'm last weeks issue OF the C;ogo,ta
Win reference To Judge Stedman for
the presidency nf the state u'lvarstt..
mas created a great deal OF discussion
md judge Stedman's friends ,ay that
they VIII lose no time In doing what
they can In his interest. That he
would Hike place in the university
there, seems 10 be no doubt now HIs
friends eoncede this and they no doubt
speak by the card.
a report comes from Denton thot
senator Emory c. Smith. who han nll
MONK opposed the free silver idea will
Jay low and have nothing to saw in
matters political this year. Il Is mn
dderstood. however, that he cannot give
MS consent a1d aid In furtherlng party
dlscord and disruption IN the organi-
.nton m the state by refusing to "a 4,
the primaries and there express bis
sentiments on the silver question "a
submitted TO the Democracy by the
state executive committee.
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