The San Francisco call., 1898-03-28
Heavy Tax-Payers Lack ing on the "Jin"
 Rea Tick ct.
Four Candidates Are Not on the AsseSsmen Rolls
 at All.
On the Other Hand, the New Charter Club Nominees Are Men
 of Affairs.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE. March 27.-There are many more things to recommend the ticket of the New Charter Club to the favorable consideration Of the people of San Jose than the fact that it was nominated by body of men who are thoroughly representative of the people who make a community progressive and prosperous.
 At the present time the people are represented in the Council and in the offices of City Clerk and City Treas urer by men who pay little or no taxes. and it is to this fact that many attr1b- ute the reckless extravaganza that has characterized the present administra- ton.
 One of the features of the Charter Club ticket is the large amount of taxes that it's candidates pay in the aggre- gate. This is nearly three times what is paid by the men whom the gang has put forward on its ticket. The Charter Club ticket represents an as sessed valuation of $3S6,44 while the Peoples Municipal or gang ticket pays taxes on but s13O,145. Four men on the gang" ticket pay no taxes at all, while Cn the Charter Club ticket there Is put one man WnO IS not ou lIIe assessment roll
 The men on the gang" ticket who do not figure on the county assessment roll are J. w. Cook, candidate for re- election as City Clerk: J. N. Ewing, candidate for reelection as City Treas urer, and A. G. Bennett, candidate for membership on the Appointing Board P. P Austin, one of the gang" candi- dates for membership on the Appoint n rH iS down the comfy aS- sessment roll for S3030, but he really owns no property of his own; so he claims. That he does not pay taxes on any property is further evidenced by the fact that there are four unsatisfied judgments aggregating more than S27,- 900 standing out against him since 1895.
 In this connection it might not be amiss to mention several interesting circumstances that center about Aus tin in reference to the pending elec- tion. Everybody knows how close Aus tin is to Boss Rea. Austin is the man. ager of the Security Savings Bank, and with him on the gang" ticket are no less than three other directors of the same institution-F. E. Spencer, H. Booksin ST. and Frank Stock.
 As this is a campaign to secure business administration for the city of San Jose, the question for the voter to decide among others. is which ticket Is likely to give Sucn adnln1StrdtlOn. Are the larger or the smaller taxpayers likely to best look after the city's in- terest?
 If the gang" Appointing Board is elected it's ruling spirit will be Paul r. Austin, and he in turn will be abso- lutely controlled by Boss" Req. Aus tin is not a taxpayer and is not likely to become one for some years to come, as he must first wipe out an indebted ness of more than s27 900. Req is not a resident of the city. Therefore. if the gang" ticket is elected. it will be un- der the joint control of non-taxpayer and a nonresident. neither of whom will have any interest in protecting the man who by his hard earned money contributes to the maintenance of the city government.
 If the voters want their taxes judi ciously and economically expended by men who are large contributors to the revenue of the city they must vote the New Charter Club ticket straight. If they want their funds used by non- taxpayers and non-residents to fatten political tricksters and their favorites they will vote for the "gang" or Peo- pIe's Municipal ticket