The Portland daily press., 1899-01-04

whps Mr.. Goudy Has ca say ON Certsi N
Questions.

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,na ,,,,zsr. ~ ,h,s c,tv ,ptsre.tst
..ru, ,r .,o u.,t.r 20 ,rv.st,.ate nh.
ao,ras ~ so,ra of the msmbsr. Of tb.
noa-d ~ .,a.rmen In ra,,t,on IN this "a.
fus., NJ r,gh,s tn en,er the CITY by ths
80 cor,,ary thav might f,nd sonetbins
,vh,oh 80 h.sa cartons charges against
80 =, A.. ,nambsrs NJ the upper board,
Th.. ,,,rht hs Iad IN ask After they had
,,.d. ,hsse ,nvss,,oat,ons whether the al.
a., ,,ara ,nrr,ng thu affairs of the
o,,v :, portIana or the consolidated Elsc.
,r,c Ia,ht comn.nv WINS running the
a..
yss,ard.v af,srnoon A PRESS rsporter
..,,., ,,nor NJ Goudv and asked him
,v,., no ,re.rt bv the above stateuent
NJ so,dv sa;a.
.when the c,tv NJ Dser,no ia annexed
60 portlana thu taet thine that oould be
Az. ,,r .h,s c,,v vou,d ba IN adopt thu
ch.r,sr which was rcieotsd bv the CITY
.overnment under Mr. Baxter's admin.
;s,r,,,or Tb,s ,a,actad oharter provided
,n,op, othar things for one legislative
hr.nch Of the c,tv coupo,l instead of two
boards With ono large hoard some of the
oor,ora,,ors which now control the leeis-
Ia, ,o,, q, tho c,tx,s affairs vould not find
&, a. .sv m cont,,o, certa,p Ieyislation AZ
thew do nov
.sI don't msan to cast auy reflections
ON any ono member of the board of alder
man or to intimate that they are in the
offensive sepss of the term open to COR
ruption. hut that thew are. some of them
N, least under OBLIGATIONS personally or
nolitically. to the men who control the
com bined interests of the several large
semi. nublic corporations to such an OK
tsnt that they loss sight of the general
GOOD and velfare and that they are
5,rec,,v or indirectly induced to vote for
measures which are wholly in the in
,.o.,s ~ ,hssa cornorations ia a we'll
r,o,,n fact
..To ,llnstrata 1 belieye IL should be
mazda an absolute prohibition for any
her Of the oitv government from the
m.vor down m reoeiye fnyors In the
shsno ot nass.s from the railroad COM
nariss free water from the water com.
NAM or freq lights from the lighting
co,n,a,ics as sncb action unconsciously
,,ust HAS the action of the official in his
Iec,s,ativs Duties IL il well known and
not at all disyuised by the recipients that
suoh tenders are generally made and al
o,anIv rsceived
eft 10 n wall known fact. which can
vouoh for as a member of the COMMITTEES
on tinance and accounts. that the serious
nrob,sm before ms as a municipality ID
our futpre income to proyide for our flu.
tura municinal expeuses. The only pres
an. souroa Of rsvenue is the taxable
yaI,es ON real estate which has increased
hftv per o,nt I'm the last twenty years, Oh
from sl7 600 600 TO 500 600, 600, coupled
with an increase of polls In about the
same ratio or from 1900 to 10, 600 In the
same neriod of time and the personal
pronertv which has not increased at ali
ms the returns from the ASSESSORS depart.
mani show. In the last twenty years.
This persopal property toll substan-
TALLY sla. OOo, 900 today az c. red with
s,a 600. 600 in 1878.
what is the matter hsref
-"political control of the board of as
ssssors to AN extent which prevent, free
exercise of their knowledge and Judgment
ON tina valuations of personal property,
especially that controlled by the Weather
or capitalistic class, so called. In my
oninion based on An examination of the
assessors books. an Increase OF several
millions cou,d be lepitimately made on
,ersonaI rron.rtv If the board of assessors
was ipdependent of and free from such