The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-12
RECORD
TOWN AF AIRS.

Ii Mns our intention to make some
comments on the result of the election
III this letter but the lateness of the
hour Mt which the returns were receiv,
ed and the early hour Mt which THE
RECoRp goes to press, makes ii i'm.
possible for us to give any extended
remarks thereon. We will therefore
refrain from making any comments
whatever until next week.
We had hoped TINT the Wage.
Worker" might furnish theme on
which We could make an interesting
letter this week, but after careful
perusal of the above mentioned sheet.
We fail to find but one item that We
deem worthy of our attention. Ou
letter this week will therefore be short.
The item referred to Is as follows: IF
they will look back to the time when
Geo. ". Trauger was President of II
Republican Council, they will find
An Ordinanceto neutrality-suspicious.
and levy tax for the year 1891, the
tax rate to be one dollnr and fifty cents
upon each one hundred dollars of
valuation DcmocIdtic ll'aac. Work
=. April .sth
Very good, Mr.. Wage Worker We
ARE glad You have call upon the
people to look hnck to this Republican
tux rate Of one dollar and fifty cents
upon each Zone hundred dollars OF
valuation II is Il fnct and one that
had escaped our notice; else we would
have brought ii to the attention of the
tax payers long ago, TINT they might
have compared the causes TINT com
PEELED TINT high rate of taxation under
Republican Council, for one ycar
only, ii will he noted, with the causes
that have made il necessary for rate
of one dollar and forty five cents upon
each one hundred dollars of valuation
under the present Democratic council.
Every tax payer, when his atten tion
is called to il, will remember the cause
of that extra rate for one year aud
will bear out the assertion Of these
letters. thn Republi can Councils al
ways give something to show for cX
panditures of the tax payers money.
In this case they tthe Republican
Council) gave TO the citizens whnt the
pnrty represented by the Wage
Worker" has never dealt in thghtl,
electric light, and one of the best
lighted cities IN the State. And the
party 30 regulated its sources Of re
venue that i'll the following ycur il
was able TO reduce the tax rate to the
old figure Of 81 30 upon each one hun
dred dollars of valuation and that, too,
without having lessened the quality of
the service of any department of the
Municipal government.
Yes, We ARE perfectly willing TINT
the tax pnyer should look back. The
cause lending to the present Demo.
cratic rate Of 4 IS, are of such recent
occurrence that il is scarcely ncccse
snry to refer to them. They have been
mentioned in these letters MS cVtrava
gance and the presentation Of one
thousand dollars of revenue to the
hotel keepers.
We ARE satisfied that II comparison
OF the causes leading TO increased tax
rates will not be detrimental To the
Republican Council of 1891. II will
| b. said ns it has been said sevcra
times since these letters have appear
@ | il The RECORD, that NJ Il. i. is
| foolish; the Democratic cuuncil il
not responsible for tho reduction OF
licenses by the Excise Board. Tint il
n branch of city government that the
| Council has nothing to do with True
in one sense, but the editor Of the
Wage Worker knows that ono
Democratic member of the Excise
| Board stood ready to vote for n three
| hundred dollar license fee if asked 10
do 90 or told by his party associates Of
| the council that it was necessary in the
interests Of the city for him TO 10 go
Did the council ask it? Mo- they pre-
ferred to see licenses reduced and Ia
that extent are they responsible.
Yours Ne,
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