The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-19

of Commissioners have paid on the temper
airy Indebtedness $1,000 and have so re-
the temporary indebtedness in a bonded
debt of the county so as to save the county
each year the sum Of 1880 Not only this
but the bonds they sold TO take up the
temporary loan and some of the other
bonded Indebtedness sold for a premium OF
$4,000 and the bonds that were thus sold
only drew Sz per cent. interest, the low
est per cent. ever paid In Marion county
before. And yet these bonds bearing this
low rate of interest sold at a premium OF
about $4,000. as before said.
A / said l am glad Mr.. Harlan asked
the question and / think that / have
answered IL. can take him or any OF you
and show you these improvements. They
are living OF the discretion and
wisdom of your Board Of Commissioners.
NO TEMPORARY LOAN.
Mr.. Harlan says that we are paying
$4,000 each year on a temporary loan. 1
wish to inform Mr.. Harlan and the people
of Marion county that Marion county has
no temporary loan, that the temporary
loan of 1907. coo which the Republican party
inherited from the Democratic party has
been reduced $4,000 and the balance put
in bonds drawing S1 per cent. interest per
annum and these same bonds. drawing
this low rate of interest, sold for a pre-
MUM, as l have before shown. of $4,000.
II now think il is proper to turn and ask
Mr.. Harlan the question. and his Demo-
cratic friends, what the Democratic Board
of Commissioners did when they were in
power They were in power more than
twice as long as We have been In power.
And during all that time, which was q
period of ten years. all bridges they built
only cost about 500, 600, and those were
not good. In less thar half the time. as
1 have shown you. the Republican Board of
commissioners put in bridges alone the sum
of $26S, 400.
.sAbf, o,r neo,oor,t;c fr;ands NAV say
But we built the grand Marion county
jail Yes, they did. But where did they
get the money to build it? They went to
the Legislature and got permission to is
sue and sell $50, 900 of Marion county bonds
to pay for ii. and the same act of the
Legislature authorized them TO make a
special tax levy of 5 cents with which 10
pay this $l50.00 in bonds. They issued the
bonds, they made the scent levy and col
iected that levy two years n a half,
which was about $4,000. enough to pay
OF the law authorizing them to collect this
money, they did not pay one cent on the
bonds, but took that $50, 900 and used IL for
current expenses.
MONEY FOR THE JAIL.
Eyes, they built the jail, levied the special
tax and made you pay it. They got the
money from me and you and all the tax
payers of Marion county. 1 hin that it is
pertinent now for me to ask how it was
they increased the current expenses of
the county so as to be compelled to take,
contrary to the letter and spirit of the law,
this s150, 900 which you and / had to pay,
for the purpose of paying off these jail
bonds.
''Thi is the record of our local county
affairs. 1t seems to me that we have the
right TO go before the people and ask them
10 keep such party in power for another
period of years. The commissioners have
not lowered the tax levy, nor nave they
raised Ii one cent, but you can see plainly
where your money has gone and the very
best evidence that the affairs of the county
have been run economically is that our
precent County Council. three of whom are
Democrats, and four Republicans, appoint
ed by the Circuit Court of Marion county,
after wrestling will county affairs for
nearly two years have been utterly unable
TO reduce the tax levy one cent. So, in the
face of this record and i'm the face of the
Sact that the County Council, composed of
members of both parties, have been unable
to do better than your commissioners In
the way of economically administering the
AFFAIRS or the county and lower the tax
levy, we think we have a right to ask
your support for another period of years.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
I'VE are compelled to presume from what
we know of the character of the men run
ming on the Republican ticket for commits
sioners that the same policy will be pur-
sued. That is a strictly usine policy.
Take our candidate, John E. McGaughey.
He has lived ell his life i'm Marion county.
being brought up on a farm. A practical
farmer and an educated gentleman of
one term in the Legislature, and against
whom there is not a breath of suspicion.
Take his running mate, Thomas Spafford,
having long lived in the county, a prac-
| tlCal man IF larVo aynarianca fhnra.ohlx
honest and capable. You put these two
men in the commissioners office and YOU
make no mistake. No schemer can have
the least effect on either of them. There
can be no proposition presented to either
OF them that they will not carefully ex-
anime, and there can be no inducement
presented to them that would lead them
from the path of duty. Indeed, you may
take our whole county ticket and you can
not IND a weak spot on IL. TAX our pres
ent county treasurer. who is a candidate
for reelection, Armin G.. Koehne. HI
is conducting that Office for the benefit. OF
the people. and If reelected will continue
to do so. He came TO me as the county
attorney and told me that he did not want
any fee or any dollar that did not Justly
belong to him. He came up from among
the people, is one of the people and never
had a dollar that he did not earn himself.
MR.. SAULCY's RECORD.
THE same may be said of Mr.. Eugene
Saulcy. our candidate for sheriff. Every
body in the count knows Eugene Saulcy.
And every man who ever transacted any
business with Mr.. Saulcy admires him.
No one ever went to him for anything
without being kindly treated. No man in
Marion county would make a better sheriff
than Eugene Saulcy.
John Ruckelshaus, the brilliant young
lawyer who is our candidate for prosecut-
ing attorney, was born in Indianapolis.
His father was in business for many years
INDUSTRIOUS prosecuting attorney. / do not
think there has been a better nomination
since the nomination of John B. Elan.
Marion Eaton, our candidate for as
SCISSOR, is a thoroughly honest, conscientious
man, and will make a good officer. and the
same can be said of James b. Nelson. our
candidate for surveyor. He Is a bright
young man from the south side of our city.
He is thoroughly capable. honest and in
telligent.
"Dr. A. w. Brayton, our candidate for
coroner, is one of the very best known
physicians i'm Indianapolis. having been
coroner before. 1t is only necessary To
say that he will make as good an officer
as he did before, which is saying as much
as can be said of any man.
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES.
Take the lawyer candidates on our leg
~isIative ticket. f. e. Matson, Charles E
Thompson, candidates for senator's. and
Joseph Morgan, Joseph Minturn, Larz
Whitcomb and William Reagan, all able
young LAWYERS and thoroughly honest. can.