The sun., 1905-11-05
DARK DAYS FOR JOE CASSIDY.
~ DESPAIR, NE RELIES tPON
MISLEADING STATENENTS
analysis Makes clear That Figures III"
tended 10 snow what lie Has Accon-
plIShed Are Contradictory anti raise
The MnNOr DlSprONcs His NssertlOns.

plIsl,ed Are Contradictory ami False
The Mayor DlSprOvcs Ills Assertions.
These are dark days for Joe Cassidy.
erstwhe king Of Queens. His COHORTS
the payroll padders and pooroom touts'
seem to be completely bewildered by the
storm OF opposition the boss's ways and
displays have aroused and instead OF max
ing an aggressive campaign they have
contented themselves with the feeblest
kind of defence Of the charges made
against the present administration,
TO a large extent Cassidy Is relying on
the figures he gave in his letter OF accept
ance as to the great work done In the borough
under his presidency and tho vast amounts
expended for improvements to convince
the voters that they ought to have four
years more Of his kind Of government
These figures, it is shown upon analysis,
are absurd, contradictory. misleading and
/ often braaeny false.
In comparing the assessed valuations
of the territory included in the borough
before consolidation and the assessed
valuations to-day Cassidy says that the
total for 1905 is S? 20 900 900. II tisSli0. 900 0Oo
as every taxpayer knows, because it is
printed plainly on the back Of his tax bill
IN lne Same statement NuSSluy ctyS illdb
the taxes to be paid by borough for all
| purposes, 1905" is the sum OF 81 .l99 000
As a matter of fact the amount to be paid
is nearly double that sum, or s2.3j2, ,O2G.si.
As is well known, the lines Of Queens county
and borough are coterminouS, and the county
tax and the State tax are paid by precisely
! the SAME people that pay the tax for borough
purposes. In other words it Is all in the
i.ln ,,.- ,t T. ,lrl, t.h-
mond,
That the figures that Cassidy gave per-
| taining to this matter are false is shown
| by his own literature. In a pamphlet
Yesterday the following table appears
under the head of Total of Taxation"
General tax for borough u>cs.."..,.. sa?,, ,sos Gs
State si,iS965
Taxation Ttd Tor general city purposes . isa7SiSi
Grand total ........................s s.S52 o2e 81
Cassidy also uses the tax rate as n ears
to fool the taxpayers. He calls after ton
in big type tn the fact that the rate in 1898
! was $3.12, while this year it is but 81 So.
But nowhere in his literature is il stated that
the asseesn er Is in the old days ere II Gde
| on the basis of Il 40 per Ce' t. valuation,
| while to-day they are laid on n lC0 FER Cer t.
valuation. The result is that the tax bills
arg Just IL ,aiSe tG-Lai ne .i,.y Gse' e,o, l.,
hi. ,ot,or nf aoen,to,oa was 49,, 80
raoei,od hv ,hn =, R,r'",,,h or O,,on. n,,t of
the ge eral city tax levy. he puts il at
oo1,,bo,sy, e.. G,o ..,o-,t -" H., - ~ ~ ,',,r,
| 'bon Jo,,,tin tho, s,n' IN ~ raoIb IN
| omaa,l tbn Na,,,,. ,lId ~ H., 10, .rs bnt
&c., 'rn .r,n 49,, 'oia ., 'i'"
the taxes ard spending about per ce' t.
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NE u.slraH,Uh tarita h Dt sne d7',aH,Ve7 %aT
eno"tI it I,,elIiy .I Ii'T.a 'nI9 'n' out
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.h,t W. Nnrr;i ,rns W' pr, ,','i , VI, 1t
tairn noarager A. n ,nattar ,,S roc, Mr.
Merrill has taken no mari in tho ,nonave
80, - ur iia-r,ais fran,n,;on IL, -
warm admIer OF the fusion candidate and
has done all in his power to help along his
cause bu, he has done il merely a. a nrfyate
in the ranks.
New scandals concerning the Cassidy |
faaliry against he ,,raftnrs il. intnnsa il,
.tse"iis "SuiiN' % %I,o r. lnvctlsE III
VIC 'oiouslI ouo ", w. llIh,S- tdIh'"
dpout Yesterday was the ahlual excursion
OF the boroneh govCTninent TO the BEN
nings racetrack at Washington. II seems (
that every yeor King ,Ioe takea , n,,,,har ,