The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-09-27

Try Is IN ueplofaHie financial cOndf-
tion, and 1t Is only the duty We owe
To our readers that We delve deeply
and use considerable an cunt OF the
space in showing the why's and why.
fores.
The present board Of county COM
missioners, To blind the voters.
made an illegal levy at the last ses- I
sion, and that levy, as high as 1t
was, makes 1t impossible for future /
county officials TO save the county /
from further financial embarrass-
ment The plain statute provides
that the levy for the succeeding year,
that is made In September, shall COW
er the demand for that year. Our
republican commissioners violated (
that plain law, and made the levy at
a figure which they knew to be too
low, and Inadequate to pay the prot-
able expenses for the ensuing year.
This unlawful act was done To de-
ceive the voters, and to embarrass
the next board, which is now eener-
ally conceded viii he democratic.
-.
This county Is now In the same
condition 1t had reached In 1895. A
crisis was reached then as now. The
commissioners then regarded their
obligation and the law and made
levy OF 25 on the hundred. This
bad heen steady growth OF extor-
tion until the people revolted. That
crisis and the familiar republican
history has been repeated. The levy
of this year, which the county com
missioners met In regular session TO
. make a couple Of weeks ago, should
have been over -. 90 TO meet the con
tingent expenses for the next fiscal
year. When the republicans were de-
posed from Office on January /, 1897
( the county was practically bankrupt
, as it is now The debt then was
, 800, $50. I3, after collecting a levy Of
s6. 1876 for the year 1895. Every farm
, er and business man OF this county
r knows that no country is so rich In
? natural resources that IL can stand
such tax or expense upon their
: property.
/ The democrats invoked their re-
form principles Of government from
, January |, 1897 until January /, 1903
e At that date the public debt OF the
' county was s38, 1893. 3d. a reduction
/ Of $33, 33l 60 and at the same time
reduced the levy to s2.65, the lowest
reached In the county for years.
n Then came the reverse, the republi-
: cans, unfortunately for the county,
n gaining control. The taxes went
up, and assessed valuation went up
e until the county's financial condition
b, reached the present crisis
e -
i The other paper boasts that the re-
i publicans reduced the republican
e debt which was left TO the democrats
I The democrats made not one dollar
: Of that debt. 1t was only remain
: ing balance OF the 800 $50. l3. which
I the democrats were not permitted L
/ pay before the misfortune OF deieai
e came In the countys history. The
" law compels the republican commits
70 sioners to pay annually $4,000 o
Ie maturing bonds. They make
n special levy for that purpose, anf
le then claim credit for what they maxi
J. the people pay. Is 1t not surprising
Is that man Of ordinary intelligence
J. very ordinary, should attempt to I'm
of pose upon the credulity Of an intelli
81 gent people by advancing such non
sensical argumentY
~ =.
II Is it not fact that you though
the public would not remember thes
things when you made such willfl
CT aud misleading statements and CAV
CT such a Juggling Of the figures Of th
4 affairs OF the county, Is II not
y fact that 10 bolster up your argl
a ment you gave only plain table {
ukuftN duu opRFiN1NFb Aht ''Aat Us"
'e ters pertaining TO those hgufesy
w 1t not a fact that you thought a Ion
D. suffering public would not rememb'
l. that the republican administration (
~ county Affairs had raised the tax lev
20 from 81 o. TO $500, and that a
50 classes Of property Is assessed higb'
us now than it vas under democrat
''o rule? In this respect let Us quote
few figures, 70 a. 10 leave no dcul
in the minds Of interested reade
ms that the above statements are abs
IL lutely correct
as In reading the above paragrsI
ed the reader should not forget that q
rs. democrats had reduced the levy
cir lox as 81 20. but at the close % the
ng term IN 1903 the county commissio
or ers raised the levy from that amour
,ie 10 s3. ~. thinking IL would requi
lie that amount to pay the current e
III penses. which 1t should hare don
An In January 1904 the republicans ~e
IL into power, 10 II can be readily se'
he that the democratic ddn'inistrati'
sra ,asaiveH m benefit for this raise