Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-11-03

unnecessary expense on the county
II was clalmed BY thoss responsible for
thepassage Of the law was through
that means the taxes of the county
would be lowered. This has proven
untrue because the taxes are much
higher. The only possible way to keep
down taxes is TO keep down the expenses
Of the county. Instead Of the expenses
Of the county for 1911 being kept down
they we're increased, because we find
from All examination Of the levy this
year while the county is still under
democratic domination that the
expenses were s5O,4es,e5 an increase
over that Of the last republican admin
istrstion Of ss,oe4,s2 an increase over
that OF the first year of democratic
rule Of 81, l9i, "a.
The republican party IN tits county
fsvors lower taxes and keeping down
the expenses OF the county. The ex-I
penses Of the county can be kept down
by proper and business like adminis-
tration Of It's affairs. It was also
said by the sponsors for the assessment
law that some Of the people were
assessed too high. some assessed too low
and some not assessed at all. and what
was wanted was an equal and fair
assessment Of the property Of every
property owner. This reasoning also
falls fiat and we need here only 10 men
ton two incidents to show the fallacy Of
the same. Only one man in the
whole town Of La Plata IS assessed as
less than $40 an acre and that man Is
Mr.. ThomasT. Owen, a rank democrat
who is close to the bosses and he has
81 acres Of land assessed at $500 an
acre. Every man who knows Mr..
Ovens property knows that it is as
valuable all the way through If not more
valuable than any land in the town.
Another incident is at Indian Head
where one man is assessed $4,000 an
acre while another man about one
hundred yards away is assessed $50 90
an acre and his land is just as valuable
as that assessed at $3.50. Standing in
with bosses goes long way when an
assessment takes place according to
democrats in this county.
Ano her incident that We might
also mention 10 show the unfairness Of
the assessment. In the case Of the
property II Mr. Henry Wenk. Mr..
wenk in 1910 before the assessment was
made owned 402 acres of land of which
he sold 100 acres before the assessment
yet on the balance Of 242 acres he pays
5000 MOI taxes than he did on the
whole 402 acres. Is this fair proposi-
ton? H
Now as TO extravaganza. 1t was
stated and charged in the independent |
some time ago that in the levy Of
1911 Mr.. William q. Clark, stenoeraph-
er and type writer for Mitchell and
Digges was paid out OF the peoples
money the sum SIS 80 for type writing
the report Of the road engineer, not
outstanding the road engineer was
paid salary of $I552, 40 for his service
and part Of his duty was the writing
and publishing this report himself, !
Again the same man employed by
and Digges was employed by
Mr.. Henry G. Robertson, to take !,
stenographic notes of the testimony at
the coroner's inquest over the remains
Of the late Alexander Bowie. This is
the fist case OF such athing ever
being done in the history Of this
county. These two items of extrava-
gance and waste Of the peoples money
the ''Arisiocratic Democratic Oil
yarchy'sn organ did adm it was
wrong, but nevertheless this money
has not been returned to the tax payers.
And again the present Register Of
Wills was allowed higher salary than
either Of his predecessors and be has
done no more woi k than they, for any
one who visits that office finds it closed
up two thirds Of the time.
These are the things the voters Of the
county must consider before voting at
the coming election, The whole ques-
ton that confrouts you Mr.. Voter is,
fare you going to vote for candidates |
belonging TO the party that favors
honest and fair elections and lower
taxes or are you going to vote for
candidates Of party which favors dis
honest and fraudulent elections and
high taxes?
We believe the people of this county
will look out for their own interest
and not be hoodwinked by the cry of
the Democratic Ollgarchy and other
Democratic politicians of similar
type, Of "Negro Domination, when
you know such never has or viii ever
exist.
Vote the Republican ticket because
it favors honest and fair elections and
lower taxes.