Evening journal., 1912-10-24
DEMOCRATIC
DEFICITS IN
LEVY COURT
Mr.. Reinhardt Shows Christi
ana Hundred Voters How
0bStruCtiOniStS MANAGED
County
G. 0. P. ADMINISTRATION
PROFITABLE TO CITIZENS

liEnl despite the lnclcment weather
The speakers were David j. Rein
hardt and Daniel o. Hastings of this
C.,y.
early in the evening there was
D. ade, headed by the Highland Fife
q Drum Corps, of the Mill Creek
lIndred Mounted Club, the Christi
a.u Hundred Mounted Club and the
andywine Hundred Mounted Re-
.4ican Club Among the riders
ere were two OF Christiana hun
Creds fair women. Mrs. John f.
q Neal and Mrs. Harry Fredericks,
and they came in for their share Of
the enthusiasm which the crowd gave
the marchers. Red fire burned along
the line and here and there we're
Roman candles. The illuminations
in Centrevlle and the neighborhood
were elaborate
About the time the meeting was 70
be called to order rain began to fall
in torrents and lasted for an hour
and a half The meeting was held
in Chambers shops. Horace l.. Dill
worth presided and said while this
election is unique Eyeritt Hollings-
worth will be elected TO the Levy
Court and F. c. Bradford, Jr., will go
TO the Legislature. Christiana hun
dred will be all right on election day,
Mr.. Dilworth assured his hearers.
Mr.. Reinhardt on County Finances.
Mr.. Reinhardt in the course OF his
address, said: MY friends, if you
Will examine the report Of the Audi
tors OF the accounts Of the moneys
received and disbursed for the County
OF New Castle in the year 1899, you
will find set forth on page OF that
report that in the year 1895, there
was an excess of expenditures over
receipts of SO. 10000, that In tho
year 1896 there was an excess OF ex-
penditures over receipts of S29,1OO.OO,
that IN the year 1897 there was de-
ficit of $4,000 and in the year 1898,
there was a deficit of S26,600.00. That
adding these amounts together, the
total excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts in the four years named
amounted to $50. 10000 This IS the
legacy which the Democratic Levy
Court left for the Republicans. You
will also find on page OF Audi
tors report that the auditor cay,
"in respect to the ordinary re-
ceipts from taxes, IL is evident
that either the assessment on
unreliable. or the collections have
not heretofore been made with
that promptness and thorough
ness that the needs of the county
would seem to demand.
This gentlemen. is the criticism
OF Johu s. Rossell and John II.
Dandy. who we're then the auditors
and both of whom are well-known
Democrats. tt is not a criticism OF
Democrats by Republicans, but is
criticism of Democrats by Demo-
Gratis.
"During the sixteen years in which
the Republicans have had control OF
the finances of New Castle county no
such disgraceful state of finances has
been shown. or can be shown If you
will examine page l6 of the same
auditors report. you will find that
the Democrats in 1883, issued bonds
. hearing interest at FIVE per cent. TO
the extent of S50,000.00 TO cover what
they called the floating debt No l.
These bonds you viii find were paid
off by a Republican Levy Court at the
rate OF 100000 a year beginning IN
1899. They had borne interest at
the rate of five per cent for almost
twenty years and in that time, the
interest alone upon these bonds
amounted TO almost S5O,OOO.OO, the
face value OF the bonds.
"On page 16 Of the Auditors re-
port. you will also find that the Demo-
Gratis i'm 1893, issued bonds bearing
interest at five per cent. to the eN-
tent of $50 600 90 to cover what they
called the floating debt No. 2 These
bonds. YOU will find we're paid on
rate of $4,000 90 a year. beginning in
1904 They had borne interest at the
rate of FIVE per cent. for almost twen-
~ years. and in that time the interest
alone upon these bonds amounted TO
about $50, 10000. the face value OF the
bonds
con page 16 of the same report,
Won will also find that the Democrats
in 1897, issued bonds bearing interest
At four per cent, to the extent OF
$50 OOO.O to cover what they called
the floating debt No g. These bonds,
YOU will find are payable at the rate
of S1OOO000 a year commencing In
1910, and S30.0OO00 of them has been
paid off to date by a Republican
Levy Court.
"These three floating debts and the
bond issues accompanying the same
are what might properly be called,
the monuments or tombstones erected
by the Democrats to commemorate
their own political death which took
place in 1900 Added together the
county of New Castle has had to pas
or viii have to pay in the future
$500. 900 90 face value of these three
bond issues to cover the Democratic
floating debts. and the county viii
also have to pay at the time thesS
bonds arc fully paid off, about the
sum of s240. 100000 more in interest on
these bonds The last OF the bonds
do not come due until 1924 so that
for twelve years more a considerable
part of the county taxes which yon
farmers pay every year to the county
of New Castle. will be devoted to pay
ing off the floating debts created by
the Democratic Levy Court while IL
was in power.
ITO all of this must be added the
deic4 OF SS0.600 90 left by the Demo
cratic Levy Court in 1900. All OF
this has already been paid off under
Republican Levy Courts. Is IL any
wonder that none OF the Democratic
campaign orators now going about
this county telling the voters what a
good administration the Democrats
will give if elected to power at this
coming election. carefully refrain
from making any comment whatever
upon the record of their Democratic
Levy Court as set forth in the audi
tors statement 10 which I have call
ID your attention?