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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1904)
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But did it ever occur to you that thc republican - publican part is composed of business men who arc no less interested - tcrestcd in a safe , economical and intelligent government than arc their democratic brethren ? Any legislature that would impose unnccessary burdens on thc people will effect republicans , and democrats alikc. \Vc arc just as honest and just ass selfish as you. \Vc have no desire to spend any money unneccssa ri 1) ' . We want thc affairsof thc nation , hc i state , thc county land thc township cotidnctc(1 ' . just as economically as ittay bc consistent ! - tent with good and cfiicicnt govcl'l1mcn \Ve arc not such incompctents- such fools if you please , to want to increase thc taxes 01 lXichard- son County unnecessarily ; fur it will Mean as much in dollars and cents to us as it docs to ) 'ou. Will you not give us credit with being just as selfish as you ? * * * This is a campaign of cduca- . - - . . . tion , cspecsially on thc lutes 01 taxation and rc\'cnuc. Dcmo- cracy has abandoned her old idols of free silver , tariff reform and llilcc fallacics. A search through thc garbage barrel , of lead issues disclosed nothing that could bc revivified into a semblance of life and hcalth. I Some issue or reputed issue had ; I 1 to bc secured , so thc democratic j party in this emergency bethought - 1 ; thought itself of the revenue bill , . : and with ' it is attempting to \ i \ ( "play politics" with the voters I of this county and statc. t * * * I Democracy has learned to face j thc people with : hand made issucs. This is not the first time that this party has been bereft of some distinctive governmental policy. The revenue law is not thc first measure \\'hich thc democratic part has seized upon as a can1jiigmi makeshift to bc discarded and forgotten when thc clcction' was o\'cr. Among thc other instances might bc cit- cd thc l\IcClcar Bill j Militarism ; Slavery in' thc Phillipincs and ! . , Tariff reform Who ever hears of these things with which democracy - cracy was used to terrify it timid j I . - - - ( people in days gone by. In this 1 beautiful month of October in ] the year of our ford 1904 , these 1 things which once contained 50 , lIluch of evil to the t Amcrican , peoplc arc as a talc that is told ] and forgotten , leaving i10 im- . l prcssion upon thc life of thc Amcrican people save that of thc insinccrct of thc party which 1 used thcm for a day as counterfeit - , fcit issues with which to pIa ) ' : politics. j * * * 1 And so , notwithstanding thc ] republican party has been doing . I things for fifty years , thc democratic - ( cratic party can find nothing ( which it may justly criticisc. . It ] 1 can find nothing of its past life 4 or record upon which it cares to face thc peoplc. In its extremity it has determined to cover thc revenue bill with war paint , put I a paper tomahawk in its hand and parade it before voters that : the ) ' may become alarmcd and frightcncd. Oh democracy - I stop fooling- Pardon thc ex- pression-but your work is too coarsc. ; k * * Did it ever occur to you , my - voter friend , that a revenue law cannot increase your taxes ? Time report of thc assessors show that you have property of a given \'aluc. That report or assessment - ment docsn't cost you a cent if thc county board docsn't make : a lev ) ' . It is thc levy that detcr- mincs how much you shall pay in taxes toward thc support of thc various gO\'C I'll mcn ts. Pete : revenue law does not and could rot determine how much of a levy shall bc made by thc county board. That is dependent on thc business judgment j of the mcm- hers of thc board. \Vhcth r that levy should bc large or small dcpcnds on thc mailer in which thc affairs of thc'coul1ty arc ad- ministcrcd. Suppose for instance that thc county board should spcnd $100,000 a ycar-such expenditure - pcnditurc would make a larger levy necessary would it not ? The larger levy would increase your taxcs. Would you blamc this increase on extravagance of thc county board which spent thc $100,000 or on thc revenue law. Manifestly thc blame would bc thc county board. Suppose on thc other hand thc county board should expend but S5OOO a ) 'car. It would require but a very small lc\ ) to raise this sum. 'Your taxes would bc greatly dccrcdscd. Now as busi- ness mcn-would you give thc credit for this decrease to the revenue law 'or to thc economy of , thc county board ? Undoubtedly . , - - - - - . . lo thc county board. * * * A revenue law docs miot increase I , 'our tax It d csn't increase thc alary ; of thc county officcrs. It I locsn't create a demand for more j Jridgcs. It ' will not make necessary - ' , sary an additional term of court 1N : mol'r 1'1' DOTES NO'I' INCHHASH L'lIH COUN'I'Y'S HXPHNSH ] AND L'Axns AHH GHHNI' OR S\lAT.l. , DH- [ > HNDI ; N'I' ON 'l'lIH AMOUNT ; OP I \ION1 \ Y 'l'JIH COUN'I'Y SPHNDS. I * ) * : : : I The dcmocratic county board I nadc at : c. ccssivc and unnecessarily sarily high ley l : ) ' . \Vhcthcr this was \ done for political purposes , in order that an issue could be made out of thc new law , wc do lot know. \Vc do know that after all thc expcnses of thc , . cotulty arc pail , that thc taxc $ collected under this levy will cave an idle surplus in the hands of thc county Treasurer of about 350,000. The county Treasurer will place this money in the banks and thc county will receive - ceive about 2 per cent interest on he { same. If this money was in thc hand of thc tax payers where it should bc and would bc if thc county board had done its duty , it would be carding per cent interest for its owncrs. . . . . . . r . . "to" . . w This new revenue law was thc joint act of all political partics. Time platform of thc state demo critic con \cn lion in fJ02 , dcc1a - cdinfa\'orofit. . . Governor Holcomb asked for its cnactmcn ; Governor Poynter did likewise ; Chief Justice Sullivan - van of thc supreme court of Nebraska - brasl\ declared in ln opinion written by him that it was a good 1 1aa' . : Mr. Loomis thc chairman of thc democratic state convent ion this year was on thc legis- lat \'c committc which framed 1 I thc law. illcmbers of all political - cal parties voted to pass the law. It never occurcd to thc democratic - ic party that thc law was bad l and vicious until thcy were left t without an issuc. Then , and for r this reason , the democratic party began to cry down thc 1a wand ! to use it as an instrument with which to "play politic' " . * * 'l ' ime revenue law is a good lava It needs certain i amendments and l to make these amendments thc legislative candidates , 'J'uckcr , , t i - Uf I sc un 111v ud vdl ® oc C ( r t1o & _ _ LLPN of t + , r c . : . - Grinstcad , Hogrefc and Smith pledge themselves to support and dcmand. Time rcvcnuc law WOULD IIAVE DECRIEASED 'l'IlI S'l'.A'I'I AND COUNTY TAt Olt JWERY'l'AXPAYHR 'I'IIIS YEAR IIt 1'1' HAD NO'l' I11IN " ' " 'l'IIA'l' 'l'IlH COUNTY BOAltD LEVIED MORE ! MILLS TITAN 'rIlE COUN'l' Y NHHDI D. Time reason thc tax would have been reduced is this : r Under thc old hn\ ' taxes became delinquent [ in February and thc Cotmlity treasurer could not issue a distress warrant for thc collection of these taxes until thc following ; January , or nearly a Ycar. Many : mcu were feeding cattle at the time thc tax became delinquent . and if thc distress warrant could have been issued thc tax could . have been collcctcd. .As thc treasurer would have to wait a } year however in'cr ) ' many instances - stances thc cattle were sold , th owner had no visible property out - , of which thc tax could bc madc. The result is that there are hun- drcds and thousands of dollars in delinquent taxes on thc books which thc cotulty has lost for ' . this rcason. Under thc new law , , ' . ' thc distrcsswarrant can uc issued immcdiatcly upon thc tax bccom- jug dclinqucnt. For this reason ' ' the county treasurer has been permitted - . . . mittcd to collect aloiE'rIAN : i : om - -l'Y 'I'HOUSAND DOLLARS IN DIUIN- OUI N'l' 'l'AXHS. 'l'hat there was 011 hand on 'Junc 30th. 1904 , at 'if'J , thc timc thc , ( dcmocra county board made ninc mmilll levy ° a Ilmilc ) l\QHH 'l'HAN S4,000.00 WI'l' : : OU'I' AN OUT STANDING WAAN'r ! , OR WITHIN : . . . ' ' ' r.c . . : < 't - ' ' . . ' , , NINE 'l'HOUSAND DOT.T.AHS Oli' ENOUGH MONEY 1'0 RUN ! Tills ' ' ' ' . _ COUNTY FOR TILE NEXT YEAR. . . : . . : . . ' The rC\'Cl.UC law is a good la\ ' . Your taxes should be less this , " year than formcrly. That they - will not bc is thc fault of thc . ' . county boar ' . . ' 1'0 insure a lower ; t' ' , tax vote for thc republican cilndi- ' , r' dates for supervisor , all of whom " ' _ ( - to lower lc . In t' . ' arc pledged a , levy. , ; ' ! ! i } > thc mcantimc rcmcmber that thc " increase , is now being used b\ thc ' . - opposition for political purposes # u and to secure your vote for the ( . democratic candidates for the 'r legislature in order that W. J. . - Bryan may be sent to thc U. S. j senate to annoy and harass Prcsi- 1 dent Hoosc\'clt and that Elmcr J. . . : ' Burkctt who asks the privilege , sot upholding thc president in his fight for equal rig-lits to all class- cs of pcoplc shall bc defeatcd. - It's a Good Sign . t' f the high grade of thc coal we ell and of thc excellence of our methods that our customers stay 'ith us year in and year out. They ; on , t g-o around making experiment r trying to get more coal ors better oal for their monc ) ' . 'l'hy i arc sure lIe feel no uncertainty. An army ' If pleased and satisfied customers is hc best advertisement a business ' ' an have , . . MA VST 7R 0 S . $ ; : ' . , . . . . , - Phone :58 r
