Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 13 August 1892 — Page 3

The figures heretofore printed ot the increase of taxes in the several counties of the state were made from the abstracts sfficially returned by the county auditors. As made up from these it was shown that the increase of local taxes in forty-six Republican counties from 1890 to 1891 was $l,2o8.2i3.i:3, while the increase in forty-six Democratic counties was only $510,458.82. In the settlement sheets of the various counties, since made up, there are corrections of small errors in eleven counties which make a Blight change in the aggregates, increasing the increase in the Republican counties to $1,209,249.45, and decreasing the increase in the Democratic counties to $503,871.60. These figures are in all probability the more accurate and will therefore be used.

As has been said heretofore the increase in local taxes in the Democratic counties was made chiefly by Republican officials who joined in the Republican conspiracy to increase local taxes and blame the result to the new tax law, which, of course, had no connection with their action. The following tabular statement shows how shameful the scheme was carried out in each city, town and township in each Democratic county where Republican officials were in control. In the counties of Brown and Floyd there were no Republican officials who made levies, and in the others the exact work of the officials is Bhown. The figures given include only the taxes for which the local officials are responsible, i. e., corporation taxes, (in cities and towns) township, tuition, special school and road taxes. The figures in the first column show the actual increase (or *decrease) of these local taxes made by the officials. The second column shows the amount of school money distributed to each tax district by the state more than last, year—this is computed at seventy-five cents for each school child, which is the amount of increase that the state superintendent of public instruction gave notice would be made, and the amount of reduction that therefore should have been made by the local officials. The third column shows the total unnecessary increase—that is to say the sum of the increase made and the decrease that should have been made—for which these local Republican officials are responsible.

The grand total of these increases by 'the few Republican officials in Democratic counties is $353,703.85, which is scattered through the several counties in varying proportions. There is an increase of local taxes by Republican local officials, although there is a decrease of the total local taxes for the entire counties of Barvholeiuew, Cass, Clark, Dubois, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Martin, Miami, Pike, Scott, Sullivan, Switzerland. Tipton and Warrick. In the Democratic counties that show an increase of local taxes the increase made by the Republicans usually forms the greater part, and in the counties of ••••Carroll, Fulton, Johnson and Madison it

COUNTIES, TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS.

Aflams county— St. Mary's tp Geneva, town.'

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Total for county..

Allen county— Lake tp.........: Jefferson tp

Aboite tp Jackson tp

Total for county..

Bartholomew county— Hawcreek tp German tp."

Colmnlms tp

•rt Hockcvi'ek tp Sandereek tp Columbus, city

Hope, town.

Total for county...

Blackford county— Harrison tp Hartford, city

Moutpelier, town Total for county...

Brown county— No levies by l'epubliean.^ Carroll county—

Jackson tp Adams tp

jV .. Burlington tp Carroliton tp '."-Monroe tp

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OP THE TAX CONSPIRACY.

1 }. Republican Local Officials in Democratic Counties Wfeo

Joined the Conspiracy

Ifj.To. Increase the Local Taxes and Blame the Result to the New Tax Law,

When Held Down by Commission's Trustees, Resorted to the Courts

to Enforce Their Exhorbitant Levy.

In a Voolhardy Attempt to Make the New

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Odious, •1,628,013.30

'Were Unnecessarily Levied by Republican Officials—Figure* Urmomtratix

the Republican Tax Conspiracy, the Hurtlen of Which Falls Upon the People.

Is actually greater than the entire local increase—proving that the Democratic officials in those counties decreased the local taxes of which they had control, and the Republicans are responsible for the entire increase made. In seven of the counties the increase made by the local Republican officials is greater than the increase of state taxes for the entire counties. They are Blackford, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Perry, Starke and Warrick.

The figures here presented amount to actual demonstration of the Republican tax conspiracy. Outside of Marion count}' the entire increase of local taxes in forty-five Democratic counties was only $200,714.08, while the increase ^)f local taxes made by the Republican officials scattered through those counties aggregates $208,141.29, or more than the total increase. It would have been much more but for the action of Democratic county commissioners in some counties. In the counties of Dubois, Hancock, Harrison, La Porte, Scott, Wells and White, the Republican trustees desired to make heavy increases, but the Democratic county commissioners assumed the power of refusing to allow it. There is question as to the power of county commissioners to do this, and the Republican trustee of Blue River township, Harrison county, brought mandamus proceedings to compel the commissioners to permit the levy as he wanted it. This case is now pending in the supreme court. The people of those counties were saved an unnecessary increase of taxes by this action, but it may have been unwarranted by law. Of course, the county commissioners could not prevent the increases made by town and cities in any event.

The t^tal increase of local taxes in the forty-six Republican counties being $1,209,240.45 and the increase by Republican officials in Democratic counties being $353,703.85. the Republicans of Indiana have made by their great tax conpiracy an increase of $1,023,013.30 of local taxes out of a total increase of local taxes of $1,773,121.05. The Democrats of Indiana are responsible for an increase of $1,230,547.73 of state taxes, and $150,107.75 of local taxes, or in all $1,380,055.48. In other words the Republican local officials of this state increased the local taxes of the people over $240,000 more than the Democratic increase for all purposes. And this Republican increase was an unnecessary, wanton, wicked piece ot' political trickery, the whole burden of which falls on the people. The Democratic increase for state purposes was due to the well-known necessities -f the state, and falls on the corporations of the state. The Republican increase is a foolhardy attempt to deceive the people by imposing an enormous burden on them and telling them that some one else placed it there. The other Democratic increase was an honest effort to meet the needs of the state and place the burdens of taxation on a more just and equitable basis.

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1,599 33 1,554 71 2,0*2 t4 1,324 50 2,301 9S 4,004 71

«lty 10,-M* 06 MB 00 11,009 60 Total for

oounty $21,831 30

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Caaa oounty— Bethlehem tp •••«849 01 293 00 43

Jefferson to 547 54 285 00 832 51 Noble tp 377 40 141 00 518 +0 Clay tp 102 49 153 00 255 +!i Miami tp 447 2(5 107 00 M4 2C Clinton tp 1.890 08 216 00 '2,108

Total for county $3,115 70 $1,285 00 $4,400 7£

Clark countyUnion tp 239 79 s'. 263 00 502 7!Bethlehem tp *106 77 204 00 37 22

Total for county $73 02 $407 00 $540 OS

Clay county— Lewis tp 785 50 511 00 1,240 5(i Bowling Green, town 93 74 157 00 250 74

Center Point, town 166 62 '171 00 327 02 Staunton, town 334 .33 160 00 5(H) 33 Brazil, city 4,270 80 1,749 00 6,010 80

Total for county $5,590 99 $2,754 00 $8,34+99

Crawford county— Liberty tp 254 16 22+ 00 478 1(1 Boone tp GO 74 115 00 175 74

Leavenworth, town 510 93 226 00 736 93 Marengo, town 654 62 104 00 818 62 Alton, town 40 00 107 00 153 06

Total for county $1,526 51 $836 00 $2,362 51

Dearborn county— York tp 2,302 00 223 00 2,525 00 Clay tp *24 00 182 00 158 (X)

Washington tp 562 00 89 00 651 00 Moore's Hill, town 115 07. 118 00 233 07 Dillsboro, town 235 26 184 00 419 26

Total for county $3,190 33 $796 00 $3,980 33

DeKalb county— Butler tp 1,133 48 193 00 1,326 +8 Newville tp 822 75 159 00 981 75

Wilmington tp 56 51 375 00 +31 51 .... Richland tp 637 42 3+5 00 982 +2 Troy tp *394 48 152 00 *2+2

Grant tp' *1,056 25 1+4 00 *912 25 Waterloo, town 419 13 45S 00 877 13 Butler, town 2,855 18 4+3 00 3,298 18

Total for county $4,473 7+ $2,2(59 00 $6,742 74

Dubois countyColumbia tp *477 85 356 00 *121 85 Madison tp *5(53 50 285 00 *278 50

Birdseye, town 244 6+ 152 00 420 04 Total for county *$706 71 $703 00 $20 25) Floyd county-

No levies by Republican ofli cials.

Franklin countyBath tp *551 98 152 00 *399 98 Fairfield tp *450 64' 138 00 *312 04 |. Posey tp 9 44 208 00 217 44

Metamora tp 199 GO 1!)2 00 391 00 Mt. Carmel, town 44 08 28 00 72 08

Total for county *$749 52 $718 00 *$31 52

Fulton countyRochester, town 1,290 32 736 00 2.032 32 Kewanna, town 708 52 153 00 921 52

Total for county $2,00+8+ $889 00 $2,953 8+

Hancock countyBlue River tp ............ 1,707 17 190 00 1,903 17 Jackson tp *920 20 395 00 *525 20

Fortville, town 40 80 191 00 231 80

Total for county $827 71 $782 00 $1,009 71

Harrrigon county— Boone tp *23+ 55 485 00 250 45 Heth tp 281 97 398 00 070 97

Blue Rivfir tp 258 39 300 00 504 39 Washington tp *10 4+ 2+5 00 228 50 Webster tp *583 50 282 00 *301 50

Total for county $*29+ 13 $1,710 00 $1,421 87

Jackson county— Carr tp 892 45 479 00 1,371 45 Hamilton tp *4 0 +6 500 00 29 54

Seymour, city 4.22+ 12 1,512 00 5,376 12 Total for county $4,040 11 $2,497 00 $7,137 II Johnson county—

Clark tp 091 67 287 00 978 67 Franklin tp 955 99 321 00 1,270 99 Edinburg, town 2,718 79 502 00 3,220 79 Franklin, town 1,SSK1 00 931 00 2,827 00 Greenwood, town 221 84290 00 5,511 84

-Total for county $0,484 29 $2,331 00 $8,815 29

Knox county— Busseron t.p $254 57 $529 00 $783 57 La Porte county—

Hudson tp 21 05 108 00 129 95 Coolspring tp 76 02 29+ 00 370 62 Seipio tp *+89 54 137 00 *352 54 Clinton tp *571 07 19+ 00 *377 07 Noble tp *1.327 00 252 00 *1,075 09 Cass tp 428 71 435 00 863 71 Westville, town 702 50 1 50 00 a=52 50

Total for county *$1,157 92 $1,570 00 $112 08

Madison county— Fail Creek tp 45 13 3S4 00 429 13 Greene tp *1.033 22 220 00 *813 22

Duck Creek tp *005 33 3(50 00 *239 33 Anderson, city 15,807 17. 3,009 00 18,810 17 .. Elwood, city 20.2S4 3(5 941 00 27,225 30

Pendleton, town 1.220 14 228 00 1,448 14 Total for county .... $41,718 25. $5,148 00 $40,800 25 Marion countv—

Decatur tp 1.150 35 430 00 1,580 35

Washington tp *.!SI 41 544 00 1(50 69 Bright-wood, town 1.304 77 1,304 77 Irvi'ngton. town 1.7(H) 07 188 00 1,888 97 Woodruff, town 724 92 724 92 Indianapolis, school board ... 113.014 St 20,942 00 139,950 8(5

Total for county $117,512 40 $2S,110 00 $145,022 50

+Bright-wood and Woodruff are not school corporations, hut are included in Center township. Marshall countv—

Union tp $120 02 $170 00 $590 02 Martin countyMi tcheltree tp *351 60 397 00 45 40

Halbert tp 013 85 30(5 00 919 85 Loogootee. town *7 80 33s 00 330 20 Shoals, town 772 22 180 00 052 22

Total for county $1,020 07 $1,221 00 $2,247 07

Miami county— Kicliland tp.• "247 98 303 00 55 02 Butler tp 328 17 34+ 00 072 17

Deer Creek tp Sit 75 283 00 517 75 Jackson tp 1.221 52 280 00 1,510 52 fc Bunker Hill, town .• 91 50 151 00 242 50 f. Xenia. town 11)7 91 179(H) 47(5 01

Amboy, town *50 21 107 00 50 70 Macy,"t.own 43(5 92 ss 00 524 i)2

Total for county $2,212 04 $1,844 00 $4,05(5(54

Owen county— Montgomery tp 11 20 142 00 153 20 Washington tp 700 42 345 (X) 1,111 42

Gosport, town 900 30 189(H) 1,149 39 Spencer, town 2,001 70 451 00 2,452 70

Total for county $3,739 71., $1,127 00 $4,800 71

Perry county— Union tp 1,002 35 487 00 1,489 35 Tobintp 1,190 81 504 00 l,7*t 81

Tell City 3,403 55 707 00 4,110 55

Total lor county $5,590 71 $1,7S8 00 $7,38+71

Pike countyWashington tp.... *570 41 4S7 00 *S3 +1 Patoka tp 232 83 790 00 1,028 83

Petersburg, town 2,378 27 415 00 2,793 37

Total for county $2,040 09 $1,(598 00 $3,738 09

Posey countv— Black tp 2,104 42 1,184 00 3,288 42 Point tp 100 00 277 00 377(H) 1-iobinsontp (525 Mi 528 00 1,153 80

Mt..Vernon, city *0(55 37 1,083 00 717 03 Total for county $1,804 91 $3 072 00 $5,530 01 Pulaski county— i.-i

Harrison tp. 004 5(5 270 00 S-SO 5(5 White Post tp *30 77 201 00 224 23 Van Buren tp *207(59 307 00 09 31 Salem tp 47 43 211 00 258 43 Beaver tp '(48 81 209 00 717 K4

Total for county $850 37 $1,32-1 00 $2,180 37

Putnam county— Kussell tp 301 29 228 00 019 20 (irecneastle tp 2,744 00 273 00 3,017 00

Jefferson tp *4(52 08 2t',l'00 *201 (5S Hussellville, town *1(5 44 0+ 00 377 56 Putnamville, town 95 08 70 00 1(55 OS Greencastle, city 552 (HI 1.071 00 1,023 00

Total for county KJ $3,304 2+ $1,997 00 $5,3012+

Ripley county— ji Otter Creek tp 4(55 48 432 00 897 48 Laughery tp 9 Ot 307 00 37(5 0-1

Delaware tp 538 77 .3(55 00 003 77

Total for county $1,073 20 $1,104 UU- $2,177 29

I'helhy countyWashington tp......,1,302 70 432 00 1,794 70

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