Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 13 August 1892 — Page 5

The figures heretofore printed ot the increase of taxes in the several counties of the state were made from the abstracts ©fficially returned by the county auditors. As made up from these it was Bhown that the increase of local taxes in forty-six Republican counties from 1890 to 1891 was $1,258,205.1:), 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. Those 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 shown. 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 6tate 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 Bartholomew, 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.

Adams county— St. Mary's Geneva" town

Total for county...

Allen county— Lake tp .Jefferson tp

Alioite tp Jackson tp j"'

Total for county..

Bartholomew county— llawcreek tp Gorman tp."

Columbus tp Kockcreek tp Sandcrcek tp Columbus, city Hope, town

Total for county...

Blackford county— Harrison tp Hartford, city

Montpelier, town

Total for county

Brown county— No levies by 1 Republicans Carroll county— .... Jackson tp. .. tp

Burlington tp Carrol ft on Monroe tp

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Deer Creek tu

OF TBI TAX CONSPIRACY.

Republican Local Officials in Democratic Counties Wko

Joined the Conspiracy

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 Foolhardy Attempt to Make the New Law OtUou*, #1,025,013.30 LocalTsx«l

Were Unnecessarily Levied by Republican Officials—Figures ItemonitratHkff

tlc Republican Tax Conspiracy, the Uurden of Which Falls Cp«n 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 county the entire increase of local taxes in forty-five Democratic counties was only $206,714.68, while the increase ^pf 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 $1,269,249.45 and the increase by Republican officials in Democratic counties being $353,763.85. the Republicans of Indiana have made by their great tax conpiracy an increase of $1,623,013.30 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 $1,380,655.48. 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 of 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 fool hardy 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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$1,044 04 *1 ,(*»1 70

$554 12 $507 00 *57 12

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423 10 400 00 201 00 301 00

948 73 057 70 547 SI) 421 00

$1,180 44 $1,445 00 $2,575 44

48:! 21

241 00 20K 00 430 00 247 00 181 00

1.075 00 2,:tt7 3!t 41)5 25 551 ill 2,51!) 87 54 01"

5,00:1 (10 181 07

1,270 1,35!) 71 l,0(iS 04 1,031 50 1,73!J 3,72-9 71

724 21

1,343 00 2,707 311 742 25 732 31 4,020 «7 315 01

2,410 00' 201 00

7,51 ti '.14 4,03$ 00 11,554 07

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430 00 720 00 20!) 00

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5,723 0(1 450 07

$5,711 5li $1,410 00 $7,130 5(!

320 00 201 00 414 00 203 0) 508 00 270 00

1,500 33 1,554 71 2,082 04 1,324 5U 2,301 Of 4,004 71

Delaware tp

olty W,4M 88 366 00 11,000 66

Total for ooonty 121,231 30 *2,646 00 188,877 50

Caaa ooonty— Bethlehem tp *249 01 293 00 43 $« Jefferson to 547 54 885 00 832 54 lSobletp 877 40 141 00 518 40

Clay tp. 102 40 153 00 255 49 Miami tp 447 20 197 00 20 Clinton tp.. 1,890 08 216 00 2,10(5 OS

Total for county $3,115 76 $1,285 00 *4,400 7C

Clark county— Union tp 239 79 263 00 502 7!. Bethlehem tp *166 77 204 00 37

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

Clay county— Lewis tp 785 50 511 00 1,340 50 Bowling Green, town 93 74 157 00 250 "4

Center Point, town 156 62 171 00 327 I!Staunton, town 334 33 166 00 500 33 Brazil, city 4,270 80 1,749 00 0,019 80

Total for county $5,590 99 $2,754 00 $S,344 96

Crawford county— Liberty tp 254 16 224 00 478 1(1 Boone tp 60 74 115 00 175 74

Leavenworth, town 510 93 226 00 736 93 Marengo, town 654 62 104 00 818 62 Alton, town 46 06 107 00 153 06

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

Dearborn countyYork tp 2,302 00 223 00 2,525 00 Clay tp *24 00 182 00 158 00

Washington tp 562 00 89 00 (551 00 Moore's Hill, town 115 07 118 00 233 07 Dillsboro, town 235 26 184 00 419 26

Total for county 13,190 33 $796 00 $3,986 33

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

Wilmington tp 56 51 375 00 431 51 Richland tp 637 42 345 00 982 42 Troy tp *394 48 152 00 *242 4« Grant tp *1,056 25 144 00 *912 25 Waterloo, town 419 13 45S 00 877 13 Butler, town 2,855 18 443 00 3,298 18

Total for county $4,473 74 $2,269 00 $6,742 74

Dubois countyColumbia tp *477 S5 356 00 *121 85 Madison tp *5(53 50 2S5 00 *278 50

Birdseye, town 244 64 152 00- .c 42(5 (54

Total for county *$7(56 71 $793 00 $26 29

No levies by Republican ofli tials.

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Franklin county— Bath tp *551 98 152 00 *399 98 Fairfield tp *450 (54' 138 00 *312 (54 k. \a Posey tp 9 44 20S 00 217 44

Metainora tp 199(5(5 192 00 391 06 Mt. Carniel, town 44 08 28 00 72 OS

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

Fulton countyRochester, town 1,290 32 736 00 2,032 32 Kewanna, town 768 52 153 00 921 52

Total for county $2,004 84 $889 00 $2,953 84

Hancock countyBlue River tp 1,707 17 196 00 1,903 17 Jackson tp *920 26 395 00 *525 26

Fortville, town 40 80 191 00 231 80

Total for county $827 71 $7S2 00 $1,609 71

Harrrison county— Boone tp *234 55 485 00 250 45 Hethtp 2S1 97 398 00 679 97

Blue River tp 258 39 306 00 5(54 39 Washington tp *16 44 245 00 228 56 Webster tp *583 50 282 00 *301 50

Total for county $*294 13 $1,716 00 $1,421 87

Jackson county— Carr tp 892 45 479 00 1,371 45 Hamilton tp *47(5 46 506 00 29 54

Seymour, city 4,224 12 1,512 00 5,376 12

Total for county "$4,640 11 $2,497 00 $7,137 11

Johnson countyClark tp 691 67 287 00 978 67 Franklin tp 955 99 321 00 1,276 99

Edinburg, town 2,718 79 502 00 3,220 79 Franklin, town 1,896 00 931 00 2,827 00 Greenwood, town 221 84 290 00 5,51184

Total for county $6,484 29 $2,331 00 18,815 29

Knox county— Busseron tp...... .....* $254 57 .-. $529 00 $783 57 La Porte county-

Hudson tp 21 95 108 00 129 95 Coolspring tp 76 62 294 00 370 62 Scipio tp *489 54 137 00 *352 54 Clinton tp *571 07 194 00 *377 07 Noble tp *1,327 09 252 00 *1,075 09 Cass tp 42S 71 435 00 863 71 Westville, town 702 50 150 00 852 50

Total for county *$1,157 92 $1,570 00 f!12 08

Madison county— Fall Creek tp 45 13 3S4 00 429 13 Greene tp *1.033 22 220 00' *S13 22

Duck Creek tp *(505 33 300 00 *239 83 Anderson, city 15.807 17 3,009 00 18,810 17 Klwood, city 26.2S4 3(5 941 00 27,225 36 Pendleton, town 1,220 14 228 00 ],44S 14

Total for county $41,718 25 $5,148 00 $46,866 25

Marion county— Decatur tp 1.150 35 430 00- 1,58(5 35 Washington tp *383 41 544 00 1(50 69

Bright'wood, town 1.304 77 1,304 77 Irvinitton, town 1.7(H) 1S8 00 1,888 97 Woodruff, town 724 02 724 92 Indianapolis, school board ... 113.014 80 26,942 00 139,95(5 86

Total for county $117.512 46 $2S,110 00 $145,622 5(5

tBrightwood and Woodruff are not echool corporations, but are included in Center township. Marshall county—

Union tp $120 02 $470 00 $596 02 Martin county— Mitcheltree tp *351 60 397 00 45 40

Ilalbert tp 613 8a 306 00 919 80 Loogootee, town *7 80 338 00 330 20 Shoals, town 772 22 180 00 952 22

Total for county SI,026 67 $1,221 00 $2,247 07

Miami county— Richland tp *247 9S 303 00 55 02 Butler tp 328 17 344 00 072 17

Deer Creek 234 75 283 00 517 75 Jackson tp 1,221 52 2S0 00 1,510 52 fc Hunker llill, town 91 5(5 151 00 242 56 E- Xenia. town 197 91 OT (X) 47(5 91

Amboy, town *50 21 107 00 5(5 79 Macy,* town :. 4315 92 8S 00 524 92

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

Owen county—Montgomery tp 11 20 142 00 153 20 Washington tp 76(5 42 345 00 1,111 42

Gosport, town 900 39 189 00 1,149 39 Spencer, town 2,001 70 451 00 2,452 70

Total for county $3,739 71 $1,127 00 $4,866 71

Perry county— Union tp 1,002 35 487 00 1,489 35 Tobin tp 1,190 81 594 00 1,784 81

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

Total for county $5,59(5 71 $1,788 00 $7,384 71

Pike county— Washington tp... *570 41 487 00 *83 41 Patoka tp 232 83 00 1,028 83

Petersburg, town 2,378 27 4l.5 00 2,793 '47

Total for county $2,040 69 $1,(598 00 $3,738 09

Posey county— Black tp 2.104 42 1,184 00 3,28S 42 Point tp 100 00 277 00 377 00

Kobinson tp 025 8(5 538 00 1,153 SO Mt. Vernon, city *905 37 1,083 00 717 (5!)

Total for county $1,S04 91 $3 072 00 $5,530 91

Pulaski count y— Harrison tp 004 5(1 27(5 00 S80 50 White Post tp *36 77 201 00 224 23

Van liuren tp *207 09 307 00 99 31 Salem tp 47 43 211 00 v: 258 43 Beaver tp 448 84 200JA) 717 .84

Total for county $850 37 $1,324 00 $2,180 37

Putnam count v--Hussell tit 391 29 22S 00 019 29 (ireencastletp 2,741 90 273 00 3,017 99

Jefferson tp *. *402 OS 2C.1 00 *20108 Hussellvillo, town *1(5 44 94 00 377 50 Putnamvilie, town 95 08 70 00 10.) 08 Greencastle, city 552 00 1."«1 1,023 00

Total for county $ $3,304 24 $1,997 00 $5,301 24

Ripley county— Otter Creek t.p 405 48 433 00,.., 897 43 Laughery tp 8 09 04 307 00 370 04

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

53S 77 305 00 903 77

Total for county $1,073 29 $1,104 (Hi. $2,177 29

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