Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1900 — A Desperate Case. [ARTICLE]

A Desperate Case.

The Apologist has become desperate over the prospects of B. D. C mer of Union, again warming ft seat in the township, trustees society in Jasper county, and seeks to besmirch his opponent by showing how he has charged so much for assessing. It points out that Mr. Casey’ was allowed SBO more for his services in 1899 than he asked lin 1900, and that for the reason for his making a lesser charge in I'.lOO was on the account of his being a candidate. Now every intelligent man knows that the real estate was re-appraised in 1899 and the duties of the assessors

were much great?r than this, that ' that every assessor in the county received considerably more pay in 1 1899 than in 1900 by reason of this.* Now let us turn to Walker tp.. j where Honest John O’Connor, who! is now making prosperity speeches for the g. 0. p., in Jasper, was the assessor. The larger the population of a township the greater the duties of the assessor, because he has more people to see and to assess. For the year of 1899 Mr. O'Connor and assistants were paid $l9O for assessing Walker tp.,

which was but S3B less than that paid for Union. The vote cast in | Union in 1896 was over 360; in Walker 235. Estimating the population at four to each voter gives Union 1,440, and Walker but 910, or one-third less than Union. It will thus be seen that even were other conditions the same, the duties of assessing in Union are one-third greater than in Walker, but there was only §3B difference in cost Fnion, by the way, is probably the hardest township to asaess in Jasper county. While having quite a large population, it is scattering. There are three small towns, Parr, Fair Oaks and Virgie, within its borders and all are quite a distance apart, which tn tikes the duties of assessing much more arduous than were the population of all the towns in one. Walker tp , has but one town, Kniman.

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