Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1892 — An Honest Democratic Opinion. [ARTICLE]

An Honest Democratic Opinion.

LaPorte Argos (Uem.) Tbe plan of doubling the assessment aud at the saoi© time increasing the rate of taxation 50 per cent, is the crowni ig niece of idiocy recorded in Ind^ana : legislation, which has never been sufficiently brilliant to command the plaudits, of the in tell; gen-, world. An increase of either ratt or the assessment was necessary, but the increase of both to the extent contemplated was not necessary to provide for the maintenance of the ii sane, and it was necessary to arrange for the gradual payment of the public debt, but there was no necessity for doubling the State tax at one jump.