| Show iwa 1 nicesse last night there was an unusual number of petitions from citizens mainly in relation to high taxes read before the city council some appeared personally and pleaded fol foi some reli relief of in re regard ard to the same matter otra one a aged ed gentleman r said aid he had paid taxes in provo for forty years without a murmur but this year he found himself unable to raise the necessary cash the taxes being so high he was willing to work out the amount of his taxes if the council could but give him something tv tudo do the murmur of the tax over the excessive democratic tax I 1 was wag pitiable to listen to and would have moved the cold hearts of the democrats had their winds minds not been on something elso else they must have been thinking that the poor men who are unable to pay their ta taxes aes this year are unorganized and ganv of them democrats as aa was the aged mma man above referred to who had al their lives voted the democratic ticket on the oth erhand they must have remembered that the saloon men man are well organized and will cast their ballus alis fau fall for the party that has befriended them with such thoughts gats uppermost in the Council meWs minds no wonder wonder the pleadings of the inc indignant taxpayers could not be heard beard their echoes had scarcely c lied died away in the room when the tha liquor licen license ce from whence so 10 large a part of revenue is ob obtained tamed was reduced in other words the democratic council laid a heavier burden on the already groaning taxpayers tax tas payers by reducing the revenue obtained from saloons loona ea what do the taxpayers think of it THE teela feels proud to be able to announce anu ounce that not a republican voted for the reduction of the liquor license we are also glad to say that the old residents amen among the democrats opposed the m measure en sure such men as ab and WILSON WILSOM who kv know nothing of tle tie liquor fig fight gh t that has bas been bean waged in provo in the past were the ardent supporters of the bill on its final passage to say that the tha action of the men botin voting for the tha reduction of the liquor license will be remembered by the taxpayers tax payers is putting it lightly their political career will term terminate inato with their present term of office and they will yet have hava reason to repent that tae lia petition of saloon men should have been heeded beaded and the pleadings of taxpayers ignored in the worda of the leadin leading democratic organ of utah shame on them |
