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Show (IHI. Till WIMMUIIS Sll(l. A iiitrAT dcil of grumbling Is being Indulged In by the peo le on account ol tho burden of taxation plired iinn them in this purl of the Territory. Ono gentleman was bewailing the fact this morning that bla spiclal taxi alone for sidewalk and strut laving, and severs amounted to twenty-one dollars n foot frontage on a Iwrllon of his proMrt). Ills remarks M the lnln I ol Hie writer afloat on the subject of taxation. Holt-iran to wonder whtn thuexprisdon of audi nioHbnck sen thnenll at Ihoro uttered bj the genllo. man rtfcrrtd to would cvw and the work ol tho bull ling up of the this city aid county go forward without Wing nlarded by annjvem. potular sentiment. I'rom such pelo as the dissatisfied tax pajcr who was licwalllng the bur lens placed upon him by Iho local govern. mud, It Is refrtmhlng to turn to n citizen of nnother stripe, Ik member of tho legil irofess'on. lie was nlrlng his views tho other day with much ability and comtnenJable generosity. Tiny were to tho efleot that inossback Ism must cease, U cause j rogress aud doveloi ment wero tho cornet watch words of the hour. Tooplu who loin-Jlalne-1 of cxcceMvo assessments te longed to the old fog) brigade. This city was going to bo built up and to-comu to-comu ooo of thn greatest on thooin tlnent and tho malcontents coul I nut eirectnally stop Its rupld, doubIeiu1ck onward march. The person I) whom theso remarks of the. limb of the law Wore chiefly directed di-rected asked the broid minded exxltor of regressive rlnclples If hu owned any irocrty lu this city, and wliellur ho lial paid any tans. The result yf the Impilry, tlklled the fuel that the Ilk hearted man not only did not own any roperty, but liad not even pal 1 rt 0ll tax, hud ha I only liu In Halt Lakoufew wttkt. Ho hud n grcaU soul, however, and was willing that bis neighbor should be required to baud uur their lat dollar to build up the city that it might tecomo great, vtry great, and lhat ho mUht share In Ksglorj and fame. In fact It must be ma l n lace suitable for such nxi an slva co lu nsho to live In. 1 hero w as nothing of Iho mosabnek about him. Another Incident that gnvu a back-set back-set tn Moutacklim nciurrtd on the dny of the election on thesuljcctof county lionds. A romincnt city olllclal approached the II In ouo of tho n ducts. He took up it ballot and nourished It with n hi raid lo blow to tbuifltct that ho was lu favor of bond, lng. Thero wna nothing a'nall about lil in, A well known i roerty holder, whs had wltlieaae-1 thtise manifests-Hunt manifests-Hunt of lllxmllty atc poliipand made a similar exhibition, as an ollset, on the "No" tide ot the question. This so dlsguattd Iho a'ortrald city official that ho exj rested his mind on thu suljocts ol niOKsbacks who sat on thu tall of regress aud shouted whoa, A few questions from Iho properly-holder properly-holder and tax layer made It clear that the clly olllclal owned no property aud mld no taxes, whllu It was qultu evident that hu wan linking n fnt living outuf niular taxation. Hut ho Is n I rogressloulit and Intlats that the county must be built up If It takes thu lait dollar of those who pay his wages to accoiiiillsh thu end. Aro not the arguments lit favor of bonding nud of excessively bunlin. some taxation, lu the form of lutUled atnestineiitt, unanswerable? Truu they coine front non tsx-payera aud from somu others who not ouly occupy that position but might, ly some who belong to the roots! ack Sec Hon of thu population, bo termed ubllc tlnauclal blood suckers. Hut thiyare pstrlotil The' stand In the inruo tela Hon to local material irognss as did tho late Arlt musWurd with regnrd lu the Republic. He was willing, lucaso of t niern noy, that the last drop of thu blood of lilt wife's relatives should tu shed lu deft lieu of his uouutr). Is it not time that thu non progressive pro-gressive tax ayer took a t ark aeat and tlm olllclal teat sucker and thu !nii-cunlous !nii-cunlous windbag weru hoisted to the front and top of ubllo allairt? A good m my of thn latter haNobien eonlcu-ens eonlcu-ens for n comldtribb time. lij should there In) nny growing scntl ment to cover tin m with the ex-Hugulther ex-Hugulther of populnr exterallon? |
