Show A OF OP IH IA rj q time of ot many Among them IH l that l IA eyen In of ot political ami mis 1111 misrepresentation representation It IB I mi Mn alleged con reply to n II purported criticism of ot the ere era Mid to IUle appeared In nn even tn paper As th the of ot tho yalu of ot and the of ot taxa taxation tion hu nM recently been heen mentioned In 1 but ut the n ret New it Ills IB evident that nn In ho 10 News of or Tuesday Is IA the tho criticism which lm hall elicited tho nt nl tempted reply Now No wo 0 Invite attention to the brIer brief article In que llon that It may mayl l bo o maila clear beyond rational dispute thaI hat wo 10 no adverse of oC either cither the tho present or past boon of county commissioners On the con COli contrary tho only olly to the of ot tho gentlemen now In omee wait ry complimentary We Ve found no fault lIh them but bill simply nuked them la 10 consider n 1 tact fact that cannot l be e denied for we furnished the namely that the tut til of oC property for tor In that of ot former years then that In view of oC thu hardship imposed upon poor property owners by hy high taxation It would be ben ft n graceful net to tl reduce the levy for Cor this year oar Imagine our astonishment nt In Sn n 1 morning paper a n lont nt oC a partisan which avoids entirely the point put forward to rambles a over not touched upon or hint cd at 11 In thin paper nor relevant to our remarks winding up with a di dl direct unit cnally proved to bo Huch by h reference to illos 1109 of ot the tho on a matter In tho minds of at tho taxpayers of ot this city Olty Wo cnn can account for tor tho ef oC effusion fusion only on the tho of ot mind consequent on the heat of ot the the upheavals In the political at atmosphere It will I III be ba by hy pane III readers that tho 1110 News made no complaint Individual valuations of ot property All the talk talle wasted on 01 that IH I I ous ou superfluous It IK III the total valuation for tor each aRch year that we WI named with view of oC showing that with It Increase there might probably come comen comeI n I reduction lu In the Ux hue levy Ilvy It Il Is not a n party lIart question There was Willi no Intimation nor even u II thought that hal had anything Hn to todo todo do with the matter The fhe insinuations In that direction indulged In are nr elm sim simply ply silly have h ve nothing to do with tho ca ens The only question Is can cannot cannot not the tax levy for or the Iw he decreased from rom that thaI of or the past seven We remarked that ten len ngo I O the tho total wan nearly the wine Iune im ilK that of ot this year and tho levy then Ihen was but three mills Is Ja not that true AVe We had no thought about who were ere the Incumbent of or at that time nor of ot finding any fault with their successor That Is I all Imaginary m on the tho part of ot the critic who Kono ono off In A R crazy tangent away from Cram tho real reo I subject We may ma add 11 1 that It II was u II prominent who first suggested to us liB the need of ot a reduction r In the tax rule The annexed paragraph tho al RI alleged reply to n criticism that WAS WAe nuver made In this Ihl connection It II may also al o b h that the pr paler er that In I now the Hoard of ot County Com Gam for tor th Ih alleged Increase In valuations and ami the high rate of ot taxation Just one year ar ago th Commissioners for tor not nol In InCreasing Creasing the school tax JJ 3 cent In Inthe the county count The city ell Hoard of ot wanted u levy le of ot mills mill made The Th Commissioners thought 2210 suf sufficient The paper 11 to the Commissioners Th The tax proved ample for or all purposes All that we need lIet to o nay MY as u to that Is Ie that this paper supported the Commissioners at the referred to much to the of lit good 00 friends on the Hoard of or Education some ome of or whom were highly 1 at the News for doing so 10 This paper dill did not abuse ahu Anybody with the thi dispute till tax lax levied did NOT prove suf ut for nil purposes as aR dy uli I hn I With the fact tho Ih r r suits Anyhow the News dill did not hol Issue with the fount Commissioners then nor lor has hall It II done Iona doneso so eo now no in noticing the absolute Ib importing I to omo om from that thatus us liS in I in 11 arM In tho th News Nw of or Tuu Wi repeat OIK suggestion tion is lIS nil all there thero u 18 to bo on 11 viz In III view of he that tha tho valuation for or 1304 Is la greater thai In previous years yearl tho tax levy lovy for tor this year ear b be somewhat reduced 7 |