Show 3 THEIR TWO STRONG POINTS JOINTS THERE is a a general ell eil eri bral brai desire on the part of the P public bublic everywhere to i pay 1 low ow taxes and to have what is paid returned to the people in the shape of good L uso fui ful improvements inona 1 per perhaps hap s in few if any cities in america are these desirable particulars better betten secured han than in this city it has bas been the persistent poll policy CY of the local authorities in this community to hav have eno e no public debt or as attie little as possible os sIbIe sible preferably to kee keep p out of debt entirely one ofie of the tho very few exceptions to this ruie rule is the moderate liability incurred by the municipality to establish water works for the principal portions eions of the city and even this indebtedness debt edness though for a work of great grent utility and highly desin desir desirable a ble every good citizen will wish liquidated aa as r oon soon as reasonably can be 1 there til ere aro are a few person persons s who are continually carping about the wa way Y the taxes are disbursed it is the nature of oppositionists to oppose and these few persons are chronically oppositionists they are like the irishman newly arrived in america who was asked what party ho he belonged to party is it he said 1 11 I sup suppose ose youve got a government govern mint on thin pm im agin it these croakers croak ers era are of ithe the same class elass of characters themire they are against the local the nature of their whines shows this there are two peculiarities about them one is that they are arc urging other people to bo resist rust the laws and refuse to pay taxes mies boasting that they themselves dont doab pay taxes and wont pay them except they ares arcs are sued u led in court and there adjudged to pay when the fact la Is they have no assessable property or if they have they are very dexterous in concealing it their other peculiarity is that they th eyare J are very anxious u 8 to handle the taxes that law abid ing citizens depay do apay and this is the thing that sharpens their an anger 9 br all the time |