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History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . z (/) D w m r>^ < U « w m. \K\ AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 20 = about the two cities that the tax figures sub-mitted by the West Side two years before, badas they were, did not represent tlie actualstate of affairs. Taxpayers on the East Side\\ere frightened by the danger, real or imag-inary, of having to share the tax burden ofthe West Side, and some of the most ardentconsolidationists were by these representationsdriven to oppose the union at the last moment. Choosing the psychological time when Sen-ator Heine was at home
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . z (/) D w m r>^ < U « w m. \K\ AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 20 = about the two cities that the tax figures sub-mitted by the West Side two years before, badas they were, did not represent tlie actualstate of affairs. Taxpayers on the East Side\\ere frightened by the danger, real or imag-inary, of having to share the tax burden ofthe West Side, and some of the most ardentconsolidationists were by these representationsdriven to oppose the union at the last moment. Choosing the psychological time when Sen-ator Heine was at home ill with the smallpox,Representative Brockway on January 24th in-troduced a bill REPEALING the consolidationact, and at once rushed it through the Legisla-ture ! It was not referred to committee, inonler that the people might be heard on itsmerits, but he had it given immediate effect. The people at home were stunned by thesuddenness of the blow; but when they realizedthat all the work of 15 years was again to beundone, and the dial of progress turned backfor another 10 or 15 years, and sol
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