The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-31

Whsrh met wtah euen asagnal cnnlemha
lion Cor is Prodigsl appropriation Of III
public funds. The patronage OF the PRES
vas one Of the great chapters into ~hiel
The famous Rslrsnehmsnl Report Of Is2l
vas divided. In is here stated. - an ss
tanishing fact. that the amount paid 10
printing. &c. "by The executive Tor ih'
l,henl Ihree lasl years (Is25. 1926. 1877
and BY the Post Office Department "a
S7I.s30 81" This Was regarded a. a
sxsrzs.gant expenditure; and reIrsnch
mrnI Was loudly demanded. Far Ihre'
years af the reign nj thase in poHer. en-
ding the 30Ih September, 1887. the ex
! pendiinres had increased 20 SI10.05s Is
So. 22T 81 over and above that Ol ia.
same number Of years during Me-. Adams
administration.
The same reirenchment committee %
Isas. reported. that the privilege q
newspapers 10 the members ought 10 b.
abrOgsled," and tina. the practice too Of,
ten indulged BY The House. 81 voting
books In themselves, Ought ln be dIscan
iinued; but instead Of being aArngaied OF
discontinued. the practice 10 still kept up,
With increased exirsyagance.
The contingent expenses OF the House.
BY the same report, were regarded as
exarbilanI. But how Is il now! 10 1898.
those expenses we're $4,000. During
the year 1896. The las, year af General
Jsckson's Administration, these very
same charge. had increased to 5000. OO0;
and during that Of 1897, the 6rsl year ri
Mr.. Van Buren's. to $50. 900! and have
been enlarged in the same ratio every
year since.
The same report Of 1898. expressed
the belief, that al least one third Ol the
clerks (Ihen in the employ Of the various
departments. could be dispensed with.
IN perfect safety To the public inter-
est. Instead Of complying with ,his re-
commentator. the number Of clerks IN
each Of lie offices has been increased.
In 1898. the whole number in the State
Department and the Patent Office. was
l6. with a salary Of 2.75O dollars. In
1887, there were 20, with salary oi Sc.
Sis dollars. In the patent office alone,
the number has been enlarged from 2 10
%. and the salary Irom $500 dollars To
81 900 dollars. 1928. The Secretary Of
The Treasury employed 8 clerks. With a
salary OF 1900 dollars; in in 1897 he
had Is clerks. with pay Of abou, $4,000
dollars.
In 1928, the War Department had Is
clerks and two messengers. with salary
OF 2s.650 dollars. IL 1888. the same de-
parImsnt hal 40 clerks, with q pay OF
63.s00 dollars.
In 1928, The Adjutant General had 3
clerks with 9 compensation of 1850 dol
lars, whilst in 1888. there had been an in
crease 10 z or 8 clerks. and the cenpen-
ss.ion enlarged To s.225 dollars.
All the branches Of the government. in
their various ramihcaIions, have. in the
same manner. been annually more and
more expensive TO the county. Il may
not be smiss TO refer To a paragraph Of the
speech delivered BY Mr.. Bond OF Ohio
in the House Of Representatives. which
places in bold relief befnre The country
the alarming and corrupling prodigalrty
Of the administration. He says:
during this searching operation and
cspii"us fsuI..fnding. every petty expense
Of the several departments was looked
upon with open censure. ! will remem-
Der that an item Of some few dulIars. paid
a laborer fnr destroying the grass which
was growing between ihe brick Of the
paved walk leading to the State Depart
men,. was held up To public view az
piece of srislncralic extravaganza. Now
SIR. suppose | were 10 cite 10 yon many
similar and equally liz not more) ohjrc.
charges ia the present accounts
Of these deparlments-snch as cash paid
Ior CLEARING tie snnw of the psvemenis.
So that Mr.. Forsyth need not wet his feei;
''90 dollars quarter, Tor labor" "5Itnl.
lars for sandries. ""l6 dollars for work."
without stating Whist lsbour or work. IL
might have been for killing grass. or rais-
ing vegetables FOR the Secretary. The
FERN "-suRdrIes" may conceal The same
IhiHgs. and she curious might inquire
VIVA, use was made ri the Gre pro"f paint
lsr which 70 dollars acre paid by the
Secretary Of State. Bat Ihe money 10
web laid OUT, if i, will preserve the. ed-
flee! And II is 10 be regretted aha, The
Secretary Of Ghe Treasury aud The POSI-
master General had not made similar pur.
chases 10 time TO save their respective
Penknises and scissurs, by
tiIe d"zen and half dozsn, ATE purchased
IoS the Secretary vt State, who also pays
, clerk To 60 to Baltimore 10 collect a
irsf,. Al item Of 100 alD!Iars paddy the
Secretary Of the Treasury for the trans
porsa,inp of money; but how much mo-
ney, or from whence or where transport
Iej, We know not. This last charge is a
siad Of foretaste of the hard-money sub
rsssury system, by winch. instead Of