The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-03-08

lite. We have had MANY instances OF the
wants and interests Of the people hcing
sacrificed to assist in the elevation OF some
party hack 10 office, and even their rill
defeated by The NEST contemplate and dis.
graceful political manGuvering. We say
the remedy for all such cxtra.agunccs and
outrageous political chicancry is in your
hands. Apply il, and the evil is removed.
In connection with this same matter Of
cxtravagant expenditure Of the public mon-
ey, We will here refer to some appropria-
tons mnde by this same majority. You all
recolect the nefarious attempt to defeat
your will in the election ri Supcrintcn-
dent Of Public Instruction, in the Spring Of
1877, and the success ihnt attended such
effort. The injury resulting to the great
cause Of education in our State hns becn
felt By all. To nssist in this outrage ON
your rights, aside from what may have been
paid 10 County Prosecutors. your Repre-
sen,n,ives paid this winter the nice little
sum o. two hundred aud fifty dollars 10 Al
torneys-Attorneys hired to remove from
Office the man ,on hnd elected By tri-
umphan, majority. Il may be said that
this is not much to the people Of the whole
State; but il is two hundred and fitv dol
lars paid without causc--paid for nothing,
and being SO, is morally, equitnbly and le-
ga!ls wrong. Il is but m illustration Of
that reckless spri, of extravaganza that
has perv AIDED the legislation Of tho present
session. And this sum is independent Of
Cour, and other expenses, that VIC suppose
YOU are Vet TO lie called upon 10 pay.---
Your wishes, VIC are confident, were a.
ways against the proceeding; and il strikes
us, that you will bo slow 10 sanction this
throwing away Of Your money to purposes
worse than useless. In keeping with this,
was the giving Of romc two hundred dollars
20 the Agent 10 select the Saline Lands,
and this, too, when this same agcn, (a par
~ favoriic,) was paid last winter the nice
little sum Of six hundred aud forty.Gvc dol
lars, for this same service. (See Appropr-
alton Act Of last WINERY This extra al
!owancc was made too, before the Agent
had Yet fully discharged his whole duty,
and when through, VIC suppose another bill
of n few hundred dollnrs mus, 10 allowed.
Akin 10 this, is The allowance Of interest Ia
Mr.. Benton on his salary for some five or
six months, aud that, too. when he receives
the enormous salary at twelve hundred dol
lars per snnum. with contingent fund of
some two or three hundred dollars. OF
the same character is the employment OF
three Clerks to each House. and two or
three extra ones for the last few DAYS. pny-
ing them oil the comfortable sum OF four
dollars per dav, and the employment Of
one more nssstan, fireman, at the sum u
some two dollars per day. Il is true. that
in the Senate, we favored tho election OF a
third clerk. and this only for the renson
that On Assistant Clerk had been elected
there. who was nntoriouslv incompetent to
discharge the duties. We might mention
other instances Of profligacy and reckless
expenditure. Some Of those mentioned
NAV be small in themselves, but altoye,h-
or they help 10 make a sum not very small
TINT you have to pay.
Again, we charge that tho majority have
hcen eDgaged in the very Praiserorthy OBJ
ject Of crcnting and attempting to create
new Offices To eat out your substance
First, they hive created the Office Of State
Printer, with prices fixed for his services
that arc enormously high. True, the bill
reduces the prices below what they have
heretofore becn, but now the whole print
ing being thrown into tue hands of one
man, the prices arc enormously high. and
such that n fortune can be mnde here in the
term of Two wears. Il will be found that
the prices are from twenty five TO thirty
three per cen, higher than in any Of the
Western States. Secondly, they created
other offices, IN the nature Of three State
Commissioners 10 mako sale Of School
Lands, refining nj the same time the Office
Of Fund Commissioner in each county -
Aud thus they manage 10 eat up the School
Fund. Thirdly, while they have thus Gre
ated, there nre others they have attempted.
but had not quite the courage 10 carry
out. First, under this head, was the act
TO create the office Of Attorney General. to
meet the starving condition Of some poIi,i
ical favorite, that could now expect nothing
from the hands Of the General Government.
This office waste have a salary rancin. be-
tween four hundred md three thousand dol
lars. The bill passed the House with scarce
ly a word NO ainst it from the Democratic side
thereof. In the SENATE the will WINS entirely
good, bit the courage was wanting and il
was finally defeated, not Wing voting for
il. Had there bccn any thing Tor this Of
fccr to do, there would have been some
sense or propricty in the proposition
None existing, il was only designed AZ a
sinecure 10 feed some INDECENT hanger on
who had not sense or energy enough, to
make living by his own resources.
Second. under this hcad, was the bill in