Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-11-04
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Allow us to call your attention to what follows:
Our State Government has been organized about
six years. 1t commenced its career without debt;
the period has been one of peace and reasonable
prosperity; no extraordinary events have occurred
within the state during that pcriod-no cxtraordi-
nary emergencies have pressed upon our trea-
sury Yet what do we find!
From $4,000 to 100000 have been annually
raised TO meet current expenses, sufficient in all
conscience, for even an errGragt,Ht administration
yet At the present time we have a funded state debt
of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS, upon which we have an annual interest to
pay of nearly TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!
Besides this, there is also now due to private ere
dtors, the unpaid balance of last winters lcgis-
lative expenditures, between FIFTY AND ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, making
u total state debt at the present time of about
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS !
Such Is the present actual condition of things
For the future, there has been levied a STATE
lars worth of property i'll the state, which when
raised will make about TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS for the ordinary cx-
pcnses of the state, and to meet the amount due
private creditors. Such is the state of the case
fer the coming year.
We would like 10 copy from the records TO show
you exactly who is responsible for this state of
things, bat up TO the present time, within two
months OF the commencement of another session
of the Legislature not single copy of the laws or
Journals oflas session have been distributed among
the people; fact without parallel in the history
of the state and which inasmuch rs VIC know thew
were printed months ago, can only he accounted
for by the determination of the ruling party to
prevent the people from attaining that knowledge
which would most certainly and spccdil, nut an
end to their raic.
But although We have not the records. We have
8 very distinct recollection OF some transactions
occurring under our own eve, and which, when
understood will enable the dullcst mind to com
prehcnd how easy it to get the state into her
present difficulties, aud who it was that did it,
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, for instance,
were paid for the single item of .apers for the
use of members of the legislature, ordered be- the
democratic majority of each house. Twice ma
ny papers as were ordered were paid for and twice
a. was paul lOE lCfn, rs IN WOuNl
have been required 20 pay. Between three and
four thousand dollars were paid TO the Madison
presses alone, for newspapers This extravaganza
was resisted in every shape by the minority. but
was carried through almost entirely by the strict
party vote of the dominant party.
From THREE to FOUR THOUSAND DOL
LARS postage was voted ard paid.
On motion ola democratic member, about TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS extra mileage were
paid TO members
AT the beginning of the regular session, station
ery enough was distributed TO each member 10
last ON an average, three years. including gold
pens and pen knives to mend them. At the be-
ginning of the adjourned session, on motion of a
democratic member, all this was done over again.
Another three years supply of stationery ~ns pro-
cured from Miwaukee-another supply of gold
peas at 81 and SIS piece and another instalment of
magnificent knives TO keep the pens in order, All