Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-09-08


According to our promise. OF last week, VIC
shall follow up the doings aud cxtravagances
of the last Legislature, and show the taX-pay'
ing community some Of the ou,rOgcs practiced
upon tbem by he lucorocos who composed that
body. Wethefefore submit such lncls as can
be found in the Office Of every township clerk
in The State It will be reGolectod that two
wears ago, the Democratic ftumpcrs and the
Democratic press, in orier, as hey alleged, to
rlace the new constitution in the "hands ol its
fituds," and 10 carry out the true principles
of reform and retrenchment, made the most SOL
cmn pledges that tic expenditures should be
rslr.nched and the burthen Of taxation light.
ened. That party obtained the power in e'ery
branch Of the State government and as the
biennial period, for which the Legislature and
mo Of The Executive officers were elected has
exp ed let us calmly and dispassionately foot
up the accounts and see how they have re-
deemed their promises. To fully understand
the extrayagant and wasicfu expenditures of
This horde OF rsifspchqs -bu IN fact leeches up
on the public treasury, let ua compare two iss-
sons Of the legislature when the Wigs had
tie power with the 5;cHaial session, under the
new constitution that was to lessen SO great
lr the expenditures of the government.
In the General Laws of the session of 1915
G, pages i3) and ISL, you will find appropria-
Ted for The expenses of the General Assem- y
tru sam Of twenty u ougand dollars, In the
merc's for the session of 1916 7, pages II
and Sc, there was appropriated 'c the ,xPcn
scs Of The General Assembly twenty-five thou
send dollars. These two items covered the IN.
Ire expenses Of the Legislature
The first sitting Of the General Assem-
Jly expended s0I GOO
And the sitting OF las, winter sc2.OOo
Making 100000
But this is not all. The public printing of
Of 1886 amounted to only ten thousand dol
lars nm that Of 1867 10 ten Thousand dol.
lars. This, too was promised to be retrench-
e.. Did they do ii? The new constitution
provided that The pr ming should be left TO the
lowest bidder This the Legislature refused to
DO. until near the close OF the session. False
and constructed charges we're made by the per.
son favored with the job, and ALLOWED by
the General Assembly.
We ELd.the sitting Of 1851 appropriated
the sum Of thirtythrec thousand, five hun.
Gred and CITY dollars FOR printing and the
sitlingo 1859 3 appropriated thirty six thou.
saEJ, three hundred and seventy five dollars
and fly two cents for the me purpose.
Now, here is difference in The cost of the
General Assembly, for two years in favor o
the Wings. Of one hundred and eighteen thou
sand, six hundred dollars or more Than fifty
thousand dollars per year. As unaceountab
as this increased expenditure appears, ID doe
not stop with the Legislature. The same prod
igal waste and exlravagances runs through ev
cry department where money could be appro
yrialed. and indeed where it could not legili
matey The record Of outrages does moi clos
with the items referred to- There is in the ap
preparation for the pay Of The General Assem-
bIy an amount that figures will not explain,-
au amount Of money improperly, or We nigh
soy. ffaudnlrnuy drawn. The General AS
sembly last winter was in session Gne hundred
and nineteen days, and was composed of on,
hundred and twenty-six members :--thes,
multiplied into themselves makes fifteen thou
rand, and lhirty-four days-which, at foui
dollars perday. makes sixty thousand, one hun.
dred and thiiy six dollars. Now by the LAW
above referred to, there was ACTUALLY drawn
from he Treasury eighty-two thousand dollars
being iwenty-one thousand eight hundred