Butte record., 1856-05-03
The Il. y. LEGISLATURE.

baen effected during the session just
closed Con.ing nto powes as they did
f" th the cry Of .form OF their lips, it
vas uecf fssary that their organs should
show the economy Of their sd.ninistra
tioa, after !heir Adjournment This has
been attempted by the leading Ki-Yi
organ &t Sacramento bat the State
Journal goes to the records and proves
that ths late Legislature launched GU:
into extrayagances hitherto uuexampIad;
ths. instead Of lsssening the expenses OF
government, those expenses have been
largely increased.
1t also appears, as charged BY the
State Journal upon the X. y authori
ties, that they have neglected every op-
Portunity which offered for reforming
abuses as in The case Of the State prison
contract. It IS we'll known at tie
time the contract was signed that re-
spons:blc parties were wiling TO take it
at the rate Of $4,000 per month bat
Notwithstanding this, the csatract was
gives to EstelI, at e loss to the State
per anEun Of slr'y tiouIand dollars !;
and at loss for the term Of Estell's
lease. Of tbrcs hundred tioasaad dcLIarI
But We will returr to the apprOpria
lions, and permit tb. State Journal to
tell its own story, as the facts and ny
ures presented, interest every tax-pay-
ing citizen of the State. The Journal
says.
The point at issue, is, whether the
ow-No'hiug appropriations of 1896
are not larger than those made by tbs
democratic legislature Of 1865.
The aggregate appropriations Of the
last { X \ session, reach, according to
the report of the Secretary of State, the
sum Of one million, three kindred and sir-
tg-four thousand two hupdred and four
dollars, ($l, ,364, ,204;) while the aggre-
gate appropriations Of 1898 were (ae-
cording TO the Tribune 81 ,073, 495 80
Here we copy the Tribune's own para
graph;
The civil appropriations made by the leg
stature Of 500. were : ,013 ,495 SO We viii
deduct from that the deficiency appropriations
which were for expenses incurred partly in
ISj4 amounting TO ~2s0,349 which leaves
the actual appropriations for 1850 Ut S7o4,-
1876 81"
From what source did the Tribune
get this Information Hero i, one ex-
tract from Denver report to the Legs
lature Of 1855:
The appropriations for the present session
may be declared very nearly as follows:
Former defeicnoies.. S427 ,3I3 90
" ag0n rOQC. QC................ ,DtJ UV
[This amount has never been expended ]
Appropriations for this year. .6l20S II
Does the Tribune or Gen. Denver
know most about this matter' The
Tribune makes mistake Of some $l70-
o0O-tbat's all Again, Gen. Denver
says in hi, repor. journal 9th session,
pp. 859):
''Eeariy the whole Of this large amount Of
deficiencies (S427,513 O0l should have been
provided for by the Legislature of 1854, and
Is justly chargabie to that session
"W ell, from tie aggregate apPropria-
tions we viii now deduct the Tribune s
own estimate of S290,349, (being de-
fciencles Justly ehargable to the session
Of 1851, the appropriation bill Of that
session having been vetoed BY Governor
Bigler, and, as the Tribune says, $763'
I46 80 will remain as the actual apprs-
priatious Of the session. The figures
then stand thos according to our Co
tempsrary's showing:
Appropriations ofl855....s 788,146 80
Appropriations OF lS55.e..... ,364 2D4 IL
Difference in favor Of l855...S 58l,058 02
In round numbers, according to the
Tribune's own showing, the appalling
fact is before US that the model reform
Know wNothiDgs have appropriated FIVE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE than
the Democrats appropriated last year
In other words, tie e5psnses Of the ger
era7ssat hare ben nearly doRblsa, and
that by reform legislature
Sc much for the reform accomplished
by the k. y. Legislature just closed.
Probably 10 previous legislature has
done less to merit remembrance. They
have passed I49 acts, 50 Of which relate
to the State generally, and the remain
ing sre special and local acts. The
most bare-faced swindle upon the people
is the SI0, 900 per month to Gen. Es-
tell, under cover OF States Prison
contract, but in reality we suppose, for
his services to the X n party during
The canvass last summer.
"Caxton,' speaking of their adjourn.
ment says-"the vulture has dipped it's
bcak for the last time in the vitals Of
The nightmare can incu-
hsts hut a few hours LONGER an the has