The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-07-17

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The LeeouStoa llcm0gsacy u Iowa
vosld Ssry slSsiIy make ittls capital out
& The ststs expenditures, Sor : year Or
I've Pct, II they hacw how - Do it.
Hat. there d the rub. Whichever way
they tara, : snag Or sawyer thru:ts ITS
uely, jagged form across their pathway
The record il against them. The facts
40 against them. The Elm Of rquander-
ins 80 Nic rnooey cannot be laid 9 the
decr a ~, Repsblscass u loxa What
ever there b Of increased expenditure,
1nrriee 10 own explanasion and vindi-
cation with il and, what u equally 70
teNs. shows IN slmoss unaniusOas Lsoccfo-
e yote il its favor. st& MFN
The sFst sxsraorlinssy expense was Tor
. extra session " tho legislature, rem
Tered necessary By tho action OF Congress
a the rsilrusd qusssisa; making grant
OF lsud to the State. Nm extra charge
was made fos the per diem Of members;
ord the Journals show that LccJtoco
t,enase originated the proposition; that
fxocofoco members in both houses intro
assed and sustained the charge, with but
one % two dissenting votes, while several
Isspshlican votes are recorded in orpos'-
The proposition for Constitutional
Coaycut,on was voted for by men of all
rereies. Il necessarily involved large
expenditure but in all the preliminary
,nuv esneuts the slave democracy were EN-
ph.ticnlly in tho affirmative. The adop-
iiou Of new constitution not only entail
ed the expense u convention, but the
expcssc Il iauch lcgislation End NJ OK.
tended session VI the legislature after
wards, IN order to adapt she laws to the
constitution. Here aguin, then, It Is I'M
possible to bring railing accusationss against
shc Republican party On the score u ex.
peuditures. They did up the work Of
Che .oonvcntion as speedily as possible,
and received only the wages PROVIDED oy
law. M.
Large appropriations have been made
for the Luuatic Asylum but from hrs'
10 last the proposition 70 build the lnst',
tuition has been kept clear'of passy. and
has been voted for BY the Democratic
members almost to man. The cxpendl'
sures have been made under the direction
Of board composed Of both parties Nc
ono has ventured to hint that cent o.
mooey has been squnndcrcd or perverted
from its appropriate use. The building
nov nearly finished, is said 70 DC one o'
the best in the Union, eomplcte in all IT.
danartmcnts aud adapted tor all time t.
come. This item Of extraordinary ex'
nenditure cannot be set down against Re
publicaaism.
The extra session Of the legislature
the Constitutional Convention, aud the
very heavy appropriateness Tor the Luna
tic Asylum, more than account for every
dollar Of de6ciency provided for BY loan
during the late session OF the legislature
That loan itself was voted for BY men Of
both parties, with clear appreciation Of
he facts, and in view also Of the large
deficiency resulting from tho non-pay
meut of taxes.
The appropriation Tor the Blind Asy
lum, q the late session, was regarded BY
some q premature, owing to the depress
cd oouditiou of financial affairs. But il
Was voted for by both parties indiser'ml
nafely, and no man viii set the expehdi
turs down to party account. The obJec
forbids that. The must questionable ac
Of the late legislature was, an increase o
thc salaries OF two Locofoco State offccr'
--Superintcudent Of Instruction and thu
Register Of the Land Office. The ac
Vas cla,nored for 50 loudly by the demo
cratic members and some so-callcd demo
cratic Journals, the Republican majorit,
finally consented 10 its adoption. Ahun
dant insinuations were thrown out abou
n.rtiality, &c., because the Republican,
hesi,ascd to allow the increased compensa
li1L.
The Investigation into the affairs .
sne County school Fund Commissioners
vas provided fos by = unanimous vote o
the legislature, two years since. It ha
cost the State four or i've thousand dol
lars, and perhaps saved q hundred thou
sand dollars to the school fund.
Thus stands the record from A to Il
Not an item Of expenditure was propose
In the late legiskturc, but found read.
yocifcrous advocates in the Lecomptol
Democracy. The fact was SO obvious a
TO be the subject of frequent remarl
among the Republican majority. Now
these mes who were 10 eager for expendi
suro, and carried them by their unite
votes, turn round aud cry out "extraya
gance." LII any honest voter wants
sneeimeu Of locofoco finauclerlno, wher
she party has full swing, let him tur
his eyes to Washington, where the ex
peoditures of a SINGLE YEAR almost cqus
thosc Of the first to.1y years Of tho gov
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