Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-10-06
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aAek aERllE ElAaallsY rs EspaasED
gha RaeGs aad Rsgagas slsoss issa shsi
: ygsss maep - N6ete Treasss:g asaza
/ Aieasfnn ST ~ People's Money
w snnsnes 10 -aay, says The Ks0
k TuarnaG, shs publication Of shs II
masks sasle by pr. Eiwooa 81 Gasurda.
evening laas. cur report, snads fron
aotes sAksn, ID necessarily imperfect i
most il We astalla OF his speech. Fh,
Gacsa and Elgarss IN relasion 70 tha STAT
sxpenaltures, howegeR, ase eorrece--tA
zen y hssn from o4Eciai reports of blaol
rspahiiean elioeEa, cannot be gafnsayes
! b. ths opposition. They presens ID Ia
aggregate the most daarnfng record oF Of,
fetal corruption and parry psoaigacy sY,
! ss gse praasBeea 10 We peopta Or anY
ssass. If they could be- Brought to ths
knowledge or every voter, there Is moi
tAe slightest doabt that ths inaignaal
fsEaids Of che people agaihss the hiseh
republican party Ia the stase woaIa be
fgitsa Al the polls By d majority os 90,
0o0in favor Of the aemocrstio ticket.
Agreeable 10 notice, j. M. ElwUed,
Esq, the Democratic nominss feF Al
soEnsy Gsaerals addressed 3 ssaagied
house at Yerandah Hallon Saturday eve
aing last, He stated in commencing,
ahat he belsevad the masses ot the peo-
pie Of beth parties TO be honest no on.
Ii in theiE Fiews bGt thair asaiens that
under ear foEm Of goYsRAmenG, TIE free
right ok thought and action was aeeor-
aea sa sU equal y~-aa1i from thar arose
the divisioH Of spiaiau upou certain
questions OF principles aud paliay thst
ennstitated the basis OF parties aad par
| ~ organisations. BE stood there to a.
| ouse no man for bis peculiar views upon
these questions, 10 asnoancesno repahli-
cantor Aia HappoFF OF repubIidan party iss
times past-bus olaimhd of them, az
honest mens that if it was fairly proved
that their leaders, those they had sleYa-
ted to the control Of the government,
were corrupt and dsshoaesl, they should
| join with ham sad otslsEs 70 hgrI the1n
from the position they had aisgraoed-
deprive them of the poweg they had used
for personal and corrupt purposes.
In our State government al monies
sxpended come from the peoplsby direct
axaBioa-the lahores and producer were
/ the ones gho bore the huFdens of TAXA
| l0n, and Furnished the moneY neeasssFy
TO defray the expense OF the government,
and thas they we're the ones who Of right
shoald be made acquainted with the
manner 10 what purposes and extent their
own funds bad been applied, For the
successful carrying on Of the operations
of governments, tbs receiving and dis
baFsing of Ehe funds furnished by the
people for Its support certain ot6Cers
were necessary, Each branch had its
ofacer-each ofhoer his peculiar duty 10
peTforH-each department It's peculiar
fun8tian--as the Executive, the Attor-
neg General, Auditor, etc., and the du-
lies of each were clearly defined hy the
code, the officer st the head Of il having
taken a solemn obligation 20 perform its
dHtles hoRostlys faithfully, and for the
best interest of the people who had So
lected them for their agents.
He affirmed the officials Of tho present
republican government we're corrupt and
dishonest had unnecessarily and wrong
fully squandered the money of the peo-
ple-aBd for the proof ha would refer 10
the figures contained In the Official re-
ports Of these very officers themselves,
ana 0tt1er sources Hhleh any republican
FEesagF gould dony if he dare. F,rst he
would contrast tsa expenses Of the State
government under democratic and re-
publican rule, and show thss the e4pen-
ses OF the State had quadrupLed under
republican rale,
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y.t----N.I - - 80
=, sAo t'oL' u I''S Aa1l'oE a ai@eo 20
- = 80. ~ 80. - FSS~' v 'i
Il ag.g@sa .lets Sste e&-
Peuaed 'oF S'a'e P0E- .,.,.., ~
poses, %IaI'0oi ~
DeFIng Siias Peflca 1he
co9s "a saojo9t ot
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vas n lN'0'I - S''' x noo M
,A , ot I''0'o W
A'seS lAs - 'Aso RoeeSS@s
a4lu SEN'"@eS sAPS"S'' nc ssr 40
v-..l ssle5I ;Isso B., ~ .vuou 140'0'1 -
iots 80 80 70 70 80 - = P'"s TIE sag m
So sSS "sEe y yo@sSJ hto'o'f~ w
n'S was 1'i''sl u'iAA Oe' ''''0 'u'''
RkFVpLleAS RVLK'
From 1854 10 1885 @ years1 the State
expenditures amounted 10 ....
the sum Of $256,573 q
Hear In in mind that the republicans
carried the State in 1854 by promises Of
RETRENOHAfENT and REFORM. And
that in the hrss period Of two years, they
increased your State expenditures Sl24,-
GAL AZ, as shown by the report of John
pattee, republican Auditor Of State,
oyer the previous 2 years Of democratic
rule. This Was rstFearhmkgst with q
vengeance .-..
From 1856 to 1857, Il year under re-
pnblisaa rule your State expenditures
were $37i DOT U3 or over three times es
I mueh as they were under any two years
Of democratic rule, and nearly six times
as much as for any one year OF deIao-
cratic ascendeney
Average yearly expenditures
/ uudsr democratic rule from
| from EoEs /. 1850 TO Nov. .-
| /, 1854 Is years) $62,a42 40
Average yearly expenditures
/ under republican rule from
1854 TO 1857 g yeaFsl 20Jy0l9 2T
1 Leaving differences Of $l44s475 Iss
! thgt a republican government has sost
4 thu ueapIe Of this State each wear over
what Il cost them under democratic as
oaadsnaFt And this is th0 way the
Grimes republican dynasty carry oas