St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-16

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]. = he exl ei'se OF the government as you
lave probably ,tten heard have Interested
,enorn'ously within The past, lew years,
The amount 9t Vi money 1T the .d:si csal Of
government tor this year is more than cne nc
millions OF dollars. 4 his, i know
has VI Asolnetimes1been dhruted.t but l have
here the official statement mad. BY the
Clerk Of the, House Of Representative.
showing that more than eighty-onnc n,ill-
Ions were spec'f 'fcally appropriated at the
lastsession Of Con- gross, and 1here. are ins
definite appropriations to pay sclAials, the
precise anount Of which Is not yetknown,
which amount, at the lowest estimate to
three millions and half, making over
eighty four millions, and there il an unex-
pectcd balance otapplo; r.ations made last
year, amounting q to sixteen nlillions.-
these sums altogether make more than
one hundred millions Of dollars at TIE dis!
posal Of the administrati in tor the. lresent
fiscal yeor. L Know it IS SAID that it is up-
fHir t. charge all this t.. the present year;
that, sur,ius will remain at the enc: ot
the year TO be carried to the next list; tut
L think it is much more LIKELY that the
administration wilt come. Ill with a detci-
ency bill, and ask tor some ten millions
more, as they did at the last Cong: Co1,;s:css, s
than that any surplus vii! remain lihe
expenses OF sile government durm, ), the aa~
mlnlstratlon OF ueneral i ieyoe We're S-y-,
81, ,63-.. lhis is uure than all the ex-
rcnscs OF the government IRON 1855 wtlon
y Was oi!ganlzeu, for thirty years to2ges her,
lnciu Lin, the war with ureat Brit,ai, in
ioiz.. .lnelicraI lierce expended more .uo-s
5ney during tour years Of 3is~ce than our
goyenmehS eXii eXi 'en4eu ent4eu iY:. .he .Erst thirty
years alter It's on, l:zacIOn. Ill 5~o, Tic
TX enu4turea u tic v:t,ailncnt torE 2,lIIi
PURPOSES, exclusive on The ruoi.c <&ysy..
Were 1879 y. lp'Iey. tie e& x ;:se: u
h. ;5D%&iiii.: II, c. $ g 9. t.e Pub. C.
49,; ''ciC J>.~J~:oo 80. !, lie r, lt:>.
~cyt:u IL: >;'t ~, 1s,;;1::t*n i. 80 ws
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t'> III ~>o'. n2a S~5 .vI ii.oapir l,ts4EA.---io9
conss :" S~,.~ &c ia Hsy y lu.'>.~it on. -
-,ow til.ac lc.s oi ~ :, ~. ~. >iic a,,eu-
iiol u. 5lc ,:l'iirJ Du2 lcrh<.. ST I wtr4
IT, STATE III utt.i.i same u 6 WAS q.
VI this OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on lae incalls
Dy When these eXi sensts h.\ s;e;'n iLciea-
seu, 1T woula sIriAc .sol44c, luilius ,n.ule lur-
clbiy! 1 WI c.l. Your a5Jeutlon 10 The
CITY OF lineage. j oil nave d custom
house located i,ele. III Ioo!, :or Iyr, tic
fiscal year, endIng June, Iooo,c the last
year vi 4lilnore ) admin. .stratiulI, there Was
cullcteu at = h.caeu @-It ,o5> 90. ok Msu
Were employed to col.ect It, and t4lty wtre;
i aid $.,oo.- . That WIS d iltt:e ver two
fterl cent. Tor the year eua...ss ii une, ~
1906, 1there Was cJ4iccteu IT oA4ca,o ,2Ato,
o5-. i. 'olxteen intn We're CIV; 4yyeu in
its collection .nu they were paIu 80 ,o1S
- 1or uoing it. Now | asAA> sou, t.vlns,
right here as you do, is there any reason.
1or thls Increased expenditure. i ean you
tell ME why it cost ten per cent, she, last
fiscal year to collect tue revenue at this
port, and only a little over. two per ceLt.
l@onr @ years ago! Is there any. reason tor il
except that the government wante4 2 tv
shower the money upon tayorites! Yes,
there is a reason. don't know what't il.
he democratic party must be sustained
Il : laughter and spplause. * think that is
the best reason. Renewed kux x;hter. q s.
4 hey n.ust sustain the Office holders. Dut
chicago is only single case. / have the
othc'al report here and L will stlte i few
other Gases to show YOU how the govern.
ments ex.'endss money! lheres ar, son.e
other points where the : expenditures tor.
collecting the revenue are much worse than
at this. point. AT Wilmington, Uelewa.aaire,
n r, was collected inal857,. s., 20 I95. -:
Aow many men do you suppose it took ITO
collect that amount. and how much do, you
suppose they got for it! It took eight
men, andEthe, exponsezot collecting was.ll5,
s:4o1 vsS!a llaus shtersl, Gentlemen, you
begin entirely too soon. I here are the bet-
ter sort vi CASE At Annapolis, Maryland,
there was collected the same year S. r. rs.
Renewed Laus s,hter. How inar,yimen DO
you supposeit took to collectit1' it, took
49ur men, and they were pad tor theirser-.
vices SSS2,4z. At Ocracoke. in North,
Carolina So ,65 were collected in 1851
Lau;, Inter: lttook" seven ,i,cn to do It. --G
li4ans liter. 4 And an &c 5nom cal, govern
.nent aunder 4. ;5emqcr%tic. ad'nin nistration.