The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-17
GOING TO A SHEARING AND COMING
HOME SHOKN.

GOING TO A SHEARING AND COMING
HOME SHORN.
No p,rty or set of mon, ever placed them
selves 10 more ridiculous attitude than
have TIE Democrats of Iowa in the present
campaign. Fortunately for the Republicans
and fortunately for themselves, they began
at an e.rly day TO cry out most boisterously
against alleged Republican extravagance.-
They lattered themselves that there was Il
vast amount of capital to be made by at
tempting to mislead the public mind about
State expenses, never for moment reflect
ing that the Republicans would be prepared
to mee them und expose their misrepresen-
tationson that sub ject wherever they might
utter item.
Thesubjects Of State taxation, State ex-
penses and Republican extravasance have
been most thoroughly examined, and what
is the Jesuit? 1t has been shown:
lst. That during the Democratic sway in
this State the Penitentiary was not improved
or enlarged, no steps Were taken to provide
for the insane, and no provision made for
the education Of the deaf, the dumb and the
blind. As soon as the Republicans came
into power, provision was made for the erec-
tion of an insane hospital, the Penitentary
was enlarged, the number of conyiots, run
ming up from clever to between one and two
hundred, large and tiourishing schools for
the deaf and dumb and blind established,
the number of Judicial districts, and the
number of Senators and Representatives in
the General Assembly more than doubled,
AMI salaries of State officers raised to re-
spectacle living rate; and get, riih al
additional expenses, the areraye rate OF tar
atom has been one and one-hdif mills per
ceat. per annuln, whilst under Democratic
domination, and Uithout these extra erpen-
ses the average rate Of tdrdiion uos tuo
and sixteenth mills per cent. per
dlnum.
I'd. 1t has been shoun that The ordinary
State expenses, during Democratic stcay,
averaged FoRTY-ElGuT cents per head Of the
entire population Of the State, uhile under
Republican administration the Average has
bern only FIFTEEN rents per head.
Sd. 1t has been shown that, during the
Democratic sway in this State, the average
nrmber of organized counties was only thir-
ty-fve, the average number of Judicial dis
trc,s only five, the average number of mem.
bGs of the Legislature only thirty five, and
average number of people in the State only
l3j, Ais. During the Republican sway, the
average number Of organ zed counties has
been eighty one. the average number of Ju-
deinl districts eleven, the average number
Of people in the State 630,000. q
4th 1t has been shown that the Insane
Hospital was established at Mt. Pleasant.
the plan for the buildings approved. and the
appropriations for the construction of it
made by almost unanimous votes of both
parties in the Legislature, and that the
building is just such an one Us the wants of
the State demand.
5th. 1t has been shown that the general
appropriation bill of the last session, which
contained most of the horribly extravagant
appropriations complained Of, passed the
Senate by a vote of IL to 2, (Senate Jour-
nal, p. 6l2,) and passed the House of Rep
resentatives by vote of Al to 5-thrce Of
tie minority being Republicans and two of
them Democrats-( House Journal, p. 799-
SOY
9th. 1t has been shown that the swamp
land agent bill, which Gen. Dodge denoun-
ces SO vigorously, passed the House by n
vote of 63 to l that one being Republican
blouse Journal, p. l23,) and passed the
ded between the two political parties
(Senate Journal, p. la.
7th. 1t has been shown that the Agri-
cultural College bill, which Gen. Dodge al
SO denounces, dassed the House of Repre-
sentatives by vote of 40 to 6. (IIouse
Journal, p. ej5,) and passed the Senate by
"A to 6, (Senate journal, p. 525, 5,)-:he nays
in each House being 3 Republican and two
Democrats.
Sth. 1t has been shown that the bill for
raising the salaries Of State officers passed
the House Of Representatives by vote of
81 to 2-the Democrats voting unanimous
ly for it House Journal, p. 754,(-and
passed tho Senate by vote of IS to 4.
9th. 1t has been shown that whilst one
and one half mills per cent. on the dollar,
or $o,645,10 defrays the proportion Of Des
MONIES county, of the executive, Legislative
and judicial expenses of tho State, builds
benevolent institutions and the Penitentia-
ry, and supports the convicts and educates
all the blind and deaf and dumb children in
the State, and discharges the ten Thousand
Other State expenses, We nre paying in this
county S44.592,56 for the support of our
county government alone. ......-
Was there ever another such example OF
going to shearing and coming home shorn:
burlington Hamkeye.
CO The gigantic steamship Great East.
ern is completed, and is advertised in the
English newspapers to sail for Portland
Maine, early in September.
CO" There! !" exclaimed banker,
throwing down his bank book after making
n deposit, 81 am square with the world now
Il owe as many as don't owe." s- ..
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Gy A man who will strap his razor or
his Bible and wipe it on his newspaper, the
Syracuse Journal thinks, deserves to have
neither. .f~-t A.a5.ass g.-..- r. g.