Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-30
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$4,000 have been appropriated BY
the Republican Legislature aud Cover
Dos for . geological report. One half
TIN sam Aas heea poekstsd By favor
itss, without any proper equivalent,
and the report itself has never found
it, vsy into tue hands Of the people.
How masy farmers have seen these re-
porta. and what wss the immediate
seoscsiGy AZ ths expenditure. save 70
rob the people fnr the benefit Of Re-
publican leaders! II any one can point
out the immediate benefit to the people,
ve should like to zee it.
$4,000 was paid BY the party 10
two yean for printing alone-more
than The whole amout paid for al the
expenses Of the Government for one
year uuder Democratic rule, printing
included.
The highest amount ever expended
in two years Tor printing. under Demo
cratic rule, W. >l8, 4O5 and Of that
1l2 600 was for the extraordinary ex.
pense Of printing and binding the re-
vised Code, leaving only $6,405. -
the expense for ordinary printing for
those two ycars-l85O to 1852.
t3O,442 was paddy the same party
for the printing and binding Of anoth
er one year. This 10 within $ll.eOO Of
the whole amount OF expenditures
for the government, including legisls-
tive, executive, judicial, incidental and
miscellaneous, for similar period IN.
der Democratic rule.
$4,000 10 the estimated expense for
printing and binding for the years 1855
and 1859. See Auditors report for
1857. How much the actual coat viii
prove to be, the Lord only knows. 1t
will take years to develop fully what
is now being lAvished upon those van
pires who are making such desperate
efforts to perpetuate Republican rule.
$ll,49l was paid for stationary
alone for one year, (l857)-nea,ly
three times a. much - was paid for
stationary in too years under Demo.
cratic rule!
10000 10 the Auditors moderate
Estimate for the yean 1858 and 1859
$ll,40l WAS paid for "miscellsaeous
disbursement" in the two years i 54
to 1856.
$685. was the amount of mscel.
laneous disbursements" for one year,
1857.
$4,000 il the Auditors estimste for
miscellaneous disbursement" br the
years 1858 aud 1881!
The highest amount of miscellaneous
disbursements under Democratic rule,
for any two years, was $5,672.
sSl ,3l4 was paid for the direct ex-
penses Of an extra session Of the Legis-
lsture in 1856, called by Gov. Grimes
under the pretext Of facilitating the
construction Of our railroads, but in
reality to lay the traps for his election
to the United States Senate, and Incl.
dentaIly to provide for giving aid and
comfort to the free State army of
abolitionists en- route that year to
Kansas. and make the people Of Iowa
pay the fiddler for his political puppets
Who danced to the tune of Black
Republican howl for freedom
Has the construction of our Rail-
roads been facilitated On the con-
trary, that extra session, With tho sub
sequent ones, by their direct and indi-
rect consequences has cost the people
Of Iowa millions upon millions of dol
lars, and every mans farm is mort
gagged for years to cone, while the
mortgage of soul to tina. reasonable
and dcmoralizing faction 10 ten times
heavier than the tax upon bis toll and
sweat Of his brow.
The above items are al. taken from
the record. The authority, book or
report, date and page, is given for
every one Of them in the speech of J.
NJ. Elwood, published 10 this paper
and not one OF them has been refuted,
nor can be.
We have but commenced the black
list Of black republican phnder-have
not included the Lunatic Asylum swim
die, nor the penitentiary swindle, nor
the Capital swindle end bribery, nor
the $4,000 stolen by item, through
Morris, on the 100000 Dan nor the
$4,000 mysteriously spirited away
from tho treasury, and ne,er accounted
for, uuder John Pattee - Auditor /;
nor the Swamp Land swndle, with .
score Of others, large and small yet,
BY footing up those item. the reader
will zee where and how around quar-
ter Of . million Of tho peoples money
has gone.
And yet will the people of Iowa |
continue to pay the fiddler 1t this rate!
that the bloated BLACKBOARD Grimes |
may roll in wealth and sw~gger 10 the |
U. S. Senate that th. Rev. jim
Harlan may preach and lie, aud lie
and preach, and while ydIing treason |
and Dhunion in the Senate, in the |
same breath with hypocrtical prayers |
to the throne Of grace, utter curses |
and imprecatiens upon the Constitu-
ton and the Governmen; which pro-
tscts the liberty Of conscience and Of
speech - that . corrup, judiciary |
may prostitute the sacred ermine to |
perpstuats their power, BY decisions |
and counter decisions to catch the |
popular brssss i-that Kirkwood, the |
chief eosfsdsrats Of he raudsrsrs,
may b elected Governor, to eoatiaue |
that systsm Of iniquity. whih Tie peo-
pls's money i juggling 10 he peeksls |
Of thousand hs5pies, thu paid for |
partisan services Let them answer |
through The ballot hey - Csvsetl |
Bluff 1xsls.