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expenditures 20 be defragsd kram n
Treasury, Tor Che Two years sadfnK III
date og his Tspors. Raeh of these -.
parss from whieA I hsvo Eaaa ae yOa son.
taias suoh an estimate, ana % shasa 60.
hmata In eonneetios wikh he eeeuaI sx-
psndis1sss ! briefly invits yous sLssa'
zion.
The Anaisesss sspoFa asv hasa shows
thai he Andi10E sssimAsed tAe Hsaae ar
penaes fpg the twa Enneaadimg YsaEa q
@IO3 ygI6 p0and tho acsmaI expeneas
s1nriHg fhis peried wsss 4lg8 So 90,
nAaklF ~ axass AAxa ths - ssg.ssss1.
Tha Au3staR ia his kspes& sf NaYeza-
Der 1854, estimates shs expenditures FOR
ths nsxt two years ~ 9I2o ,7A2 90, And
the aetaal expenses during thsss two
pears ~ shown by tbs Asdisorss reuora
Of Eoyemhsg 1855, wers @2S6, ,S7a Al.
sampst LII 900 more ahan tbs Democrat.
10 Auditor had estimated wonid be nec-
esaaFy 70 dsfray the State expenditures,
The Republican Auditer Ia Nevsmbar
1855 estimated the Stats expenditures
.oE two yaaFa commAneing Mnyembsr
| lsS0, at @s4S sol 5Sy and Sis rspors 81
Sovenbeg 1857, shows that Ia d angle
Vsax, oar Rspnhaican friends expended
eS7I ,90 0Ss about $33 ,0o0 more akaa
Ehs Auditor had estimated would be nso.
sesagy for $50 yesrs. @..
The Auditors report Of Novaabsg
1857 estimates the expenditures for the
'wo yssEs commencing November 1851,
II @S23 ,4l2 80, and whsshRr shay viii
sxceed or fall short Of that sun, will
,nly be disclosed to the public, By the
aaxs PspoEt Of ths Auditor.
Nov. with thsss fasis and Rgarsa be-
.ora him, svsEy candid man viii conesds
has our STAKE expenses since the advens
u the Republicans 10 power, have in
lgaassd 70 an enormous and alarming
lxtsns, and the inquiry naSuxzlly arises,
AVE thsse increased expenditures been
leesssary7 AAd to the mind Of the tax
layer, the question occurs how and for
Fhss pasposs has all thia money bssn
lxpsnded2 .-.. -.. .-..-
While / may be unable 10 account fcR
his enttre increase Of State expenses, I
,elieTs the facts which propose 10 LAP
'sfoFs yoa, will satisfy sny reasonable
aan, that the most Of this inOrsams has
lot been only unnecessary, bat th&a the
aoney of the people has bsan eorruptiy
nd proaig&tsly squAndeFsd. To shsMe
acts ! nOw invite youE HttsHtion.
INcGxAsz OF sAIAArxs.
Under the DsE oeratie Administration
he salaEy Of the Governor waa &l, 200
,ar gear, and the Secretary, Treasures
nd Auditor o. State received salaries,
in the aggregate TO 81 800,
IzelusiYs Of fees ems rsesivtng $500,
me $500 Sad enc 300. A reference 10
hs sections Of the Code fixing the salA-
les OF thsss officers, respectively, will
ionHrm this statement. The Republi-
ans have by Law increased the salaries
4 tbs Secretary, Treasurer and AaditoF
0 fifteen hundred dollars cash. Lava Of
These salaries are paid to these oEkeers
and with the fees which
hsy receive, And the special sppsopEia-
ions made for special ssEFiSess amount
o from 1850 20 s. 800 per yeag.
By the same Law 70 Which have re-
erred, the salary Of the Governor was
Ilso raised to $I 500 par year, and an
Ter our pressnt Constitution be receives
! salary Of -, 900, in addition TO whieh
he General Assembly votes him 81 900
Der year fer contingent expenses Of his
.1iee, - appears By The laws Of 1858,
page AIS.
KI1RA sREsIos.
In 1855 the Governor Of this State
sailed an extra session Of the General
which convened at Iowa City,
on the ID day Of July 1856. This body
EAs IN session for basiness about eleven
1E twelve days. The Stats Constitution
hen in force, Rxsd the compensation Of
Ihs members Of the General Assembly aa
I've dollars par day Aad milsags, yet not
wishstanding this provision Of ths Goa
stitUtion, and in direct violasion thereof
The members Of this body passsd rsso-
lukion, fixing their compensation for
thesa swalye days service at ana han
arsd aellaEs each and mile&gs. Tkis
resolution may be found in the JoaFnal
of the House, for that axtra session,
page 6S, and under Ehis resolution, 81
though most Of Ehe Democratic members
voted against is, every man drsw @l00
and hia mileage from fhs Treasury, with
Ghe exception Of Ben Ii. sAmuals, Of
Dubuque. He opposed bhs resolution,
and after ita passage be refused 20 re-
oeiva the $l00, saying, thas the Consti-
tuition ef his stata Axsd his compensa-
lion, and with shat he was content. This
extra session OF the General Assembly
cost kha StAts n appears By the Audi
tors Report Of 1857, &3ly3lA Ia, and
nearly seven thousand dollars of this
amount wss paid without authority, and
against khs express proyinonG OF sks
Constitution under the resolution re-
ksgHed TO.
STATIONARY AocoGET.
The Stationery account referred TO in
the Auditors RspoFs Is sn account for
papaR, Ink, pens, &e., 9oe che use Of the
State 0fkc@1s and &h@ GenaEkl Assembly.
Ths Aaaitor'a report az NOEamksx 1854
states the aHoant axpanAed Ter ssaaion-
cry daring tie two yssEs ec1amsaeing
Nowembeg 1883, and anding N0ssnbsE
1854, the LAST swD pears Of Dam0sFasie
rula aa $4,07A Is.
Ths Andisorss gapoTs Of Noyumhei
1855, show skak from November 1854 d
November 1866, sac arst swo ysaxs d
Rspuhlisnn administrator, khis is@ma
o0ss The Stats d, ,0S2 60 more thai
donhis shs amouaI expeadsd hy "a
Denoerass For tho Sams item durin9 IN
two preceding ysarss
And khs Aaditsxss report u Novsmbs
1857, whish pen viii bear In mln2 eant
tasns atassmens OF cur Semse expendi-
surNa from NovsnAeR 1856 % Nevnmbs
IeS7, enc rear oniy, skgws sh&s 9or tha
single year, shis items CT skaassMaxy sos
ths seasa @aI s4ol rs nearly EsaR simsl
a mneA is Is eess tAs Gtaba duEing ~
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