The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-07-31


which the public money has been approprat,
ed, aside from the ordinary expenses of gov
eminent, since the Republican party came in.
to power, and also table exhibiting the
prodoaity and rascality of the locof,co party
when in power IN this State, that comparI-
son may 5e drawn between.
In 1855 the first year of their administration they
appropriated towards completing the asylums which
the locoocus had begun and then left TO go To decay
that they might use the public money to speculate
upon, <lOOOOD
To build the House &C Correction, o5 0oo
To complete State Prison, $4,000
To Normal School l2000
To State Agricultural Society, iOOO
Total for ,s55-6 $i&8OOO
In 1857 they made the following appro.
priations for public works;
Deaf and Dumb ASYLUM. $4,000
Insane ASYLUM 50 COZ
House of Correction, 900
Stuts Prison 44OJO
Agricultural College, 40 0O0
STATE Agricultural Society 1000
Normal School 1900
Total for 1873, s234 200
In 1859:
Relief for t;ratiot Co.. $4,000
state Agricultural Society. 1000
Military of the State, 5000
House of Correction, 33 900
Normal school 1900
Insane Asylum, go 600
Agricultural College 81 500
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. B200O
State Prison, $1,000
$al2, 500
Making an aggregate for the six years the
Republicans have been in power of $734,-
500.
In addition to tins they have reduced the
STATE debt, s2t2 2l6 no
Pad interest on the State debt made by
coIDCOS So. .657 90
For Printing Compiled Laws, o.ono o.
sl SIS. 573 80
Here is the large sum OF more than Il mIl-
lion and hef nt dollars, winch the Repub-
licars have cNpculei un public works. - -r-
dacrng rh" S's'- deb,. anl for PAVING ut..-
cst upon III" principal. A these, "A O.
toW insignificant 'tatn>, ar. exra.rintry x
prnltureS which the ioc foo ~"rr not called
nron - meet; or, rather, winch they neg
'.craG - mpot. that thew NIGH. uSa The mon
ey lJr thr.r owu private purposes, such sS ap.
preparations lo Uatn.,And and uew public
I1',ain-. ;owar IS eXtIu-u.sAng thu State
debit &.I la tle payment .t interest on the
te.. era'n3 b, lh. 'as,s. and b, them
tatt uuu" iu.0tH a3.H OBJ. .,'rsJ Amounted to
almost IN" million 81 ..ul!....
To meet ,hi, xraorIo.ry rxpend ture be-
youd what tuo Iocofocus had to meet, and
beyond the ordinary expense, Of the Govern.
ment, they found in the Treasury less than
half million OF dollars Tho other million
Of dollars, and over has beer met from the
ordinary receipt, Of the treasury, and these
receipts have been greatly reduced by the al
most entire suspension Of tie sales OF the
swamp AMI ether lands of the State. So far
frc m increasing the State debt they have ac
tualIy decreased il near a quarter of million
Of dollars less than honest John Sweegles sta
ted il to he when the locofocos went out Of
rover. (See bis last annual report.) They
have nearly completed the prison, which now,
for the first tine in its history, more than
supports itself, and the Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb while the Asylum for the Insane
has been well advanced towards completion
There were legaeies left them by their predc-
cessors. They have, besides, finished the
House Of Correction and Agricultural Col.
lege, and complied with the requirements Of
the Constitution by compiling aud printing
the laws f the State at a large expense.
We will now recur to the financial manage
ty for the long course Of years they were in
power, and show as briefly rs possible, what
they did with tho public money from which
it will be seen why the people are now bur
doned with State debt of nearly two mil.
lions and half of dollars, the legacy they
left their Republican successors. To begin
it will DO recollected that it WIS in 1888 that
t ey negotiated the famous Five Million
Loan" bonds, of which the State received in
full 81 1897 900, and on the balance only
S955. 800 "a. These bonds upon which the
State receives only This small proportion and
known as the part paid bonds were permit.
ted to r"main unadjurted, and the interest
unpaid until il had exceeded the principal 10y
over 81 900, and until the principal and in
,cre,t had amounted to 81 ,022,79 as. The
case will then s,aGd thus:
Unpaid interest permitted to accumulate
while the Locoiocos were using the
public money, 9e6, ,saj 81
Lost Ivy Lo,rop's cur promise Of the De.
troit Pontiac Railroad bonds 3S7 SCI so
PhGnlx Bank swindr, SO 90 %
Total incr nse Of State debt by these
fanis sl.3sI3le ~
sw,ndle. esooo 90
Fraudulent cl-ms paid in Dec. 1881 ex-
elusive of PhneniI Bank $4,000.
with siS years interest. s1.nf0 OF
Mncrol Sch"o Land svinlle. 81 600 10
Private use Of 500 ooo public money
for even year - OOD 90
Drfranted Educational FUND 2j u10 10
Over issne Of state bonds by honest
John Swsgles" $50 on
Total ~ frauds in eight itcas only, Al 72s 700 II
We have omitted for this exhibition Of To-
cofoco frauds all the little poculations, Of
which their name is "legion." aud which wo'd
probably amount to million Of dollars more.
But we have furnished .rough to- mako good
the proposition with which we started, that
the Locofocos who are now so loudly clamor.