, 1862-05-19

Of dol10Ts and cents. But their dollar and cent
e q perfect deception and swtndle,
'o1R Rsnd 1R Ell x i ss1 ssse
head, through, it VIII be found that the dollar
and cent argument runs all through II, and
winds up with the statement Of account, that
Is IN many important respects palpah1e hum
In ofdef to demonstrate this we propose to re-
view their abatement; not that we expect to
get at the truth under the new constitution,
for that cannot be done: It is In the main left
open to FREE STEALING = u. tnro9go the Legisla~
mode, Judging the future by the past, their
Of figures is deception and q swim
die, as We will show.
And to state our plan we propose to exclude |
from their annual charge against the present
constitution what is not rrorided for By It, and |
charge over to their side Of the calculation |
sc1at Is not prohibited By Ike nep constitution.
This mode is perfectly fair, as they take 1t for
granted that every thing will be done under |
the constitution not prohibited, giving the !
cept forced to it by constitutional provision. |
PRESENT CoSsT1TETIoS-ExCEssIv CHARGES
MADE IN THEIR CIRCULAR
E1ecuire Department. present constl-
tuition fixes the Governors salary at $l,500,
"71htch shall not be increased or dinaiaished.h
Present constitution, Art ", SEC. s. The
new constitution fixes no compensation, nor
AQf 41UkCs Hut 1CAt IL IL bC uAEA 44NA14 L4NAR
to time BY law, and they may fix any allo vance
for keeping up the Executive grounds and
tnauEiun they please, so they do not increase
it during the term-thclr "gardsner's"
charge, 81, 500, is easier allowed under the new
than Tie old constitution, and is improper.
The Governor is made CaauF Trustee by the
new constitution, aid nothing in it to prevent
paying him the price for that service that is
now paid, and nothing in the present constitn-
t:cn 4eQaiyss it 70 De paid. so that is an extra
charge Of $500.
At The head of their hand. bill they say
"$1 ,0O, ,00O SAVED IN Annual TA1ATIoN,''
yet they charge, rs raised By taxation. fets in
the Secretary OF States Office e 500 and in the
Auditors office s.. 600, not one cent Of which
is raised By taxation, but ,paid by men w.o
have bukiness vi MjtA the departments, being
"Paid for special services to attorneys past
three years, IS 2ls- 81 200 per annum." This
charge was for ferreting out the thieves znho
steal cid Stale bonds, and will not be likely to
occur if the old thieves be kept out Of Office,
aud Is, therefore, an oYer-charge.
There is no provision Of the present Consti-
tuition for paying extra compensation to cir
| cuit attorneys, Hor anything TO limit the regu-
Lar amount they shall receive under the ne ",
so the 81 400 charge IL not proper:
The present Constitution does not provide
| for the Office Of Common School SupcTintend-
ent-the new one doee, but fixes no limit to
his compensation, SO that the charge Of 81 800
on that account is not legitimate.
| Ra8k Commissioner ID not provided for IN
der the present constitution, nor prohibited
| under the new, and the office is ct an end
| anyhow that 5000 is therefore not Charge.
| able. 80 their haud-biil has S19, 800 Hight.
| ma1e charge against the present constitution
under the head Of Executive Department
| alone.
| LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT..
One hundred members forty-two days at
two dollars per day is $s, 400. They charge
Extras by way Of stationery are not pro
vidcd for by the present constitution; anG
the new constitution expressly provides that
the State shall furnish stationery, under whict
provisions, with less c5reumlocution thar
they charge the new constitution nothing OF
this account, therefore it is fair to deduct thei
charge Of 81, SsGS against the old The aver
age charge for each tsro years since 1851 fol
printing, binding and paper, docs not exceet
$40 o,co0, being SIS, 600 per annum.; yet the,
have charged the expenses Of the Legislature
annatqlty being ogeEcharge on printing accouu
They have charged for paying members q
the Assembly every year, which is exces:
Thus they have oyercharged the presen
constitution on the legislative department Pc
annum, $74. SOS,
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT..
They charge Tor the pay Of reporter
81, 600; The present Constitution provides 10
no such Office, nor does thu STATE pay him III
salary. The State tatles from him what 20
umes Of Supreme Court Reports she want
and pays for them as indiY1duals do. Til
, | charge is erroneous.
, They charge docket fees Of courts in Chic.
! go and other cities, Extra compensation I
certain county Judges, salaries Of city alto
J nles, and extra compensation mot paid by II
t Safe nor named in the constitution,
= amount So, ESQ.
!. They charge Sc, 's,ol7 grand jury expeus
l. This is Clearly too larg-. TIE grand ju1
r, does not sit, take all the counties in this Stat
- on sn average Of niore than ten days in e:.t
y county. Their fees would be s34 500, n1alki1
&c IS, III oyetcharge.
7. They charge one hundred and two coun
a Judges at *3.D per day for one hundred Il.
:. | fifty days, each, making $45 800 The trn
y is they dp BOT average over six days ina mon
J. take all tie counties, and tile law allows the
= hut $: sc per Jay, which makes SIS 156, Al
,, Masking III. il over charge on county judy
| 81 Ta4, nlakiDg 1hciT to1a! over charge on +
" Judiciary department $93, Ill. THIS they N, J,
= ;n over Charge OF annual expense against t
u present constitution of $l93,2l9! On t
other hand they Under CHARGE THE NEW or
- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
- They put Governors salaries At Il, ,o0o, b
y they ta-t the dutics Of Canal Trustee upon h
e ana can pay him the s., 500 now paid for thu
9 the EXECUTIVE grounds and mansion must
taken care Of, aud They will pay some o
u $500 fer that, making IS, 000 for the Gov
" nor's stablishment-there is nothing in th
le constitution to prevent.
~ The Auditor, Secretary of State aud Ire
- urcr will tie allowed at least -, 500 each. Th
,, cann0r do with less, with all fees taken fra
10 them; this Is an under estimate Of 81 800
:. those officers. Tie Superintendent of Pub
>, Instruction, as be has no extras for discha
1Q ri q
is $3,500, being 81 900 over their estimate-m:
re ing their es'imatc on Executive Departmt
Il $500 too small
~ LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. i;
;. They have 1856 members; they fix their 0
u. pay, ard it will be 81 per day, and their S
o. tion . days told times prove that, maxi
a SIC, ECO; thus they underestimate Sd )
w. Ttat this estimate Is correct, witness the
~ Constitutional Convention, who promised
10 do their work IN two weeks, get sat tL
30 months, at - per day
ID The printing, they say, will be less, beca'
special legislation il cut of. It Is cut off
the prssent constitution, yet it is done, q
d. will be. This account inciudes printing
-el The Agricultural Society, and other put
en- printing, and special legislation forms hu
small part Of the whole cost--not SO much
the increased size Of the Journals Y
3s- OF their prot racted sessions, and the print
On Of every bill that is introduced, as requi
- | hy the new constitutions; but We let
-. printing stand Us they put it, at $4,000, s
nd !stsfiug that if there has been stealing in
Of printing business. The authors Of the haud
Isl | probably know where some Of the MOI
We | went to.
Ut AS We threw the stationery account out
ltc the o.Ler side, we do the Same on their ST
,n- the lcgi=tatnre will Use stationery un
tal either constitution, and the same class Of Il
re. who hvt ntcd ttle stationery ska! under
of present constitution, which does not a1tl
ok ze il, can certainly Keep il up under the Il