Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-19
ECONOMY IN PU8aIC ExPENDi.
TUBES.


ECONOMY IN PU8LIC ExPEN
TURES.
The Republican papers have good deal TO
say about the necessity of economy ia the ex-
psnditures of the General Government to main
tain the public credit and reduce the enormous
taxation which is beginning to weigh like mill
stone around the neck Of the Nation. If ecop-
omy is necessary in the Nations expenditures, the
same necessity for economy exists in State, coun-
ty and municipal governments. But little will
be accomplished in retrenching the enormous
public expenditures of the last four years, which
rapidly increased from the beginning OF the war
even in the civil administration of public Affairs.
if the people are content with demanding simply
a rigid economy in the administration of the
General Government. In that regard the local
governments need as nush attention as the Ma
tonal. III looking the Acts Of the Indiana
Legislature OF 1865, we End the following sppro-
prstions were made for one department of the
State government. ths Executive, to wit:
Rent of Governors House. s. Ou
Civil Contingent Fund for Governor .......... 1000
foS telegraphing Tor Governor ............... 5000
Governors Private Secretary 500
For Clerk hire, aud necessary incidentals to Gov
ernor sOnlce'''''' IL coo
$500
For the year 1856 the same sums sppropria-
Making total for two years of.......... as, 900
In addition to this there was appropriated
$4,000 each year for iscidentsls for State House
and State officers. and 81 500 each year also for
are other expenses connected with the Execu-
tivs Department drswa from the Treasury under
continuous appropriations which do not appear
in the general appropriation law. These are
only the civil expenses in the Executive De
partment. For military expenses we find the
following appropriations were made for the year
1865:
Expenses of clerk hire, books stationery &C.,
in the Adjutant GENERALS sEcs to COM
plete the unhnishes business OF said Office 200 90
Expenses ofclerk hire, books, stationery, DC,
for the current business of the Office of the
hulutast uehefAi.-..... ls.ouO w
For 1866 the same sun Is the last is appro-
prated. $4,000 90
Making total for the years of..... $50 200 90
la addition to this the Adjutsnt General is al
loved each year the pay and allowances of
Brigadier General in the army of the United
States on post duty, which we suppose will
amount to about 81 500 each year This will
make the sums appropriated directly for the mil
itsry branch of the Executive Department about
$42 200 for the years 1865 and 1866.
These figures show that the last Legislature
appropriated directly abOat $9S, 900 for the ex-
penses of the Executive Department of the State
Government alone, and this amount does not in
cluds the expenses paid under general laws, nor
does 1t embrace the contingent military expenses
Of the Governor. which are allowed by the Leg
islativs Auditing Committee, and thus drawn
from the State Treasury.
If there 10 necessity for economy in the Ma
tional expenditures to sustain the public credit,
it is equally important to curtAil the e1travagan
sles in The Administration of the State Govern
nent to Tighten the burdens OF the people. The
enormous expansion and volume of the paper
currency has stimulated exusgsnce 10 both pr-
vsse and public penditures. and il has produced
Aesitious condition of financial Affairs which
cannot long continue. Is is the part of wisdom
therefore, to anticipate the great change which q
return to spscie payment will occasion, and moth
ing will have more healthful influence than re
trenchmsnt and rigid economy in all public sx-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, municipal, county and
State, as well as those OF the National Govern
meas Every needless Office should be cut er
and every useless expenditure. which the csndi
ton Of war may have made necessary, should
be stopped.
Rather Pointed sketch.
The editor Of the Columbus Crisis thus