The Placer herald., 1866-11-10
STATE FINANCES.

ces is worthy the earnest and profound ocn-
sideraticn of every taxpayer and well wishcr
of California. So much are the minds of the
people diverted from our domestic affairs by
the absorbing questions of national policy
aud politics, that it would seem that we are
forgetting the more direct and important
interests of our State. The country has
been so drunk with sectional loyalty that
mere matters of State policy and economy
have been so far forgotten, that cur past
Two loyal State Administrations have not
only bad, bat have improved the opportuni-
ty Of defraudng the people the State of
vast sums of money, and imposing upon the
already overburdened taxpayers a public
debt of millions, TO be provided for in CONS
ing years. The past four years has indeed
been bountiful harvest for professed loyal
lists, who sought public aid for private enter
prses, provided they would howl for blood
and sing John Brown To obtain the
enactment Of any swindling scheme con-
cocted, it was only necessary that Tue pre-
amble should contain the memorable words
"Whereas, war now exists, not only did
the Legislature enact il, but the highest
Judicial power of the State held all such
laws to be valid and Constitutional. and
ordered their enforcement. (Verily, in thy
name, "War," has much crime and stealing
been perpetrated in California) To such
an extent was this carried on. that at last,
the weak, vascillatug and usually tractabe
Lou became ashamed, and inierposed his
veto to the last effort to rob the State out Of
three millions of dollars for the benefit Of
private spectators. Taxpayers Of Placer
county, remember that your delegation in
the Assembly supported this swinde!
We are not guessing at these facts, but have
before us the official documents, from which
we propose to extract some figures which will
serve to enlighten our readers.
According to the Controllers Reports
the four years of Democratic rule, under
Weller and Downey, following the Know,
Nothing administration Of johnson, Whit,
man, Bates g. Co.. cost the State only :4,
,O5l 81, or, yearly cost of 8l,l75,2e
80. This embraces the expenditures Of the
10th, 1ltb, 18th and 18th fiscal years;
while the four years rule Of Stanford and
Low embraces the l4lb 18th 10th and 18th
fiscal years, costing the State the enormous
sum of $3.50, ,4sl-7o, or, yearly cost of
s2,214,67 42-simpIy showing the fact
that Radical Abolition rule has cost the
people of California, in round numbers,
twice as much as it did under Democratic
administrations. Or, in other words, the
taxpayers of California have paid directly
for Radical rule, for four years, an additions
al sum Of a4,l58, ,43o39!
In addition to this extra payment of over
four millions of dollars, for the blessings Of
Abolition rule, we find that t1is four years
administration has entaed an additional
Slate debt OF the enormous sum of $780,
936-20. BY the same statistics, and under
Republican official signatures, we find that
while the State debt was being increased
the above sum, the excess cf revenue col
lected, over the four years Of Democratic
rule exceeded the sum Of 100000.
Think of it, Four years of Radical acsen,
dency has cost the taxpayers of our State
the sum Of over $1,000 900, over and above
the cost of the preceding four years, Of
Democratic rule
The State debt at the incoming Of the
Republican administration of Gov. Stanford
was S3,925,000 at the close of the 17tl
fiscal year, under Gov. Low, it reached
nearly, il not quite, $s,oOo,O9o. Here We
have sun equal to $40 to each legal voter
of the State, filched from the public treasury
and squandered. Taxpayers what do you
think Of it! Have you had the worth O
your money! Yes, you have, in one way
"dear bought experience"
We did hope that when Stanford wa
sent into private life that we had made
change for the better, but we find it is "onl
another link of the sausage made out of tn
same dog" What comment on howlin,
Radicalism. Read the acts of their extraya
gance, and then compare them with tn
economical administration of State affairs b
the Democracy-then tax payers pause, an,
think, and think well before you ever cas-
another Abolition vote.
JURoR's MILEAGE.-Our wise LEGISLATOR
at the last session of the Legislature ATTEMPT
ed to pass an Act giving jurors mileage. bu
they got it 80 worded that it only allow
mileage to such jurors as are excused. Se