Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-16
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| 80 From the Napoleon Northwestl, mess
Where Ihe Money Goes-RepubII.
/ can anE&trayagance--W Il Costa
| the State for Ice and 6 Sundrfes.''
The Napoleon North,cest thus takes the
| iSigndl t. task: s5u5nie9 l.sGG6 LIa-s319H OH
i Governor Cox, at his Inauguration,
lwished to have music to quiet his nerves,
and the State paid eighty dollars to crafty
him; it was important the Governor should
have sign, and the State furnished it; he
wished anew carpet, and that cost two
4 hundred and ninety-six dollars and eighty
five cents; he had use of a 5water-cooler,
stand and sundries (probably wine and
cigars) and they cost another hundred.
and so on through the year. the State pay
ing several thousand dollars for unneces-
sary articles, not worth in the aggregate
1--WE hundred dollars. -
| The Auditor OF State was probably
/ troubled with boils, and asked for sofa
which was furnished by the State at cost
of over seventy five dollars; he also had
desire for rugs, and the State furnished
them at cost of fifty dollars; he had an
1 extraordinary use of s,messengersn and
| temporary clerks,' and the State not to
! be niggardly, paid several thousand dollars
extra tor work for which the Auditor is
paid to attend to; the Auditor uses ice and
Hsundries,' and the State cody paid eighty
dollars and fifty cents to quench his thirst.
| The Treasurer of State starts out with
an item of eighteen dollars for "sundries -
then fifty dollars for washing towels-the
Treasurer must be very filthy mani and
runs up an ice bill of thirty-eight dollars
| The Comptroller's 'incidental' expenses,
paid by the State, amounted to over two
hundred and ninety-three dollars, includ-
I ing an ice bill of twenty dollars. s71
I The Secretary of State, seeing the sofa in
the Auditors room, also wanted one but
was content with an inferior one, costing
fiftY-five dollars. The Secretary was de-
itermined to .'keep COOL" and SO bought at
the States expense, thirty -eight dollars
worth office with tWater-cooIer and sssun-
dries;" and, to keep the Secretary as clean
as the Treasurer, the State paid fifteen
dollars and fifty cents for washing towels
f-the total amount of the Secretary's sin
cidental" expenses running up to the snug
little sum of nine hundred and five dollars
and ninety-one eentsl sss.7asr...a d..
Ohio boasts of a State Librarian, who
drinks twenty-three dollars worth of ice
water, at the States expense, and runs
up bill for ''sundries," of three hundred
and forty-one dollars and thirty four
cents.
The Attorney General is an economical
cuss, and the State is let off with the pay
ment of one hundred and seventy-one dol
lars and seventy cents for his ssincidentals," !"
including an ice bill OF thirty-one dollars
and fifty cents : 80 ,salr ..tteI ~;
The Commissioner of Common Schools
uses thirty-six dollars worth of ice, and
runs up a bill against the State of five hun
dred and twenty-four dollars and forty
cents as his ''incidental" outlaw. u - -
OF eleven State officers, the State pays
ran "outside" bill of seven Thousand four
hundred and twelve dollars for articles and
bservices which the people should no more
The called upon. to pay than to furnish the
editor of the Signal with champagne and
How do the tax payers of the county like
to buy iceland "sundries" for Republican
officials? What do they think of the State
to fkeep COOL" while it costs the Auditor
of this county but fifteen dollars to ..keep
warm ?n We look for scathing article in
the Signal next week, '"thoroughly ventfla-
ting" this matter. - 81 a-' ~ .'i.'.Si ~