The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-09-25
NEW SERIES--VOLUME 8. NO. s.

i'Nti but ANdpoitOh NOIlHW6Sl.
Where the NfJney GOes--Repu5-
iican Extravagance-W II
Costs the. state for ice and
''SundFie6.''
The Aapotoon Northeast thus takes the
Signal 70 task;
Governor Cox, at his inauguration, wish
ed to have music to quiet his nerves, and
the State paid eighty dollars to crafty
him; il was important the Governor should
have sign, and the State furnished it; he
wished new carpet and that cost twn
hundred and ninety siz dollars snd eighty
five conts; he had use Of a wster-cooler.
stand and sundrics probably wine and ci-
gars) and they cost another hundred-and
so on through the year, the State paying
several Thousand do lars for. unnecessary
articles. not worth in the aggregate Eve
hundred dollars.
The Auditor Of Stste vas 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 dollarsi he had an
extraordinary use of messengers and
Temporary clerks" and the State no. to
be nigesrdly. paid several thousand dollars
extra for work for which the Auditor ia
paid TO sttcnd to; the Auditor Uses ice and
~sundries, and the State cody paid eighty
dollars and fifty ccnts TO queueh his thirst.
The Treasurer of State starts ont with an
item of eighteen dollars for "sundries;"
then fifty dollars for washing towels-the
Treasurer must be very filthy maui aud
runs up an ice bill of thirty eight dollars.
The Comptroller incidental expcEscs.
paid by the State, amounted to over TIVE
hundred and ninety three dollars, including
an ice bill Of twenty dollars.
The Secretary of State, seeing the sofa
in the Auditors room, also wanted one.
but was content with an inferio, one, cost
ing ftty.fve dollars. The Secretary was
determined to keep cool, and SO bought
at the States expense. thirty-eight dollar
worth of ice with water cooler and sun
dres;" and, to keep the Secretary % clean
as the Treasurer, the State paid fifteen dol
lars and fifty cents for washing towel5--the g
total amount of the Secretary's ''inciden-
tai expenses running up to the snug little
sum of nine hundred and five dollars and
ninety-one cents!
Ohio boasts of a State Librarian, who
drinks twenty.three dollars worth Of ice
water, at the States expense, aud runs up
q bill tor 'sundres, Of three haaGre
and forty>one dollars and thirty.four cents,
The Attorney General is an economical
cuss, and the State is left off with the pay
ment of enc hundred nd seveuty-one dol
lars and seventy cents for his "intidentals.
including al ice bill Of thirtyone dollars
and fifty cents.
OF eleven State officers, the State pays
an outside" bill! Of seven thousand four
hundred and twelve dollars for articles and
services which the people should no more
be called upon to pay than to furnish the
editor Of the S'gRal with champagne and
ciqars.
How 90 the tax payers of the country
like to buy ice and ''sundries' for Republi-
can officials? What 90 they think OF the
State Auditor using eighty dollars warth os
ice to keep cool, while it costs the Audi
tor of tl.is county hut fifteen dollars 10
keep warm?" We look for a scathing or
ticle in the Signal next week, thoroughly
ventlating" this matter.