Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-07-03

tie figuring, it will be seen thst the
per diem an0unfad = 500, = per day,
for Ene time already spent during the
year 1855 That sflenld sukicel IN all
conscishce, b party { nat boosted 81 econ
omY and retrenChmenf. Certainly II
would the tax-payess the Patrsot talks
abotfs We are have HaeFe OF the
same sort On the 18th of Nay, the
Democrats adjourned the Democratic
retrenehment Legislature to meet again
on the sd OF November next, giving
thirty-nine more days labor to the
State at S92o,7 per day, making in the
aggregate the nice little sum of S35, sos, =
OS, to be added to the S123, So, IS already
spent. The whole making grand to-
tai for pay of members and officers
alone, OF S159, ,294, %. Pretty solid for
one year Of Democratic retrenchment.
But this, by no means includes all
the expenses OF q Democratic Legisla-
ture. The Republican Legislature, last
year, was in session one hundred and
five days, during which time there was
paid by the State for printing, station
cry, publishing the laws, and other in
cfdental expenses, the sum Of $50, ,737, ,03,
making cost, per day, of$32I 80. This
class of expenses was greater this year,
than last as the accounts Of the Secre-
tary of State VIII show. But supposing
them to be the same, we have 1921, 80 to
be multiplied by one hundred and sew
enty-three, the number of days in ses-
sion in 1853, producing another SUN of
S55, ,5S4, 80 to be added to S159, ,29S, ,7S,
which viii make one year of Democrat
ie Legislation cost the Taxpayers of the
State the snug sum of S2I4, ,S7S, 50. How
VIII the people like such retFenchment1
Comparisons are said to be OdiOus.-
Yet we viii have TO contrast the eXpeu-
ses Of the Republican Legislature of '67
with the Democratic of this year, even
at the risk Of disgusting somebody.
The 57th General Assembly was in
session one hundred and i've days, in
1857. The amount of perdiem paid the
members and officers from the State
Treasury, was 800, JOG, ,S5. Paid for all
other expenses, SO, ,7S3, ,03. Total
amount s93, ,S43 ,S8. That sum, the Pa
/ triot called eXtravaga1t. Perhaps It
was, but let as proceed with the con-
1 tFast.
We have ascertained from figures col
/ leeted from the accounts Of the State OF
I fieers, and therefore correct, that one
year OF Democratic Legislation cost
Tyv0 HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUs-
EIGHT DOLLARS AND sIXTY-THREE
CENTs, while one year of Republican
4 LegislatiOn cost only NINETY-THREE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY
FOUR DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-EIeHI
CENTS. The balance in favor Of the Re-
4
I one thousand and thfrty-three dollars
and seventy-five cents. In other words,
4 Democratic economy, cost the tax-pay-
I ers of the State tWenby-seVen thousand
one hundred and eighty-nine dollars
7 and eighty-seven cents more than twice
as much as the entire expenses of the
Republican Legislature Of 1867. What
says the Patriot of such retrenChment
/ Is that the economy the Democ1acy ask
| the people to admire, and grow Jubilani
lover? Is such retrenchment as that, to
reduce the taxes Of the people? We
shall see, aud they will see, in the
course of another twelve months. One
| is surely a costly luxury.
/ And more. Not satisfied with one
hundred and sevenby-three days of ac'
/ tual session of the General Assembly
not less than five special committees
4 were appointed, with an aggregate
membership of thirty-tbree, compris
1 ing among their number most of the
/ principal Democrats of the House and
/ Senate, to sit during the recess of thC
/ Legislature. As it was all for retrench
ment, it was designed making a years
/ job Of it. Suppose these committees
will average q session of two weeks
each. Per diem and expenses, say SO
/ making $3.50 per day and total addi
/ tional expense to be added to the regu
| lar session of S4 $40. One of these com
mittees has already paid a clerk Ia Dem
/ oCratfC favoriteJ Jover $3.50, for writing no
/ over q dozen pages of fools cap. Clerks
/ and sergeant-at arms are to be provided
| for the other committees, at probably
the same expense, making 81 ESQ extra
Democratic economy, that is. The peo
| pie will have to stand one more year o
that kind of retire nehment, after which
| they win find their taxes very light, &C
cording to the Patriot.
+ We shall have more to say on the sub
ject Of Democratic retrenchment, be
| fore the end comes.