The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-10-28
s"y TOR UOWE's SPEECH.
We make the following extract from :
speech made by Hon. T. O. Howe at
Reloit on the 18th ;nxt

| Beiolt on the 18th inst.
| CONSEQUENCE OF coNTISUING REPUBLI-
CAN RULE.
The inquiry beftre you is what may
| we reasonably expect from continuing the
| administration of the government of
Wisconsin in Republican hands. You
have listened tn your Governor-the man
who has been. who is, and who is going
to be, your Governor Applause, and
you have heard from his own lips what
you may reasonably exp ect. if you con-
tinue the administration of your state
governmet IN Republican hands. You
have heard him demonstrite that Rcpub-
llcan administrations have ,een the cheap
est and most economical you Ger had IN
" consia. Fellow-citizens, l am going
to present you sowe figures to prove 20
you that not only have R.publica rs Fur
nlshed you the cheapest administration
you ever had in Wisconsin. but, that Re
pubhbans haze furnished to Wi.sconsin the
cheapest .7ouermnsent ,ohich.-t"s been fiun-
aShed to the people Of any state in the
Un'on.
WISCONSIN AND OTHER STATES COMPARED.
| bold in my hand valuable and COM
prehensive manual of political facts and
figures, entitled "The American Year
Book, and | am going to cali your at
tentlon to the expenditures Of a few
states, from which you will DC convinced
of the truth Of the declaration | made TO
you, that in proportion to the population,
Wisconsin has the cheapest government
In any state in the Union. Wisconsin
had population In 1860 of 7l5, ,Sol, and
the total disbursements in 1861 were
1926, 534 and some cents, Now'look at
the State Of Michigan, on the east Of us
here. Michigan hada popula ion ia 1860
OF 749, la little more than 25, COO less
than the State of Wisconsin. Her ex-
penditures, for 1867, however, reached
almost twice the expenditures OF Wis
consln, being 81 ,694 ,283.68. Now, on
the west of us is the State OF Iowa
Iowa had population in 1860 OF 674,-
9l3-a little mere than one hun ired thou
sand less than ours Her expenditures
are made biennially. Her expenditures
for two years were $l,6l6,063 and some
cents. That comes very near the dis
bursements of Wisconsin and you must
remem Der that Wisconsin has To pay in
terest on public debt of $2.oou, 900,
while Iowa has debt only of $3.50, OOO
Then, the population Of Iowa is a quar-
ter of million less than ours, so that my
statement still is good, that the govern
ment of Wisconsin is cheaper than Iowa.
Minnesota joins us also Gil the west, and
she had, In 1860. a population OF l12,4l 4l3;
she has paobably population now OF
nearly one half OF ours In 1867 her ex-
pendltures were S7O4, 6S3 and some cents
within Sl0O, 900 of what Wisconsin ex-
pended. Now go east, and take the State
Of Connecticut. She had u population i'll
1860 OF 400, l67, and her expen iitures
were 81, 495, ,SS5 and some cen s-two
millions and half arly-while we ex
pended S525, 900; and their pop lation
is just about half that of Wisco .in.-
The State of Malne,in 1860, had potiu-
latlon of 62S. .279, aud expeaded 5 62S.-
O24, 81. These are the total dl,burse-
ments of each Of these States. | always
supposed that the State of Maine mad as
economical q government as any in the
world, and ! thought [ knew SON thing
about it; but Maine disbur.es a great
deal more money in the support OF her
government than does the State Of Wis
consin. Maine is an older State the
State of Wisconsin is new one. There
is not so much to be done in Maine Is in
Wisconsin.
THE COST OF DEMOCRATIC RULE
Now, it is true. fellow citizens, that l
am contrasting a Republican govern nept
in Wisconsin with the governmen of
other States which are also in Rep ibli-
oan hands; and if there be a Dem ,crat
here, he may say this is not a fair
test, because we are not now challens sed
by any Republican party, elsewhere, out
by the Democratic party, and we want to
determine whether you can have cheap
er government in this State in the hands |
of the Republican party than in the
hands OF the Democratic party. That is
very just-that is reasonable. The ouy |
difficulty in the way of applying that, is
the difficulty of finding any State just now
in the Democratic hands, Laughter aud |
applause. | looked for such State =
New Jersey comes pretty near filing the
bill, for she is sometimes governed by the
Democratic party Unforf unately for her.
she is now under its control. In 1860
New Jersey had population Of 672, ,03j.
Her expenditures were $l,lOS, ,2S7, So
But then New Jersey is sometimes r.
publican, and she will be, | hope, Repub-
hcan very soon again. | found a State |
which never was Republican, anu which |
nc'c' Vii uc 1lcpuo,,can until the Al |,
mighty tries his hand at recreation, |
refer to the State Of Kentucky, which is |
Democratic from Nasty all the way down. |
Laughter In 1860 Kentucky had a |
population of ,l55,6 1854. Havinga pop
ulatlon somewhat exceeding ours, it is
easonable to expect that she would spend
more than the 3tate of Wisconsin. In
hat expectation Kentucky does not dis
appoint lis, She spent So, 2,3l0,S52, 77.-I
| found one more State Den ocratic
refer 70 Maryland which had popula
ton of 6S7 049. She spent SO, 573 a55.
There is another State that has Demo-
CRITIC administration-the State of Del
aware. | hunted that up. | had to take
IA magnifying glass TO find it. Delaware
don't tell what she spends There is no
report from that State in this volume
and therefore cannot contrast your gov
ernmeni with that of Delaware She
Significantly says, however, in her report.
that she gets money enough from her
banks, her railroads, and from other
sources, to pay her current expenses.
Good for Delaware. Laughter. These
are the only three States that know of
which are habitually governed by the
Democratic party. have given you in
figures what government costs in two of
them, and if you like that style OF gov
ernment and that style of economy. you
can buy some, of the Democratic party
in this State in November next.