Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-12
FACTS FOR TAX PAYERS.
HOW THE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE
sQUANpKRED TIE PEOPLES MONEY.

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now THr DrNocRA ATTIC LEGTsI,ATuRp
4 sot- ,NntrrT, q,uE pEOpI,Ts,N MONEY
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@J,NIr Iins ,b.t 'Iui ,ha noI oonoIinso
an ar'lele Snow'pg @0 '"r. ,n .ne personal eN,
pens'S n' III" ,uye pvlnVSIatlo lS \, ueneral
3 Assembly, fhe's s5sn tNT e1, To ~ iuI Pleeg1lng
Union one hy FIX, ~ ,o@f NJ ~ tnal we Dem
ocTHto ot'N " S''V a. DVsa"et"v'S e, 3en@Ye
WorNeu =" W. w SVa' ros W S"Io ~
We Su'Hr Smo leu'a' DINiu's W u"SS iol
We ~ ',''i"1 KY I'e nc ce''ocr"tlc
~ y. s'I baaiSe0 I G5s a. H. .ioo uuys ~
cnt Of the Cincinnati Enquirer; all State
work being GUY eharged Tor at the rate OF
INTERPRETATION of n law that provides TINT
clerks shan receive such condensation for
the otne actually empIoycd5' and that
thew t'sbnll notreeeive anvotbor allowance
or compensation for services after the ad.
iournment of the General Assembly"
These charges are doubtless purely
Democratic, but The makers of them still
stubbornlv refuse TO exhibit the machine
by which they were enabled to crowd so
many days into the wear. Are they pat
entino it for the benefit of the Democratic
party? Or do they fear tn lrt the people
see it's full cApacity, lest they should re
/ fuse TO ever again give n Democrat
/ chance to emrty the peoples pockets with
! IL?
Assistant Clerks, Sergeants nj Arms, !
Messenger BOYS. dc were likewise benev,
olenny iemembere, by the Legislature on
the last DIV of the session with extra
pay, until the longest session ever known
waa fjttinglv furnished with the largest
and most eXtravnRant legislative bill ever
saddled upon the tAXpayers OF the State,
THE DEmccRArlc Arrampr 70 nooDwiN9
rAxr4YERs.
Ri, ,besc on,ronriotions o,o ron0rtob,o
not so much for their gross amount
II no mr. "a, =. e.. u m III LII
kftJfoiol1.Vt 10 iVI tip SAM WIN WnlcH
the appropriations for the Indispensable
.isoessiIles oi ono gotsInlllene hre snaYeu
uoWii 10 "'ah1 why lor gA'r"olulnnrY eA'
I'ehultures w'cnoue gfeoO'y increasing Cne
Br9ss 9,, alupuh"
ne eaPPr,oPii9tHons lor tne state aeot'
iii'V.eov u'H sluhlng innu "Fe reduced 70
tIg o"re minimum ol Vhe amount required
20 W mace ny the CONSTITUTION, it was
fortunate thlng Ior lhe people OF ONO that
the constitution hed paced 1t out OF the
power . lhe Legislature to divert this
money rom lts proper purpose or 1t
might have gone the same way with the
halanee. Let us compare the payments
made oy the last Republican Legislature
with those Of the Fifty eighth General
Assembly. The Legislature appropriated
for interest and principal Of the public
debt
In 1866 ......... ........ 81 1Oi n5G RI
sM-.,t,.,,~,,....., G33 O3O 40
=, mn oo7 :, ..
"''''"O0' II
The Democratic retrenchment Legisla-
lature paid on the public debt
In lSGs ........,.u..,,..,., 1921 937 81
81. lS6o' .'''.,''.,.,.''.,.'"e 25lO35 90
Az s-o a.
F''''''" .
I9e excess was placed upon The Gen
cral NeVqnue lIst ior eNtfa0rdlna cXpend'
lures so lh"' the amount IaVlshed IN tlls
way ,nighC n9t oVerburden the ap2ropria
ZION uihH All moneys coming INTO the i
lrcaSn'y' nor othHwlse appropriated,
lHYe Dcen laOltually set aside by law lor
.ne rGI,rt1 l'uoh u the pubic deDt, under Il
tePup'e"n usage ms year however .
us 'Neees Is nPPfoPrated 10 deherui iteV- q
.lue purposes 70 supply unexpected &C.
ielehoies III appropriations necessary lor IT
ne rHSlse ss sSrS'se tf these latter are thus i
Which, U oe hn 1u % booa
Th'g' E 1,, "gpenr on Ine s'aUute @ p9ooN c. 40
purposes, Laws OF 1859, page 34O) we u
NV .y "notl'gr shtpwu uouge' wei culeu' I
for Stale debt purposes was chnnged from |
one and two tenth mills on the dollar, to t.
3eoen. tcnths of a mill, md the difference 81
fivc.tenths Of a mill-was.put ON the levy Il
for other extraordinary purposes. c
Another Glct appears-that many Of L
these extraordinary expenditurcs are only y
,pened by a smnll appropriation this ycar
cavng the bulk to bo provided for by fu. ii
,ure legislature, II The entire amount
ntemplated IN these expenditures for cl
unusual purposes were included in the nl
budget for the present year, the sum N
would staltle the taxpayers of the State. m
If the claims were for legitimate pur. p'
'os however, IL would not be 90 bud, In b'
good cause ono Gun suffer and be patient. Of
requires more grace than usually ialls ~
0 the lot Of humanity, however, to suffer IL
uiotly and without breaking the Deea- NJ
aguo IN bad cause, as Ohio tax payers gt
Iavo To do, in payiug tho taxes imposed til
ipon them by the late Democratic Legis-
aturc, Ono item Is sufficient to show v
his, aud II is bt
IN
'lh pofLh GRAIN hNG'Nkhi'Fp THROUGH THE MI
LEGISLATURE DY MR., BALL, OF MusKlNGuM
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