Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-06


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EXFRAVAGANCE OF THE DEM
,a, OCRATIC LEGISLATURE.
The Appropriations of a Democrat
General Assembly Compared wit
those of a Republican General AS
sembIy-Republica Reduce tn
Principal of the state Debt in tW
Years by the sum of 81, ,7O8y $50
Democrats in same space of tim
reduce it the small sum Of SS93,
l. G91-RepubIicans in two years re
duce the Interest on State Debt b.
the sum of eI4O,6O6-The Demo
cratic Legislature Saddles a Deb
of $3.50, 900 on its Successor.
Some of the Democratic. papers
among them the Ohio Statesman, re
present that the aggregate amount 0
appropriations made by the late Demo
cratic General Assembly were less il
amount than those OF the preceding
| Republican General Assembly, and or
that ground claim that there was a. saw
ing to the State in the appropriation oI
the public money. A correspondent o.
of the Cincinnati Chronicle who has
Examined the books Of the Auditor ot
State and therefore knows whereof be
affirms, shows the utter falIacy Of. this
piece of Democratic 1bunkum and by
the undeniable evidence of official
statements convicts the Democratic Gen
eraL Assembly of the most reckless and
duparalleIed extravaganza.
He says: One of the ways in which
| the late Democratic Legislature appa.
rentiy made the balance in their favor
| was by cutting off Rpprop priations foi
| he payment of the principal and j7etereS
l of the State debt. The last Repu biicar
1 Legislature Appropriated for this puTr
I pose during the two years of its exis-
tence s., ,548, $50, while the late Demo
| ctaiIc Legislature appropriated for ghis
cans provided for the reduction Of The
/ DrIncipal Of the State debt by the sum o1
81, ,70S, $50, while the Democrats pro vided
1 for theaaCiucGIon of the debt by aboui
Ione-thitd of that amount, $685., ,69I. 1t win
Thus be seen that during two years o.
Republican administrator the reduc-
ton of the State debt WT greater by
the sum OF ONE MILLION one HUNDRED
AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUN
| DRED AND THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS than
during the two years of Democratic
legislation.
During the years 1867 the Interest
/ IN the State debt for which provision
/ was made amounted to 81, $40, 900, while
during the years 1852 the interest
l a mounted to 81, ,699 1894. From these
| tigures it will appear that the policy OF
the Repu biicans in paying on the State
debt reduced the amount of Interest to
be paid in 1869 by one hundred and for
| til thousand Si.c hundred and SiG dollars
In order to verify the above state
ments have compiled the following
facts from the printed volumes of laws
| for the years 1866, '67, '6S and 80:
In 1866 the General Assembly, appro-
| prlated 500, 900 for the payment of the
| interest on the foreign aud domestic
/ debt of this State, exclusive of the
| Union loan $2l0, 900 for the payment
| OF The interest on the irreducib1s deb
| or trust funds held by the Stale ST.
I O75, 900 for the payment of the princi.
] pal Of the foreign and domestic debt
| jf the State exclusive of the Union
| loan, and $65, 900 for the payment Of in
tetest on the Union loan, foreign and
| dom, stic. Total amount appropriated
/ for the payment Of The STATE debt, and
/ interest thereon in 1866, 2,050, 600.
In 1867 the General Assembly appro-
| priated 5000, 900 for the payment of the
| interest on The foreign and domestic
| debt of this State, exclusive of the
| Union loan $500, 900 for the payment
u the interest on the irreducibie debt
or trust funds held by the state 1888,
$50 for the pas Inent Of the principal OF
! tue foretgn Ind domestic debt OF the
State, Including the Union loaE, and
1 sos, 900 fot the payment OF the interesi
on the Upion loan, foreign and domes-
1c Total amounE appropriated Tor the
pay ymenL of the State debt and interest
| thereon in 1867. LAOS, ,080. The total
] amount sppf6priated for the payment
/ of the debt and Interest of the State by
/ Ehe last Republican General Assem- bly,
amounted 10 s., ,54S, $50.
! In 1865 the General. Assembly, apprO-
priated S655, GOO Tor the payment OF the
interest," on the foreiRp and domestic
debt Of the State ; $500, 900 for the
payment of the interest on the irri-
/ EduciNle debt or trust funds held by the
State, and S239,656 for the payment Of
] the principal OF the foreign and domes-
! sic debt of the State. Total amount
| appropriated for the payment OF the
| principal and interest ofths State debt
| in 1868, 81, ,094, ,656, or 1856, ,944 less than
| the sum appropriated for this purpose
| by the Republican General Assembly
at it's first session in 1866.
1 In 1869 tire General Assembly appro-
| priated S6OO,0O0 for the paylne1It of the
| interest ON The foreign andh domestic,
| debt of the State 1854 ,S6l for the pay
OF the interest on the irreducible debt
| or lTuSG 1uu0S netu Dy Afl6 f9t8LB's eEDA, =
OBS foI the payment Of the principal OF
/ the furelgti aud dOmesttC debt OF the
State, and $7g, ,533 Tor the pay ment of a
| Judgment rendered against the State.
and in favor Of the Ohio Life Insurance,
and Trust Company. Total amount ap-
! propriated for the payment of the prfn-
/ cpal aud Interest Of the State debt in
/ 1869, g, ,I9S, ,429, or S299, ,6Ol less than the
amount appropriated at the second ses-
zion of the last Republican Legisla-
I ture. ll.'
imagine that no one will be found
/ 50 anxious for the success OF his party
| as to say thatth money used by tire
| Republican Legislature 10 Ghe pay unent
| uf the State debt aud the interest thete-
| on was money thrown away, butthHt Il
Will be generally acknowledged that Il
was money wisely invested.
| Take the amount appropriated by tho
| Fifty-seveuth General Assembly for
the payment of the interest and prin-
| cipal Of the State debt S3,548, $50, from
the total amount OF It's appropriations
| (as figured by the StdtesmGs), So $50, ,S62.-
/ Oh, aud q will be seen that the Hctual
| expenses OF the State Government for
two wears, under Republican admin
istratiou were 90, los, 2S2. OLE BY deduc-
/ ting the amount appropriated by the
| f the Interest ana principal of the
| State debt, from the total amount OF
! is appI oprtations, as figured by the
! Statesmen, &c will be seen that the actu-
| al expenses of the State Cox eminent
under TWO years of Democratic admin.
| i-tratinn amounted to So 1872, ,877. a2.
| TU0 years Of Democratic administration
cost tlOo hundred and tlDettg-f four thoWs-
and SeveR haaledreo and JfOrt5'.J9Ue dollars