Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-20

OF the amount, which the I.egisla-
ture has cost the people, nearly Slu,-
sHlg KS "A bonus which the members
OF that body voted themselves, by
computing their pay on a gold basis,
and requiring the COMPTROLLER to pay
them the difi,FeDee befAgeen gold and
.oreenl,aeE5 This was sH outrageous
imDOsitinil on the taxpayers, who are
s,oInDellpd 10 yscfiVe greenbacks at
par Tor everything they may have 10
al. The laborer has To tgke his pay
in greenl5ackS at par, bat menshars Of
the Radical Iegislature-althaugh the
Constitution fixes their salary al four
dollars per day, and Congress makes
sreenbacks legal Enthusiastically
drew from fhp Treasury over five dol
lars per day. And they should be
made 10 refund % the state Treasury
.his bonus which they voted them
sats'es. Extending this bonus which
the n,fInbers voted themselves, the
.pxDensl9s Of the Legislature have been
fully S9Jdy 400 more than the neeessi-
lies Of the state required. The Legis-
Eature sho1Id not, in any event, have
cost the STATE more than a quarter ofa
million Of dollars dusiHe the entire pc
NlANl Oh IANAh'dl tAlAs ihfA lAaf1A fAaNAA
from a long aud eXhaustlng war, there
was no necessity for much leglS-
latiOn. We wanted simply low
taxes and economy ia the Gov
eminent. During the ten years
from 1852 to 1851, the expenses OF the
Legislature were $iS3,7ls, while dur
no the four and half years Of Radi-
psl gule this department Of the Gov
s.rnnteB! has cost SG2l ,595. The total
,a,pens07 OF the Government for ten
years previous TO 1861 We're s. ,30l ,3j3.
sDf thts an8OEgt about =, 900 was
expended for - ilOBis and public chari-
ties, 80 that the eEpeBssas Of the State
Government for ten yfaFs were but
fiftIe oyer 81, 500,O0. The eXpspdi-
tsres Gf the State for tour aad haif
wears under Radical rule were $, ,S3i >,
rs, of which only S755,Sil was for
schO0Is and ehariUe2, thus showing
that the expenditures under Radical
rule were greater by more than =, ,.tO,-
900 than for The ten years preceding
the war. The public printing, 1t VIII
bS seen, is an enormous item, pore
than double what should have been
expended. Look at what the peBitRn-
tiarv has cost the State under Radical
rule. BefoLe the war il was nearly or
quite e selGs1staining institution.
Under the late regime il cost the State
more than SsOG ,9lle, and the taxpayers
have had 10 foot the enormous Dill.
The registration Of voters in 1866 cost
SgJ4Q. and this should have sufiieed
with very little addition TO 1t, but ~
order to keep the State under Radical
rule, an additional 81 600 has been
expended. This expenditure was
purely for the benesst Of the Radical
party, Another expenditure which
has been for the benefit OF members
OF the Radical party, ie the
So. .4O3 paid 10 the MeiropoiitaH
Police. The Ritizens Of Nashville,
Memphis ann Chattanooga, were COM
pefenf 10 choose their own police and
pay for the service Of the same, yet in
order "a make places Tor Radicals, tie
fsx-DaYers OF the State have had TO
FOOT i bill Of over So, 5,000. The Gov
esnos's staff, IN q time Of profound
peace, has cost the Gtate over $40, ,000.
Euf the crOAsniug infamy iB these use
less sseEpendituresl Is flle $554, ,976 thrown
away on the "ioyal militia" H'bidl
was organized for no other purpose
than 20 harrass and annoy the people,
and aid IN carrying the eseetion of s67,
aud 10 annoy and haTTass the people
IN the early part Of the present year,
ln the hope Of making capital f0T the