The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-29

aud nearly all of this is in a con-
dition to be made productive as soon
as the Legislature shall provide for
its investment.
But it is charged that, if the results
of Republican administration in this
State are as we claim them to be.
these results have been ACCOMPLISHED
bv the most enormous taxation. ac-
companied by the most astounding
extravagance.
To pToys this. the Sentinel, in the
article alluded to, instituted a com
parison of the ordinary expenses of
the State government, and also of the
amount OF taxes assessed during ten
years of Democratic rule and a simi-
lar period of Republican rule.
You may judge of the value and
truthfulness OF these comparative tab
ular statement when l inform you
that the year 1860. the last year of the
Willard Hammond administration,
is set down in these lying tables as
the first year of Republican rule.
Everybody except the managers of
the Sentinel knows that Governor
Hammond retired from Office and
Governor Henry s. Lane succeeded
him in January 1861; and the year
1860 was, therefore, year of Demo.
cratic rule which we utterly decline
to have showed over on the Republi.
can decade.
commend the Sentinel, however,
for its anxiety to get rid of one year
of bad government; but assure it that
the attempt to show that Governors
Willard and Hammond were Repub.
licans in 1860, must fail even among
the most ignorant of Democrats.
The ordinary expenditures of the
State Government properly include
the expenses Of legislative, judicial
and executive branches of the State
Government, disbursements, made on
account of the Benevolent Iustitu-
tons, prisons. reformatories,e etc, etc. ;
but do not include payments of prin.
cipal or interest on the State Debt.
In the SeatineLs tables on this sub
ject, the Democratic administration
from 1851 to 1859, inclusive, is com
pared with what is pretended to be ten
years of r publican administration,
from 1860 to 1869 inclusive.
We turn back the year 1860 to them
and for it claim a credit for Sis, SIG So
the amount charged to the Repub.
licans at the expense of that year.
Charging this year to US the Sentt
net foots up the ordinary expenses oil
ten years of Democratic administra.
ton at 81, : 45 ,329 56, and ten years OF
Republican rule at $2,059, 1853 So.
making an excess for Republican
over Democratic rule of So 141 634 or
or. S9l .4d3 40 of an excess for each
year.
Now, as there have not yet been ten
years Of Republican administration,
propose to reduce the comparison to
the last nine years of Democratic
rule, and the first nine of Republican
| To do this we must deduct from the
SentineLs Democratic tables the years
1850 and 1851, the amount charged
for those two years, being 1856, 425 46
this deducted from the s., 145, 329 SO
and we have, according to the Senti-
NETS own figures, 1888, 904 10, as the
ordinary expenses of Democratic rule
for the eight years, commencing with
1859 and ending with 1859. Add ia
this for 1860. the ninth year, the sum
of $119,676 s., and we have $l,109..
$50 90, as the ordinary expenses oil
the State for nine years. from 1852
to 1860 inclusive, under Democratic
rule.
According to the SeatineTs figures
we have, as before stated, $2,059,.
1853 So as the cost of Republican rule
for ten years from 1860 to 1869, in.
elusive; deduct from this for the
Democratic year 1860. the sum OF
| S119,676 50, and we have, according
to the Sesattneps own figures, 81 ,940,-
ZS6 73, az the ordinary expenses for
nine years, from 1861 to 1869, in
| elusive.
But in this sum the iSeatineI has
charged the Republicans with $685.
926 90 as ordinary expenses, which
were In point of fact interest paid on
the Domestic Debt of the State, as
follows. viz:
For 1857 sl5O.s26 70
FOR 1908 2OZ,O24 "
OF 4oov...---.'. 2l3sO10 W
Total for three years............ s5e5s2s q
Deducl1ng then thls.........,,...,..b b65,926 u
From the previously charged. l.gi0,2s6 20
Ana we ,374 1853 81
As the actual amount of ordinary ex-
penses for nine years of Republican
rule from 1861 to 1869, inclusive.
Now, if We take from this sum tn 9
| 81, los, $50 50, ordinary expenses of
Democratic rule from 1852 to 1860 in
elusive, we have, as the true excess of
the Republican over the Democratic
period, only $215, 379 sc, or $685.
931 O9 for each Of the nine years;
sum much less than the increased
current expenses of the Benevolent
Institutions and Reformatcries con-
sequeut upon the increase of popula-
ton and the increased number of in
mates in those Institutions.
CONCLUDED TO MORROW.