The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

der Democratic administration, the debt
was reduced by compromise to 1921
$50, being about one-half OF the debt
with accumulation of interest. This re-
manned in bonds payable at the pleas
ure of the state until 1865; when by an
act of the legislature arrangements were
made for its payment, bill for that
purpose being introduced by a Demo-
cratic senator and supported by all the
Democrats in the Legislature !; and un
der that law the debt has been in part
paid. How much has it taken to pay
this sum under an q economical Repub
lican administration For the years
1S65-6-7-8-9, years of peace, there has
been collected from the people by taxa
ton the enormous sum OF SIS, pa SOL
60. 1t has cost this enormous sum to
run a Republican state administration
five years, and there yet remains unpaid
of the state debt about three millions:
but of this amount 81 ,429,733 was paid
by the sinking fund which had accu
mulated from the taxes of former years,
and this would leave only the amount
of 1870, 267 which has been paid
from this $50 .241 ,691 of taxes collected
by the Republicans in the last five years
What has become of the other $751;
100000? Gone to support an econom
ical Republican administration. " But
says an enthusiastic Republican, it
costs more in war times TO run gov
eminent than in times of peace" But
stop these five years We have enumsra-
ted were in times of profound peace.
" But" he says again, q we made large
expenses during the war, which were
not paid, and we had to pay them after
wards" But you are wrong; for a
claim has been filed against the United
States for all war expenses, amounting
to s4,373, 593. OF this amount there
has been paid s3,422, 743-only $780,
$50 being unpaid-and this deducted
from the amount collected by taxation,
in five years, leaves about $1,000 900
chargeable to this parry U! io',
nIenf, anu ior tnls Tine showing OF econ
omJ they ask you to continue them in
power. The Republicans went into
power under the promise of retrench.
ment and reform How have they full
filled their promises .?
Let us contrast the expenses under
Democratic rule with those under Re-
publican rule for ten years each, and
then Judge for yourselves who should be
trusted
Under Democratic rule, from 1850 to
1860, there was collected from the peo-
pie by taxation, s25, OF, S26.
From 1860 to 1870, under Republi-
can rule, there was s87 81 $50 collect
ed from the people by taxation, making
difference of $50, 434, 104 against the
Republican administration, being three
and-a-half times more than it cost to
run the government under Democratic
officers and for each poll, under Dem
ocratic rule, s144 %, and under Re-
publican rule s406 IS, difference of
1852 So; and making an average an
nual cost of 1891 1893 under Repub-
lican rule, while under Democratic rule
the average annual cost was S2,5O7, 7S2.
1t cannot be justly said that this is
attributable to years of war; for, from
1861 to 1865, war years, the expenses
were less by s6,35O,OOO than during
the years from 1866 to 1870, peace
years.
How can we account for this great
difference consistently with honesty?
1t cannot be done.
But there are few facts brought TO
light which will account for part of it.
PUBLIC PRINTING,
for four years under Democratic rule,
from 1857 to 1860, cost s97 ,691. I'm
der Republican rule from 1866 to 1868
it cost s255 ,969 making difference of
s168,299
Dish URsEMENTs ON ACCOUNT OF Ex-
ECUTIvE OFFICERS,
From 1857 to $50, under Democratic
rule, s39,925. From 1866 to 1870,
under Republican rule, s153, S15, max
ing difference of s113, 889.
LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
From 1850 to 1859, under Democratic
rule, the legislative expenses we're 1887 :
5S8; from 1860 to 1869, under Repub-
lIcan rule, the expenses for the same
purpose were 1861, 253, making . differ.
ence of S175,664.
When put together these three items
amount to s4J6, 81, almost half mill
ion Of dollars
Have they been worth that much
more than Democratic services to the
tax payer? Ifso, it mast be because
they have found ways to collect by tax
alton in ten years So, 434 ,1O4 more
than the 'wasteful and extravagant'