The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-12-05

slateu, tnese denclancleH are items OF
current expense, for which no appro-
priation has been made. They are as
tollows-we quote from the report Of
the Secretary Of State:
For the support Of the poor............s 1.112 "a
For apprehension Of fugitives, etc..... BIB Oj
FOR conveying convicts to Penitenti-
...................... 200 on
FOR incidental expenses. ......,......,., 22lO O0
EaSxpenses q Penltentiary .4..,.r.... 1857 70
Expenses OF conveying insane to Asy-
luTn, ana keeping them........, $1,000 90
Expenses W q printing, 957 %
Cost OF Penitentlary building overap-
preparation. ...",...,..p,....4.. 81, ,556 S.
,0GB IS
The Salem Mercury, commenting
upon this item of deficiencies, makes a
most clear exposition Of this matter,
SO far as this item is concerned. 1t
says: snow we ask, is the Governor
responsible that the State has to pay
SO much to the counties for the sup
port Of such poor as do not belong to
any OF the countiesp This expense is
incurred under county Jurisdiction.
The Governor sends tor no fugitives
from justice, except indicted by our
courts. 1t is his duty to execute the
law, and expenses are audited by the
Secretary of State according to law
and no warrant is issued until the
whole matter is approved by the Leg
islative Assembly, to whom these
matters have to be reported. The
cost of conveying conyicts to the Peni-
tentiary is fixed by law, and every one
convicted by the courts must be con-
veyed."
Nothing, it seems to us, could b.
palmer or more satisfactory than this
presentation that the Mercury makes
Of the subject. Every reasonable man
must admit upon a glance that with
the incurring Of ,,nese expenses the
State Administration has nothing in
the world to do, and that over them
1t mas no control further than to audit,
ana present them to the Legislature
tor its action, Not a dollar of them
is paid, except upon appropriation
made by the Legislature. To illus
trate; When the County Court OF
Multnomah County adjudges person
insane, and orders his removal to the
Asylum, the expenses on account of
such insane person, his transportation
to the Asylum, and the cost of keep
ing him there, are charged to the
State and go to swell the item Of ode.
ficiencies" At every term of the
State Courts in the different counties
persons are convicted and sent to the
State Penitentiary. These expenses
fall upon the State. Ii at q term of
tho Circuit Court for this county a
dozen convictions for felonies shall be
had, instead Of a more usual number,
there is an unusual exponse created
for the State to bear. Now, Govern
or Grover can have no more agency
in keeping down such an expense thar
the man in the moon. This expense.
too, is not only considerable one,
but 1t is a const@ntly growing one.
We are incliEed to think that iepisla,
tlon .nay be beneiciallv employed TO
cut il down, in so far as it grows out
of the compensation allowed Sheriffs
by law for conveying the classes de.
scribed to the Asylum aud Penltenti-
airy. The item Of S2,250 contained
under the head OF deficiencies, is ex-
planned by the Secretary OF State to be
an unpaid balance left over from the
Wood's,May Radical Administration.
And this explanation is most damag-
ing to those who have sought to find
fault with the financial management of
this Administration; for, besides ex-
posing an attempt to make Governor
Grover responsible for the extraya.
gance or delinquency Of his predeces-
sor, it shows that the incidental ex-
penses Of his Administration have only
been half as much as that of the Radi-
cal Administration which he succeed
ed. Thus the Legislature appropria-
ted $4,000 to pay the incidental ex-
penses Of the last two years OF Woods
Administration. This was all expend-
ed and about $4,000 Indebtedness on
account of that expense incurred be-
sides. For the first two years OF Gov,
Growers Administration but $4,000
were appropriated ter incidental ex-
penses. Out of this the Woods May
deficiency has been paid, which has
had the etfeot to transfer that deicien-
cy to this Administration--the incl
dental expenses of which, up to 1872,
were some Sl8,250, against $4,000 |
for q like period under Woods.
We have been thus particular in
order that the most oaptious aud un.
reasoning criticism shall be left with.
out possible excuse for complaint.
Here are the facts, unoontroyertable
md conclusive, They not only vim
licate, but they eulogize the present
Administration, We ask the public
% consider them against the monoton.
1us asseyerations of the hubitual liar
hat this Administration is running
leayily in debt.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
The Democratic city ticket vase lee
cd in Albany last Monday, with the
,XceptiOn of two Conncilmen nj