The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-05-14

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We are much better pleased with the act
making an .annronriation for carving onDthe
government than we anticipated. The
greatest objection is to the reduction
of the salary Of some of the clerks.
The most of them only receive a
salary each of $1,000, which is. too little,
unless the warrants were worth dollar for
dollar, When paid, it is in currency, which
is usually worth rabOut ninety cents on the
dollar. If the clerks are single, they can
make out very well at $1,000, but if married,
it viii be difficult to pay all expenses and
place any balance in,bank. The chief clerks,
howeveE receive as high as $1sOOJ and the
Governors private secretary $500. 'n52 =
The amount appropriated to the Exeeu-
tive Department is .$17, 100; Secretary of
State, $50 y087J50s attorney General; $3.50;
judiciary Department, S91S, $40 General
Land Office, A, 400; Treasury Department,
$3.50; Depzrtmentof Education, $513, 1926 !;
Comptroller's O6ice, s$S4, OJO; frontier pro-
lection, $3o0,90Dal1 sd 20 z. hlooa l9lD 81
This IS toe small an amount for frontier
protection. -Four hundred thousand dollars
ought to. have been appropriated. But tits
utterly impossible to get some men to con-
slider a. qeestion and make conclusions
founded upon facts and figures, Platforms
mean something or they mean nothing.
The platform adopted by the Democratic
Convention contains the following: ss
otsThe situation, and sufferings of our
| frontiersmen and their families arouse our
deep and sincere sympathy and we do
hereby pledge the most earnest exertions of
the Democratic party to secure their speedy
and adequate protection in the future, be
lieving this to be paramount to all other
| duties"
Was tins the Language Of a set Of aspi-
rants for oificel OF did the delegates mean
what was reported and adoptedl ''Paro-
mount to aI Others.p Let the appropriations
answer. When win men learn to mean
what they sayq And when will they come up
to their prOmisesG People viii soon believe
that promises are made simply to get into
Office, and no more; that so soon as securely
seated, the s'deqr people are forgotten, and
they are told by their acts to go to
some place where they will not trouble the
incumbent The sufferings Of the people
on the frontier are enough to arouse the
tenderest, as well as the most manly feel
ings in the heart OF all; and a sum suffi
cient to have afforded ample protection
should have been appropriated.
The next item is $500 to the Adjutani
Generals Department, which Is entirely toe
small. Il looks too much like parsinony,
and not economy, to restrict or place at :
low figure the appropriation to useful de
partment OF the government which should
have ample means for the protection Of ths
State. The Blind Asylum and the Deaf and
Dumb have each SO, 900, which may be suf
fcienk bat We think il extremely doubtful
The Lunatie Asylum has sss, 575, which i
far below the amount expended under tn
late administration, but may be ample. The
Bureau Of Immigration has an appropria
ton Of SIC, SEQ, which is Ear better thal
the amount at first proposed, which
Was only about $500. It is rathe
strange how the Legislature begaI
at last %. zee lint0 the actual wants o
the STATE. we heartily commend the mem
bers for increasing the amount; and II the.
had only appropriated $50. 900, they wouli
have been instrumental IN bringing into th'
State, in ; feWyears u.nnny millions. N
doubt about It. But Is il Is, We mnst r.
and put un With what has been done
hoping thai ulen ths Legislature meet
aauih n1sre lIbclal spilil. md e0nplrLen
/ are view Of STATE szaifs VIII rsrTsds g.