The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-29
VOLUME mo. 100.
THE COST OF NEGRO GOVERN
MENT IN LOUISIANA.

Figures never lie, and facts are more poten
than arguments. What do the white people
OF this State pay to support negroes and theil
dupes? A few xtracts from the Appropria
tion bill Of this year. act No. SO, page 80, ap
proved March Is, 1874 will clearly demon,
strate
Salaries Governor, sS0OO Private Secre-
tary of the Governor, $500; Clerk Of Gov
ernor, $500; Corresponding Clerk of Cover
nor, $500; two messengers of Governor,
$1,000. Contingent expenses of Governor,
SO 900. Total expenses paid by the whites
TO Gov. Kellogg, $50, 300 viii papers at the
seat Of other State Governments copy this and
make comparison:
Lieutenant Governor (black,) salary $4,000,
and contingent expenses, $1,000; Secretary
Of State, colored, salary $1,000; contingent
expenses $1,000; Assistant Secretary of State,
$1,000; Clerk Secretary of State, $500; Mes
senger $780, Page $3.50. Total, 5000. Does
the Office of Secretary of State cost any other
State as much?
State Librarian, (colorcd,) salary $1,000;
Assistant Librarian 5000; Attorney General
salary 5000; Clerk of Attorney General
$500; Assistant Attorney General, $1,000;
contingent expenses, $500. The fees for col
lectng taxes are five per cent. What the
gross amount from this source is, no one can
estimate; but it is enormous, and the white
taxpayers are the sufferers
State Auditor-no son of Dewitt Clinton
the notorious Charles Clinton, salary, $1,000;
contingent expenses, $1,000; travelling ex-
penses, $500 supposed to be for expenses
of cab hire for visits to his Excellency)
clerks of Auditor $25, $40; legal adviser (sup-
posed to be the owner, or one of the owners,
and the adviser, or the writer, Of the leading
articles in the New Orleans Times, $4,000.
Total amount the white people have to pay for
an Auditor, S42, 500. We will Lay wager
that no State can exhibit like lberality
State Treasurer, colored, salary, $1,000;
contingent expenses, $1,000 chief clerk,
$500; book-keeper $4,000; assistant clerks,
$4,000 AS the Treasurer happens to be col
cred, the expenses Of his department fall
abort Of the expenses Of the Auditor S27, $40.
State Registrar Of Voters, salary $1,000;
clerk of State Registrar, $500. State Land
Office, salary $4,000; clerk Of State Land Of
fee. S259O; contingent expenses. $3.50. Pub
Mc garden at Baton Rouge, $500.
Education Superintendent (negro), salary
5000; Secretary Of Superintendent, $1,000;
Division Superintendent, S12, 500; Division
Superintendent Sixth District, $4,000; Assist
ant Superintendent Sixth Division, $1,000;
contingent expenses, $4,000; contingent ex-
penses Of six Division Superintendent,
5000; rent Of Office, $1,000; travelling ex-
penses, $1,000; appropriation to pay Johnson
Armstrong for, probably, stationery S4l5O
State Engineer, salary $4,000; Assistant En-
gineers, $1,000; Assistant Engineer Of Red
River, $1,000; Secretary, S24O0 draghtsmen,
t24OO; porter, $500; contingent expenses,
$4,000; Ak and chain men, $500.
Besides the commissions received by the
tax collectors, there is an appropriation to
them out Of the general fund Of S29.7 700, and
out Of other funds Of $3.50, 300, or $4,000
Assessors, besides their per centage for the
assessments, there is an appropriation out Of
the general fund and other funds, S125,OOO
State printer, $4,000; other official jour
mails, $4,000. We will follow this up. This
Is sufficient for one day Have the white peo-
pie any idea what they have to pay to suppo 1T
in Office negroes and their white dupes? The
figures and facts we give and will give,
will open taeir eyes to the outrages imposed
apon them by the present usurpins govern
,Ment