Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-10-22

TON or DEBT, THE RULE UNDER REpuBLIcASs--
soNr CONSPICUOUS ExANIpLEs-ANp EfE DEMO
CRATIC CONTRAST.
An able article In the New York Times say
that figures in regard 10 the finances of iivt
prominent States Missouri, Michigan, Pennsyl
vania, and New Yorli--huvo recently come TO ia
notice, and show u great contrast between To
publican and Democratic management. Thus
DEMOCRATIC MISSOURI.
First let ns look at Missouri. That is now M
der Democratic management, and tual party
speakers, including its candidate Tor oternor
have been proclainng from the zinlnp that the
expenses OF the State are less than has been the
case AT any previous time since the close ui the
war, Tie pfetense has caused n correspondent
of paper published at the State capital to make
careful examination Of the reports of the
State Auditor during the period mentioned.
! From his figures = and he is vonched
for as a careful and trustworthy man-it appears
! that tlie Democratic claim has no foundation in
| fact, for the Democratic administration OF Gov.
| Woodson has cost the people Of the State yearly
iiearly quarter of a million dollars more than
was expended during the Republican adninis-
traton OF Gov. McClurg, and S274 900 more than
during Gov. Fletcher's term Of Office. SO
much FOR a State now under Democratic control.
I Mueh brighter is the picture presented hg
! REPUBLICAN VERMONT.
Its Auditors report shows that Sl53,jgD of
I the States debt was rodeemed during the year
ending on the iirst OF August last, aud that on
that date there was in the state Treasury an es-
cess of 500, 657 over all liabilities, the latter, m
clndiHs the funded debt, amounting to SjSs $50,
and the assets being Sil1 ,4S7. The report also
shows that while the ordinary expenses Of the
State in 1879 amounted to 1888, 23S, they were
last year only 1892. 1928, some of the saving be-
ing effected by the change from annual to ben-
nial sessions OF the Legislature. It may be melt
toned that every dollar of the State tax in 1872
., which amounted to F3t4S 400. was collected,
aud that OF the tax assessed last year, which was
reduced to S393, $3.50, all but So 700 had been col
lected on the lst of August last
REPUBLICAN MICHIGAN.
Turn next to Michigan. 1t is n long wiiiie since
tho Democrats have had control Ihe.e The
States experiences under their guidance were
not such aS to cause its thoughtful citizens to
desire their speedy return to power Tie Re-
publicans, when they obtained control of affairs,
found the State weighed down bya debt of two
aud a half millions OF dollars. which was equiya-
lent TO nearly Six dollars to every mal, woman,
aud child within its limits. Since then. in spite
of the war, with all its attendant expenses, for
which the Democratic party was so largely re-
sponsible, the successive Republican ADMINISTERS
tions OF the State have succeeded IN reducing
the public dobt to one-half the amount 1t was
when they received it. and the per capita is now
only about sl.25.
REPUBLICAN, PENNSYLVANIA.
In Pennsylvania still more gratifying results
have been achieved. For the last twelve
years, in which the Republicans have managed
affairs there has been steady decrease of the
State debt annually except in a single year, when
there was an apparent increase through the
funding of the Soid-interest debt to currency
interest baeis. The hctlia State debt il now less
than fifteen and half millions, the decrease in
the pnst thirteen years having amounted to fifty
per cont of the debt. At the same time the bur-
dens OF taxation falling upon the people have
been much lighteued, aud the rnnning expenses
OF the State Government reduced,
REPUBLICAN NLw YORK.
These gratifying figures are we'll supplement-
eel ~ the record of our party in our own State.
Here deficiencies have been made up, unGec-
esssiy expenditures Topped oil, eStrHyagamt eati-
mates reduced aud large sum has tHcil laid
aside to defray liabilities 10 fall due hereafter.
The Republicans took hold of affairs uEdcr dis
couraSins circumstances. Their Eilrrers IA
spite of these was briefly described b- t,uv. DIX
IN the course of his admirable response upon
the occasion of the sereua1e recently teli-
defed linn in Albany and the EGeaatJ JUFiaf
OF that city has sluce more elaborately preseut-
ed them. The Republicans found that the last
Democratic administration had expended, or got
rid of III some way, every dollar that had been
raised by taxation, and had moreover
wropgfnlly distracted, to make up 9 deficiency
six and half million iuiiaTS from tito .IIsies
funds, which the Constitution they had solemn-
IS sworn to support expressly eDtoned upon
them sacredly to apply s0loly TO the extinglish-
mrrt of the public debt. This large deficiency
the Hot1on, and efficient Republican adrninistra-
tiun has already entirely made up, and it has be-
sidca added over fifteen millions of dollars 10
these fnuds. This achievement alone ought to
be sufficient to command the administration to
renewed popular support, and doubtless
would do so. But the advantages by no
means top here. The Republicans found
tIlOt the Average yearly expenditure for general
Purposes under Democratic rule, WAS over So
i25,uUn; they reduced il considerably more than
million dollars. They found NJ the cost Of
maintaining the canals and collecting the tolls
for one year was over Two and quarter millions;
they cIlt it down to loss than million and half;
they found that something like million dollars
werS annually appropriated for sectalian pur-
poses, under tine absurd plea that they were for
religious charities; they cut them all oil. They
found he annual legislative expenses TO be
Sil2, ,i5G; they cut them down to 42dd, $40. They
found that under the last Democratic adminis-
trliion, the State Controller had been compelled
to borrow over two millions OF dollars, after all
the proceeds of taxation had been exhausted;
they have paid all current expenses, aud, as
stated above have, in addition made up the de-
ticeucv of six aud a half millions in the sinking
funds and added fifteen millions to the same.
Such, briefly presented, are the comparative
results Of Republican and Democratic admins-
tation of financial affairs in the FIVE representa-
tive States mentioned.