The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-10-07
MORE FIGURES.
REFORM ECONOMY.
4 COMPLETE OFFICIAL SHOWING.
FROM THE STATE REPORTS.
FACTS THAT CANNOT BE DENIED.
WE CHALLENGE THEIR INEES-
TIGATION.

ment during it's management by the |
present. Reform administration, have |
been less than for many years under |
rule, has been the boast OF
the Reform press for several weeks. In |
vain have we looked for a statement In
detail, showing the comparative expendi- |
lures of the two administrations. The
assertion of the reform press that great
saving has been achieved III the expense
of conducting state affairs, was presum-
ed to be sufficient and satisfactory to
members of the Reform party, and 1t
was hoped others would be misied by
those statements, but such is not the
case. The mere assertion, without facts
and figures to substantiate it, is ''too
thin" for the mass of citizens, and III
the following statement we will endeavor
to show to the satisfaction of everybody,
that the assertion is false, and that IN
stead of our State affairs having been
managed with less expense than the Re
publicans, it cost in 1874, the first gear
Of "Reform" rulc, $19, 231. ID more than
during the last gear Of the Republican
administration. This is not all. Dur
ing the year 1874, the majority in the
assembly was ''reform, and in order to
make good showing at the end of the
year, the leaders insisted on cutting
down the necessary appropriations for
pnblic institutions, to the lowest pos
sibIe amounts required for actual run
ming expenses, refusing to assent to
scarcely any aid for the completion of
work begun or to make any improve
ments whatever, thus delaying work that
was necessary to be done, much to the
detriment of such institutions. Our
readers are well aware, that for years
past, and under republican rule, large
sums of money have been expended IN
building and establishing public CHART
able and penal institutions, to meet the
requirements of our rapidly increasing
needs Asylums for the Insane, Blind,
Deaf and Dumb, have been provided, one
for the accommodation of the Insane
having been recently completed at Osh-
kosh. Additions, improvements and re-
pairs to other institutions have been
made and provided for, all OF which ne
cessity actually required. We thus
make mention of these institutions, to
show, in presenting our statement, that
under republican rule the appropriations
for their Improvement and enlargement,
(Which in 1873, largely exceeded those
of 1874. under the present adminlstra-
ton, Increased the ordinary expenses of
the state by the amount of such ap-
preparations, and, since to the same in
situations, the appropriations by the
present administration were much less,
with the other or ordinary expenses of
the government no higher than under
republican management, the total ex-
pense of the state government ought to
be as much less than under republicans,
as the appropriations to said institutions,
by the reformers was less than those of
the republicans, which difference as will
be hereafter shown is $195, 1854. 10. But,
instead of this we find that the actual ex
pense of running the government under
the reform" administration for the year
ending Sept. Both 1874, as appears from
the State Treasurer reports was 49,,
231. - more than the totals expense for
1873, as will appear from the following
statement:
The disbursements for the general
80, 1874 -. s, OBS. 7os 81
able and penal institutions for
1874, but not paid at date of re-
port. 1lS,Ool ~
Total. .....-............-.- 81, 156,74o II
Deduct from this sum the amount
due appropriations for 1873,
which paid in 1875, and incud-
ed in above amount, .............. 1861 rs
And we have a Total of............s1O s2, 176 SO
as the cost of conducting the State Gov
eminent for the fiscal year 1874.
The expense of the last Republican
administration appear from the
last report of eX-TreaSurer Baetz,
was. s., l91 ,96s OIL
To this add amounts due charitable
and penal institutions for 1873, but
not paid at date of report -. 1851 70
Total. ...................sI,26 5,527 rs
Deduct from this sum the amount
due on appropriations for 1872,
which was paid in 1873, and includ-
ed in above amount. .:........... POI SO 90
And we have & Total of. O63, 947 SO
or $40, 23l. 13 less than 1t cost the Re
formers Ia 1874.
Now, besides having conducted the
State affairs at a considerable sum less
than the Reformers expended, the
amount appropriated under the Repub-
lican administration for building, i'm
proving and enlarging the public institu
tons above mentioned, in 1878, exceeded
by $195, 364 10 the sum for like pur-
poses in 1874, viz:
In 1873 the appropriations for work,
furniture, Sc, Tor Hospital for
Insane, Oshkosh, was .........- S164, 921 p
For Improvements to Hospital for
Insane, Madison OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 $50 90
For Industrial School for Boys, I'M
provements. ............,.. 23,50o 90
For Capital Park Fence and Capital
improvements. RECOMMENDATIONS. $3.50 IS
Total Observation-Disclosures. 27s,ssO SIS
In 1874 the appropriation
for Improvements to
Hospital for Insane
Oshkosh $50, aH %
To Hospital for Insane
Madison ....-........ 10000 60
Park and Capital I'm
proYcmentS. 5,1St Oh Si,496 81
Leaving an excess of. $l95, 364 10
paid out by republicans for these institu-
lions above the amount paid by the re-
formers, and yet the running expenses
of the reform" government exceed
those of the previous year by $40, 231. %,
while they ought to have been nearly
$500, 900 less, since the appropriations
for public improvements were reduced
that amount. In considering the ex-
penditures of the State government it |
will be observed, upon examination of |
the reports of the State Treasurer, that |
we have referred only to the disburs-
ments of the general fund, while there |
are School, University and other funds |
to in said reports. Now for |
the information of our readers, we will |
explain that from the general fund on
ly, are the expenses of our state affairs
provided for; the other funds. School, !
University, Normal School and agricult- |