The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-12-21
Comparative Salaries.

Democratic sore-head, and those con
stitutional grumblers who are always
harping on the enormous expenscs'oi
the general government, may find Q
salve for their wounds in contemplat.
ing the present prices paid in New
York city for democratic government,
and calculating from the data supplied
the probable cost of transferring such
luxury to the national capital. The
figures are taken from the New York
Times of Nov. 26.
The salary OF Mayor Wickham is s12,-
ernor of New York, and only s233 less
than the combined salaries Of the gov
ernors OF Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont.
1t therefore costs the 942, 292 people OF
New York city almost as much for a
chief magistrate as II does the 5, ,466, $50
in the above nine States. Six of these
states are republican and two Of the
others have frequently been so. Now
York city is always overwhelmingly
democratic. II seems to require about
six times the money, on the basis OF
population in 1870, to govern demo-
cratic city in the executive department
thrt il does to govern republican
states
In the treasury department of the
United States, l3 principal officers, in
cluding their chief, receive salaries ag-
gregating s5l, 800. The same number
of officers in the controllers Office Of
New York city receive s65, ,050, or sl3,-
$50 more than tho former, while the
controller receives $40, 900 salary, being
81, 900 more than the secretary OF the
treasury. The amount Of revenue col
lected and disburssd by the controller
of New York is nearly S35, 100000 per
annum, while that collected and dis
bursed by the secretary of the treasury
is S2SS, 900, 900. It Ittherefore costs about
26 per cent more To handle one-eighth
as much money through democratic
hands, where the work is all confined
TO the area Of q narrow city, that il
does through republican hands operat-
ing over "this broad land of ours.
The u. s. treasury department is but
a side-show to what il might be, If these
hold of it. Bui its judiciary depart
cent peep-show beside that of Tam
many. See the figures.
court. sI0, 500
Any Tammsny state supreme judge, 1900
Majority for Tammany, o7 per cent 1000
Ordinary u. s. chief judges 10000
Ordinary Tammany state judges 1850
Majority for Tammany, IS per cent $500
A circuit Judge OF the United States $1,000
Tammany common pleas Jndge l5,OOO
Mai. foi Tammany, $50 per cent 1900
A district judge Of the L. 5. average 5000
A Tammany superior court judge 1900
Majority for Tammany,55 per cent li,ooo
A New York judge Of appeals $1,000
Dennis Quinn, Tammany ward justice 5000
Judge Quinn better than Chief JUS
tice Church, IA per cent 1000
This is 'trooly refreshing" but the
fountain is not yet exhausted.
A Tammany alderman manages to
exist on "a 900 per annum and the prof
Its OF his gin-mill il he has one; or near
ly three times as much as Is paid to an
assemblyman (sl 500, who must leave
his home and basiness at least four
months every year.
The official records Of the city show
ed, in January. 1875, n total anual ex-
penditure OF sl3, l69, 200, divided among
1881 place-holders; while the United
States treasury department, which has
exclusive control over the treasury
proper, independent treasury, u. 3.
mint, assay offices, depositaries. Gus
toms service, internal revenue, life saw
ing stations, coast suavey, lighthouse
service, marine hospitals, special agents,
special commissions, steamboat inspec-
tors, printing currency, etc, embrac-
ing all the money transactions OF the
government, and covering the entire
country and adjacent oceans, has not
II, 900 employees, and is conducted at
far less cost than the municipal govern
msnt Of New York city!
Veiily, democracy, thou art gem
hardly worth such an expensive setting.
Uncle Sam certainly cannot afford dem.
ocratic jewelry to ornament the capitol
and white house with, while SO many
good people hold his paper, already
over due. Lansing Republican.