Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-09
How They Do Go On.
Prom the Monroe Sentinel.

One of the silly gags of the presen
campaign is the story set afoat By
the Milwaukee Ne,os that the Admin
istration of Governor Taylor has
saved the people $500 day every
day it has been in power.
Every Democratic paper has, in
some shape, copied this item, and
have, either tkoughtlsssly or design
edly, published their ignorance Of
facts and loaned themselves to false
hooi. The gag is almost too ridicu.
lous TO need contradiction.
Five hundred dollars day for 365
days, or one yesr, would amount to
S1S2,5O0. When Secretary Doyle
began housekeeping he found bal
ance in the State Treasury, TO the
Both of September, 1873, the fiscal
year, of $215, GA so; and balances
due by appropriations to the various
institutions of the State of only
$73,6l1 rs. This last amount was
to be taken from the $215, GA SO,
leaving $142,032 II, actual balance
on hand, in the general fund, for the
last quarter of the calander year.
On the Both of September last
Secretary Doyle reported total
balance on hand of 1884 SO; but
there was owing to the various insti-
buttons from appropriations made by
the Legislature, s1i9,357 62.
The total receipts into the Treasu-
ry for the first year of Reform were,
from all sources, as provided by law,
1921, 1853 A. while the total re-
ceipts of the preceding year, under
Republican rule, were, 81, 095, 872 20,
or $135, 296 Is less than was paid
into the Reform Administration.
Now, last fall, the Reformers pub.
lished TO the world that there was a
balance on hand September 30th,
1874, of S378. 344 SO, and of course
the Reform Administrator had been
in bat nine months. This balance
had to run the State Government
and pay the balance then due the
various funds appropriated for benev-
client and penal institutions of the
State, of $119,357 62. This left the
balance at the end of the fiscal year
from which the Secretary makes his
report, only $257,987 Sc.
So with an income of $135, 1856 Is
moro than tho Republican party had
the year before, and balance in the
Trsasury of 5,644 SO at the end
of the last fiscal year under Republi-
can rule, the Reform Administration
has been enabled to show balance
at the end of its first fiscal year of
1888 987 36.
1t appears that the saving is as
follows:
Reform Democratic Administration DR..
to balance received from Republican Ad-
m'nistration SZlo,ot4 5Z
To of income over 2S6 10
1850, $3.50 81
Balance reported on hand at end fiscal year
90
Reform Adminisra ton debtor to the people 943 q
Tho Dem 0cratic Administration
showed at the end of it's first fiscal
year nearly $92 900 less balance than
it should have done, according to its
own figures. Now these are the
facts as taten from Secretary
DoyIe's own report of the fiscal year
ending September Both, 1874. What
his report will show for the fiscal
year 1875 we do not know, but will
venture the prediction that there
will not be 50 favorable report,
even as that of last year.
There is another point which we
wish to make while considering this
$500 business, and that is, the actual
disbursements under the control of
Governor Washburn's Administra-
ton were much more economical, as
compared with Governor Taylor's,
than our brief summary could make
appear. But we will give some
of them:
The appropriations for permanent
mprovements, benevolent institu-
tons, State Prison, etc., exceeded by
800, 900 those distribursed by Tay>
lor's Administration. Then there
was needed for improvements of q
permanent character at the capitol
s26, 900, protection of Superior barbor,
81 229 IA.
1t is We'll known that the Logisla-
ture which was elected with Gov.
ernor Taylor was Democratic, and
thatin nearly every instance the APP
preparations for permanent improve
ments and expenses of benevolent
institutions were cut down nearly a
halt by the Assembly, while Its spe-
cial appropriations, including the
SIG, 200 donated to CakiEs, of the
Ne,cs, was SIS, 900 against $4,000 OF
the year previous. Had Governor
Taylor vetoed some OF these bills,
including that of Calkins,' as did
Governor Washburn, the Reform
record would look better. 1t cost
S707 20 to publish Taylor's procla-
nations, while 1926 10 paid the SINH
lar account of Governor Washburn.
Governor Washburn's contingent ex-
penses were 81, 631 10, while Gov
ernor TayIor's were S13 375 10.
So we might 90 on and enumerate
but we trust we have given oul
readers a peep at Reform economy
and Reform figures that will oper
their eyes as to that $500 a day
| business.
.WI am proud to say that tohite tn
Republican party may haze erred, 1t ha'
not proved false to any great principle
nor co,oardYy in the presence Of am