The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-28


hundred and eix'y.six then there were
FIVE territorial governments, now eleven
then there were thirty three states, now
thirty-seven; since then the number of
Siptcs have been increased, circuit judges
have been created, new judicial districts ee-
tablished and the democracy now propose
to make courts more and judge, because
sibly dispose of all the business. Does not
all this necessarily increase the expenses
over those Of 1860
Does any one, democrat or republican,
Judges and courts, so that the business may
be properly dispatched of the number OF
senators and rep, esentahves in congress, go
that the states and people may be properly
represented ; Of the extension of the pos
tai service fer the accommodation Of the
county Of the territorial governments, so
that the great west may be more rapidly
settled and developed Of providing for
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amount Of impOr.siiorsl There are, I'M
doubtedly, many other places where the
expenses have necessarily inereased--and
that without imputng extrsSagauce--h
these are enough TO show that expenses are
necessarily increased with population and
wealth
Assuming the correctness of the figures,
the fact that y dollar IN 1860 was worth
one hundred cents. while in 1875 it WAS
worth less than eigbty-iline cents would
more than account for this increase OF five
uilions of dollars, aud show that the net
ordinary expenses 10 1873 were not ouly
less per capita and less in proportion to
wealth than in 1850. but were actually less
in amount
Assuming. however, ;hHt The difference
in the purchasing value Of dollar has
been taken into the account that tbt
figures are correct tbh figures are not Of
our making, sc take them Ms we find then
in a democratic pewspaper-ihrowing GU
= Of the view the considerations we hav,
named and roncediug, As claimed by Thu
g ,urnal referred 10, that lit does not follow
&" that governmental expenses should bea
" 6 strict ratio TO the multiplication Of tn
" peoi IL = and hence II YOU please, tina
this increase OF five millions of dollars iron
1860 to 1875 is only explainshle by ''repuh
" lican theft and Extravaganza what /
the fair inteieuce
D Now we concede that there has beel
: ate ling under the republican ADMINISTERS
. ton. Rristow snd jewell have made tn
dry houes OF the thieves rattle, and W
, trust that they may have the good forum
: to clean them ont We presume, toe
, that there has been extravaganza, inexcusa
bic extravaganza but after ail, iudgin
from the figures with The excepto
y of the figures given by the Democrat
u newspaper, they are oiiical--we shout
much prefer, because VIC think the counIr
would lie much better off financially
;, republican theft and extravaganza" a
: disclosed By the figures, than Democrat
. honesty aud economy as shown in th
same way.
In 1893, under Washington's ADMINISTERS
ton which the newspapers of the day sai
II was VIGOROUSLY corrupt, the net ordinsr
h expenditures of the government were
" trine less than one aud three ausrtere of
= million of dollirs Ia 1905, under the &C
h ministration OF Jefferson whom the latte
y day democracy claim as their great apostl
l. these expenses run up to over six an
'e quarter millions of dollars. II the argt
p ment has any force. was this nearly fiv
: millions OF do lars increase due to ''thet
e "a I'd ex'ravagarc ?" In 1884, uud,
} jackson, they had run up tn over eigb'ee
millions of dollars in 1899 un1er Va
r. Buren,, to twenty-six and half milions
4. dollars in 1S40, under Polk, to forty mi
IA lions of dollars in 1856, under Pierce, ,
" tiiy.six millions Of dollars and in 1855
l. under misunderstanding to these dem,
d cratic figures-to eighty-one millions
IA dollars. If there was mo rls of reason
IN for the increase OF five millions of dollal
,e from 1860 to 1875 except republican the
70 extravaganza" what a ''cussed" act
re extravagant democratic thieves must ha,
- been in office under Jefferson, jackson
81 Van Buren,, Polk, Pierce and Buchanan
This is not our argument-i' is go0t
sound democratic logic. 1t may be hone
III ~ ard economy FIR the democracy to j
u crease the ordinary expenses of the COVER
es ment twenty five millions Of dollars fro
ne 1866 to 1880, and republican theft al
IN " extravaganza" to increase them five m
m lions of dollars from 1860 10 1S15-but,
I'd so, give us Republican theft and extrav
is "gence" rather than democratic homes
ne and economy.