The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-02

forced, and tn e general Iund used as an ARK of
word. the sy stem OF BOOK ; eeping maintained
in y ur state treasury would have impaired
the credit OF any business firm in the country.
mon school fund and had to De
replaced from the present treasury. Your
present state treasurer has, by aithful work.
brought order out OF chaos and has ests hshe1
a system OF accounting in your treasury de-
partm ent that is c. edit to him as public
officer.
THIS IS THE RECORD OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
in the state OF Indiana, and upon this record
/, as state officer, am not ashamed TO so be-
fore the taxpayers of the state and ask them
TO reindorse us at the coming election. 1 90 IL
knowing that with Williams as your
. expenditures with his well known efforts for
economy, that your public expenditures will
not be increased l know, when he Is gov
ernor, he will never pay for his coal or cow
feed out OF your public furdS. IApplause
Your state taxes b We been reduced from Is
cents ont 500 tol3 cents, and three cents OF
this last um Il TO be used In building an Rsy-
lum for the incurable insane, which makes an
actual reduction of five cents on every slCO
valuation, and with this reduction everS Item
OF expense es of your state will be promptly
met, a there Will be a large surplus remain
Il In your treasury at the end of this ds a
year. Permit me 10 say, in conclusion, upon
this subject, that / make no charge ofdis-
honesty upon the last Republican state
c fficials. They were faithful public ser
of your present state administration that they
have reduced your state expenditures as COM
pared WITH the expenditures made by these
direct your attention TO the expenditures of
higher branch of your government. want 10
direct your attention to
THE EXPENSE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERN
MENT.
And before 1 proceed to that want to read,
for the benefit OF my Republican friends,
certsin resolution adopted in 1850, and in my
opinion, it applies with great deal offorce to
the pre- ent state OF affairs in your national
govern nent. II reads as follows: "Thst the
people justly view. with alarm, the reckless
extrav gance which pervades every depart
me ut OF the Fe1ersl government. That re-
turn TO rigid, economy and accounta-
bin is inr ispensab!e 20 arrest the
plunder OF the public treasury by favored par
Iisans, " hile the recent startling develop
ments Of raudS and corruption at the federal
me ropolis show that an entire change o ad-
ministration is lmperatively demanded" That
he Ch icago Republican Convention that nom-
mated Abrams m Lincoln, and l appeal 10
every fair and candid Republican IL the
De ocTatic party OF 1867, if it does not a, ply
with ten-iold more loTce 10 the Repub-
lican administration of to-day. II The
administration OF Blu hanan in 1860
was such as 10 alarm the people; If it was
such as to demand an entire change in the ac
mlnistratiOn OF your government, ask you II
the expeD dituTes and extravaganza and cor
ruption of this administration does not
imperdtively demand an entire change of
yonr rulers nom the highest TO the lowest. /
com parison, to the expenditures as they were
In 1859 and as they are to-1ay. In
1867 the entire expenses of your
6ers sbo,S0.0Oa. In 1874, for the fiscal year
ending The 3Oth day OF June. your public ex-
I enditures bad run up 10 9l,00GOO deduct
TLl
' ear, mrJ0b-hearly three times what
they were in 1s6'. Now iet US take th ena,
item oy item, and see ii there was a necessity
Tor this increa e. Now, my Republican friends
always have patent excuse when this
charge OF UNIV rranted Increase in our public
exp nses is made upon them. They wilf say II
was ali caused by the war. They wi i say that
the DsmDcra ic party is RESPONSIBLE for this.
Eleven years alter The war has ended when
he country is at peace; when times are hal d (;
when
THE LABoRER Is BEGGING FOR EMPLOY
MINT;
when every one findsit hard to pay their
excessive taxation, the increa2ing extrava-
ganoe must demand our attention and this ex-
cuse wi not answer. In 1850 your war dep irt-
ment cost you sic, Az, ,2O2 y. In 1874 it cost
you s42, 1892 p. Last year Ssl,I2',eI5 sS
and ct believe there is no reason why your
war department should cost much in excess
whS IT ad In ssndI sS There is ne D nee s,y
publ an said 10 me the other day, "YOu haye
not troops enough now TO defend your from
never snS navy You ee sa dsa6e6 ~
saS 10 you to-day, that IL the 900 federal
troops that ere upon The toil OF GER ain
s, ates OF ms Union lot the purpose OF control
states had been where they should
have been the, bood of Custer and
this adminis tration.. [Applau'e.l l am
glad TO know that the present democratic
Copgr IS intend tnat the standing army shall
be Ut down aud the expenditure OF Y, ur war
dep irtment shall be reduced to the proper
basis. In S60your ~ depaTtme nj CO c you
ill UO0,OOJ, in 1874 il cost you $50, ,OJO, las
year IL cost 2l,COO,0 o.
RESULT OF RoBBERsoN's REIGN.
Yet there is no reason why the
navy of this country should be costing more
than IL did in 1850. Now, ia the ten sars
from 1850 to go, under admins .rations of the
government which have been stigmatized as
xtravagaut, the average annual expend iture
on account OF the naval est blishment Was
less tnan s12 90 per year. This sum is
doubled, as We nave seen, in the pres enJ ex
pencil ure, and yet IL is notorious sct III 4
the efficiency of our navy and its pr par Il ons
for defending the country In time OF need are
on far less efficient footing than they were
in the decade rom 1850 TO SO. Com pairing the
numb r o vessels in commission for The two
periods, We find t. at the navy had eighty-ni e
In 1860 (including eleven shi ips of war and
fourteen 1T gates), ana lao In 1874, ninety two
of which are OF wo and forty-eight iron
clads. We have thus doubled the expense of
our naval armament Without any cor
res spending increase in its mum bers or effi-
cheney. Your Indian department cost you
s2,s9l, 2 54 in 1860. In 1874 IL cost you 6,6V2
49, ~. Last ear 1t cost You s., ,SS4, ,e56 g. And
yet there is no necessity why this department.
should cost more than IL did in $780,
By the census of 1867 there were a, q Indians.
BY the census Of IS tNere were but 25,73l, Az d
in addition TO that your government has by
land sub idies and by lending us credit TO rail-
road companie- cou strucfed great trunk lines
lesssuing the cost OF transpori alton, and there
Is no reason to-day Why the Indian
department of the government, were
Il honestly and economically Administered,
should cost as much as 1T did In
Lel. Your miscellaneous deoartment cost
you In le6 s27,9s7.g7S 80. In 1874 IL cost you
l4l ,593 6l. Last year IL cost Sl,O70,12 9s.
Your civil expenditures, in other words, have