The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-10-31

|let our attention Is respectfully called 10 8
few considerations which directly concern You
as Taxpayers and citizens, and which your
votes at the ensuing election will do much to
settle for many years to come. II IL fact
wellknown--to every citlssn Of New Jersey,
that our public bQsyIens 81 evory kind have
been enormously increased during the last few
years. The expense Of conducting the busl-
ness Of Towns, Cities Counties and The atats
has grown, year by year, until the people il
theses hard times find the load too heavy to
carry, and are seriously asking themselves
WHISTLER there Is not at least some partial rem, I
edy fairly within their reach. This Is tho sub
ject to which We now invite your candid at
tention
It is fair to say at the outset that this con-
ditioh Of things is partly owing TO causes be-
yond the control Of any political party --such
as the growth Of population and the conse-
uuent increase of public business the heavy
expenditures entailcd by long and costly
war the temporary advance In prices caused
by an inflated currency, and the diversion Of
industry from its accustomed channels. But
independent and outside of these natural or
artificial causes, the real cause Of our present
embartassments is to be found in another d.
rsction. That cause Is tho spirit Of reckless
ertraudgamce which has pervaded the admins
tfatiuh Of the State Government during the
last nina years Of Democratic control. This
spirit has shown itself in so many ways as to
have become the habitual rule, rather than
the exception.
New Offices have been created, for which no
necessity existed.
The fees and perquisites Of old offices have
been exorbitantly increased
+ Pet projects, involving enormous and lavish
expenditures, have been inaugurated and fos-
tered by Democratic executives.
The State House has become a citadel of In
trigue and chicane, where the people Of the
State, out of their hard earnings, are support.
ing an Official Lobby.
BY this Lobby, special legislation, for the
promotion Of private ends has been repeated
ly procured, through artiHcu and subterfuge,
of which few have reaped the benefit while
the people paid the cost. It is useless to sift
the responsibility for these things upon the
Legislature. Every man who has been at the
State Capitol knows that the atn,osphere qf the
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State. II the Executive is frugal of the peo-
ples money. the whole State government is
animated by the same spirit Of careful econ
omy. If the Executive favors snowy and
costly style of administration, his influence
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