The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-17

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The Salem Nnc'ry has hunted
TIE official record and makes conclusi
answers to charges against the Den
cratic State Administration. III
answer to the ,Sotcsmon the Ntrcp
rays that the .Sate@aop labored hard
prove that at the close Of the Woo
May administration in 1870, tlr ]
debtelness Of the State Was only s3t
600, while ii truth IL was nearly soc
900, besides the outstanding Bount
and Relief bonds, amounting TO $l00
5eS, with interest. 10 reduce tlrissui
there ~a5 in the Treasury in 1916
$l0,0I7 AZ, which, taken from III
amount of the bonds outstanding
would leave an indebtedness on the
Bounty and Relief bonds Of sS9, ,6G5 So,
besides interest, or total Indebtedness
Of the State when the Democrats as
almed control of about $l79,66 5S ;
and what was there to show foritl We
had no penitentiary of durability only
wooden shanty not fit to keep priso-
neis in, for they were continually cs-
Gaping no State House no health
officers at Astoria and Coos Bay no
schools for that unfortunate class Of
people, the mutes and the blind in fact,
the State Government hardly had an
organization. We claim that outside Of
tie Bounty and Relief bonds the State
Indebtedness was nearly 100000, as
shown BY the figures.
on Che 5th Of September, 1870, nc.
cording to the report Of s i. May, Sec.
relary Of State, there were S245,404 4S
II the treasury, to which add S2,S3 90,
collected Of Baker connty taxes, and
money received from the Clerk Of the
Supreme Court, making q total Of mon
eys in the general fund Of S24s,S2s 76.
The indebtedness Of the State at tho
close Of 1868 was $2O,l0l so, to which
add warrants drawn from 1868 to 1870,
Ss7500i 40, and wchayc $2Os,067 90,
Ne amount Of liabilities, to poy which
alerc was the amount Of S2IS,32s 76,
leaving q balance unpaid Of Sl9,73S 40,
70 which add $4,000, for interest on
Tho warrants drawn for two yeais aftcr
Woods and his RndicoI brethren broke
up tho Legislature, and The indebted
ness foots Up, Is stated above, to be
about 100000 exclusive of Bounty and
Relief bonds, SAM May, in his report
to the Legislature Of 1870, computed
interest on the warrants drawn BY him
during the last two years Of his admin
istration at s25,s9l 07, while hefacts
are il required about $4,000 to pay
-i..ser~AA .wassunts that were not paid
atthe time they were drawn in conse-
quence Of the Radical conspiracy that
broke up the Legislature Of 1868 with
out passing tho appropriation bill, 80 we
clearly see that the Sfatemaas finding
the indebtedness Of tho stotcin Sept
ember 1870, al $4,000, should be
slTo,O05 5s.
An summing up we find that m in
lebtednesa Of $l7O,665 5S left BY the I
Radicals in 1868 has boon paid, except 4
1886 outstanding Bounty. and Relief :
bonds Dcducting the amount of this :
indebtedness paid, from the indebted- Il
hess at present Of $SlO,7SG SO and '
here is left the sum Of sl5s,5O7 % of a
70 indebtedness more than when the 5
Radicals went out Of power d
And the Salesman, with flourish of c.
Irumpets, asks What is there to t.
Ihew for itf We will toll him. A b
lennancnt and convenient pcnitentiary t.
len becn erected at cost Of Sl05 900 l.
A Capitol has been built at II cost of h
l9O,9s5 10. The number Of patients p
4 tho insane Asylum has greatly in n
rcased Health offices have been a. "
ael'sllcd q Astoiia and Empirc City Il
z prevent the introduction of contagious b,
diseases into the State. Schools have h,
ean established fna tho education Of the Z,
rates and blind, and liberal donation, i,
ave been made for the Orphans Home, st
lad things gone on IN the Same old nj
rocye al the indebtedness, Of the NAV
Foois administration would have bccn lc
'id and large surplus Of moneys di
epla have been N me srcasny. bus &c
IT public land grants would not have Al
een saved % The. State. The insane he
ould be on stinted allowance. 4 d.
OGDEN penitentiary would BE- allowing IL
'ispners 70 escape We would have III
; Capitol Intact all the Departments ar
slAse Government wenld have no tc,
'ad Or organization. pr
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ssNAraR enoTERs cAsE AmmoAR. !"