Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-09-04

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we omit appropriations for com
mon schools, etc, pensions, interest
and payment upon public debt guar.
antees of interest to railroads, canal
and navigation companies, penitentia-
rles, houses Oh reluge' hospitals' asy,
'un'S' otor pay o' heA'can soiu'ers ana
olher items una. arc controlled Dy TEN,
Poraiy circumstances ~ amount ana
wu,e WE unaSo.uaole' anu also sunury
erln'ne anu temporary appropriations
'Vr inciuch'ai expenses Other"lse
.no foregoing 'aules 'hciuue all Tue oo'
JoO's VI appropriation necessary 10 the
proper eohauct oi tne government J
IN i9DV tne population oi the state,
US per uhiled states census, was z,9oo,'
10 anu lhe otate expenditures under
Demoeia.le control were s3'9,o9i-or
ABOUT 'n,rleen cents Tor each indi'
Viuuai' In 1871 the population as per
census was 5'ozl,9ol. Allowing the
same same rate o. annual increase as from
iooo 10 lo'0 the population would be
ABOUT 4'oi4'o5s IN 1878 Inc state
expenditures uhuer hepuOllcan con
troi were ior tnat year u ,33z, ,3S3--or
ABOUT thlrty,three cents Tor each in
ulViuuai' " no dare defend thls amaz.
ing ROBBERY oil the people
But an increase of population is not
just basis for an increase of govern.
mental expenditure, for the same off,
cial machinery that will govern three
millions of people will equally well
govern five millions, with only slight
additions TO the number of local OH.
GERS, a few additional clerks, some in.
crease of courts, etc. No more Gov.
ernors or departments of government
existed in 1873 than in 1859, but 11S
members were added to the Legisla-
ture by the Constitution OF 1873, and
for that no particular party is respon.
sibc. The Increase Of cost. however
by that addition should have been only
trifling.
Stripped OF all necessary explanation
then, we have the fact staring the peo.
pie, the taxpayers, broadly in the lace
that IT COSTS MORE THAN THREE TIMES
AND A HALF AS MUCH TO CONDUCT THE
STATE GOVERNMENT UNDER REPUBLICAN
AS IT DOES UNDER DEMOCRATIC RuLEl I
In other words, as tho State govern.
ment need not cost much over s379.
094, as heretofore demonstrated by
Democratic administration, the present
Republican administration literally
robs the people Of The immense sum of
nearly one million of dollars annudlvi
The figures we give are from the Of.
fetal record and they can not be dodg.
cd or explained away. There they
stand beyond the power of contradic.
tion, or excuse, or extenuating circum.
stance. They clearly show the annual
robbery that is perpetrated upon the
people. Do the people so well like TO
pay taxes that they will continue the
Republicans in powerp Do they like
to be robbed by the million? Z?
Or will they prefer honest rule and
economical cxpenditurvY
If the people want to continue the
extravagant Cameron Republican rule
they win effect their object by voting
for Hoyt and thus keep tho same cor.
morants in powerthat have been gnaw.
ing their vitals, wasting their sub.
stance and opprcssing and grinding
them to the earth for years.
But if the people want honest and
frugal State government, which shall
not take from them their substance
and shall leave them TO the comforta.
bic eniovment of all tbe;r r;oLt, .rd
iii ~, 49,. So ""u
"h '"a' poonBs 10 tnell, they must
vote for Andrew ii. Dill, the Demo.
cratic State ticket and Democrafic
members of the Legislature.
The Democratic party il successful
nj Tho naxt alao,;a, n,;Il h. ..l-