The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-05-10


nspnl,l aopish oieers rele0 200 200 y y
Salary Snpt of Public Inst. st..,.......... 5000 %
Total sI7o,ei7 ss
Besides, state capitol has been
erected at cost, in cash, exclusive of
convict labor, $l93,5 90, every dollar
of which has been paid, as they were
paid from the surplus funds crea. ell bY
the bounty and relief tax. Every dol
lar Of the present deficiency accrued
prior to 1874, and during the period
when tho extraordinary expenses in-
eurred in the building of the peuiten-
tiary, IN maintaining tug at the bar,
etc, created new and extraordinary de-
mands upon the state The state has
not run behind a dollar since September
l, 1874, on account Of current expenses.
and not warrant viii be reported rs
unpaid at the meeting of the Legislature
in the coming September, the funds in
hand from the revenues of last year,
collected this year, being sufficient to
pay all warrants drawn. The necessity
for the above mentioned appropriations
will not be questioned. The old wood
en- penitentiary building could not be
made to answer the purposes of the
state longer. The new building is per-
manent and secure and meets the re-
quirements Of the state. The tug
appropriation has secured to the people
of Oregon larger results than any other
appropriation Of like amount has ever
done. 1t has greatly assisted in build
ing up the commerce of the Columbia
ri rer, and has thus enhanced the value
of the products and cheapened the i'm
ports of the state, and, in so far as it
has done this, has been direct and
constant pecuniary benefit to every cit
izen of the state.
1t is charged in the Republican plat
form that the state debt amounts to
100000. In making this estimate
the sums appropriated out of the swamp,
tide and per cent. United States land
sale funds in aid Of wagon roads, etc.,
and the sum appropriated ont of the
| 100000 acre grant for internal improve
ments and the per cent. United States
land sale fund, are treated as censti-
tuting part of the public debt. These
appropriations are not a charge upon
the state. They are chargeable upon a
fund created by congress and placed at
the disposal of the state for Just such
purposes as the appropriations were
made for In making these appropria-
tions the state simply acted as a trustee
for congress. They aggregate as follows:
Road warrants on swamp. tide, and 5 psr cent
cnd------.----.----.-- sles,l ,l5i
Loc< oOnais --.s-----.---- iso,Voe
Total ses5, ,ls4
Of this sum $780, ,l54 were drawn in
pursuance of appropriations made by
the legislature that elected Mitchell to
| the senate
In addition to these, the expenses OF
the Modoc war, amounting to $3.50, ,99l.-
| SO. are included in the estimates re-
ferred to. The M doc war grew out OF
events beyond the control of the state.
The Indians in a sudden outbreak, mas
sacred an entire settlement in Lost
River valley, and laid the valley waste
from ene end to the other An imper-
ative call was made by the unprotected
and menaced settlers in localities adj
jacent to the massacre upon the state
fer protection. In answering this call
the governor recognized the highest
duty which the state owes to its citi
zens. The expenses of the war are
represented by bonds, bearing interest
a. per cent, with twenty years t.
run. There is no doubt but that ths
general government will reimburse thC
state in whole or in part. The secretary
of war has already recommended the
payment of the greater part of the debt
If we add the AIodoc debt, the appro
priations above referred to, out of the
funds provided by congress and the de
iciency in current expenses left over il
| 1874, and which deficiency constitutes
really all that can properly be called
state indebtedness, the result will be as
follows:
Lock bonds above referred to------.--- 199,oo9 y y
6SaS Outstanding Sh5 R9aTs warrant: unpaid at i'
(state debit, ),..-.-.--- .---.-.---.--.- 1s9'4oo 8
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .s5o9,54e Il
This is the sum which the Repub
lican platform calls state Indebtedness
created by the Democratic party of one
million dollars. If we deduct frem thii
the Indebtedness left over by Woods, al
follows: S5l, ,662 "a warrants and in
terest over cash on hand; relief anC
bounty bonds, $50, ,565 IS over cash OF
hand total, sl4l,228 90, it leaves
| S45S,3l7 83 as the total unpaid appro
priations made while Grover was gov
ernor on account of matters not con
nected with the previous administration
including all appropriations against thu
Improvement funds provided by congress
and for the penitentiary, tug subsidy
mutes, blind, ETC., above. stated, o
$l76,6l7 SO, and state capitol, $l93,
555 80; total in these two items
$370,173 IS.
The appropriation for the road war
rants ($l09, ,l54) was made, as befor,
stated, by the legislature of 1872, which
elected Mr. Mitchell, and the Modo,
appropriation was made the legislatur,
of 1874, one branch of which wa
controlled by the independent party BY
large majority.
Your correspondent refers to tn,
amount paid the State in taxes durin.
Growers two terms, in excess of wha
} was paid during Woods and Gibbs
terms. I do not know what the amoun
is, or whether the inveracity whicl
characterizes the statements usual,
made by the Republican organs agains
, the Grover administration applies to tbi