The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-08-21

use Of billingate. He has almost
blnckguarded US into silence upon
the subject of State finances, and, if
we had no other interest to subserye
than .mere personal gratifiation'' We
would haveato give up the contro-
yersy. Having no disposition to in
dulge in the yulgarity which char.
acterizes the articles Of the Monitor,
we shall reluctantly proceed with
our investigation Of State expendi-
lures. We do so reluctantly because
IL is perfectly apparent that Gibbons
intends to mislead if he can by re-
sorting to all kinds Of unfairness and
trickery. In proof ofthis statement,
We desire no stronger evidence than
the manner in which he is using the
report of Mr.. Edward l., Bill, Clerk
in the Auditors Office. This report
shows the disbursements since the
formation of the State (Which was
in 1863 to September Both, 1875,
embracing a period of thirteen years.
Gibbons tells US to divide the aggre.
gate amount expended in that time
by five years in order to ascertain the
amount annually spent by the Dem
ocrats, and by ten (Which would of
course be fifteen years. to ascertain
how much was annually expended
by the RAIDS. We give this as a
small sample Of this lightning calcu-
lator, in order 10 show how much Of
fairness maybe expected from his
figuring. He again calls our atten-
ton to the salaries of Judges and
State officers. We propose taking
the four years from 1872 to 1876, and
comparing the expenditures of that
period with those made in the four
years Of Radical rule Immediately
preceding. The Democrats paid out
for judges salaries in four years
s116,312,0S, while the RAIDS paid
1921 ,660.11-a saving of s5,34S.05.
Very nearly enough to pay the salary
of Governor for two years. In regard
to State officers, the record shows
that under Radical rule the Cover.
nor, Auditor, Secretary Of State,
Treasurer and Adjutant-General, all
paid their house rent out of the pub.
lie treasury and expended for that
purpose from 1865 to 1870, s11,9l9H.
Having taken for our calculation the
four years next preceding 1872, We
can only have the benefit of this
house rent for two years. The Dem.
ocrats paid in the aggregate for State
officers from 1872 to 1876, $33,227.79,
while the RAIDS paid s36,75GS5-a
saving of s3,529.06. We maintain
that it is perfectly right and proper
in making this calculation to include
sAs EaIaEz Of A9iHsaAt;G spsgeI and
have to pay rent out of their own
pockets.
We will call the attention Of our
readers to another fact in the way of
Democratic retrenchment. The Dem.
ocrats had up to 1876 received into
the treasury in four years, interest on
State deposits amounting to the
handsome sum of S44, 415.0O while
the RAIDS in the three preceding years
received only sS,90224. No revenue
was received from this source prior
to 1870. 1t is perfectly useless to be
itemizing in this way when we have
the statement of the Auditor over
his own signature, which we can at
any time produce, which shows that
the Radical expenditures from 1865
to 1871 were annually S7O,7O9.4O
more than from 1871 to 1876 under
Democratic Administration. SoGib-
bons, you had better acknowledge the
corn and give itup.
Now is the time for the Democrats
of Mason county to organize for the
battle in October. The Republicans
will resort to any falschood or trickc.
ry, any violation of political pride
or principle, they may have, in order
to disrupt our party. Therefore, we