Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-07-03
REPUBLICANEHTRA VAGANCE
Us, DEMOCRAT TIC ECONOMY.

The Democratic papers have always
contended that the Republican party
was the party Of extravaganza and lux
ury, while the Democratic party was
the party of economy and reform. This
has been so often shown and prov
ed that il is really hardly necessa-
ry to allude TO the subject again, but
the following extract from the Phila-
delphia Ledger, a paper with strong
Republican leanings, demonstrates the
fact so plainly, that we cannot resist
the temptation to re produce its re-
marks. 1t entities IFS article San Elk
pensive United States Senate" and
says
Congressional prerogativo as be-
tween the Senate and House OF Repre-
rentativcs, disturbs other matters
than the Potter Investigation. 1t has
just turned the scale the wrong way in
deciding against n reduction OF Senate
expenditures in a vote on the legistive
appropriation bill. The House was for
reducing all Legislative employees, in
Guiding its own but the Senate whilst
entirely willing that the House should
cut down its own salary rolls, refused
10 permit it TO touch the rolls Of the SEN
ate. Yet the Senate is precisely the
place where this economical pruning
is required. as the following viii show ;
The Senate with &c members, has
l21 employees, at an annual cost of
sl09,225-whlle the house with 202
members, has 1870 employees, at a cost
Of 1925, 165. In proportion TO mem.
bers, and on the same scale Of expen-
diture with the Senate, the House Of
Representatives should have nearly
500 employees at q cost Of over $780,
900. But, TO reverse the case, the SEN
ate, placed on the same footing as the
House, should have about 80 employees,
at a cost OF about $4,000. And this
would not be very far from right, as
tho House roll, small as is compared
with hal OF the Senate, has many
more people on it than are necessary,
and all Of them are greatly overpaid
as compared with similar employees in
private business"
Now, when the fact is taken into
consideration that the Senate is Republic
can and the House Democratic, the
force of the above remarks of q Repub-
lican newspaper will be at once appre-
ciated. The Democratic House want
cd to lessen the number of tho Legis.
lative employees, and thus cut down
the amount paid out for salaries, but
the Republican Senate wouldn't listen
to the proposition, and so tho plan to
save that much of the peoples money
was defeated. And yet the Senate,
with not one.third as many members
as the House, has almost as many en-
ployees, and spends nearly as much
money for their support and mainte-
nance. The Ledger shows what num-
Der OF employees and how much ex.
penditurc the House would be entitled
to in proportion TO numbers, as COM
pared with the Senate yet although
more than three times the size OF the
Senate in numbers, il does its business
with nearly the same number Of EN-
ployees and with very little moro ex-
penditnrc. And II wanted TO reduce
even these, but the Senate refused to
allow its force 10 be cut down OF the
amount of its expenditure to be lessen.
ed. THIS adds another 10 the many
proofs that have already been produc.
ed of the extravaganza and reckless
ness Of the Republican party, as rep
resented by its leaders in the Senateand
elsewhere. Let the people keep their
eyes open, aud they will see how their
hard earned money is wasted by the
Republican spendihrifts at Washing.
ton, aud in every state capital where
that party is in power.-BeRefonts
Wdfchmdn.