The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-18
HOW MUCH CAN OUR EXPENSES
BEsREDUCED?

De AEDUV1U
We .hage nut Win many parsons l.
Who are mp atient 81 seeths answsrIl'
in q stated aseouns. Perhaps1e dior
notcarry odf tabular statement 50
The DrnocR Arof shs'2o lbssn fticieptl \
far. Mss statemeh showed that the
expenses ofthe Executive and Judi
ciary departments in 1877 exceeded I
those of 1857 $206,9l0. The excess
OF the expenses of the General AS
scmbly in 1878 exceed those OF 1898
in a still larger amount. Those Of
1865 we're $s4,912; those of 1873
$4,000; making q difference of. Of
$4,000. We have taken our state
ment of the expenses of 1873. fo.n1
two appropriations made IN Kots.NpJ!
10 and 30, one for $3.50, 600 and The |
other for $4,000, and the approprlef
alton of $50, 900 for the extra session
from the 9th Of March to the 4M Of
April. 1t may be,that we have aad y
an error in supposing the appropFla.
tions in Acts No. 13 and % werej
used, for it seems to US incredibl9tt
that The expenses of a session olslxsI
| tysdays of Democratic Agls lAtufe
could amount to ssAe ,out
$4,000 to each membs hs cost e
l$sAs7l in 1858 looks 49, psnaFioos'
aess in comparison ith ths costsoe 81
Legislation undertake - ttatf o1sel
1865, but. it was itseH st sxtsaya j,
CANT. We were then Iis M tsrs
less Of tens of thousand % ass5
too p,orsto support SUCH s.
! gance now, much less $l6o;0Og y
$34O, 900. q
The cost Of any session of the
General Assembly csaaR reduced %
less than $4,000, eaa ilis meets On
+ ly once in three years; Which Is sn6s
, GENTLY often, the cost per annum will
not be over an average of $l6,OOO.
r This will be saving over the annual
expenses of&hc iLegislative depart,
E ment, for the last ten years, Of over
100000 per annum which, added to
4 the $206,910, will give US saving OF
i over half million dollars per annum.
b But thefeis an enormohs expense
in the administration Sof. the State
g which does not figure il the expenses
Y we have enumerated, which are
d equally extravagant, and will share
n the fate of tile Constitution whose
d influence created them. II is trus
is that many Of these extravagant ex
If penditures were within the reach o
81 the legislators but, unfortunately
our legislators seem to have fallel
!, victims to this influence IF the Con
r stitution and, with high salaries ant
{ enormous peraliems all around them
&c viewed the services ofsaH n,e EN-
a ployees of the State through dis
7 torted medium, sort ofselfish mag
50 nifying glass. Those who fear tina
ID an immediate meeting Of the Convef
I'd ton and subsequent organization c
=, its government will entail too grea
in an expense, have surely never est
ii. mated. the exLravagant cost OF tn
government Of Louisiana under TIL
nc present Constitution. They ha,
~ surely overlooked the fact that Col
ia stitution was made for office holder
lat and that the toll and labor Of te
m years of animpoverished people ha'
been consumed in high salaries al
=, extravagant and cunningly devise
per diems and monopolies. The e
|tinction of the Parish Judges 81
1.-The reduction, Of the salaries of. II
District Judges to what they we
before the war would alone be suite
- ent to pay the expenses OF two GO
ventions. But these are small
'' Is comparison with the other saving
for The expenditure in 1857. was S
the Gil, 90, in ls77$3,l36,2s7 1foft tt
airs latter amount we paid $500, 900
en- terest it still leaves $2,330, 8S7 up
=, aen which to exercise our economy, bel
,ost 100000 more than the entire
the penditures Of 1857. AS already sa
: our : the expenditures of ilS57was extr'
ing, agant, and we are now too poor
fen tolerate extravagances. # the pr
live ent Constitution has been SO infla
and 'tial foreyil, it furnishes US with
rent assurance that, ifwe!are so forum
IAN as to get one which rejects the wa
main and necessities Of our people, it's
NOT MOI auence will be for good continue
are and, year after year, will increase
not blessings. 81 .ghstss "a 3
had 49,. observation-disclosures 4
the| nREECH.LOADINH SHOT CT
9 10 ID from $35 toa;$s5, at FERGUS