Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-04-15
FACTS AND FIGURES.
The cry of .Extraygance' Raised b,
the Republicans. 5--e
Against the Last Democratic Admin
istration, Downed With the Rec
ord, by johnson, of Williams.

istration, Downed with the Rec
ord, by johnson, of Williams.
The Republieansin in the House yester-
day, according to their usual custom
raised the question of State finances,
and alluded to the alleged extravagant
Democratic administration as the cause
of the reduced state of the treasury
when Mr.. johnson of Williams, took
occasion to pour into the Republican
ranks a red hot speech, full of figures
and facts, showing not only that every
dollar appropriated in the last two years
was for a laudable purpose, and spent
in that way, but that the Republican
members of the same General Assem-.
bly, voted for the measures, and the
same were favorably commented upon
by the same Republican press that il
now harping about them as extrava.
CANT measures. The speech is good
one and should be printed by every
Democratic paper in the State. 1t is al
follows: ..ifI-.t-s tl.H H7. ..t.r
Mr.. Speaker. and &c entlemen of the House of Rep
resentatiyes: aaFI i. .r.
There has been a great deal of clamol
by certain Republican members of this
House as we'll as by Republican poll.
ticians In general in regard to what
they are pleased to term the extrava.
gance of the last General Assembly.
1t is fact that the 65th General AS
sembly appropriated SO, 422, ,S58,96 oul
of the general revenue fund, and that
the preceding one appropriated $685.
673 from the same source, showing an
excess of more than $3.50, 600 as against
the Goth. .1a7 '.Ed o
Although the last Legislature appro'
priated an amount of money greatly
in excess of that appropriated by the
preceding one, yet it can be clearly
shown that the money was judiciOusly
expended, and that every dollar has
been accounted for. tadr
The charge that the peoples money
has been squandered is absolutely false
and the story is being circulated by dis
honest politicians with intent to mis-
lead. est .te,>at- .r5&' y. t'ltIw
There was occasion during the pas
two years to make several extraordina
ry appropriations, and by the term tex
traOrdinary appropriations" is mean
appropriations out OF the the usual or
der and which arise Unexpectedly. +
The appropriation of 5000, 600 to ait
the food sufferers belongs to that class
and it alone accounts for nearly. one
third of the excess heretofore men
toned. Is there a Republican on til,
floor of this House who has the audac
| ity to call that Democratic extrava
gance? Every Influential Republican
paper In the. State advocated the pas
sage Of the bill making that appropria
tion., The Ohio State Journal in al
editorial of February 18th, 1854, en-
titled, .".The State Treasury to the Res
cue" not only advocated tie passage Q
the bill, but II said eLet the appropria
tion be increased tolhalf a million dol
lars!'' the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette was equally as loud in its clamo
for the passage of that measure. ,g~s
But the tables are turned. The an
preparation was made and now thes
papers are loud proclaiming to tn
world the so-cailedI extravagance of tn
last Legislature. fglj5 ESQ.
Mr.. Speaker there was another enol
nous expenditure Of money that had
to be provided for the last Democrat
Legislature. I refer to the appropr
tion $4,000 to defray the expenses &
the Cincinnati riots. The Legislator
was called upon to make that appr0
priation although it was in, nowise n
sponsible for the necessity of it. = !, aa :
| If there had been a pure local govern
ment in that city for the past Stwent
years, there would have been no occs
sion for Democratic Legislature
make that enormous appropriation.
1t is supposed, however that a leaG
ing criminal lawyer of Cincinnati, VIII
usually takes an active interest in RI
publican conventions was more respoI
sible for the riots than any other pei
son in the State. 1T was also asserte
as a fact at the time that a RepubIica
ex-melnbers of the xty-fifth Geners
Assembly was arrested for fnciting.
disturbance. @ u k n
i But Independent Of the causes of th
riots Icheerfully gave my vote In fave
of the proposition to pay the BRAY
troops who, risked their lives in orde
to restore peace In that benighted CITY
| The last Legislature made an apprt
priation Of $27,5OO to the aOhio q,
hibit to the Cotton and Industrial E,
position, held at New OrIeans.1 Til.
appropriation was made SO that Obi,
the third State in the Union, might |
properly represented with her sistt
States in that grand exposition. Stat
pride alone would justify the appropr
alton, but there were other and bette
reasons for making It, which Ishall ne
now take time to discuss. saNc
| But suppose that, il was wrong
make that appropriation, and that
was useless ex penditnre of the people
money Then why did the tRepubl
cans support, Utmost llnanimously2 ,Ws
| IL done In the interest of the people, <
did they supp0rtit and thus assist Cd
Democrats to pass It, ssp as to- Sinak
political capital? Was it really i hui
cpmbe arrangement entered into byR'
publicans, 80 that they might have .
opportunity to Charge D Democrats wit
], There was aises IN ppsopriafion
more than $l4,50O, to deffay the expen
es Of the Hooking Valley riots. Riot
gentlemen, that were brought about b
| the unjust laws passed by the gener'
government, which discriminate
favor of capital as against labor. Il sii
The laws of this country enacted b
the Republican party. .seemsto be in ia,
orlof rich corporation, and their TEN
ency for the past quarter s0f a eentuf
has been to make the rich richer an
the poor poorer. Sg.
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