The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-11-05

rnr Elssne Oh, Register saws |:

ssal. A,no.ot.d "a $3.50 600, since which
,ina undrr .R-paolloAa rule it has in-
creaasd 10 ss6S 900. la tho six years |
previous 70 surrsndesine power the
Dsmocrats had dishursed 100000 for
pnbiio sohOol purposes La the ak
vwun uince, she Republican, have paid
uns f,r tha same purpose $S5b,OOO. La
1873 under Democratic management
(, Ia ~ of keeping each insane patient
va e6 per week. Ia 1888 under Re-
ysuhlioAn management Il was only S3 |
par week. Daring the last two yeafs
IL Democratic rule IL COST the state
.9le6 % per year for The keeping and
care OF zach eonvict in the State prisoo.
"a. the last rApart in 1855. IL was cost
log less than $40 per year and Is s'iH
hsing dsoreassd. When the Repuo'i-
cann were returned 70 power Ia 1878
eha state waa % debt TO the amount ~
.t7S7.7l4, which with over 100000
inbercal has aimee hem pAid, only Sl42,
600 Of 10 standing out ~ the date ci the
lsse roport Ia 1885, which has since
6Ssn tiquidated and the sttte Is to-day
!. virtually clear Of publlO indebtedness,
., aud all these years puolic improvements
= have been pushed forward rapidly"
There IL about as much chah In the
shove a. it could be possible to get In
that much space LIST Us take stats
+, tical view Of this matter, ana we can
chen sea thas the Register is either very
uafAir aud uncandid, or that he, Ia epn
ssqusncs Of having bat recently come
20 the stats, is ignorant Of the history
!. ofthe irrsducible school fund and other
: matters spoken Of above. In 1868 the
Democrats carried this state, for the FIRST
- time since the war. They elected both
I. branches Of the legislature. At that
time the irredncibls school fund was
92l2, 900. In 1872 il reached tbesum
Of s450,00O. In 1874 il was $5O4 900.
In 1879 il wss $525, 900. Iu 1882 at
the expiration Of Gov. 2hayeF's term OF
olica this fund amounted to S655, 900.
In 1885 it amounted to $S6S, 900. Now
these are the facta But what do they
Show. Simply this: /: This irreduciblo
school fund arises from the sale OF
school lands Ii there were more lands
sold By one board than.another,it simP-
" arose from the fact that there wss
Rrsater demand for such lands ct one
time than another. Il was merely
question Of how many purchasers would
apply 70 tbs board to purchase these
lands from time to time. Every one
knows that in consequences OF the finish-
ing Of the N. P. r r. great demand
for school lands hss prevailed during
the last four years. We are told that
during sbe last six years the Democrats
were in power they disbursed $22O, GOO
fOl public school purposes, usd sh~s ia
thssix years since the Republicans have
paid out e355,O00. IL is said compar-
isons are odious, end the Register will
Gnd IL 80 in this case when be wakens
40 % ths fact that the Republicans
hsI,l power from 1862 TO 1870, and that
daring All that time they did not DIS
Bnrss one cent for public school purposes,
and that, ZOO, In face Of law that re-
quirsd yearly disbursement Of the in-
terast arising from the loan Uf the ire
ducibIs scbool fand. And it was g
Democratic Governor and board that
made tho frst distrihution ever made
IN the state for that purpose. This was
In 1871 ,snd shis disbursement has been
regularly made ever sinOe, and, IF course,
ns the fund Increases from year TO year,
ths am luot disbursed will increase IN
prsportioD, 90 that there is no credit
attaches to either DsmoCratsor or R-pub-
licsns whsn they simply do their duty.
Then We are told that ia 1873, under
Dsmocratic r1anagsment, it cost $6 per
week TO care for each insane patiens,
while in 1885, under the Republicans,
10 cost bat 50 per week. Now for the
facts. Up TO 1878 no steps bad ever
bsen taken TO build an insars asyln m.
Prior t0. that tine they had been let
out As private contract to private par
tics. Pdor Co 1873 it cost $3.50 to
$3.50 per week TO take care of the in-
sane, but at that session Republican
legislature passed an act authorizing
the Governor to make contract for a
period Of six years at $5 per week. The
2 reason Of the reduction in the price was
because Of the increase in the number
Of patients, which enabled the contractor
10 keep them at less 6gure than form
erly. Il was Democratic Governor
who frst recommended that an insane
asylum b. bulls and the state take
charge Of the insane This was done,
and Il enables the state 60 care for the
insane much cheaper than at private
conLracts. Now as TO cost Of keeping
eoDvicts- 10 the penitentiary. DIR. Bush,
the fast Democratic Superintendent, in
bic report to the Legislature in 1882,
says: aThe weekly cost Of keeping
The conYicss for the past two years, from
Sept. LIST, 1880, 70 August 3lst 1882,
inclusive, has been one dollar aud eighty
two cents and forty-three hundredtha
Of cent eaob.D (sse page of Re.