The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-27
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ana reform when the facts nnd figures nro nil
tho other way Figures don't lie and tncts
nro stubborn things They can't be brushed
away by Dnncomhc and rhetorical f0uriShcs.
We ho not accuse tho state government OF
corruption; but insist that IT, is cxtruvugnnt.
-Ncwbrrry Observer.
We do MOI believe our Democratic State gov
CrnmcntS hnvc been corrupt But 1t Is we'll
for us MI to remember tina, when we paid TO
lndicnls no more money Than we nro now
paying T." Democrats we swcntcd and gronncd
and cried out TO the world 10 look how we
woro robbed. 'Thon II bale of cotton repre-
scntcd more dollars than ii does now and Il
dollar represented less ,nr4t and corn than II
aloud rs Justify rs anybody those days. But
now he says il is all right and beautiful and
lightly bur'cmcdn and can well afford colleges,
military ncadcmics, mill ion dollar State
Houses. officers by tho hundred and all kinds
OF fnndanEocs and spcculat ions.
Whnt VIC charge Is TINT thousands Of dollars
are being spent every year for things We can
the total amount in dollars bales Of cotton,
pounds OF meat, bushels Of corn Orproluct OF
mcrcs' ' thr people OF this state are paying as
lnuch Tor their government uS they did In tho
widest and wickcdcst times OF rndicaIism
And wo defy Col Richardson or amy body else
10 tnkn the figures year by yoar md prove
Practically. ii mnkcslt,lc difference to tho
people whether their money is stolen or
wasted. II Is taken from them nll tho Sumo.
And exactly how wide tho moral difference is
between stealing and squnndering other folks
money IL question for moral philosophers
to discuss-Grccnvillc News.
lfColoncl Richardson, or any other well in.
formed pcrson,-omitting nll buncomhc and
spread caglo.Fourth- flights of ora,ory
--wouu Go public service II he would como
Gown to plain tnctS and tell the people why
our taxes nave been increased, while The total
amount OF our assessment has also been In.
creased, and while receipts from tho phos-
our taxes have been tncrcnsed, and it hight
mct which cannot be conconict. Tho ONLY
question is, have our Legislative and EXcc,i.
i ,lvo onlcers acted wisely and ior tho good OF
the people, IN increasing tho expense of the
government That Is tho question A Dbc-
Eillo Press and Banner.
For fear that our readers may not
know the fact, we would state that the
editors of the journals from which the
above criticisms Of the State government
arc clipped arc known as Democrats, but,
have been finding fault with cvrything
that was not III accordance with their
way OF managing the affairs Of State.
1t is something unusual for Democratic
journals, in the closing days Of a State
campaign, to charge the State govern
mcnt with extravaganza, and accuse the
nominee Of the Democratic party fol
Governor Of rcsorting to buncombc ant
rhetorical ilourishcs in order to brush
away the charges. The Observer i.
well aware that the State officers hay,
nothing to do with appropriating tht
peoples money, and that they canno
spend q dollar more than is allowed fo
the expenses of their Offices, we sub
nit that it is unfair to make these gene
raj charges Mt any time without specify
ing where the extravaganza exists
The Observer says:
"ln 1SS0 tho expenses Of the Executive DC
rnrtmcnt were $4l20.GG; in 1856 they wcr
$55,559.bG
Tax xlnepar,mcnt--in lSS0, $l9,333.l0; ISIS
$23.02SS7
,Judiciury-in 1880, $52, 400 S5 in 1885, $5i 2l9
Health Departmental 1850, $500; in 1sS
$4,000.
There was decrease Of about $4,000 /
Legislative expenses"
According to this statement, tn
State government in 1886, in the cxccu