The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-02-23

Treasury, continued their depredations
upon barns, henroosts, &c. OF course
1t costs money to transport them.
DISTRIBUTING LAWS-Small and
necessary.
2-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION-Republ spent money
for this purpose, but included it under
''Salaries of State Officers and En-
ployees." They spent money ONLY for
the Department.; they gave the people
no schools. The increase in this expense
IL 1886 over 1875 is due to the fact that
the Legislature allowed the Superinten-
dent clerk, and paid his travelling ex-
penses to enable him to perform the
duties of his Office more efficiently.
13-DRUMMER LICENSE TAX Re-
FUNDED-This is not an expense at all,
but merely returning a receipt.
14-EDUCATIONAL FUND-The Repub-
licans spent nothing, so the record
shows, in these two years. They squan-
dered a permanent school fund of $685.
500. The decrease is owing to the fact
that the taxes for school purposes are
now paid direct to the counties, instead
of into the State Treasury. The total
for 1887, paid to the counties, amount
ing to 1858, 037 SO, as against $54, 702. 90
to the school fund paid now into the
State Treasury are derived from entries
of vacant lands, and the interest paid
on permanent fund of 500, $50. 90 saw
ed to the school fund by the wisdom of
aDemocratic administration. The School
Board is developing public lands belong
ing to the State Republicans did not
try to make this land available for school
purposes. The amount expended for
schools, under Democratic and Republi-
can rule, is contrasted in another col
umn. To careful perusal of that con-
trast we invite every reader of the
CHRONICLE, especially those who depend
upon the public schools for the educa-
ton of their children.
15-EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. The
item under this head in 1s6S-'9 is in
cluded under 60 Salaries of State Officers
and Employees" There is no increase
in 1886 over 1876, but q DECREASE of
$1,000. This table shows an APPARENT
increase. The APPARENT increase is due
to this cause: Gov. Brogden did not
collect his salary in 1875, but held his
warrants for So, 900 until his term ex-
pired. He also drew $1,O0O-his last
quarters salary, in Gov. Vance's first
year.
publican rule the Governor did not live,
in the Manson. Gov. Holden preferred
to reside in his own house. OF course,
there was no expense. Now we are
building Governors House.
FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE I'm
der Republican rule in 1869 this item was
So, $1,000. In 1870 it was 81, t95. 6S.
This is over six times as much as under
Democratic rule.
18-GENERAL ASSEMBLY We have
chosen two years under Democratic rule
when there was no General Assembly
because the Radical Reformer, to whose
article We have referred, took these two
years to contrast Democratic with Re-
publican rule. But on the cost of the
General Assembly we are glad to show
comparison. In 1869 there were
three sessions of the General Assembly
1t was in session 304 days, and seven
dollars per day and 30 cents mileage was
the pay of representatives. The total
cost of that Legislature was $3.50, 95S. so.
This was an average pay of about So, 100
for each member. Let us make the con-
trast: In 1866 the Legislature was in
session 81 days. The members received
$500 per day and ten cents mileage.
The total cost was $58, 286.71, an aver
age of $342. 50 per member. In the one
item of cost of the General Assembly,
one session, the Democrats saved to the
tax payers $372, 661. SO.
19-GOV. CALDWELL'S FUNERAL-A
small voucher.
0-GEOLOGICALS SURVEY Until Prof.
Kerr's survey there was no accurate map
of North Carolina
21-INSANE ASYLUM AT RALEIGH
More money was of course expended for
this institution before the completion of
the Western Asylum at Morganton, and
the Colored Insane Asylum at Goldsboro.
Both of these were built by Democrats
Under Republican rule the whites and
negroes were all in the Raleigh Asylum.
Democrats-or in other words, the white
men-of North Carolina put a stop to
this, It is related that white attend