The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-22

state debt was necessary. the republica
|siatc officers must show thst since n.
! loan for t1.l00.O00 was made there ha
, been no lnonev IN the treasury. asid
from tho 1370OJO borrowed bv siat
0fIcers, 10 u,eet she interest on The deb
These are very ugly facts. hut Justice lie
, nsnds that every transaction ~ mo star
treasury should be fully explained.
i ASorHxa REPUBLICAN DRAIN.
Il BY reason ri the failure ~ The repnbli
can houss ~ 1897. 70 pay The contractor
'lof Gov. POrter's insane hospitals. the,
had 70 borrow money. and shr state nj
lowed them ol8.82j 10 for inicrcst O,
their vouchers. Bv the way. as, anxious
lpublIc wouId like to know II thee,
vouchers were taken up as soon as M,
money waa realized from The onc-million
four hundred-thousard dollar inal.
i THE APPROPRIATIONS on 1885,
| But II is charged that large arrrcpris
tiOns were made by the legislature II
1889. This % true, but they were ron,
sidered necessary by the republican
membera as we'll ne The dcmocrais Some
l"f the bills. carrying the largest nppro.
|priattons, were introduced by !cniinp
republican members. Msnv Of then,
wore passed by the votes Of every rcpub-
Iican and democratic member. and MI
were approved BY republican governor
rHe PUBLIC PRINTING.
Il IL charged that The cost of public
printing has largely increased. aud The
Inference 70 ma"c that the democratic
|psrty 10 responsibic for this. Let US see
The present state printing board IL re-
publican. Take. for instance. the report
of the superintendent Of public insiruc-
tion. . book OF 1000 pages, and more
than half OF no public interest. Who
authorized The printing OF this book. and
why was Il not cnrtailcd? Who author
lied and paaScd the bills for the Journals
of the senate snf honsc. which are padded
with tho calendars which are Of no use
now. The journal has struck 4 rich vein
here, and some good will result To the tax :
payers II Il will continue TO work II. IL
has been after the little fish the jsnitors
OF the ssate-house, who work LET it
tackle the big fish, who make the state
printing very profitable job.
reEs OF THE ATroKNEY-GENERAL.
Al the last session Of tho legislature
tho fees Of tho attorney general were
largely Increased. All the republican,
members and = few democrats voted for
the bill. Tho prcsent attorney general
- the chairman of tho republican state
central committee. 1t has bcen charged
that ne 10 . candidate for the u. 8. sem
atos bot whether or not this is 60, II is IN
order for him 70 explain 10 the iax-pay-
ers wny y was necessary 10 largely in
crease the fees ~ his oiilce while the
farming commu.isy IL so pressed TO pay
state. county and robbor tariff taxes. III
walt with anxiety his circular 10 thel
Farmers' alliance on this subject.
COST o. THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. Co0ns, the deputy auditor Of state.
In the report ri 1889 has, for the frs,
time, separated the accounts Of the state.
On page 81 tho actual expenses Of the
stato government arc stated ne 4I.32O,-
5O2 - He has included in this amount
tS2. 900 paid Purdue and Bloomington
which I think should not be
included. Whom this is deducted i'll
leaves Slips 50s 81, or 50 odd cents toI
every inhsbitant Of the state. All the
state Institutions are growing IN popula-
lion ~ tho inhabitants Of the state in
crease and this u ~ essarily calls for larger
than tcn years ago.
PRESENT coNDITIoE or the STATE
TREASURY.
| notice by the report If tho stateaudi-
or that there was $6l9O97 40 In the
Eoneral fund on tue frat day OF August.
The state 6nsnccs seem 10 be In 4 tolcrn-
'ly healthy condition, and considering
HE fact, Il IL . little strange that the
tsse auditor is refusing to pay the sala-
lee Of state officers. judges, etc. Did
bat amount include the last quarterly
'ayment OF insurance fees aud tax col
ected by tho auditor? II the quarter
20 not up. when will II bc. and how
much can be expected from this sourcel
0 help out the treasury? Il
MORE APPROPRIATIONS WANTED. L
IL the etsse treasury Is short Of funds :
nd no more loans can be made, does itle
OF become the state officers 10 be vcryl
sreful In contracting obligations? The|
Improvement Of the streets around the
ste-house cannot DO made without the i
Dnsent Of the state officers. l under Z
and this consent has been obtained, /
nd some $4,000 will have to b. appro- i
rated BY the next Legislature to pay the !;
III Tor asphalt paveEaenis. The papots, !
otably the Journal. are savoring another 1,
Of $4,000 for the soidiers', !,
IL Il not about time to stop'
appropriations. and, by the
~, when did tho Journal or the re-
nblican party ever disspprovo OF any Of
. appropriations 50 the tisno they wore \,
ste5 Has not the journal and the re- :.
iblican party always favored thcm. I
. glad this discussion has taken place.
he farmers will take . hand In Il and
III $40 that no more republican legisla-
res Of 1887 will make cxtrAvagant ap-
oprtsttOns and provide no means to n
y them. Lewis JoRDAx. ~