Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-09-08
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today receive Eess remuneration siiaa those
Of any other state in the lnion- nh the pos
s.bie exception Of Delaware sfa sermon'-
Ia ;ip-se CLOSING months sf my osiiet4i iiiet
esn speak of thi. nlatfer withoaf Dsln-
accused of any personal interest, allss ssli
you. nv friends that I do rot know of An
ol.jeia. in Maize rho receives a penny nSoFe
IN be earns, and do know OF quite a
n s1ii,er who earn considerably more tiian
they receive. There was never more aoi-
low or sensefess issue fatste'i into cam
paiza than That srbirtI the Democratic psfts
has .fsIeavgrea to wage On this question OF
salaries No man no bias any priter 80 ftis
grea, State of osrs. rich IN resources, ana
groxing In population and wealth, can LOOK
back npan the infinite bitterness AMI meat
ness Of the salary reductions that heraife.
fasIun asceasizney in this State, without a
bl4sh Of -has.le / have altogether too
eossi ar oginion of Mr.. johnson Is
a eisizea, to believe HAT he weaai
TO-DAY fagor any sseh scale Of saiarles for
th. duties performed anil the great respon-
-ihiiitie~ assuaed BY oar STATE o'hcsais,
even ap-r the Democracy il power, IL
way a scale shat male us this laughing
stuck Of the land, anil ans man no az this
iav would seriously aiisoeHte rs atoptien,
wcsiif s,e either a Iemsgugue or skinfiint.
TIE lahorsr. NY frienis, il worldly OF his
hire. There j. always - private or pabie
Affairs. "A point where economy ceases and
par-in, IN : begins. Ny ohserva, ian and TX
reri,,it. has convinced rle that or State y
already mar enough the line.
The iow salaries Of fusion DAYS gere-
believe. ulasle .Isiehy 80 blind the people 10
the decentralization Of Stare affairs IN
other respects For instance the
operation Of the Free high
school, Law was suspended Tor
a scar. ami some S2;;fa5o, previously
appropriated Tor this department, used for
other Bgrpo~ps 'ilti- VIII - barge unau-
thnriZsi addition 10 she contingent fund
swelling it in round numbers 10 about
SIS 800. Now the Democratic press and
stump speakers have had Il great deal TO
say in the present campaign about the great
increase IN the contingent fund Of the Gov
cruor AMI Council iuring the past ten years.
With theiF usual forGetfulues+ in such
maiters, they have neglected to state that
more than five thousand dollars of this
amount was expended in the construction
anl equipment Of the new boiler house and
IN the furnishing of the Representatives
Hall and that the money was placed at the
disposal Of the Governor AMI Council for
this very purpose.
Another point that has been dNelt upon
at some length by Mr. johnson is the cost
OF State printing. 10 not find, how
ever. that he has ever Informed his
hearers of the fact that the State printing
is done today under precisely the same con-
tract that il was done under during Fusion
rule. Il is the lowest contract that il has
ever been done under in the history of the
State. so far rs have been able to as
certain, there Is not n state in the | non
whose public printing is done at 50 low
price IA is paid the State printers of Maine.
II the adjoining state of New Hampshire
the rates of printing are fixed by statute law
aud are abou, twenty-five per cent. higher
IN m the prices paid in Maine. The increased
work of the old departments and the addi-
tiou of new departments, has naturally
Increased quite largely, during the decade.
the volume of printing, 1t is to this. and
not Ia an increase in prices paid for the
work, rs Mr.. johnson would lead his hear
rrs 10 infer, that the larger cost of this de-
partment is due let me illustrate.
In 1852 there were printed
tam
the Agricultural Report containing i2G page.
since then the call for this report among
the farmers of the State, has increased Ia
such an extent that an annual issue of
II 900 copies are now required 10 meet the
demand, and the last report of this depart
ment contained 40 pages. The increased.
and increasing. work Of the State depart
fnruts to which | have already referred.
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