Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-01-27
Republican, Organs Say the Adj
mi1istration Claims f Econ
Omy are Not true.
Figures that Show COnclusively
That ! here Has Been a Con-
siderable Saving.

regarding LIS eAce1leuU report recently
published. These papers seem to be
striving to create false public senti
ment regarding the expenditures of the
present administration as shown by the
report. This report is for the BIZ
ennial fiscal term ending September
30. 1892, To show the truth of the
matter the secretary has given the fol
lowing statement to that press:
1t must be borne in mind that the sec
retary's report embodies the expendi-
lures of the last three months Of the
Hoard administration, and as we'll
shows the disbursements to meet claims
accruing under it, amounting to a num-
Der of thousand of dollars. A sum
mary of the disbursements from the
general fund are shown on pages four
to seven, inclusive, in the report. A
like statement is given in the report of
1SS9-1S90, but the items are differently
arranged, besides emitting the items of
expenditures for free high schools and
the fifth normal schools which are
given on page eight.
The expenditures are classified under
the heads: First. Salaries and Expen-
ses. Second. Permanent Appropria-
tions. Third. Legislative EXPENSES
Fourth. Charitable and Penal lnstitu
tons. Fifth Clerk Hire. Sixth.
Labor About Capitol Seventh. Sun
dry Purposes
The attacking papers combine the
reported expenditures under the heads:
Salaries, Clerk Hire, Labor About
Capital and Sundry Purposes, and find
that the totals exceed the amounts re
ported under the same headings in the
report of 1890 by 1924 1854. The aggre-
gates given in 1889 and 1890 are SLIPS
6S6 and in 1912, 81, 964 ,595. "Include
ing the permanent appropriations and
the expenses for 1912 with the total
given above" say the papers, sit
reached the enormous figures of 81
O48,390 or s248,5O9 more for the two
years of democratic reform and econ
omy' than under the two ast years of
republican rule!"
The statement is made that the in
crease in the expenses of the Hoard adj
ministration over the last Rusk admin
istration was only $4,000 which might
possibly be explained by growth of
the site argument An intelligent
comparison of the expenditures of the
state during the periods covered by
the two reports can only be made by
comparing the items classified under
each head, and the circumstances and
laws governing such expenditures. Let
us review them briefly. Under the
head Of salaries and expenses the totals
given in 1889 90 are S315, 1O2.71; in 1891
90 1856, 1874, showing an apparent in.
crease of s41 ,39463 By reference to
the items classified under this heading
we find the salaries and expenses of the
state board of supervision are included
in the report of 1912, but omitted
from the report OF 1SS9-9O. This
amounted to S26,364.93 as shown on
page seven, thus reducing the differ.
ence under this heading to S15O297O.
The increase in the items given are
as follows: Supreme court, S2,45S.23
circuit court, Sl5,997..O; state superin
tendent, 81, 199.49. Total, S2O,645.44
The increase of salaries of circuit
courts wa occasioned by the law ere
ating the two additional circuits in the
northern part of the state. the con
stantly increasing demands upon the
supreme court accounts for the small
increase in that department. In the
state superintendent department a
charge Of 1883 for dictionaries pur-
chased during the two years is made
In the report of 1912, while no SINH
lar charge is found in the report of
1889 80. This amount is returned tt
the treasury under the item shook.
csold' given in the general fund re
elpts, the superintendent acting a.
urchasing and distributing agent fol
be various school districts and educa
tlonal institutions of the state. In ad
dition to this the law creating t he of
flee of Inspector of high:schools did mo-
go into effect until the latter part of the
year 1889. The amount paid Mr.. Par
ker that year was but $3.50. Creditine
the state superintendent with the 81 !,
oo3 for dictionaries purchas ed, and fol
the purpose of fair comparison the
$3.50 additional charges for salary OF
high school inspector not paid in 1889
together with the amount refunded
IN obedience to the decision OF
the supreme court in the item of clerk
hire, which amounted to 81 GILT (see
page 1913 of report we have expenses
for 1889 80, SD, 1878; expenses for
1912, s11, 494. 5O-a difference Of
8, 528 in favor of the democratic ad
mlnistration. Thus aside from the
supreme and circuit court salaries and
expenses over which the administrative
officers have no control, we find that
the actual amount paid for the same
item Of expenses and service was S.
291.O7 less during 1892 than in 1889
80.
1891, which provided for the survey of
swamp lands in Crawford county, and
fixing the minimum price at which the
same may be sold.
The increase under fish culture was
due to an appropriation Of $1,000 for
the erection of new buildings at the
state hatchery.
The dairy and food commission was
created under the provision of chapter
49,, laws of 1889, approved April 16,
1889, so that the expenses in this de-
parment cover a period of little over
four months Of the fiscal year of 1885,
The expense for this period was 49,
49OS1. In the item known as land
protection, $4,O26.SO was paid for sal
aries accruing to republican officials
under the old law, which provided for
the payment of $50 per month and ex-
penses, to state timber agents. Against
the apparent increase of $11, 649.62 m-
der this head, we have credits as fol
lows: