New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-05
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Mr. Flower went breaking his pledge OF 81 econ ,he
omy the present year ls tine TpnsiSoy in
1852 were $1,000 In 1893 they were $500 an in,
crease of 5000 One also finds among 1ne o
the present year: .
For deficiency in the appropriations for ,ne care
cleaning labor. lights. services of orderlles ana
watchmen and other necessary expenses OF the pun
lie Sang u e. stng Of the hs
extraordinary repairs and improvements 1i ,he
na or 2 TIE
complete throughout. for Railroad Commissioners
the various rooms and offices where necessary
throughout the buildings and also for cleansing and
The Executive Mansion and the Executive
/ Chamber look much handsomer as the result or
cxpending these sums: and much better lltied Ior
the occupation of IA ."hamboyant millionaire
one also discovers that new Office that OF mis-
Flower and the Domocratc legislature and nd that
ceivc $500 one learns also from the Session Laws
1899 that the appropriation for salaries In the Of
been Increased from $47s0 in 1892 to $1,000 in 1885,
that the Commissioner of Agriculture Is to receive
thsf The contingent expenses Of the LEGISLATURE in
1882 have been increased to $4,000 in 1881 that the
1850 in 1892 and to $500 in 1893; that the appropria-
tions for repairs and maintenance Of TIE Elmra
S20e O0O that 10000 appropriated for the state
Board OF Health in 1892 and $1,000 in 1888 that there
is a Mine Inspector with salary OF 5000 In 1893
and there such useless creature in 1882; that
the M e to HsYf N nna in inc ep ang
that no such appropriate was made for them in
1892: that the large Of 5000 has been paid for
the copyright Of military records; that Cen
esee River Commission is 10 be paid $500 in 1888
which aid not exist in 1892; that the Commissioner
| of Agriculture has 5000 Ito extend tie work OF
his dcuartmcnt": that the Factory Inspectors De
partment in 1893 IS to have $1,000 additional that
The Factory Inspectors deputies cXpend $500
additional in travelling expenses, and that there
is to be q subofiice in NcwYork at cost OF 81,
that the alleged counsel who defended Isaac H.
MAYNARD before the Legislature in 1892 to re-
ceiye 80 S So for their services; and that two
sci Of the Joint Committee on TaXatiDn-Andrew
Hamilton and ex-senator Thomas J. Creamer-are
each TO receive $500 for some three sessions at
tendance upon meetings OF that committee. about
81 900 session.
Governor Flower may be an economical Governor.
but the records Of the legislature do not show IT,
Nor will the taxpayer believe II when he sees his
taxes under the last Republican Legislature that Of
| 1890 amounted TO $ll.T0sl2 So The direct and in
direct State taxes under Governor Flower and a
Democratic Legislature In 1888 amount TO N5 80 :
SIC 81 There has thus been increase in State
taxation since 1890 under Democratic State adj
ministration amounting to S2i9,0S3 r. Mr.. Flowers
is the cOstlicst state Government since 1874 and
then the state Governments were engaged In pay
ing off tho States debt. Now the State Is out
OF debt and vet one has TO 90 back 10 n pc
rioi TO discover n year when the State taxes are
as onerous IL Is the State Government, with its
almost innumeraDle COMMISSIONS that is the sole
OF the big amount of taxes that H. imposed
/ Mr.. Flower was right when he denounced the com
missions. Knowing the path TO economy, however,
| he has refused take ii.