Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1893-10-06
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Appropriations for 1898 are $62,S5S
Greater Than for 1892.
It Takes Over $ll,O00 More to Run
The State Offices for 1898 Than
1t Did for 1892.
Reform and Republican Papers
and the Argus-Leader Please
Copy at Length That the
People May Study.
Figures Taken From Session Laws

TlS uICS dkCl1 IIOlll >0CSSlO1I Laws
The editor borrowed the session laws Of
1891 and 1903 from attorney Brown on
Monday and made few comparisons Of
the appropriations and running expenses
of state Offices for 1892 and 1893. A COM
plete statement of the increased appropri-
atlens and for running expenses of every
branch of the state government and ap-
preparations made where no limit is fixed
would show that over 100000 of the
Peoples money has been squandercd to
satisfy Official greed and furnish perquis-
ties for political bosses. The evidence of
extravaganza is disgraceful If not crimi-
nal, and we challenge any republican
paper in the state to deny the statements
herein set forth. No wonder the tax pay
ers of the state will be bled by an infa-
nous deficiency tax which is levied with
out authority oflaw. There will be no
relief for the tax payers if the present
supreme court Is kept in power, because
it is the court Of last resort and it has no
sympathy for the people.
The running expenses of the state offices
for 1893 was increased $ll 900 over the
running expenses for 1892. Clerks must
shire you know. +.
The increase in appropriations for state
institutions for 1893, is S62. 1853 over the
appropriations fer 1902. Republican
extravaganza. Auditor Hipple did not
give these figures.
The state appropriated $4,000 for
legislative printing each session but a
deficiency was made for nearly S., Zoo
1901, and like amount was taken from
the pockets OF the tax payers for 1898.
These deficiencies should not exist, they
cannot exist honestly. Public printers
are public robbers if you give them a
chance.
The reform school got $14,S for 1892,
and $40, 345 for 1893. This school got
along without any appropriation until
1890.
The state militia gets 81. .Q00a year, and
for what purpose nobody seems to know.
It's no good only for officers uniforms.
The school OF mines got $10.9 .925 for
1903. This school is only plumber spot
for the Hills.
The soldiers home gets $4,000 more
for 1898 than 1t did for 1902. No visible
increase Of inmates.
The Vermillion university gets 5000
more for 1893, than it did for 1892, and
then puts in deficiency bill for fuel
which is sometimes sold TO the attaches
and no returns made.
The Sioux Falls pen got $32, 366 for
1903, over So. 600 more than for 1892, and
$4,000 more than is honestly required.
The warden is a political boss.
The state fair had II deficiency for
1892 of $3.566 and it had also an appro-
priatlon of $4,000. Here goes the peoples
money for state fair extravagances.
The insane asylum got $G5, 600 for 1892
and $4,000 for 1898. This is a modest
raise, but officials must live high, if the
insane are neglected..
State Auditor Nipple may be abe to
tell an anxious public why it requires
50, 600 more to run his office for 1898 than
it did for 1892. Some of the deficiency
tax goes right into Nipples hands with
all his talk about honesty.
The Madison normal school had $4,000
for 1892. and gets $lG.O O50 for 1903. Gen.
Beadle was good ut figures when he was
surveyor general. H. could knock out
his deputy surveyors and then howl
louder in church than any one there.
Beadle is II canting hypocrlte The $50
at the end of the $4,000 is perhaps for
those fine cigars he smoked at Bismarck.
1t makes no difference to the gang. The
people be did.
The ruined agricultural college at
Brookings got $1,000 for 1892, but Nc
Louth and his wrecliers got S11, 300 for
1893. No wonder deficiency tax is
needed when such an institution as that
can get $4,000 more than they actually
need. The government gives the institu-
ton more money than is actually needed
to run it, but Sheldon and his pets must
live decently.
The Spearfsh normal school, neces-
sary institution for the Hills country,
walks away with nearly $4,000 more for