The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-11-03

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scented no comparative statements, CON
tanning only such items of expense as
are under the control of the state Of
ficcrs Nor viii thcy DO this. Such
/ statements, which are the only fair ones
10 make, in AL eases, show increased
expenses during the past ,hree years.
The extra money received by the
present administration amounts 10 over
$4,000 in excess of the amount report
Cd as Oh hand. This S:;09,c eco represents
what has been expended in the last
three years in exCess Of what was eX-
pended III the previous three years for
precisely the same purposes. There
has been collected fron the cX-trcasur-
crs and applied to the reduction Of The
state tax for tins year $.iz7 ,#'2.55 Tine
Democrats claim much credit for this
and it might be accorded them were il
not for the fact that they have sqgan-
dcred in cXtrayagant expenditures the
entire amount, 80 that the taxpayers
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beyond controversy, that the present
/ state officers have in no direction shown
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records show that their administration
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'i'S'i'''i 70 llie h'itS 81 Gaining tile atich-
'i"h - l"e c!I|'h7 o our state - me
/ '''leillpI - TOD the treasury through tle
u'li"W!uI ie'tlE9 oi the printing OF the
roster % Wisconsin soldiers. The at
Tempt was one OF the hoiHest, as II was
one o. the most stupid, ever made to
de.raud the pHhiic. contract was Sc
eIe'.l hlade ny the Governor, under the
adFlce OF the Attcrney-Gehcrai, t. let
] me printing, ~ defiance OF the constr
tuHon Of Il" state, which declares that
an printing shaA he let to the lowest
/ pid4tr, at price nearly three times as
great Is II would have cost had 1t been
sent to the state printer and been done
/ under his contract. Had not the exist
/ cncc Of the contract been asccrtained-I
although every effort was made to keep
/ It secret, in utter defiance Of the law
/ which requires that all contracts shall
/ be placed on file where they may be
/ lnspected-the state would have lost
{ tlTTp If only a hl
threat OF legal proceedings that the gov
I ernor was frightened into canccIlIn@ the
'on'i"c''
/ before liils cahceIiatlon' however, the
''oN e'"or private secretary had SOLD
an interest IN u !or bonus o. S-o,UOo,
ana f-,'oo OF the money 50 received
was used TO pay note on which the
Governor was an endorser and which
had gone 10 protest. Alter the contract
was cancelled, the parties purchasing
the interest III 1t broughtsmt againatthe
Governor, ms private secretary, the
-i''oiI'.1 -''eLtfs"' Assistant Attorney
''tlera'' ana "lhef state officers, 70 re-
cover the money Pald. The people OF
-" lsc"i'sih were then caLed upon to
"liHes7 the shameful spectacle OF their
state oil1ers, elected to protect the
P1'"''' interests ana sworn |" iaiihlulIy
I IS 'i'e i'i-i "ulleS impose" ur"n
Inehi, arf"igh'd before the bar Of JUS
nee lof an attempt TO loot the state
treasury Inc roster suit IS now pend
ing before the supreme Court the Cir
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