The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-06


In that way they kept the wheels Of !
QOvernmeat going and maintained the !
credit OF Tie si1ic.
Are the pcoa.s ready for any more
Democrats retrcnchment and re
form?'
An additional word right here as 10
the comparative cost OF the two legis-
latures may be OF interest 10 the think
ing voters ~ Che state We have
shown how Che Democrats oycrran
their estimates FOR Legislative expenses
and made the total cost OF .sluaw
buck" legislation Sl5e, f55.sI The FOL
loving statement shows more clearly
the economy Of the present admins
tration:
Regular scssioa 81 t'ai.... .,.s,.,.. sls
Extra sci ioa on iof' ..- ..'.'' I'''' ~
Total for arelwbuc,s" .........si @ &
Session oi iea ...t...s. -..''' liu''.r ~
Republican economy ab.tsi >.
II adds no little tD The disgust with
which the people view che above
figures 10 thigk that thc cost oi the
extra session WAS due entirely 70 the
attempt of the Demo rats 90 steal the
next legislature. Tine supreme court
declared their uerrYmnndcr nneonstl-
/ tutional aud they hal 20 pass a new
/ law before cle-t.oni 1880 81 spent
for Democratic partisanship.
Certain Democratic papers have been
! making great ado over Increased eN-
penses IN running the different dc.
/ partmcnts under Republican rule The
principal attack Is made on the audi
tor.gencralis 4 parlmcut, the state de-
partmcnt and the board oi state anll-
tors.
II certainly costs moro 90 run the
auditor generals department at pres.
ent than under the Democratic admin
istration The new tax law 81 ISIS
restores the state system oi sale of
lands for delinquent taxes. All the
work Of collecting such taxes q zone
In the auditor-gcncral department
which, under the county system, was
done i'm the 81 counties. lt costs the
people lust SO much 10 do the work
whether done by the state % by The
counties The relative advantages 81
the two systems are not AT issue be
tween the parties for honest Repub
leans and honest Democrats diilel
among themselves 10 may be addc,
here. however. that there are not l2i
clerks in the auditor general 3 depart
mcnt, as has been falsely asserted, bu
the last pay roll shows just l05 names
including Audtor-Gencral Turne
himself
Every honest Democrat knows tina
: the state census Of ls9i BIS being com
piled In the state department, reqWir
, ing the work OF 30 extra clerks, I'm
, is what makes the state department
! cost more than it did under the Dem
ocratic administration.
But the most interesting part oil IN
showing comes in connection with IN
l. board OF auditors allowances. The
c have been heavy. IL is well know
i that the board a year ago had % pa
sl3 900 ON the Mays claim. The In
IS tory of that makes good Republics
N reading.
y Thomas T.. Mays took a contract TO
building state road in the upper per
lS insula and was 10 take his pay
o swamp land scrip. lie was intorme
IS by the Democratic land commissions
/ that the swamp lands ON Bois l'lai
n island were upper peninsula lands on
d could be selected ON the scrip. u
% built the road az great expense. Tf
n supreme court, on legal grounds, III
Is ally decided that the Bots Blanc lan'
e were in the lower peninsula and cou
III not be taken for the construction
IS roads in the upper pcninsni
l., There were no available swan
b. lands up there and MIR. Ma
n was out The legislature rcicrr,
the matter 10 the board of state auc
NJ tors for adjustment = he board
ly first hestatcd TO pay cash on a swan
ne land contract but Attorncy-Gcner
ms Ellis filed an opinion holding, fir
no that Mays claim was just one again
". the state and, second that IL could
paid i'm cash. Then the board allow
nc the claim,
nj Even il the supreme court had u
held the Bois Blanc lands 20 be low
20 peninsula lands, Mr.. Mays would la
o been left on them, for they were need
n TO provide stealmgs for the Democrat
ks Every square inch of them was go
To- blcd up under the auspices OF Den
mo cratic economy and reform.
~, But after all these necessary
hc creased expenditures are taken boz
an consideration the fact stands out
bold relief that the present admin
tration cost the people S323 ,62G. rs j
40 than the Democratic administered
~ did. That speaks volumes for Rep
de. lican economy.