Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-13
IS A HOMELY VIRTUE.
REPUBLICANS SHEER AT DEMO-
CRATIC ECONOMY.

Accustomed to Running State Affairs
Solely With Reference to Their Pockets
They Cannot Appreciate Efforts of
Democratic Officials to Save Money for
the People While Economical the state
Administration Has Not Been Niggardly.
MILWAUKEE, sept. 10 Rcpublicaus are
accustomed To sheer at Democratic econ
omy. Unless all signs fail this same
economy will give them a great deal Of
trouble before the campaign is over. 1t is
something the common people appreciate.
They were nor aware how much was due
the Democratic administration on this
score. Now they are finding out and the
party Of which this administration is the
representative is gaining in their estima-
ton every day. The Republican leaders
were 50 accustomed, in the good old days,
to live up to the doctrine that everything
went so long as the knowledge did not get
out to the people that they can't under
stand that the Democratic party OF only
may but has kept its promise 30 the people
to give them an honest, economical admin
istration of state affairs. They were
apparently SO acc ustOmed to featherng
their own uests-as in the case Of the
state Recommendations regard to duty
that they cannot understand how any
administration is able to put the people
md their interests first.
TRUTH TOO MUCH FOR THEM.
Consequently when the state officials
announced IA reduction in the state taxes
of thrcc-tourths of u million the Gepubli-
can bosses Winkcd slyly and said we will
show those fellows up. They are now
recovering from the effect Of the boomer
ang they set dying. They told the people
that this reduction was the result Of in
crease i'll taxation i'll other years by which
the Democrats were now able to make Il
show Of reducing taxation. They eXhiD-
tied their ignorance of state affairs in u
most woeful manner. 1t is really remark
able that some of the old Republican office.
holders did not tell them better, but they
didn't, and SO the Republican bosses and
press were given their first easy primer
lesson by the Democrats. They were
shown that the tax known rs Il state tax
was levied solely for educational pur-
poses. That not a dollar could be held as
every penny was returned Immediately
to the people. This and much more
useful knowledge has been given them
with the effect that leading Republicans
all over the state are showering the
leaders with advice telling them 'for
Gods sake" let state affairs alone.
They confess judg ment on the two
counts that they know nothing about
state affairs and that the record of the
present state administra ton is the best
the state has ever known. Y ct in the face
of this confession they have the nerve to
ask the people to change it.
PROMISE OF ECONOMY KEPT.
The Democratic administration has been
economical The party made that prom
Use to the people and the state officials
honestly and faithf ully redeemed it, But
it eau hardly be expected that a party
which holds that Cheap clothing makes
cheap men" will not sneer at any such
homely virtue as economy.
While the administration has been
econom ical it has not been niggardly.
Every measure that was necessary to the
welfare of the people has received its earn
est and loyal support. But n refused to
"tear up" state money and 1t begins to
appear already TINT the people are with it
in this matter. The affairs of the state
have been handled just as marf handles
his household affairs or as a business man
handles his business. II this be wrong
Democrats say the Il epublican bosses can
make the most of it.
The records show that while unneces-
sary expenditures have been held down
with n firm hand wise generosity has
been shown wherever the necessity for 1t
was apparent. In spite of the fact that
this year the state taxes are almost COM
pletely wiped out, the present admins.
tration has, during its term of office, ex.
pended in special appropriations and
payments authorized by law in excess Of
what had been custom nry in preceding
years 81 372, ZIG. Adding to this the amount
saved in taxes this year and the Demo-
cratic adm inistration has bettered the
Republican record over S2,000,000 This
sum does not look very large on paper but
it means n great many hard days work
from the people of Wisconsin if they had
to make it up. But they haven't. The
administration saved it for them 1t is no
longer u matter of surprise that the Demo-
era is are beginning to show signs of inor-
diuate pride in the record of their party in
this state for the past four years
HAD TO MEET LARGE AMOUNTS
OF this 81 80, 1l6 which has been so gen.
erously yet wisely expended, the educa-
tional institutions received little over
S2l1, 600; of this the university received
$4,000 for new buildings in addition to
an increased mill tax and So, 00J for the
purchase of old Camp Randall! for an ath-
letic field. The normal schools received
the remainder The Worlds Fair appro-
priation was Sl65. POO. The Republicans
wanted half million or II million dollars
expended here. They didn' know just
what for but wanted it. The Democratic
legislature wisely determined Sld5, 900 was
enough The wisdom of their action was
shown by the fact that Wisconsin had one
OF the best exhibits at the fair, one of the
most comfortable state buildings and
81, 600 WAS turned back into the state
treasury after the Worlds Fair board had
wound up it's affairs. Then the state ag-
ricultural society was helped to the extent
Of over $1,000. The states prison was
given new buildings and necessary equip
mcnt which cost $50, 900 and other small
appropriations, including return to
Uncle Sawyer's Omaha Railway company
Of an excess Of license fee paid in 1889, of
t9,94l, made up the balance OF $685.
The increased payments made necessary
under the laws by the growth Of
various institutions called for even
more. or this account the mantc-