The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-10-12
Our Democratic fricnds NAV .o.,, !.

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| now thah 1t did few years aao to m9in.
| E'Ih lheTn, This is not the fact. The
average number of inmates in our rhnr
| ltahir and penal institutions was mo-
greater during the years lSyt-2.a than
.pf f ,Ac thre" previous years. Here are
'He iGurcS taken from the official reports
oi the board Of control having charge of
we institutions. In the state hospital
| t'le average number of inmates for the
years lhSS39o was 1856; for the wears
lo'l-@r', %. la the northern hospital
aver p number of inmates for 1SS $3.50
bboi " the years 1891 -2-3, 627. In the
school ior the blind the average for 1888
3-9o, 81; for the years 1929, S3,
ochool tor the deaf, average for 1889
" l93; for lS9l2-}, 17j Industrial
| schooi tor boys, average for 1Sss-9-9U,
school, average for lSSS-9-9O 1913: for
| lo3l-25 24O. Taking them all together
! II VIII be seen that the average has not
| increased
Row then can we account for the great
| ~ increased expenditures in these inst tu-
tons, except on the ground of Democrat
r extravaganza? Nearly everything in
the line of clothing and provisions has
tallen IN price in the last few years, and
as a. mes; these are leading items of expense. it
Is PLAIN that expenditures should have
| diminished instead of increased. / may
| properly remark that the principal in
crease has not been for supplies, but for
salaries. Our reform brethren have found
| 1t necessary to quarter an extra number
OF their friends in these institutions, in or
der. suppose, to more fully work out
! their benehcent and economical designs.
| There are other directions in which
| economy can be employed to excellent ad-
! vantage, but | find that in all these ex-
penSes have been increased instead Of
| reduced, as It was SO stOutly promised
| that they should be. | submit the tig-
ures on clerk hire. labor about capitol,
| transient labor, incidental expenses, etc:
For clerk hire in the state offices the
Republicans expended for the years 1888
800, S157,Sl0,97. The Democrats ex-
! pended in the years 1929, SlGJ, ,339 2s.
! Democratic increase. S1o2S.31
| For labor about capitol, the Republicans
| expended for the years 1SSS9-9U, S120,-
b1I9 -. The Democrats expended in 1891.
23 Sl4l ,9iG,63. Democratic increase,
S2l 2To.GS.
For transient Iaborers, tho. Republicans
expended in the years lses9.9o, s9o22.-
~. The Democrats expended in the years
1929. So 1851 Democratic in
crease, So, ,221 T.
For incidental expenses, the Republic
ans expended in the years 1SSS-9-9O,
S47 262 81 The Democrats expended in
the years 1891 o-' SGb, 1876 Demo
cratic increase Sl9,41l.S s..
The figures which | have given show
that the Democrats. instead of saving
the people money. have during their
first three years of rule expended under
the same heads and for the same purposes
an increase over what the Republicans
expended in the same time, Ill the sum
Of S17i ,6Ol99. There are no estimates
here. SO far l have only given the
items Of moneys expended rs they ap.
pear in the reports OF the secretary of
state. There can be no denying or dods-
ing these figures But now it is neces-
sarv to make a few estimates 10 show II
all their fnllness the beauties Of Demo
cratic economy. | have only gwen the
tig,lres for three years, rs the books tor
1884 will not be posted until the end 81
the fiscal year. So | must estimate tor
1891 ii is strikingly noticeable II COM
pairing the expense ot the last three years
that they Increase materially each year.
II will therefore be entirely safe 70 as-
sumo that the expenses for 1871 VIII
equal the average for the three PREVIOUS
years LII order, then - correctly snow
inst what The situation Will he when the
Democrats have completed their four
year, Of service. | must add 10 the sum
uf increased expenses already gwen
proportiuaate amount for the increase 81
alnoant for the three previous years, of
s.11 2UD. &C
rms is hut partial showing. As
hay, said. have omitted many items,
which If included. would largely sven
tho aggregate But taking only these =
apuears that the Democrats, lnsfead OF
practicin- economy Is they agreed y
III and now falsely pretend that lhes
have done. have, as matter o. laIl'
A.
Iicaas expended in the same TIME ana
for The same purposes, the prodisloas
sum If SIS Sn..i4.
Wrre there to be added to this the lH
fpaSe iii the other items Wn1ch haN
omitted, the total would be more 'a&tt
S.,,p, anu, or nearly as much IS has hetti
Thus far received from the eS-siate
tfeasurrrS SO il appears that altef VI
tl,n hInstpr about the treasury suits. that
-. faxnayers have received little beAe-
- fran them. as the Democrats have
,ta,.illercl III other directions ne4flS ~
much as they have recoyered from lie
tre,surers. This is precisely what the
figures show.
While the figures that | have given,
hpiti. tile exact expenditures, ZEN ~
nom show conelusiyely that the l,eine
.rat. have been much less ecohahileal
tb,n tba Republicans, there Il stli! an
,,,bnr way to show the equal correct
~. ana force the same unmlstakahle
fant t.,e II is by the tax levy In 1870
Tho last year of Republican rule, the
sfate tax levy amounted to ssol ,o,p. Inc
average levy for the years lS9I--,'. uhder
Democratic rule, was 81 ,OOS io..'o, III ~
erage yearly increase OF Sll'lIo..,>. OF Il
total increase for the three years OF S3oi,-
:,4G.14. SO you see the accounts balanee.
= "a ona statement proves the other. lake
49,. ta1al of the increased tax levy by the
nemocrats. i1 as compared with the last
Republican, year. or take the figures n
,;yen in the expense accounts ana the
resulf is the same. There is no escaping
these figures. Their correctness - un-
eratc reports as we'll as Republican NO
honest man will question their accuracy
MI ITIHAI E0REGAGT