Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-04

Nearly All the Money Received from the TX
Treasurers Squandered in Increased
Expenses.
From Speech Delivered by II. A. Taylor 6erOre
the State Convention Of Republican Leagues
in Milwaukee, Sept. l9, 1894.

the receipt of this extra money, has moth
mo TO DO with the question of economy,
which is the matter in controversy.
Income has nothing to do with econo
my. 1t is the expense account thtt tells
that story. Receipts may De lafSe VI
small. it is the disbursements only tha5
economy affects. The Democrats, instead
of showing how and where they have
reduced expenses, point to the money OH
hand as evidence that they have done SO;
On that theory 4 man who earns prt pow
a wear and is obliged to spend 1t all IS eA-
travagant, because he saves ho1llllls,
while the man who earns $4,000 ana per
haps spends $1,000 of it is economlcal, pe-
cause he has something left. The con-
tention of the Democrats that because
they have money on hand they must mays
been economical would SEEM to be too aD-
surd to deceive anybody ana yet tMelf
papers and speakers are loudly insisting
that the money in the treasury Is COLI
elusive evidence of their economy line
true and only test as to which or the
parties has BEEN the most economical IS
to compare the expenses, for similar pur-
series of years. This will unmista kably
decide the question upon its merits. For
this purpose [ submit q series OF comparl-
sons The figures are official, being all
taken from the reports OF the secfetarE
of state. There are but three years In
accounts for the present year are not yet
made up in the secretary's office. COM
pare the three wears of Democratic rule-
1S91-23- the last three wears OF
Republican rule-1SS9-9-9O. L take the
leading items from the general fund, such
clerk hire, labor about capitol, transient
Iab Dor, Incidental expenses, etc: The eX-
penses for the different offices in the CAPT
toll cannot be given for 1898, as they
were not published by the secretary that
year, but the aggregates outside OF the
heads of clerk hire and other expense
accounts that are given. A reference to
the reports of the secretary for the years
1912, the first two years of Democratic
economy" will show that the expenses,
were greater than under the last two Re
publican years, in all the state offices eX-
cept the secretary's. One of the greatest
sources of expenses to the state, and
where the greatest opportunity is afforded
for the employment OF economy, is in the
maintenance of the state penal and chart
table institutions. Here are the figures.
taken from the reports, of the secretary of
state:
State Hospital for the Insane-Ex-
penses, 1888, SOB, S24. 49,; 1889. $S2,-
S13. A.; 1890 $1O5,675.15. Total for last
Expenses, 1891, S1oi, 1914. 1892, $96,-
436. IA; 1893, $113,333333.444. Total for
three Democratic years. 1910, O5.
Democratic increase, $1S6242z
Northern Hospital for the Insane-Ex-
penses, 1883, $11O.31O.29; 1899, $113,-
6o6. 40; 1890 $1o5,67515s Total stlo for Last as
Expenses, 1891, $3.50, 5s3 %; 1892, Sis
s94,S1; 1893, $114,O93,59. Total for
three Democratic years, 1888, 81 .G3.
Democratic increase, $23,979. 10.
School for Blind-Expenses for 1888
800, the last three Republican years,
$64, O73. IL. For 1923, last three
Democratic years, $s2-42O.1S> Denno~
cratic Increase, $1S347.O5
School for Deaf-ExpenSeS for 1888
$50, $120 239.O6. For 1923, $112,-
aQ4.6 so. Democratic decrease, 81. 4Ss4. 81.
for 1SSS-9-9O, $40, 5SS.4 a. For 1S91-2-3.
$16S.334.5O. Democratic increase, $27,-
746.OS.
State Public School-Expenses. 1888
$50, $11O,SS3.27. For 1923. S13O.
73O.a9 Democratic increase, $19, S47. 81
Net expense by the Democrats for
three years, IN excess of expense by the
markable manifestation of economy. T
leave the state prison out of the COMPARE
son, as nearly all it's expenses are paid
by the convict labor 1t has cost the
state only about $4,000 for the past
three years.
Our Democratic friends NAV seek to
explain these very embarrassing figures
by claiming that the state is growing.
that these public institutions are grow
ing also and therefore that it costs more
now than it did few years ago to main
| tain them. This is not the fact The
average number of inmates in our char
liable and penal institutions was No
greater during the years 1929 than
lpr tne tnree previous years Here are
the hgures taken from the official reports
OF the board OF control having charge of
tne institutions. In the state hosDital.
tile average number of inmates for the
years lSoS-9-90 was 1876: for the wears
Io9l-2-5, 52o. In the northern hosnital
eyer aSseefage number of inmates for 1889 go.
go; tor the years 1923, 627. In the
sc no TO Tor the blind the average for 1888
9-9o, 81; for the years IS91-2-3 81
SScchool Tor the deaf average for 1880.
~ I9o: for 1S91-2-3, 175. Industrial
s sen Tor boys, average for 1SSS-9-9o
o9l; Tor years 1S91-2-3. 345 Stata
s son9 average for 18SS-9-9O. 1913: for
h 1 Vii T. 40 Taking them all together
It. no VIII ne seen that the average has not
HOW then can we account for tha oroa+
! y increased expenditures in these institu-
| !lons, except on the ground of Damocrat-
&c extravaganza? Nearly evervtbino ~
fneon me e, OF clothing and provisions has
fallen in price in the last few years years a naS
! as THESE are leading items Of exnensa ah II