Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-27

the books:
Tire, years Republican rule sol 7a01e
Three years Democratic rule 726jlI2
Saving uni Democratic rule ISL 92S &c
Yet this according to Mr.. Taylor is not
worth mentioning
40 NEED FOR DoDG1NG.
But it is when he comes to the matter
of labor and incidental expenses that
Uncle Horace rolls up his sleeves and
starts In to do days work Here is q
decided increase, there is no lodging the
figures" says Uncle Horace. OF course
there isn't There is no neei for any such
attempt No one acquan ted with the
facts has ever expected a saving there.
Any one who has had to overhaul his resi-
dence, or store or shop knows it costs
money. The necessity may be regretted,
but it has to be done and it can't be done
with out expense. This is just what the
Democratic administration has been doing
the past four years When the ca pitol
was turned over to the Democr ats it was
in need of repairs from top to bottom.
Why these repairs had not been made
sooner no one seems to know, at least no
explanation has ever been offered. But
the fact remains that repairs were neces-
sary and they were made.
LABOR ABOUT THE CAPITOL.
Uncle Horace said the excess of labor
about the capitol" transient labor" and
incidental expenses" amounted to S62,-
SOB more under Democratic rule than
under Republican rule. This is correct
according to the reports of the secretary
of state. But Uncle Horace was not
aware that inclu ded in the report of 1891
was SILL 900 paid out by Republicans be-
tween Sept. 80, 1890, the close of the fiscal
year, and Jan. /, 1891, when the Demo
cratic government came into power. This
would reduce the excess to S5l, 563 But
leaving this out Of the question though it
has a great deal to do with it, and even
then the Democratic clai IN Of economy will
hold good. The reco rds show that in the
past three and half years there has been
expended for permanent improvements in
the capitol and grounds So, las which not
only entirely wipes out the surplus of
which Uncle Horace makes so much but
gives the Democratic administration a
saving of S9,5S4 rs against the expendi-
lures of the Republic ans in the proceed
ing years. Add this to the 81 600 which,
while it appears in Secretary Cunning
hams report, was, rs q matter of fact, eN-
pended by Republicans, and the Demo-
cratic administration has balance of
$50, 5S4 81 to it's credit which even Mr..
Taylor must admit is a saving worth
mentioning. The total Democratic saw
ing in the expenses in and about the capt.
tol is therefore $54, 100, or at the rate of
SIS, 253. AZ II year, n record that every citi-
zen Of the state, be he a Democrat or Re-
publican can view with pride.
ALLEGED INCREASE IN LABoRERs.
Another thing which greved good old
Uncle Horace nightly was the alleged
great increase in laborers about the CAPT
toll. Here is what he said: But where
reform gets in its most perfect work is
In the employment of regular and tran
sent laborers about the capitol building
and in the park In 1891 the first year of
reform there were employed as regular
laborers, forty-six, and rs transients, l04."
The records in the Office of the superin-
tendent of public property shows that in
tie three months remaining in 1890, after
the close OF the fiscal year Sept. 80, the
Repub licans had on the rolls sixty-one
transient laborers at u cost of s., $500
while for the remaining nine months Of
the fiscal year the Democrats had forty
two tran sieut laborers at a cost of IS, $685.
r. In other words the cost for transient
labor for nine months of Democratic rule
was but Sl.747 more than that paid by
Republicans for three months or one
third of the time and Of the l03 laborers
sixty-one of them were Republicans whose
work was afterwards done by forty-two
men when the Democrats came into
power.
The Republicans paid for regular labor
for the same three months %, lli.M. EN-.
ploving twenty-three men, while for nine
months the Dem ocrats paid but s. ,463. Is,
employing twenty four men. Not bad
record for economy even Mr.. Taylor must
admit For man who pretends to know
all about state affairs, and who conf
IDENTIFY asserts that it is II "monstrous af-
from terry" for the Democrats to claim the
affairs of state have been administered
honestly and economically. Tn Gle Horace
is sngularly ill-informed.
MANAGEMENT OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Another evidence Of Democratic ex
trayagauce Mr.. Taylor thought was to be
found in the management of the state in
stitutions. Here az ain he was mistaken.
In order to prove SOL, 900 increase in the
cost of running these ms titutions he takes
as three Republican years 1858, 1889, and
1890 and as three Democratic years 1901,
1892, and 1893 forge tting that the Republl-
can state board of supervision had control
of the state institutions until within
couple of months of the close of the fiscal
year of 1891. For correct comparison of
Democratic and Republican years there
should have been taken for the latter
the years 1889, 1890 and 1891 and for the
former the years 1892 1893 and 1894 Such
comparison, leaving out the states
prison would show that SO far from cost
ing the state Sl0l 900 more they cost about
81, 800 less under Democratic than under
Republican rule. Furthermore there is to
be taken out large sums which have been
used for the purchase Of land and for nee.
essary improvements. Still there is diff
ference even on the face of the records OF
sos, 900 between the facts and Uncle
Horace's guesses. This may not be diff
ference worth mentioning but to most
people 1t will seem like large sum and
they may wonder that 30 earnest re-
fnrnar oS Mr. TAYLOR and one who SAWS