Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27

~ So0. ,vuV, me average levy for the
years lS9l-3-3. under Democratic rule.
Was *i,uuo Il0 IS. an average yearly In
crease Of SILT lib 80. or total increase
for the three years OF 1851 ,346.14. So
i you see the accounts balance, and one
statement proves the other. Take the
total Of the increased tax levy by the
Democrats, as compared with the last
Republican year, or take the figures co
/ given IN the expense accounts and the
result 10 the same. There Is no escaping
these figures. Their correctness is nm
deniable. They are taken from Demo-
| cratic reports a. well as Republican, No
honest man will question their accuracy,
The comparisons made are absolutely
fair.
There Is no chance given for confusion
or error. There has been no selecting
OF items here and there, but all the lead.
| Ing ones are given in the order in which
they appear In the secretary of states
reports. Nor have single years been
selected, but the entire three years of
Democratic rule for which the records
are made up, compared with the last
three Republican years.
In the face Of these figures, official
and indisputable, every intelligent man
must know that the claim that this ad.
ministration has been an economical
one, is ludicrous and fraudulent, The
people want no more OF this sort of econ.
omy. Is is wasting their substance and
increasing their burdens. The extraor-
binary revenues available this year viii
never be received again. At the rate
the Democrats have increased expenses
heretofore, and with no unusuali income
and there is none to be derived here
after.-if they should be continued in
power another term, the state taxes
would become enormous and oppressive.
The facts and figures which I have
laid before you present the strongeet
possible arguments in favtt oh a speedy
return to Republican rule
| 1t is important that they have she
widest possible circulation. II 10
your duty. gentlemen, az men,
bers OF this league, organized
for the discussion Of public questions
and the dissemination of political infor.
nation, to see that the people are made
to know the truth and that to this end
the facts as to the management of pub.
lie affairs are pasted on every door post
and proclaimed from every housetop
throughout all the state.
The Democrats in the state as in the
nation have forfeited all claims upon
the confidence and support OF the peo-
pie. In the nation we were promised pros
perity and plenty and have been given
adverstty and want. In the state we
were promised fidelity and economy
and we have had recklessness and
extravaganza instead. For years the
Democrats were unceasing and vocifer-
GUS In their denunciations of what they
declared was inexcusable extravaganza
In the management of our state institu.
tions, and in the expenses for clerk hire,
labor and incidentals about the capitol.
They promised that if they were en-
trusted with the power that they would
| reduce these expenses. Instead t.ey
haN Increased them by several hundred
IS of dollars.
persistent and suspect some-
tin 20 obnoxious stickler for economy
che conduct Of public affairs. have
been told that was crank upon
that subject, and perhaps I am.
AT any rate have never been
able to understand why public
business should not be conducted as
carefully and economically as private
business. believe that the people have
right and that it is their duty to insist
that public officers bring to the dis
charge of their duties the same fitness,
fidelity and scrutinizing care that it is
demanded Of employees in the manage
ment Of private affairs. The burdens Of
taxation are grievous enough at best,
and officials who add to their weight by
carelessness or incompetency should be
censured and repudiated. The indiffer-
ence, extravaganza and incompetency
that is seen in public life 10 something
appalling. It is in all parties and under
all administrations. For many years
tho nvpnncon hort tho yoitrI 0t Mo1i.
son have been unnecessarily and out.
rageously excessive. Republican ad.
ministrations have been at fault in this
respect, but the so-called ssreformers'
now in power have broken all records.
The capitol swarms with clerks drawing
annual salaries from 81 800 to $4,000
who could never get $500 in any private
employment. They work, or pretend to
do go, six hours day, and get SO ex-
hausted by the end Of the week that
they are given q holiday every Saturday
afternoon for rest and recuperation.
The messengers, janitors, policemen
and other employees about the building
are like Pharaoh's host, without num-
Der. But where s'reform" gets in it's most
perfect work is I'm the employment of
regular and transient laborers about the
capitol building and in the park. In 1891
the nFeG year Oh -TSIOEm tneE0 were Cu1.
ployed as regular laborers, forty-six. and
as transients, 104. In 1892, regular
laborers twenty-five, transient fifty
seven. The large number in 1891 over
1892. is probably accounted for by the
fact that those employed by the Repub-
licans after Sept. 80, the close Of the
fiscal year 1890, are reported. The mum.
Der employed in 1893 has not been pub
lished, and how many there will be this
year can only be conjectured. do not
look for any reduction in the force, es.
pecially along early in November when
the bad weather sets in and they are
80 much needed. People not residing
at Madison, or who seldom visit
there may wonder what sill
these laborer5 have to DO. think most
Of the transient laborers are employed
in repairing, cleaning and doing odd
| jobs about the building while the regu.
lars work in the park. In the winter
they clear the snow from the walks
when it lie warm enough 80 that they
| aan 0at nrE Tn the enriDr they clean