Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
Department EXPENSES

How They Have Swelled In Fifteen
Years and Since the Democrats
Were Last in at Least Partial Con-
trol--A Steady and Constant Increase
In Every Item - Extravaganza and
Spoliation at Republican Machine
Dictation, as Gathered From the Of
fetal Records.
The enormous increase in the cost of
running the executive departments of
the state government has been the sub
ject of much comment in the news
papers and otherwise. The extent of
the increase Is not yet, however, un-
derstood. 1t is not generally COM
pretended how unceasing has been the
upward trend of the figures. 1t is
not realized that each legislature under
the sway of Republican Bosses has
not only seen" it's predecessor, to use
the language of the card playing fra
ternity, but managed to go consider
ably better" The protests of the
people and such of the newspapers as
were not under the control of the ma
chine have gone unheeded Governor
Pattison's vetoes in 1913 fell in for
no greater consideration. And even
their own man, that the time had come
to go slow, were ignored. The appe-
tite of the cormorants grew with what
1t fed upon like all other appetites, and
may be regarded today as in a state
of utter unappeasability.
All this, be it borne In mind, is in
addition to the steals in the way of
legislative junkets, contested election
cha fraudulent n Or orr
What is here considered fell in for no
| executive vetoes or injunctions either
in 1895 or in 1897, during which years.
as will further appear, the greatest
| enormities were perpetrated.
AS probably presenting the case most
comprehensively and so as to enable
| the seeker after the facts to gather
them in at a glance, so to speak, the
following table is presented. The fig
ures in the first column, headed 1888,
represent the outlay for the first year
of Governor Pattisons administration,
when there was a Democratic house
and a strong reform element in the
senate to help keep the looters in check,
Those in the other column, headed
1889, 1898 and 1897, respectively, repre-
sent the appropriations for the last
year, that is the last legislative year
of the Beaver, Pattson (seconO and
Hastings administrations. The figures
are taken from the appropriation bills
as finally passed and signed, are ex-
elusive of the vetoes and are in each
case for two years:
GOVERNORS OFFICE.
1888. 1889. 1893. 1897.
s42. SOo $50 400. s56,o5s. $57,SOo
SECRETARY OF COMMONWEALTH
$50,60O. s62 900. $69,0O0 s796OO
AUDITOR GENERALS DEPART
MENT
s4s, COO. $56 500. 500, 800. $94,sOO
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
s29,O5O $40 300. SAL. 400. $4,000
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPART
S15,4OO. 5000. $SO,9OO s29,1Oo
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AT
FAIRS.
s67,2OO sS1. 400. 100000 s129SoO
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPART
ss4,4oO. $367OO. $44,4Oo. $i7.4Oo
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTIoN.
sSS,4OO. $SS, 400. s33. 400 s42 400
STATE LIBRARY.
s15,4OO $34 600. $33. 900 $40 100
PUBLIC PRINTER.
$4,000. s5400. $5,S00. s7100
STATE REPORTER.
$4,000. $4,000. $4,000 $4,000
BOARD OF PARDONs.
$1,000. $3.50. $500. $4,000
HARBOR OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA
$4,000 $4,000. $S4,500. $102 200
INSPECTORS OF MINES.
S66, ,OOO $4,000. $1OS, 900 1892 900
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
$780, $4,000. $4,000. 1880
BOARD OF PUBLIC CHARITIES.
$13,SOO s246OO. s3O.6OO s29, 400
SUPERINTENDENT SOLDIERS Or
PHANS' SCHOOLS.
s21,SOO $40 200 S30,60O $4,000
BOARD OF HEALTH.
None. $4,000. $4,000. $4,000
FISH COMMISSIONERS.
None. $4,000 $4,000.
FACTORY INSPECTORS.
None. None. s54,SOO $50, 900
BANKING DEPARTMENT.
None. None. $26,60O s124000
MEDICAL COUNCIL.
None. None. None. $4,000
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, SAL
ARIES.
s11,SOO. S13,S50. $4,000. $22,600
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, EX-
PENSE.
$23,9OO. $i6263. SCI, ,06O. s68,i0O
The foregoing may without scruple
be accepted as reliable, having, as
stated been taken direct from the sew
eral appropriation acts as they ap-
pear in the officially published laws of
the state. A few explanations will not
however, be out of place. For instance
in the cost of the governors office" is
included only the actual office cost, and
not that of the expensive gubernatorial
mansion, or anything connected with
| it. The attorney generals depart
ment" does not cover the large sums
he receives as fees. Superintendent OF
public instruction" means the expense
for salaries, etc, of his office. and does
not cover any of the cost of the schools
The same thing is true of "superintend
ent of soldiers orphan schools" State
library" is independent of the appro-
priations for books and the public
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