The Republican., 1899-10-12

iand Penitentiary, entirely new build
mgs at the Second Hospital for the
insane and additional buildings al
the Maryland House of Correction
namely:
Mafyland Penitentary SSOOOO
second Hospital for Insane ............. }2O,ON
hafyland House Of Correctlon........ 5000
81 200 OO(
fLNow let us compare the transfers
cNpected from the direct State tax OF
f&fents under Democratic admins
trafion and reduced under Republi-
cap administration to st, the other .
cents of State tax being levied, col
ledau and paid for free school books.
by such comparison we find that
lzt$sssef. neinoeratic administration for
the 's'ears 1892, 1898, 1894 and 1895
there was carried to the several sink
ing funds the sum of 1914, PSI 80, but
it is true that in addition to this sum
a further sum of S24s, .32 was car
ried oy them to the said sinking fund.
/ Yet said sum was obtained from
the General Government of the
! United States, sale of State property
and collection of amount due on the
| bond of a State official. which. never
! theless. was not obtained by direct
| taxation. and, therefore. cannot be
used in this comparison. while under
/ Republican administration for the
| years 1896, 1897. 1898 and 1899 there
| has been carried to the sinking funds
! the sum of S1.139.0J1. or an actual
gain in cash of $164. 1906. The
levies for 1899, 1898, 1894 and 1895
embraced the rate of Il cents for
State debt, while this rate was re-
duced in 1896. 1897, 1898 and 1899 to 81
cents, the other cents going to free
school books, as before mentioned.
The sum of $500, 900 has been paid
for such free school books during the
present administration, which, had
the levy remained the same as in 1892.
1898, 1894 and 1895, the present treas
ury officials could and would have
invested it in actual cash for the
sinking funds, making difference of
SI64, 1866 i'll four years; and, indeed.
have carried to the sinking funds
S764, 1886 and that, too, with a tax
rate of cents less, and there remain
in bank to the credit of the State as
of September 30, 1899, the sum of
81, ,110, 231 As.
And again. The amounts collect
ed and distributed to public schools
for the years 1S92-3-4-5 aggregate
S2,360, 9S5.30, while the amounts as
collected and distributed under the
present administration for the years
1S96-7-S-9 are $2.652, ,00S.03, or an in
crease of 1921, ,022. .73-$72, 755.5S per
annum in favor of the past four
years, and besides this there remained
TO the credit of the public schools at
the close of the past fiscal year (1S99)
sum not less than $360,000
In January, 1898, the present treas
ury officials of the State, deeming it
best to consolidate many of the vari-
GUS loans of the State, inasmuch as
the defense redemption loan was then
due, and the State having large hold
lngs OF its stock, recommended and
secured the passage of a law common
ly known as the Consolidated loan of
1899, whereby the said several loans
were refunded and consolidated. Bv
such operation the interest on these
loans or the State debt amounted to
in 1899 $237 1854 .6S, as against $780,
049.56 in 1895, a saving of $40, ,3S4. rs,
but which in the year 1900 will only
amount to STA, ,279.7S, or a saving of
$105, 769.7S over 1895.
Prior to the year 1898 no moneys
were earned upon State deposits in
banks. Why, | am not sufficiently
advised, yet during the years 1867
SO moneys from this source Welded
the magnificent sum of $33, ,376.65. In
other words. under the present ad-
ministration for the four years past,
there has been received 19,5S4.33,
more money than during 80 years of
Democratic administration
SIN the years 1S92-3-45 the receipts
from this source amounted to SAT-
S69.0S, while during the years 1867
8-9 the income from this source ag-
gregated 1856, ,994.S0, or gain of $780,
1852.
"Chapter $50 of the acts of 1898 au-
thoriZed the expenditure of 100000
for the purpose of arming and equip
ping the State militia in the Spanish
American War, yet so economically
was this branch of the service admin
istered as to require only an expendi-
ture of $125,000. And it is with par
donable pride, think, that we point
to the fact that every dollar of this
money has been paid without the bur-
den of one cent taxation. Seventy
eigh thousand one hundred and fifty
three dollars and sixty-five cents of
this sum was refunded by the General
Government of the United States,
and the condition of the State Treas
ury has been so good as to warrant
the wiping out of the entire balance
of this sum, viz: $46,S46.35, notwith-
standing the large amount of cash
set aside to the credit of the sinking
funds.
'By comparison of the amounts
paid to said institutions interesting
results are obtained. During the
years 1892-3-4-5 there was paid from
the Treasury to said institutions the
sum of $1,491, ,5S5.6S, as against the
sum of 81, ,629.94 for the years 1896
7-S-9, or a larger sum by $226, ,944.26, or
an annual increase of $56. .06. And
this, too, with loss to the Treasury
during the last four years of $55,00O
per annum, the dividends on the
Washington Branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
'"The increase of revenue from this
source under the operations of the
new assessment law of 1896 has been
very marked. The receipts for the
years 1892-3-4-5 aggregate only the
sum of 1924, ,096.99, as against $742,-
O54.14, or an increase of $917, ,957.15 for
the four years of the present admins