Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-02-18
expended for flowers fer the private sec

expended for flowers fer the private sec
rotary and so on.
The allowance for the state treasurer is
reduced in the sum of one hundred iron
dollars. but it has been done in such
way as not to hurt his feelings the least
bit. They cut it all off the books, sta
tionery and printing items and added
$500 to the deputy item, which makes
the treasurer think there is kind of
economy which is truly blessed. People
may wonder how the state treasurer's
Office can continne to do business after
the appropriation has been cut down 100
whole dollars. Well, it is this way:
The last state treasurer was given $500
which to buy books and furniture and
stationery, and he bought enough to run
the Office for eight or ten years, SO as a
matter of fact the present treasurer is
getting $500 more instead of 500 less
than his predecessor So, it will be seen
economy is soft snap when you know
how to work the combination, and Wal
lansine is on to his job.
But the governor has different brand
of economy for the silver republican
wing of the administration. 1t is an
economy that biteth like beaver trap
and stingeth like wife's rebuke. Bar
tlett Sinclair, state auditor, has received
dose that makes him so sick he can
almost throw up Is tot. The appropria-
ton for his Office has been cut down 5000,
lawful money of the United States. And
the cut was made in vital place, 500 OF
it on the item Of clerk hire alone, and
Bartlett had dreamed of having peach
of private secretary. Now he will have
to take any old thing with hair lip and
a wart on her nose. This is probably the
entering wedge destined to split the
"union" three ways for Sunday.
The attorney generals Office has suf-
fered a priina facia reduction, but it is far
more apparent than real. The pruning
is directed against the printing of briefs
and other incidentals wherein economy
of expenditure will tend to diminish
official labors.
The superintendent of pnblic instruc-
tion gets a $40 increase, mainly on
clerk hire. The secretary of state gets a
reduction of $2oo because he is a silver
republican and refused to stand by the
administration in recent and notable
instance. The supreme court appropria-
ton is reduced $32o in order that the ven
cradle judges may realize how much
more blessed it is to be democrat than
anything else. The judges of the dis
trict courts are also to be taught the same
lesson by disallowing some of their last
years accounts.
Now come some curiosities: Accord
ing to State Auditor Anderson's report,
the asylum appropriation for 1878, for
general expenses was $4,000, and ST.
So6.26 of the amount remains unexpend-
ed, therefore the asylum was run during
the past two years for $s7,a33. But now
the administration is asking for $50, 600
Now, what do they want of $4,000 if the
institution can be run with less than
$4,000. That can I've explained in two
or more ways. Possibly there is an $1,000
or $4,000 oversight in the auditors re-
port. That, however, is not as probable
as that the additional $4,000 is needed
to liquidate some claims which the adj
ministration is prudently trying to con-
ceal from the public.
The penitentiary is also to receive
"a, 5000 more than was expended in the
last two years. This is probably deemed
necessary since the management has
been turned over to "honest'' John
Haley. Van Dorm became repugnant TO
to the administration by saving S2,soo
of the appropriation when he might have
applied the amount to deficiencies in
other departments and this relieved the
administrations. The LAND Department
is the particular pet of the administration
which is the governor. Two years age
its appropriation was only $4,000, out OF
which, according to the State Auditor
report, $4o4.3s was saved. In spite OF
that showing, there is to be appropriated
for the next two years $73,SIs. This
will enable the administration to pay off
quite pileof claims which the public
knows nothing about. Two years age
the mine Inspector cost the taxpayers
only $3,243.So, but now they propose to
give him 81, 100 just for luck. 1t is be
lieved that the next two years will be