Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-01
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Of Nebraska.
For Vice President.
AnlAI r. 9TGvEN9oN
Of illinois.
SOME FIGURES FOR THE Bull.
LETlN.

the 6ullcClu WOuAu e1'o O~
lively chase for the title of mathematical
iuepier.in-chief to the republican party
of Chehalis county, and with three
months more practice might hope to
reach the P.-I. class. In that paper OF
Tuesday it was plain that new mathe-
NAUTICAL editor was in the chair, and his
"fiqgerin" clearly showed that, in his
fond Imagination, he had an abiding
faith in the inability of the Bulletin
readers to do any "fggerin" at all. But,
here are some of his figures, to speak
for themselves:
SIN 1S96-the last republican year
the total expenses of the county were
$52, 889.39.
For the next three years under fusion
rule the expenses were as follows:
1897. $Oo, 44o'oS
1898. ..................' OS'0o oa 90
lSSts ~ 3OOSsC~
Here we have balance against the
allied forces or fusion for office only
party, of $7,714.53, annually, for the past
three wears, or total for the three years
of 900, 403.82."
Now, if this m. e. went into the fourth
grade of the Aberdeen schools and made
the statement that $7,714.53 annually
for three years amounted to $6O, 4O3.S2,
he would be hooted out of the school.
But, note the cunning of this "fig-
-~s.-;.>u ,.r4,aisv---Ue seleots tho year 1899,
upon which to base a comparison with
three years off, fusion: rule, with the full
knowledge, if hel knows anything, that
republican boodling was checked that
year, by reason Of that party having ex-
ceeded the constitutional limit of indebt-
edness, and that all its expenditures
were increasing that indebtedness. In
all that party's history in this county, it
was ever increasing the county debt. It
never thought.of reducing it.
For a fair comparison let us take the
last three years. of republican rule, as
against the three fusion years quoted,
and it will be seen that the total for the
three years given in the Bulletin amounts
to $751; ,2l1.77, while the county expenses
for the three previous years, as shown by
the auditors reports, were as follows:
1894. ................... $62, 1893. SO
1880. ................. go. 0O,1IV.O1
1885. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. d, 1852
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. @l8l, 1855
Or, $508.81 more than the fusion
period, although the same reports show
that 45,750.85 more money was spent on
roads and:bridges by the fusionists than
by our republican friends.
Further examination Of the record re.
veals the fact that during the three re-
publican years the county debt increased
451, 503.s2, while the fusion period shows
a reduction of the debt Of 46l 1859.
Added together this shows the saving
by fusion administration to have been |:
Saving Of increase Of indebed.
ness. .:.............:... v01 ,0OS.SS
Saving by decrease Of indebted.
Saving by reduced running ex-
Saving by increased road and
bridge expense. ........... 6,76O.86
Total saving In years. .ell6,877.S7
Average saving per year,. t39,626.70
Again, our mathematical contempt.
rary throws!a At over the tax levies as
follows:
I'm 1895 the total tax levy in Chehalis
county under republican management
for state and county purposes was $751;.
$500. Uunder fusion management for
the three years following 1T was a. fol.
lows:
1897 .................... 1857, 704.68
1888. l38,62S.A
4o0U sss.. .'..sss s..ssssss.s AU0,oI0s00
From the above figures taken from
Auditor Sells annual reports for those
years it will be seen that fusion has cost
the taxpayers Of Chehalis county, for
the three years named, the enormous
sum Of $el ,726 Is. This is economy
with big f"
Suppose we throw the X rays on this
attack, by comparing the three republic
can years OF 1S03-4.5, with the fusion
period above, and we have: