The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-09
BIG DAILY INCREASE
Spending S5,728.71 More Every "a
Hours Than Republican Admins
tration of 1909-Borrow From
Sinking Fund.
Sneeial to the Republican /:

Special to the hepuDncan:
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 1.-The
day of reckoning is at hand for In
diana Democrats. Having over
played the disbursement end Of
state management, the Democrats
find themselves explaining the pres
enee of a large deficit in the state
treasury.
The Democrats demanded economy
when they were on the outside.
Since they have been in office
there has been no word Of economy,
but the practice has been to make
debts regardless of ability TO pay.
And now the reckoning is at hand.
end Democrats are in the depths of
trouble. They have made their own
woe. and the taxpayers are likely to
permit the Democrats to take then
bitter medicine.
On a showing made by their own
official figures. the Democrats de-
serve to be thrown out of Office
neck and crop. The taxpayers, hav-
ing studied the Facts, will take care
that democratic economy" is
eliminated speedily at the state
house.
The Democrats show that they
expended in the fiscal year closing
September 80, $11,37O,969.42 or
$S3, 1850 more than they spent In
the fiscal year before, when there
was a deficit of $251,17114 The
disbursement for 1910 and 1911, of
course. was based on the appropria-
tions made by the Democratic house
In 1909. when the newly arrived
Democrats. drunk with power, ran
wild ON appropriations and demand
ed expenditures of $l,099, SS6.35
more than the states income could
produce in the ensuing two years.
As result of this debt-making
venture, the state was forced TO call
for advance payments and trans
fer the state debt sinking fund,
and the benevolent institutions fund
TO the general fund. to the aggre-
gate sum of $2,S51 1856, in order
TO come out anywhere near even on
the year. And in 1911, the fiscal
year just closed, it was the same
thing over again. only more so.
When the state makes calls for
advance payments from county
treasures, it is plain that the thing
can end only one way, and that IS, IN
big treasury emptiness. and a
bond issue. In short, the Democrats
are heading the state into debt as
steadily and as rapidly as possible.
Going from an era of debt-paying
under Republican rule, to time of
making under Democratic con-
troll is one of the lessons learned by
the Indiana voter. There can be
but one result of this experience.
The Indina voter, being fooled once
more by the Democrats, will assert
himself again, and the Democrats
will once more be relelated to the
outside where they can resume that
old economy" music which has been
interrupted so seriously by the in
trusion of facts.
On their own showing, the Demo-
Gratis in the last fiscal year have
spent for EACH DAY OF THE
YEAR. $5.72S.71 more than the Re-
publicans spent in 1909. 1t is In
teresting TO note that Republicans
disturbed only $S,O67 .OO1.7l. in 1907
or $3,0O3,967.71 less tlan the Dem
caats spent in the fiscal year Just
closed. In the big building year of
1908. the Republicans expended
$592. 2O0.O6 less than the. Democrats
paid out in 1911, and yet put more
than a million of dollars in building
and improvements.
History repeats itself in Indiana.
The Democrats are in power, and
they are making the usual mess of
things 1t is their time 20 explain.
Efforts to dodge the issue or to mis-
lead the public will not avail.