The sun., 1914-09-18
'EXTRAVAGANCE REAL
ISSUEIN NEW JERSEY
Figures show Appropriations
Have More Than Quad
rupled in 20 Years.
POPULATION NOT DOUBLED
Candidates Might Base Plat
forms on Promises to Help
Stop Wastefulness.

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TRENTON Sept iT--Statc Senator Charles
oConor Hennessy Of Bergen county like
hts brother. John a. Hennessy OF New
York. Is a Democrat with progressive
tendencies. also. Ike his brother. he
aspires to become Il Governor. wanting
to succeed Fielder.
Last winter NJ was chairman of the
Joint Committee on Appropriations, In
which position he had a great deal TO
do with shaping the annual and supple
mental budget bills. on his motion the
Committee on Appropriations was author
lied "to make Investigations Of the iinan-
eta! need. 81 tho Department OF Education.
the Department OF Roads. the institutions
under the Department Of Charities and
Correction, or other departments or com
missions, and OF any new sources OF public
revenue. and 10 report TO the next session
OF the Legislature"
quite recently Senator IIennessy denied
that his committee reported 70 the last
Legislature appropriation bills exceeding
By more than 5000. 900 the appropriations
made by tho Legislature of 1913. The
excess was only s467,5e3,' ho said. An
examination shows that II was nearly
t500.000
II wa. IN 1894 that the Republicans
gained control OF the Legislature. ana two
years later elected John W. GTiggs as
Governor. The total Income of tho state
| In 1894 was f2.l93,073.0l. and the eN-
penditures si,e3O.255.22 In 1896 they were
fs,O22.2sO.76 and $2.0T2.651.,S respec-
| lively.
Appropriations increase.
| Last years two appropriation bills car
| ried Il total Of sS.O2s, ,7O5, and the 1914
| Legislature appropriated ss,ss2,22S. Ac-
| cordng TO Mr.. Hennessy's figures. These
| amounts do not include about s2.760, 900
| OF railroad taxes that are collected and
| apportioned among the school distr!cts.
| The population OF New Jersey In 1895
was l.673.i0G. By the 1910 census II was
| H.53T.loI, and now IL Is about ESQ. 900.
! according TO an estimate made by the
| United States Census Bureau. Thus while
| the population has less than doubled In
| twenty years the expenditures OF the state
have more than quadrupled. That this
| showing Is due TO wilful extravaganza
and waste ls the belief OF the taApayers
| II IS easy ior any one who will take
the trouble to trace the wastefulness. The
Republican leaders admitted that they
were afraid that the rapidly increasing
surplus In tile Treasury would cause rec,S-
| lessness that might result in scandals.
and ~ they set about finding ways in
| which to keep down the balance. For
| instance, they transferred from the coun-
| ties 10 the state the cost OF insane pa
tien;s IN The county asylunls, which this
| year amounts 70 more than $4,000; the
| salaries OF the county school superlr-
| tendents. $4,000; county tax boards
| newly created. more than 100000. and
a number o: other charges. So IN
| 1907 the disbursements amounted to
| sj.36s.sl2.7s
Since that time, however. there have
been large increases in nearly every I'M
por;ant department, the most conspio-
nous OF which has been for maintenance
o, the National Guard and Naval Reserve.
| which. without enlargement as 20 men.
jumped from fi27.b00 TO s322.430, not
including the interest on tine more than
| 100000 that IL invested In Il score OF
regimental, battalion, troop and company
/ armores.
Departm Cost More.
The Road Department costs tja5.30C
instead OF s3lt,500: the Comptroller
Department $4,000 more than in 1907
the State Treasurer's. $4,000; state De
partment. s26.0O0: the state Board OF
Health spends $4,000 instead OF si:.-
600 with no noticeable increase lfs re.
suits, II costs the state House Com.
mission sI2l,O00 instead OF t67. 900 tho
Supreme Court. $4,000; tho Court Of
Chanccry nearly 10000 Charities an,
Correction Department, $4,000. Teac
ment House Commission s35. 1000 Labor
Department. $4,000; Departmen, of Edu'
cation, $4,000; Agricultural Experiment
Station $4,000 more than seven year:
ago. and so OH down tho line.
New charges are the Public Utility
Commission. that does. at an expense oi
$4,000. work that should fail upon tn,
courts, OF which there are many; the
| u ,f,. 4 p,,,afa 81.
Inland Waterways Commission. that ha.
spent already more than half a millio-
for improvements that are purely local
the Weights and Measures Department
S1l.500: pensions for former State EN-
ployces. retirement fund for superan
. nuatNd Judges, and "annuities for tn,
, widows of former Governors" amountint
to about $40, 900 year.
Those figures will indicate where tn,
, States revenue has gone through th
favor OF appropriation committees tha
denied needed improvements at the over
, crowded State hospitals ct Morris Plain
and Trenton, the State prison, Rahwa.
, Reformatory. Glen GARDNER sanitarIur
I for tuberculosis patients. the State home
Z for boys and girls the village for cpl
leptcs at Skillman. the homes for feebl
minded women and children that has re
e fused TO provide additional normal schools
never did anything for the blind except
e ing to pay for the farming out OF a foV
e OF them In New York and Pcnnsylvani
institutions, and that has not provide
. sufficient Office room for some OF the stat
= departments TO carry on thei- work.
These are the conditions that Senate
= Hennessy and his fellow committeeme
). are to investigate and report upon. Man
o persons doubt that serious attempt wi
n be made 10 reform them. An Econom
I and Efficiency Commission. appointed o
former Governor Wilson's recommenda
A ton. has indicated where economies ca
o he introduced that will save from $500
!. 600 TO $500. 900 year wlthou, affcct.n
Q IN the slightest degree the efficiency @
i the state Government. But the only on
OF It's suggestions TO be adopted was tina
q which consolidated the Auditing Burea
G with the Comptroller's Department an
u the only reason that was adopted y
d