The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-10-23
The Republican State and County administrations have nearly doubled expenditures
this County, The total expenditures 1912 under Democratic administration
OO7B In 1913 under the Republican administration they $7447755
Will you vote for the reelection the men directly responsible for this increase t
Courthouse Ring THAT has Squandered year money?

things, that they secured a renominatiOn9
The wonder will be- if with all Of these influences back
of hem the taxpayers of the county succeed in defeating the
members of the ring at the general election.
Another wonder is that with their record of nefcency
avagance and wasteu expenditure of the peoples money
that the members of the ring had the courage before
the people and ask them endorse their past acts and give
them chance to loot the treasury for another two years
Although the people generally complaining Of the high
which they compelled pay last year very few
realize that they will be higher this year, the why
they high.
Very few that the present Republican county
administration the present court house ring has nearly
doubled the counys expenditures the previous Demo
cratic administration and yet that is the fact
The total expenditures for the fiscal year of 1872 the last
year that the Democrats power in the county,
$40O17S while the total expenditures for the fiscal year of
1913 the first year under the present administration
$74047755 These the official figures taken from the
county auditors report for the two years Compare hem
$410O1718 and $404755 increase of in the
expenditures Of the county year and the expenditures
will be still greater the coming year.
Do you know Mr. Taxpayer that the present admnistra
on has already expended the limit Of the that they
levy for this year. and the fiscal year not up until next
March, and that the next board county commissioners will
face deficit when they take Office in January Do you know
that there not enough money in the road funds of the
county bills labor and that the crew who
working the ST. Joe road paid in bridge fund
warrantsi
But what has caused this increase expendi-
ur and where has the money you ask You would only
answer to that question in part
The Offices are so crowded with deputies clerks and
copys that they in each others way and there hardly
for them to get around Not only has the number of
deputies and clerks been increased but their salaries have
Leen raised that the expenditures Of each Office show
fer the fiscal year Of 1913 the fiscal year 1912
Most Of readers of the fact that the
legislature placed Kootenai county in class by ITSELF per-
mitting increase in salaries all along the line
Although this law did go into effect until some months
after the present officials had entered upon their duties
there provision that the salary of official shall be raised
lowered during The Of office to which he elected
the present county officials took Immediate advantage of the
law to raise their salaries
Each commissioner, under the old law could colec
$4,000 per year and expenses Under the benecent pro
visions of this Republican law that puts Kootena county
class by itself the commissioner may receive $8OOO0 pc
year and expenses and the present commissioners spite
that provision that the salary of officer shall be raised
lowered during the term Of Office for which he is elected
promptly proceeded to pay themselves $500 apiece and
penses
evident to those familiar with such matters that
far the taxpayers concerned the really mportan
coulty officials the Assessor whose duty it to place
valuation upon their propery the Treasurer who collects tn
taxes the County Commissioners who equaze the taxes
authorize and approve the expenditures and the County Sun
veyor under whose supervision much of the County funds
expended In the years 1911 and 1912 these offices file
by members of the Democratic party and for the years 19
and 1914 they have been filled by Republicans.
In order to make the comparison a fair we take
fiscal year that the offices filled by Democrats for t
entire time and in which they filled by Republican
for the entire time.
For the fiscal year ending in April 1872 the of mali
tanning these Offices under the Democratic administration
$2201219; while for the fiscal year ending April 12 1914
these Offices $42332 increase Of ss per cent