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THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT. 10 TUB APPROPRUTIONS Analjiii of the Appropriations Made by the Legislature of 1891-Over $100,000 k Bared - Legisla tive Expense Compared. A List of Extraordinary Appropriation!, What 7 hey Were Made for and Why Republicans Chal lenged t Reply. In last fall's campaign, the republi cans tried to make political capital by pointing to the appropriations made by the legislature. They were completely answered on this point but now they bob up with the same hypocritical cry. Perhaps it is because they have noth iug better to offer. , They are horrified by the fact that the farmer legislature appropriated half a million more of the people's money than any previous legislature did! Let us look into this malter. The fact is that the appropriations ex ceeded those of any previous legisla ture about $508,000. But of what did this consist? Did it consist of ordinary appropriations, or extraordinary ones, such as shouM not be taken into ac count in comparison? Let us see: First. There are the $200,000 ap priated for the relief of the western drouth sufferers. Certainly no patrio tic citizen would be small and mean en ough to say that should not havo been appropriated, or that it was wasted. On the contrary it was one of the best investments the state ever made. Second. We find $50,000 for the world's fair. Certainly republicans should not "kick" on that, as they tried very hard to make it $150,000 and are bow demanding more from the next legislature. Third. We discover $40,000 for sur passing the Indian outbreak on our northern borders. Certainly no repub lican should criticise here. The out break was caused by the short-comings of the republican administration. The troops were ordered out by a republi can governor, and commanded by a re publican general. Under the present system of republi can rule, pauperism, insanity and crime are increasing more rapidly than thy ever did before in this country. The reasons for this are the unjust distri bution of wealth, and the consequent poverty, discouragement, and intern perance. This increase necessitated the appropriation of large sums to in crease the capacity of our public iestl tutions. Fourth. There are $100,000 toj pro vide additional buildings andlapparatus at the Hastings insane hospital; $25,000 to construct additional buildings for the home of the feeble minded at Beatrice; $50,000 to increase the capacity of the penitentiary; $50,000 to build and sup port a reform school for girls at Gen eva; $15,000 for new bui'dings at Mil ford. Will any. prominent republican risk his reputation by saying these ap propriations .should not have been made? f 5th. There were 911,000,1 feaid for printing the governor's proclamation concerning ihe constitutional: amend ment. There was nothing of the kind four years ago, and besides every cent of it went to republican; newspapers, and the Bee kicked hard because it didn't get more. test expenses, which has no counter part in the expenses of the previous legislature. 7 th. 956,000, were appropriated to pay the salaries of nine new district judges and their stenographers, a measure which the republicans strong ly supported. Now let's see where we are. By a little figuring we find that the appro priations named will amount to $593- 000 in round numberi. What then be comes of the half million? Here we have disposed of it and $90,000 more. We have done this without saying a word about the $50,000 appropriated to supply deficiences caused, in the main, by repu lican wastefulness and mis management of our s'ate institutions. $28,000 of it went to supply the de ficiency at tho Hastings asylum where Dr. Test and Steward Llveringhnuse made their record at boodllng the state, and doing other things that wouldn't look well in print. Will any good republicans rise up and tell us which cne of these appro priations ought not to have been made? Wi!l he point out the place where the lavish expenditure comes in? They may point to the contest expenses, but they do not amount to enough to affect the result. In the above we make no mention of many minor appropriations that were extra ordinary. By a fair comparison from the official records, omitting all extraordinary appropriations, we find that the farmer legislature appro priated LESS BY $100,000 THAN THE LEGISLATURE OF 1888. Now wc want to ask all candid men to consider this: The population of the state increased twenty per cent in the two years cf 1889 and "90. Is it not always true that public expenses tend to increase faster than population? This being true, if the appropriations of this legislature ha1 been the same as those of the last, the present legisla ture would deserve credit for the re DUCTION OF OVER TWENTY PER CENT. But this is not all, We want to im part to the dear people a secret, a very important fact which they should con. sider at all times. It is this: There was a demo-republican combine in the legislature of 1891. One of the things which that combine was espec ially bent on doing was to give the legislature a bad name in the matter of economy. They determined to make appropriations as lavish as they could. And they did. The records will show that the members of the combine voted almost solidly for every lavish appro priation that was proposed; that they opposed reductions, and favored in creases: that they used all their power to swell the grand total. We challenge the republican party to dispute this by means of the record. We defy any republican in Nebraska to show where the representatives of his party in that legislature ever made a fight for economy? If tho appropria tions were too large, why didn't they siy so, and vote against them? They didn't do it. They wanted to make lavish expenditures, and they influenc ed every independent they could reach to vote for lavish expenditures. They had two objects in view. 1st. To injure the reputation of the new par'y. 2nd. To get as much money as pos sible appropriated so the republican officeholders of tho state could have full swing at boodllng the state for another term. . IVPQTTAI I rnfiniQQinii TO General Produce Merchants (legal representative If CO I mil. UUMMIOOIUfl UU.f for Kansas Alliance.) Special department for bides and game. Free cold storage and special salesman for butter, egvs, cheese aid poultry. Receiver and shimmers of car lots of potatoes. anDle. onions, hav and cabbaEre. Give us share of your consignments. We get the highest market price and make prompt returns. Direct all communications aud orders to. 4Gtf Wcstfall Com- Co., 423 Walnut St , Kansas City, Mo ALLEN ROOT, Stock Agent, Nebraska State Farmers' Alliance. Office and Financial M'gr. GEO. 8. BROWN. Salesman. SHIP YOUR OWN STOCK ALLEN ROOT AND COMPANY, LIVE S rOGK COMMISSION MERCHANT S. South Omaha, Neb., Room 34 Exchange Building. Before You Ship Send for the Market. References: First National Bank of Omaha: Packers National Bank. Omaha: Commercial' National Bank, Omaha; Nebraska Savings and Exchange Bank, Omaha; Central City Bank, Central City, Nebraska. tynhlppers can draw sight draft on us for 90 per cent of cost, bill of lading attached. 0BTATN CHICAGO PKICES FOR ALL YOUR PRODUCE. QUID Vni ID lAinm Direct to us Wl III I V W I 1 VVWWI .and receive all Ihe value there is in it. Hundreds cf Wool Growers have shipped us their wool in the past and will do so again this season. Why can't you? And they are entirely sat- i-fifd with the results We are almost daily in receipt of letters from some of them ordering sacks for this season's shipment, and thanking us for the way we have handled their shipment. Write us for our Wool Circular. It gives the range of the market. Our terms for handling and other valuable information. SUMMERS, MORRISOM & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 175 South Water Street. Chicago. Reference: Metropolitan National Bank, Chicago. W. d. WROUGHTON & CO, Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska. IMPORTERS OF Shire, Clyde, Perclieron, Helgian, German, and Oldenberg Coach, French Coach, Yorkshire Coach, and Cleveland Bay Stallions. We Handle More Horses Than Any Firm in Nebraska. We import our own horses thus saving the customer the middle man's profit Buyers have the advantage of comparing all breeds side by side at our stables. Wc Have 40 Good Young Acclimated Horses on Hand. Another Importation of 40 wid arrive about October 1. We guarantee all our horses in every respect. We make farmers companies a specialty, having a system whereby we can organize companies and insure absolute success. We Will Send a Man to Any Part of the State, On application to assist in organizing companies. We give long time thus enabling pur chasbers to pay for horses from services. Correspondence promptly answered. Men tion this paper. Address, W. J. WROUGHTON & CO., Cambridge, Neb. ' Wm. 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