THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT.
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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. .
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IMPORTERS OF
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' Wm. Burgess
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