Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1878 — Democratic Idea of Economy. [ARTICLE]

Democratic Idea of Economy.

~Ytre dcHioerdu - idea of economy is tllttstrapd in Indianapolis. IVIn n the deaaicttu'y got possession of the city government in .May, 1874. the city indebtedness was SI and l here was a cash Iw hi nee iti the treasury of $259,670. They hail eontrtil for two years, and when !hey went <ut they left the chy det>! $ 1,606.160, and only StjQ,4B> ht the treasury. In other wonls, it: tano year?' lime they speui the ••ash Balance of $259,070 which they fuund i* the treasury, and increased the city indebtedness $530,904. The record is the same in municipal, state, or national government, The democrats scream economy, and spend the money; cry return), an 1 in ptacticc retrograde toward corruption.— Inter (Jeenn.