Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1879 — Democratic Promises and Faretleed. [ARTICLE]

Democratic Promises and Faretleed.

From the Indianapolis Journal. The detnocratie platform declared that tho -'salaries of all public officer* should be roduccd." This was (heir party shibhoIfiih during the Inst campaign. lit* •hallow were their promises is shown by a comparison of the old statutes on this subject with the now t'e* and salary Uw, and tiio statute for the government of the benevolent institution*. They redueed the governor's salary SI,OOO, knowing it could not lake effect until after the expiration of Governor WHliams’ term, and would only apply to hi# republican successor. The ealary of the governor’• private n# retury was SSOO, (1 Davis, 17ft.) It in now ftieJTai f 1 .fkty. The salary of the secretary of itato wae not redueed. llnder the old etahsto (1 Davis, 468) he was allowed SI,OOO for deputy hire; under the new he is allowed $2,100. The salary of the clerk of the printing bureau was raised from #9OO to $1,200. Tho salary of the adjutant-general waa nised from SBOO to $1,260. The sulitry of treasurer of etato remain* unchanged. Under the old statute ho wae allowed SBOO for clerk hire. Now ha la allowed $2,100 for a clerk and watchman. The salary of the superintendent of public instruction was $2,000 (t Davis, 778). Now it ie fixed at $2,500. The state librarian’s salary wae $ 1,200 and no clerk hire was allowed unde# the old statuto (1 Davis, 609). The new law gives an assistant at $760, a janitor at S9OO, and a watchman st S6OO. The salaries of the trustees Of the blind asylum are each raised from S3OO to MOO. The salaries of the commissioners of the insane hospital are each increased from S3OO to S6OO. ’ The salary of the president of the. board of bneevolent institutions is raised from ssoo,as fixod by statute (1 Davis, 480), to S9OO. The salary of the sheriff of the supreme court is raised from S2OO to S3OO. The fees of county treasurers are increased one per cent, on delinquent taxes paid without levy, and it is not believed by those who are competent to judge and uninterested that tho fees of the other county officers have been materially reduced in the aggregate. We have yet to hear that a single officer has tendered Ms resignation.