The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-09-22

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PATTEE reports as follows;
The receipts into the State Treasury
during the same time, e years)
have been .(including $lO,5l5 10
from the sale of saline lands, and
the amount on hand at the COM
meneement of that period,) 49, $134, 065 As
and the disbursements upon war
rants and interests thereon, inclu.
| ding one drawn against the saline @
| land fund of S., 900, 1882 &C
Leaving balance in the State Trea-
sury, Nov. lst 1884, Off, SIS, 500 81
Contained in this balance was the saline
fund, $l0,515 20 minus warrant of S.
00O-or S5,5l5 40. Deduct this from
the balance in the treasury. and we have,
as Mr.. JOHN PArrEE reported, balance
of reuenue of $4,000 IS. In 1855 an
act was passed deyoting the Saline Fund
to the erection of the Insane Asylum, and
OF course it was, after that time, in no
sense state revenue. 1t was not subject
to the Auditors warrants, and that Off
Ger had nothing whatever to do with it.
1t was money in the treasury, but not
State revenue, and to obtain the amount
of state revenue, the saline fund must be
subtracted from the whole amount in
the treasury. 1t will thus be seen that
Mr. Pattee reported correctly, because,
after deductingr the saline fund. $5,5l5
10 from tn whole amount of money in
in the treasury, 1859 So, the Audi
tor found, as he reported, revenue of
$4,000 IS.
So with the second example. On the
LIST of November, 1856, the Auditor re-
ported balance of money in the Treasu-
ry of s25.226 83, while in his report Of
1857 he puts the balance of revenue in the
Treasury at the end of 1856 at $l1,254
81, a discrepancy, as Mr.. G. DoNNELLAN
says. of nearly $4,000. By turning to
the report of 1856 we find that the
amount of Saline Fund remaining in the
Treasury, and forming part of the report
Ell balance Of S25,226 83, was So, 426
Fl of reeeipts and $lo.5l5 70 Of former
balance. making $l3,97l 81. which, ad-
ded to the reported balance of revenue,
$ll.254 81. makes S25, 226 8s, the
amount Of money reported in the Treas
ury. 1s
This clearly explains what this foreign
intermeddler with our state affairs could
not, or more probably, acould not, under
stand. 1t effectually answers his query
WHO stole the money ?" All his other
statements are upon par with this. but
as they are also contained in the other
pamphlet to which we alluded, we shall
examine one or two of them in connection
with that, to show those who may
be inclined to credit the statements con-
tanned therein, that there is not particle
of reliance to be placed upon them.
q This pamphlet is headed :. Facts for
the People," and throughout its whole
sixteen pages there is not an honest and
correct statement. 1t is an anonymous
document, bearing not even the imprint
of the printer. The responsibility of its
statements, therefore, cannot be placed
anywhere, and it is evident that the wri-
ter is afraid or ashamed to father it. lis
anonymous character is sufficient for its
condemnation by the intelligent portion
of the community, and we think that but
few Republicans will be deceived by it.
To show its utter unreliability, however,
we shall notice one or two of its state
ments. Itretails the same story Of defal-
cation, as given by DoNSELLAE, which
we notice above. and accuses PArrEE of
dishonesty in that connection. We think
our readers will be fully satisfied on that
point. In making comparison of State
expenditures during the several years
from 1850. the pamphleteer. states that
the State passed into the hands of the
Republican party in 1854, and that du-
ring the two years succeeding this the
expenditures were double what they were
the previous tive years. Now the facts
are that the rRep4 b!ican party was not
organized in this State in 1854, and SO
late as the session Of the Legislature in
1866 the Democracy had a majority in
the Senate. although there was an Anti
Nebraska majority in the lower house.
Having majority in The Senate the De- |
mocracy were of course responsible for