The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-12-11

By the general law tatnfes of page ss the State
required to keep safely IN the State Treas
ury without oaning using depitins hanks else
all pnblc moneys of watsoevsr character paid in
That 1. the general law The universal practice Is fe
other way In Indiana. State Treasurer deposited the
Pulie funds an 'ank, drew Interest on the mnnry and
sle it, The STATE br"u:if an aetinu against the public
ti,f and recovered the public Interest money In Kansas
n,s, aS 2, r % and 90 n eur SwI we r pay n
officers To dSsrarr and insult by trsmpInk the law.
der tir FEET Ten thotsand twrnfy Thousand dollars
could afford to pay the salary of Treasurer and
could probably save interest money by dining. hut
cannt afford To e In the future have been
in the past big salary viii make thief h-st but
really comfart,bir salary may make honorahl- man
rty c"nimlabe anu place his soul and pocketlook BE-
yona temptation And may Thr dnctors disagree.
The resrn City Treasurer of Chicago has paid into the
city d-oSts There law rrquiring the Treasurer
to turn this money over To the public and this oi
| city have 80 turned over.
The geole tolerate speculation in pu bic funds the
This to be the average public sentiment this qur
tion in all parts Of the land aud il understood that
terms. When there is drfauli .ndsmrn pay: II
this course is desirable in Kansas let stop douhlsea
me- and openly advocate what Is tacitly admitted
He likewise makes the following pointed refer
encs to the past and and the present:
There have been Lalfozen Investigations Auditors
and Trrasurcrs since the removal Of Auditor by i'm
parchment The lastnamed to great an ex
tent the resut rf partisan feud that has not served
waruins-and. indeed intended to do Legi.
ativr committees make examinations 81 oicers hnd and
rort violations Of Law. and there the ends shall
probahly be censnrcd for the plain talk in this Report
rather far that than because the Report ends IN talk Il
may be- however that once In thirteen little frank
will 10 no harm. II the other plan Is btter. then
can have twelve more years of silence after this
The Auditor is in favor of liberal use of print
er's ink. Many Counties arc labOring under Il
niggarlly system of economy, whereby the pub
lie are kept IN the dark on Important public mat
ters because printing costs something He
| thinks that If County Treasures and other off
GERS were compelled to make a full monthly ex-
| hibit of their finances, 10y publication, much OF
the stealing and defalcation would be prevented.
We quote:
An act to restrain State and Cunty officers from spec
Mating in their Offices has been in since March 9Th
IsG The provisions Of this constantly volats
and yet there has probably been attempt made
To secure cnnvictpns under IT, County and Stae Treas
influence; cares to raiu their en-
nifty and the iwi Of the bankers who operate with them
there frequent cities and Counties and
investigations and whit-wash in the State while the law
and punishment follow guilt which is Hnyrr.
ally confssd The true remedy believe to b- a frrournt
newspaper publication Of receipts and expenditures
vrnton ny publicity This is the motive Of the best stat.
utrs this subject.
He is severe upon the mortgage exemption and
"debenture" laws, the latter of which he ,lennm-
mates "a machine fur the manufacture of bugIIs
State bonds.' He says it has not been swin,lIc
thus far, frun the simple fact that he refused to
act under it; and he asks for the repeal of both
laws.
We have referred TO and quoted from his Report
at length, because it contains plain truths, and
suggestions that should he carried ont. He has
unearthed large amonnt of the rascality of his
predecessor, Thoman, and is u good ways from
the bottom yet.
clo h.-o f.,,- e 4;
and pointed truths.
Speaking of the State Treasurer, he hits that
officer under the ribs, thus:
mean by Treasurer" Mr. Cnlins the Chief Clerk for
the has not spent week in that office since the
Legislature adjourned.
And this he says of the firm that invested in
bogus bonds:
The purchasers have since suspended, having failed to
unload Budlong
Quoting from an Eastern financial publication,
which favors the voting of bonds, and tries to
show how good and profitable it is to borrow, the
Auditor gives she other side, as follows:
How good is pay is Of those things that the
country is finding ont One Thousand dollars invest
ed at ten cent compound ANIMAL interest for thirty
lars uhe amount a County usually votes a rairnad.)
will increase at the same rate and time to g 500 Bonds
bring to the County $4,000 difference between invest
ing and borrowing, 50 81, 500.
And this is his expression in corresponding
with the red-tape headquarters, at Washington:
1t took three months get tn my first letter
which for Washington being indecent haste
Next the correspondence will begin earlier in order
to get the sales of this year the next tax rulls
This dig he gets in on the railroads:
Government lands State lands and Indian lands have
been granted to railroads in this State In have
sometimes given them bonds The railroads spoil
ed children After receiving these presents and being
pctte they have assumed the management Of the family
Also, in this, he thinks there is brighter day
ahead for railroads:
It To to be true that land grant road which
does pay its land and docs paw
its bonds but does collect interest the bonds
given to it. is for hard tines doing torably we'll Such
a road ought To have ft-.Jre-
This reference to the confidential relations be-
tween Auditors and Treasurers, in their little
games of stealing, is worthy of "Artemas War:"
In many States there Is a strong sympathy between
Auditors and Treasurers They have such confidence in
each other that they add and divide in senc- and place
their plumber where it will do the good These little
famaTites in public intercourse and touching
and calculated to awaken the tenderest emotions
sordd natures.