The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-10-09

AS VIII De seen, the saving the flrSl
year of my administration over the last
year Of my predecessor, was $157,213. IL
the second year, a still further saving
was effected of $547, 732. At the same
rate, during the next two years, my ad
ministration will cost s5,45s,75S, while
the administration of my predecessor,
the Democratic administration of 1866
1866 and 1867 cost $~17,129,554.
A statement made by the Auditor of
this date, low before me shows:
Bonded debt of the State January /,
1869 1855, 56z
Increase of bonded or floating debt
during Governor Warm0th's ad-
miniStrati0n-nluCh OF 1t incurred
by Legislature Of 1s-6-7.-.----.-. 14,250,6 GO:
TotaEdebt when Governor Kellogg
cane into office $24, O84, DAT
Increase during Governor Kellogg's
administration by issue of bOnds
authorized by avs passed prevf-
ously 100000
Reduction of debt during Governor
Kellogg's administration by re-
demptiOn of past due bonds, fun1-
ing operations and retiring of out
standing floating obligations g 1926, OPS
Showing a net decrease Of debt un-
81 der the Kellogg administration s925 ,023
Ir~espectfully commend the foregoing
statement, which is, of course, easily
verified, to the consideration of those
Northern which have denounced
my administration as. corrupt and OPP
pressive, and which yet profess to be-
lieve in fair play. @a i
To recapitulate the financial results
achieved under my administration We
have, in two years, paid off over $9O0,0 600
of old floating indebtedness, with the
Ill oeanAe - +ha E+o4a W. 2nrn 80
duced the debt by the funding bill, from
$25, 0OO, 900 to $15,O00,000, not to be in
creased until after the year 1924. We
have reduced the State taxes from twen-
ty-one and O half mills to fourteen and
half mills, not to be increased until
after the same year. Wehave provided
that parish taxation shall not exceed
State taxation so that the greatest
amount Of taxation any one parish can
be called upon to pay in any one year is
twenty-nine mills. We have enabled
the city of New Orleans to reduce city
taxation FIVE mills. We have largely re-
duced State expenditures and confined
them strictly within the limits of our
revenues, and we have repealed over
$4,000 of contingent liabilities. All
this has been effected by us without aid
from those who arrogantly claim to re-
present all the virtue andintelligence of
the State, and while contending against
violence within the State borders and
organized utilization abroad, and while
the very existence of the government
was being threatened. This is the finan-
eial record of the administration which
our opponents assert has been SO corrupt
and so oppressive as to drive the State
into bankruptcy and the people into
riots,
The spirit which animates my oppo-
nents and the sincerity of their profess
sions of a sole desire to advance the
interests of the State, irrespective of
personal aims, is aptly shown by their
course with regard to the financial re-
forms ] have enumerated. Attheircon-
vention in Baton Rouge they recom-
mcnded the people not only to vote
against the constitutional amendment
indorsing the funding bill, but also
against the amendments limiting the
State and city debts, reducing taxation,
restricting the expenses of each year to
the revenues of that year, and against
D perfectly innocent, though neees-
sary, little amendment, changing the
day fixed by the constitution for hold