The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-24
THE CITY FINANCES.
A few word, ADou. tina. Three Dollars.

In the Emporia Ledger of April 9th,
1874, find the following insinuation,
which presume it is fair to conclude
is from the pen OF his Honor, the May
or:
The statement made in THE NEWS
last week by Mr.. Bancroft, that there
was now $3.50 in the city treasury,
when this time last year there was
81 $50 in city scrip outstanding and
not a dollar In the treasury, looks very
remarkable to one who has been trying
in vain since then to get a warrant,
properly signed and sealed, for the
sum of three dollars, cashed, What
has become OF all the money in the
treasury n week ago? Wasn't Mr..
Bancroft slightly mistaken for political
purposes?
The statement published was tax
en-, verbatim, from the annual reports
of the city clerk and treasurer. These
reports are required by law to be made
on the 18th of March. What could be
fairer than to Compare the reports of
the same date for the two years
There are generally two meetings oil
the council between the date of the
annual report and the spring election
in April. 1t is customary and proper
for the outgoing council to close up its
business for the year at the last meet
ing. This year, in addition to the
usual appropriations for the close of
the year, there were appropriated $500
70 pay tor q team purchased for the
city, and $3.50 for attorneys fees in
five '1iquor cases."
Mr.. Graham says my Statements
are calculated to deceive" and to prove
it, states what the condition of the
treasury was t,0enty-sie days after
'odTds, in which time occurred two of
the most important meetings of the
year. a shame on such petty subter-
fuges. Let the public judge whose
statements are Calculated to deceive"
In the same issue of his Honor's pa
per find the following choice bits:
We shall next week expose the |
financial shystering which was at
tempted in order to gull the people in
TO voting the license system.
The new city government finds an
empty treasury on hand, and the usual
June tax income already expended,
and in Justice to itself is bound to
thoroughly explain this matter.
The promised "expose'' occupies
nearly thrce-fourths of column, and
does not deny, much less controyert,
any portion of my statement. 1t is
no doubt true that the holders of city
orders, after the published information
that there was cash on hand, went for
i, "with surprising facility;'' but his
Honor being, as usual, little behind,
Iailed TO get in with his little s'three
iollars." HiRc tlle Idcryme.
The statement that the "usual June
AK income is already expended" is
Untrue, and the author should have
known it at the time he wrote it; he
lid know it the following week and
ret does not correct the misstatement.
The facts are, that the amount of de-
inquent tax is about the same as usual,
md will be paid to the city treasurer
It the annual settlement, after the tax
ales. have not footed up the
mount, but it will be between three
hundred and five hundred dollars.
And hereby warn all whom it may
concern, to let that money alone, until
lis Honor gees his "warrant, properly
igned and sealed for the sum of three j
dollars, cashed.''
When "the new city government"
gain feels called upon sin Justice to
tsclf to thoroughly explain hope
he aforesaid city government will ,
eep as near the truth as circumstances
1ill permit. E.P. BANCROFT.