Daily Republican., 1879-08-30
Eliminating Mr.. Gu,hrie's Report

Eliminating Mr.. Guthrie's Report.
1t is amusing to watch the "Gazette'
doctoring the finances Of the city in the
interests of Mr.. Guthrie, that the peo-
pie may be SO far deceived as to elect
him City Treasurer. In its council
proceedings Of yesterday it stated that
there we're in bank to the credit OF the
city for current expenses $Sl ,555. % and
for the Board Of Education ga, ,662.2G.
Total $1O6, ,2l7.49. OF course every
reasonable person will see thakthis is
q correct report. Its correctness is Ger.
tilted to by the City Auditor under his
official oath. Mr.. Guthrie himself 30 :
oepts this report and personally pre-
sents it to Council IS being q true re-
port of the whole amount Of money on
hand to the credit Of the city, and in
cludes all that can in any manner be
drawn upon by orders of the City Coun-
Gil for any purpose whatever. What
absurd foolishness it is then for the
"Gazette" to bolster up Mr.. Guthrie's
supplemental report which he knows
in his heart is only to deceive the pso-
pie in order that his predictions made
from time to time that there would be
el20, 900 in the bank to the credit Of
the city on the first Of September,
might appear to be verified. We have
all along said that this boasted predio-
tisn of Mr.. Guthris's was only gull
to catch votes for his party and we have
from time to time said that he would be
mistaken by at least 100000, and in
an article in yesterdays REPUBLICAN We
gave the figures to show that the real
amount in the City Treasury by the
first of September that should be used
for the current expenses of the city
would actually fall below $4,000,
while Mr.. Guthrie absurdly claims that
there would bs sl2s, 500 in round mum.
bers for that purpose and the "Gazette"
as absurdly backs up every claim that
Mr.. Guthrie wildly makes to lift him
out Of his present unpleasant dilemma.
Let us see how Mr.. G. makes up his
supplemental report made for no other
purpose thai. to deceive voters. He ad-
mits the correctness Of the City Treas.
nrer's report SO far as it says. .there.are in
bank to the credit Of current expenses,
$Sl, ,553.23, and to the credit OF the
Board of Education ga, ,662.26, making
a total of $lO6, ,2l7.59, but says Mr.. g.,
there are 100000 more to the credit of
the Board Of Education, and there is
81, 900 more in the hands of the collec
tors not yet paid into the City Treas
urer, and then again there are 81 ,25O.5O
paid to a fire company in advance that
should bs counted as money yet in the
Treasury. By this mode of computa-
ton Mr.. Guthrie musters up on paper
a sufficient amount t. reach the Sl2S,-
500 which he claims is in the bank to
the credit Of the city,s and the ''Gaz-
cite" comes boldly to his help and says
every wo:d is true. Now let us analyze
these three last items that Mr.. G. has
hurridly scratched tog ether after he
read the REPUBLICAN on Thursday even
ing before he went to the City Council
This 100000 seems to Ee money
claimed to have been advanced by the
City Council to the Board Of Education
and when the July City taxes came in
three weeks ago, there was found to be
$44, 900 in bank to the credit Of the
School Board. Then it appears that
100000 of this amount was again trans
ferred to the city to reimburse it fer the
advance it made of $4,000. Mr.. Guth-
rie now finds it convenient to make
ignorant voters believe that $4,000 is
still in bank TO the credit of the Board
of Education while he must kn ow there
is not a dollar Of it there. $50 much
for this very thin trick" Well then,
there is 81, 900 in tho hands Of the col
lectors not paid into the City Treasury
yet. 1t occurred to Mr.. Guthrie that it
would be very handy just tc count
that the same as if it had been deposit
ed in bank. This is one of Mr.. Gs.
most brilliant strokes of tinanciering.
Why did he not ascertain the amount
of taxes that would be collected yet
and count that the same as If il had