Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-01-11


installed by your party that the treasury
contained 1872 ,494, 07: while against this
sum (less than one-twentieth of that up
on which Funderism had predicated the
Brokers Bill were outstanding war
rants
Amounting to ...,..................e 1853, 1914 50
Aud the following formidable array
OF claims:
!. Unpaid appropriations to'lunatio
asylum ....."............,..g 200, 90
2. Unpaid hnes to literary fund..... A, $50 90
3. Unpaid Interest TO college endow-
msnts ,.....,... ..,......,,,.. to,fb2, 90
4. Arrsaragss TO public free schools ,5o4 246 90
| o. Interest on public debt:
Consol bonds. ......,...... $4,000 90
McCulloch ndA..'.,.........'.''. l3l,067 90
| Peelsr Bonds..." ..... 2,2olSSi, 90
| Total ...".........,.....&b.o5 3 762 90
Suchis an imperfect recital of the con-
duct of this important Office under the
control of the Funder faction. Will
you remit it to such guardianship
| What has been accomplished in the brief
period Of twelve months, during which
your Auditor has administered the af-
fairs of this oliice2
The General Assembly and the public
have been furnished with clear and &C
Curate information, sadly needed, Of the
| financial condition of the State. The
sums due the public schools for each
year since their establishment have been
ascertained; and under this administra-
ton for the first time, the law requiring
gradual payment of these arrearages has
been complied with. Large sums due
the Commonwealth for past years by
treasurcrS and other collectors, have
discovered, and steps taken to enforce
the settlement Of all snch accounts. The
law requiring clerks TO make report to
and settlement with the Auditor, OF
fines, fees and taxes collected by them
had been, in numberless instances, COW
ding periods Of from two to seven years,
disregurdcd. and now many thousand
collars have been recovered Oh this neg
lected account, and prompt compliance
with the statue Is eXaCted. Now, for
the first time, the law in relation to the
listing and endorsing Of coupons receiv-
ed for taxes is rigidly and exactly exc
cuted, aud the county and city treasur-
ers are required TO make monthly state
ments and payments. Efficiency and
dispatch, In marked contrast to former
methods, have governed the conduct OF
the office. Under the instructions and
rulings Of the incumbent administration
Of this office, the re-assessment Of lands
for 1880 will be made ut n cost, nearly,
If not quite, one third less than that OF
any former year. Many frauds which
had been practiced upon the State BY
means of improper accounts presented
TO and certified by the courts for pay
ment, have been exposed, and the tax
payers not only saved thousands Of dol
lars by preventing continuance Of these
frauds, but large sums have been recov-
cred that have been improperly drawn
from the Treasury. by such faithful
and iudiciOus management, and by me-
thodic and economic administration
there has been brought into the treasury
during the past year sum largely In
excess of the average receipts for the
past eight years; and this excess, be II
remembered, II not the result Of any
increase Of revenue, but has been form
cd by compelling settlement Of the de-
linquenccs Of former periods. BY thus
compelling restitution Of moneys hither-
TO illegally drawn from the State, and
by enforcing the payment OF accounts
long since due by collectors, your Audi
tor has been enabled TO return 5000, 600
borrowed for nrrearages to the asylums,
to discharge SIC, $40 Of the arrearges due
the literary fund, TO return to school
1885,, 900 of the arrearages Of past years,
10 meet the current expenses Of Govern
ment, and to give ~ degree of flnan-
cial ease and quiet long unknown.
VIII you place II In the power Of Fun
dCrlsm to arrest the progress OF such re-
forms and economiesY
Iu the Second Auditors Office an In
yostIyalioh was ordered by your party
In the General Assembly, and the epe'
clal committee appointed .or that pur-
| pose has already discovered loss ~ the
State Of n hundred thousand dollars by
missing bonds and the double funding
OF coupons; and every step IN the inqul-
nv develops fresh instances OF neglect or
violation Of the law. VIII You remit
the affairs of this 10 Funder ControlY-
VIII you call halt IN investigation
win you be blind 70 your wrongs md
forcgo all rcmpdyp
The penllentlary has for n series Of
years, and when under Fundcr admins
| trntion. been an expense TO the state OF
from thirty TO sixty thousand dollars
per dnBun. IL remained for your mp
polntee 10 bring TO the surface a dclnl-
cation of SONY thlrty-gye thousand dol.
laral Aud under the faithful and wise
conduct or tho present superintendent
tho institution will soon ceasc to lac u
DRAFT upon the Treasury. VIII You con-
sign this important agency of the Gov
efnmcnt again to Fundcr mlsmahnge-
mentY
5th. The election Of n United States
Senator. And shall he I've n champion
of your rights, aud advocate of your IN
tcrrata, a defender Of your chamCtcry
Or shall he go forth to join In your def
amntlon, and employ the power Of his
station 10 hinder your WHY
9th. The enactment Of such laws, In
pursuance Of the pledges already given
| by the Rpadiuster party, ~ VIII secure
To- the pcoplp of Virginia ~ full vote, n
free ballot aud ~ honest count"
7th, The enactment Of lava which viii
secure M honest Observance Of constltu-
tiona obligations, state and Federal,
and bring the Government Into subjcc-
ton to and sympathy with the people.
How shall be constituted the Lcglsla.
ture Upon which will dgyolye such vital
powers, such essential duties, such priv
! IlrprsY shall Ia members be represent
tntlves NJ the people, their klnsmen,
sympathIsing with their every Interest
aud sharing their burihcnsp Or shall
ihey no Of The society which holds the
people UNIT to select their own official
servants. or 10 direct their nnairs4 Shall
they be men 10 whom the highest mean
inc Of Democracy ~ Republ cshlsn Y
The sovereignty Of the peoplcl Or shall
the, te n ihe isci VhIth 'ffN' 10 CIV