The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-12

lsy.payer- have ~ q dividend on the in 1
ye-lment little more than a pampered, !
ofii.--holding oligarchy, aud few gilded 4
elephants IN the shape u eHtrayagant Stale 1
Institutions.
But am told that the increase Of $780, /
900 a. the Common School Fund, accounts
ipr the remarkable difference I = expendi-
turs 1871 ,7GG G9l made by the two State
administrations under comparison. II II
were true that the 1900 900 required 10y
the act oi the Legislature of 1872 10 be
appropriated 81 n Common School Fund.
annually. had been faithfully Distributed,
there wuuld rtill remain IN expenditure Of
1877 766, 60 in excess 81 the amount e1
pended by Gov. stone's administration for
the same length Of time. Bat affirm that
che Auditors reports for lss2-s3 shows
that this Law WIS not complied with, and
that instead Of The poor children of the
state receiving $500, GOO for ttose two years,
tbs distribution was - iOllows:
1882
Paid out oi the State Treasury a. 90, 352 II
Fines aud forieitures retained
in the counties ..o......."..... 47,7Is2l
-a----
Tofal.o."... ........ ~f2l7,050.32
Deficit 1882 ...."o..~t52, 92y.o5-----------
1888.
Paid out Of the State rreasury 81 %, 2g4.O0
Fines and inricitGres retained
In the coupties......a........ AO,7i0.63
-----~----.--.
Total....."...... .......,....S239, 0l3.53
DehcH 1898 ".,...... 500, 1885, 7--------------
Add these deficits on the school fund for
1882 and 1888 to the S327 ,7G6G9 excess Of
expenditures above referred 10, and W.
have grand total OF $470,6S2.84. II will
be obstyed that thp calculation il based
upon the hypothesis that the $500, 900 wa
distributed ~ the law requires for the
wears lsSf-6, which ! ani assured IL
fact Now the question arises, how was
this money expended refer the gener
Gus reader to the following figures which
may be obtained ia the Auditors otlics,
nd ] respectfully reqnrst "rru,h" TO In.
vestigate them for hiuiself before he writes
another bull-doozing article impugning
the motives Of gentlemen, who, being il
-ympathy with the toiIiDR masses, look Al
the question from u taxpayers standpoint,
and not from "silyer spoon" pedestal.
Appropriated TO the East Mir-
sssippi Insane Asylum, 1882
and lBSi-....... ........., .......3 l09,7ll 40
TO The boys college, 1888" and
lSb4,.... .....4.. ,....,.,.,.. .... glb,S 90
To the girls college, lSSi."... 1900 90
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Tolal.a..................".S4 2i, $40 40
Now let IA rccapitulatc.
Excess Of expenditures over
receipts 1882 3-4 aud 1885. s 43i, 1876 81
4victs on school fund 1928
added 10 excess OF expendi
lures for the last four yeara,
M oumparpd with the four
preceding years ..,.,,...,,.,.S 470982 "a
Aggregate amounts appropri.
ated 20 the girl'p college, the
boys college and the asylum
AT Meridian...",."..... ......B 424 ,51B 40
These several amounts are NO nearly
equal AS TO be suggestive 10 the highest
degree. Certain Il IL, the difference between
no two Of them Ia equal 10 the amount
stolen by Lord (Y) Byron Evers and his
associates In one days transaction with the
swamp Land Commissioner.
Hut why "rruth" shonld have taken the
Meridian Asylum under his protecting
a,gis | cannot Imagine unless il be Attrl
Dutable 20 the fact that its history filed
with open violations Of law aud inexcns
able extravaganza oommends itself to his
broad and liberal ideas Of dealing with the
publ money. But il is not my purpose 10
dcuss the Meridian Asylum. shall leave
It to the tender mtrcies OF the Grand Juries
invited there to diue, and allow the special
committee charged with the investigation
OF that institution TO decide, whether or not
the State shall pay for the champagne said
Grand jurors consumed. aud in my next
will proceed to anslyse the startling figures
which thorough investigation of our
school system discloses, Wool HAT.