Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-05
FIXED THE FIGURES
MISLEADING FINANCIAL STATE.
MENT OF AUDITOR POE.
A Desperate Effort to Help the For.
aker Campaign-The State
Is Behind.

CLEVELAND, aug. Z6.-A speclal 10
the Pain Dealer says: The financial
statement given to the Republican
press Saturday by Auditor Poe is a re-
markable document i'm many respects.
1t Is the first time that it has been nec-
essary for the auditor to enter the cam
paign as an official and by misrepresen-
tation and jugglery of figures attempt
to prove that the financial condition Of
the State is improving.
Mr.. Poe's document Is u remarkable
exhibition of what is commonly known
as gall, In the very face of the fact that
almost every county treasurer who has
settled with the State for June shows
by his report that Mr.. Poe has drawn
on him TO advance from $751; 900 to $780,
600.
After making the June settlements
for the present fiscal year the State has
received all the money due it during
1883, the first settlement for the pres
ent fiscal year having been made in
February. Now, after making the
settlement for the last half of the pres
ent fiscal year, which ends Feb. Is,
1880, Mr.. Poe boldly prOclaims that
there is $20l, $40. IL in the treasury. But
then he again says that few counties
that are behind owe ON the June settle
ment $3.50, 300, making total of $751;
840.l1 which must pay the expenses of
the State from Aug. Is to Feb. Is.
AS the last legislature appropriated
almost So 3,500,0O0 from the general
revenue fund, it is apparent that the
State is over 81, ,O0O, 900 behind. With
half the year gone there is but $780,
74O.ll for general revenue purposes,
and the work of again drawing on
counties in advance will be begun un-
til over a million is thus obtained and
the State saved from suspending pay
ment.
Mr.. Poe attempts to make a roseate
view of the future by estimating the re-
ceipts from the penitentiary, secretary
of States office, ETC., at $4O6, 900 for the
next six months. This is ridiculous.
The penitentiary earns about 81 900 per
month, and the average receipts of the
secretary of States Office will not reach
S., 600 per month and Mr.. Poe knows
it. The etc. will not reach $40, 900 dur
ing the entire six months. Perhaps
S2OO,0OO will he realized from the Dow
law In December.
After suming up all the sources OF
revenue for actual and estimated, Mr..
Poe says they "make a total credit to
the general revenue fund to Feb. Is,
1890, being the end Of the present ap-
preparation year, of s., ,461 ,6l0.11."
So Mr.. Poe says the receipts for the
present year, after stretching them all
he can, will he 50, 2,46l ,S40.11, which Is
just 1854 ,400.35 less than the amount
appropriated for the same period. There
has not been one year since the For.
aker administration came into power
that the appropriations did not exceed
the revenues by at least 100000.
So much for the condition of the gen.
eral revenue fund. The present ad.
Ininistration did raid the sinking fund
for $3.50, 600 and thus violated the con.
stitution. They issued certificates of
Indebtedness for six months and thus
raised $3.50, 900, which was placed in the
general revenue fund and expended tC
meet appropriations from that fund
In six months the certificates Ofindebt.
etiness fell due, and instead of paying
them from the funds in the genera
fund, as they should have been done
they were paid from the sinking fund
which was thus raided to the extent Of
$3.50, 900, and the constitution violated