The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-10

incompetcnCy and cowardice. And its
steady increase since 1878 is matter
that may well give US concern. Virginia
BEGAN making her debt i'll small
amounts, but kept increasing it year
after wear. She too had literary"
fund. At length Nirginia's debt be-
came an intoIerable burden; and she to-
day is a state without credit and almost
without honor.
Shall the experience Of Virginia be re-
peaied IN Wea Virginia.
WHAT TIE REPUBLICANS LEFT.
Democratic politicians attempt to ex-
cuse their record in this state by the
assertion that the Republicans left a
debt when they went out Of power.
This assertion is absolutely false and
wholly without foundation.
The Democratic party came into
power in this state March, !, 1871, and
the report OF Auditor +. A. Bennett, n
Democrat, for 1871 shows the condition
OF the state treasury upon that date. The
Republicans did not leave debt, but
on the contrary left handsome balance
in the treasury subject to appropria.
tons. Following is q quotation from u
speech made by State Senator Dawson,
Of Preston county, in the state senate
February II, 1888. That speech was
mado in the presence OF US able Demo-
cratic financiers as have ever sat in the
state senate, and it closed with chal-
lenge which has never been accepted.
Mr.. Dawson said:
KNOCKOUT STATEMENT.
Did the State owe debt OF $4,000, or
Of any amount, when tho Democrats
took control on March 4. 1871? / answer,
No. l shall prove this answer to be
true by the official figures. shall prove
it beyond contradiction. | shall not
get my figures from the report OF any
Republican official. cite the report Of
Auditor Bennett for 1871. and IRON his
report shall prove ufiansweraoly and
conclusively that tho Republicans turn
ed over the State FREQ OF debt with II
balance in the treasury. The process is
a simple one. We have to find out, first,
how much money was in the treasury
March 4, 1871; and, second, for what
amount was tho treasury liable to the
school fund at that date. Having these
two items, we can easily SEQ whether
there was enough money in the treasury
to cover the amount due the school
fund.
Turning to pages 90, 80 and SO OF the
Auditors :eport for 1871 we have the
information needed. The amount in
the treasury March 4, 1871, was S243,-
0i5 Ga. What amount OF this was
school money? The following table
shows:
Amount Of general fund In treasury /.
October ]. Us 70
Amount Of schno! fund ,................ 1850 II
Amount paid in Of both funds during
October, November and December
1870, aud January and February ISL lha75S Il
TOtal.....,..... ..si27,7O6 So
Amount Of both school funds paid out
and invested during October. No.
vemDer aud December, $50. aud
January and February, 53l Al
Amount of the school funds in the
treasury March l. 1871 ..u. ..........osl6G,l7j y
By subtracting from the total amount
(S24S,0l5 CA in the treasury March 4,
1871, the amount (SlG6.l7 42) of the
school funds therein ut the same time,
we find that there was in the treasury
when the Republicans went out OF pow
or, over and above the school moneys,
the sum Of ST6,S40 90. In other words,
instead OF leaving debt OF 100000, as
has been charged, the Republicans left
clean balance OF over $4,000 and l
challenge any senator upon the floor to
show otherwise. Here is the Democra-
tic auditors report; here is the table-
take them and show me; il you can,
that l am not right. l am right. Mr..
President, aud this silly story about the
Republicans turning over the state in
debt is squelched.
Besides this S243,0l5.64 which the
Republicans turned over on March 1,
1871, there was also $25S,0OO of ire
ducible school fund handed over ut the
same time. But that is not all. In
1871 the Democratic administration re-
ceived auditors report 1871, page 21)
58,529.25 in taxes DELINQUENT for years
prior to 1870 and not paid in by sheritFs
and collectors. Altogether the Demo-
Gratis received moro than 100000 from
delinquent taxes that were levied and
ought to have been paid in under Rc.
publican rule. Lowing out the ire
ducible school fund, which does not be-
long in general treasury statement,
the Democratic party, upon going into
power received from the retiring Re-
publicans:
Cash IN treasury ,0lj O.
Delinquent taxes paid In is7l.....".,."~ 66129 Is
Total turned over In lS7? ...,........s?9O5 il 50
The Democrats had in round num-
bers $500. 900 to begin housekeeping on.
There has been no war, disturbing
every normal condition. There has
been no founding Of new state in the
face Of armed hostility and secret in
trigue. There has been profound
peace.
There has been u steady increase in
taxable property OF the state. Reas-
sessment after reassessment has been
made. New objects OF taxation have
been sought, and yot the handsome bal.
ance turned over i'll 1871 hNs been
squandored, and large state debt ex-
lists to-day.
This is the record. 1t cannot be wiped
out nor explained away. 1t is written
in Democratic records and cannot be
gainsaid.
Turn the incompetent rascals out and
let the books be opened. "They have
violated every promise made to the
people as inducement to DO trusted with
power
Eruption of tho Skin Cared.
Ed. venncy, BrOckville, Ontario, Can
ada, says: