The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-05

can De palu into or out oil tne treas
ury on the request or order of the
governor or any one else except in
obedience to or by express author
ity given by the legislatu through
some Law enacted for that purpose.
BY message the governor simply
gives his opIAj2n TO the legisl ature
on the condition of the government
and advises what laws he thinks
best to be adopted, amended or re-
pealed. He simply executes and
obeys the laws wheu they are
adopted. Every two yesrs the
legislature passes what is called The
appropriation bill, which author
yes the payment of money from the
treasury for the specific purposes
and TO the amount therein named,
'rnis is the chart, the guide, the
authority by which money is paid
out by the treasurer on warrants
drawn 10y the comptroller. No one
can e9t Il dollar from the state ex
cept Gu the written order, called
a warrant, drawn 10y the comptroller
on the treasurer. The comptroller
cannot draw warrant for any pur-
pose except by authority of law.
SO, after all, the laws passed by the
legislature govern all the Ulcers
and provide for the collection
Of taxes and disbursement Of public
money. 1t matters not how much
money may be in the treasury, not
a dollar of it can be paid out except
on the express consent, in the form
of law promulgated by the legisla-
ture composed of the representatives
and senator's elected by the people.
The last Legislature was one of the
most painstaking, careful, economi-
cal bodies that ever assembled at
the capitol. While it remained III
session longer than usual, Am pre-
pared TO say that no material
: sacr'fce Of public interests was the
result. They passed the appropria-
ton bill under and by the authority
of which the money is being paid
, out OF the treasury.
As said before, vetoed about
? $3.50, 600 of the items allowed in
= the bill for the reasons given in my
: message. This made it possible to
run the government on the exceed
I ingly low rate of taxes without hav-
e ing much if any deficiency and no
a surplus during the year. AS be-
i. tween deficiency caused by low
b rate of taxation, and surplus pro
l. duced as the result of high taxes, l
will face the deficiency every time.
J. SO far as injurng the credit of the
d stats is concerned, that IL all moon
Il shine. What does she want with
T. credit? She does not want TO Dor.
d row anything If she did, the
l. calamity howlers who have worn
e themselves out trying to drag her
r name to ignominy and shame have
e 20 weakened in veracity that they
e could not prevent it. When you
, hear one of them king about a
n deficiency in the treasury or bank
} ruptcy of the state, tell him dat if
G he has ella m against her TO pre-
y sent it to our able young treasurer
y and see If payment ia refused.
Ii Whom he fails 10 get his Pay, then
g he certainly has a right 10 howl.
d But when, before payment is refus
l. ed him, he heralds it abroad, on the
4. sire cts, in his favoIite resort, the
Y saloons and elsewhere, that the state
Z? is bankrupt, do you suppose that
" deep down in his wilful heart there
q is single spark of patriotism for
d his country lingering theref DO you
e suppose that such chaps would not
J. be glad to see the state banlxuptl
o AS vultures relish decomposed
e carcass, the calamity clackers would
e love to see the state government
d collapse. In sweet anticipation
ii they have lived on prophecies OF
n dire results for the past three years,
J but the poor things must work then
- loose hinged jaws another year,
|. when they will strand on the bar OF
n disappointed hope.
Is The increased expenses of my
y administration over former ones
q consisted of refunding amounts i'm
,. properly paid for lands, 81, 500;
4 amount paid for publishing con
N stltutiOnal amendments S1O ono.