Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-16
Pop Juggling With Figures.


| circulars. They contained pre-.
tended showing how the Pop admins
tion has saved" Kansas 1854, 100. OF. 1t
was prepared by Asst. Secy. of State
Zercher and is the most absurd and
mendacious juggling with figures that
has recently come to our observation
and would b. impossible for any party
except one TO whose strabismus-
I'll ctrd eyes So appears more than 81.
The Pop secretary of State having been
convicted Of lying by the courts his
assistant has been chosen to concnct
this monstrOus corgl meration OF
falsrhoods in hopes that some Of 1t
might be brlew d
Mr.. I-rcher claims that the 1918,
O22O % appropriations for the Worlds
Far. cholera invasion, State Univer-
slty, Agricultural College, State
Normal, and ID eaf aud Dumb school,
were saved" by the Popnista be-
cause they were extraordinary sppfo'
priations which did not have to be-
made each yearl What nonsense.
Such appropriations have been made
right along. They are necessary. Why
should they not be charged up to the
Populsts as well as to the Republicansp
The next item OF saving" is even
more ridiculous as specimen OF book.
keeping. lie states that for public
improvements there have been apprO-
pristtd under Pop rue more than
five times as much as is ordinarily
appropriated for that purpose" and
the excess over ordinary appropria-
tions, S242 400. Mr. Zercher states
twas saved To the State because IL
was spent in building up the State,
while under former administrations
the politicians have managed to get up
legislative investigations by which
they dispose of this surplus appropria
tionl" Does Mr.. ZArcher expect his
poor, deluded POpullst readers TO he
lieve that Republicans have spent
$2I2 400 every year investigating
themselves2 We fear he has overrated
even Populist credurily. Nothing
certainly has ever ,xce, DID the alb
surdity Of ok-keepiup which rejoices
over An extra expense OF S2i2, 400 for
public improvements ~ NO much
saved to the State" If this can be
| g. ha
for legislatures to save he total cost of
State government. $1,000 600 per an
mum, by appropr,alng 81 800 600 every
year for public improvements. MIR.
Zercher's idea Of Saving" is evidently
very badly confused by the abstract
| HAT notion.
Again Mr., ZarcheI "saves" $751;
67l.38 by charging the deficiency APP
pTOpriations of the last legislature all
to the Republicans, although the Pop
ulist had the house in 1891 and were
at least equally responsible with the
Republicans. But the matter Of re
sponsibility aside, it is rot to talk
about the saving in deficiency bill.
II your debt WAS due yesterday have
you saved the amount by withhold.
ing payment until today2
lie also shows by a table that the
appropriation In which either a Popu-
lists house or n Pupulist senate partici
pattd exceeded the appropriations OF
preceding legislatures since the organ
,za,ion of the state. And yet no legis-
latlUe since rfform came in has dppro-
printed a dollar for continuing ,cok IN
he state house. THIS has always been
ons Of the heaviest Republican appro
priations.
Thus is made up the nonsensical
concoction. The Republicans ought t.
thank Zsrcher for having spent sever i
weeks drawing his salary all the time
raking the records and fading only
Endorsement Of Republican admiuistra
tiOns and magnificent showing com
! pared with the Pop mismanagement.
. There IL one Financial exhibit
Q which might Il we been made yer!
interesting but which Mr.. Harcher un
Y fortunately omitted. We refer to thos
entries on the ledger which the lat,
:. war; the cost of the Legate boodl
y investigation; the money looted from
the treasury IN the night time by mem
bers of the Dunsmnre house to head OF
Ia an injunction; the fees" paid To Dos
ter, Webb and Clemens for assistIn
y. Mr.. Clemens TO be governor; and
lastly, the amount paid u Mr.. Zarche
y himself AZ salary for his services to III
State while he was really spending hi
" time writing Popnlist campaign docl
~ ments. These Thugs would constitut
,s an exhibit which the people of III
State you'd be- glad to see.
4 There should have been included ais
NJ the cost to the State Of the advocacy ,
Populist principles. The greatest COZ
to which the Peoples Party has sui
g. Jected the people Of the State has bet
the impairment Of the States reputl
hr ton, Thousands of good citizens hay