Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-02
A Bill to Be introduced Providing for a Whip
ping POST
A Hot Contest In tho Senate Hawkins Reso-
luton II Regard 10 the Annexation Of
hawai--Work IN The Committees.
The Cain Case Settled.

OF lhf 1InfupA or uunlr rs "a Nltt'NufN
ivur that the Democratic party h. going
vows. bus sceu as mnny deficiencies
90 hu as FalNO0 saw of men IN buck
ram Everybody who is familiar with
the politics oft thut time VIII remember
that 30 almost burst with delight ut the
prospect uf 10 dcGripur, towards the
close OF lrclnuds first term. lt ls NOT
surprising chat h should take mp the
old song again. The wish is lnthcr of
it's thought. and thc desire tO help t0
swell the discOrduut untps Of Che Third
party iH apparently. the guiding motive
of Tho Ncwa Just now Yesterday h
Ncnrs of S2.ltilO9 Why it stopped
Ut S2Oun.OpJ and little moro is iucom.
prthpnNhlv. w would. hy its process ~
reasoning. have been Just us easy tO hive
turned ont S6,OOOOOO ou thg wrong side
ot Che ledger Hero urc typical illustru.
tiOns taken from It's calculation;
For convict farms 100000.
The pripuHl of those who favor the
extension of the convict farm systcn,
Dc for the pcrWunont school fund tu lvnl
the money Co the state Co make the uui-
chnspE, hence this NJ adopted could
NOT figure us am itrm boz % deficiency
Tor rUruwpA of school lands. SlbNOO
The state has already established a.
many us tlvc limos un sumo ol these
TNpvrtivs. " thuro iH enc thing the
state uvcds lrss than another b. W fur.
thor complication pl hotuduups
Deficiencies 100000
The cNccsH eff some appropriations usu-
ally offsets Che shortage oft uuers. The
calculation. DO must Doe remembered, is
based ou ihv estimates submitted hy the
hpuu, of the VARIOUS Institutions "
they get Wnut they uHk for thrrc will
NOT hr % dollar short boo uuy upprnpiiu.
ton. 10 rs The Legislative prprpss of
scaling down Che estimates which pr.
dUyvs deficiencies. N b. understood. of
course, thul % deficiency such us s rp.
irrrnd iu dupH uut W'uu % lack of cash
Boo the general revenue fund Under the
law not % cent can hc drawn irom thus
iuud which hus not hrru specifically
| appropriated 10y the legislature mo- mat
tor how much money there may boz ON
hand
New institutions, S175, 900
Tho News has made am cXtrnyngant
estimate of the cost of cyory establish
mvut proposed in 10 hill pending m the
| legislature. paying 100 more regard to the
| chance of puHsi go than u hunter does
! tu snow bird. Thus De- accumulated "a
| large threatened deficiency which rs con
| iurcd up To discrodit @ Democratic nd
| ministrUiiln and disturb the people who
may not know this is the oldest Of H.
| tricks
Since Governor Roberts piled M a
I N3WO,UlO general revenue surplus in the
/ treasury the prevailing idea has been
| that the state should stop that sort OF
/ iinuncicrinR that the peoples money
| should hc boo their pockets rather thun in
| the states vaults GO Austin For that
I reason tho effort has been tu figure close.
/ ly and tu collect no moro than has been
! actually needed % dclray the expenses of
! the government
The most pertinent figures in councr.
/ ton with % study of the financial prob.
! lem are the net results of last years
/ operations.
ON the 3tst OF August. 1891. hcrc
| WuF % balance tu thp credit ul general
/ revenue of 81 2UIOu. On August 81.
| 1892. ibis had been reduced 10 Sl1O,ODU,
| round figures being given in h1Ih iu-
| stances, The reduction Of tllu balance
was Sij1uuu During the year oXtrnOr-
! binary expenses were incurred nH fol.
| lows. Asylum additions. S2iGuOO. state
| bonds redeemed, S1iOUOO; advertising
constitutional amendments $4,000
scalp law appropriations, 100000 Total,
! SJlt,UOO, Hence, The not difference be-
tween the current expenses last year
and the current receipts WIS S22O.UOO
being Ia tuyor Of the expenses.
The tax rate last year was 10 On
cents on 500. aud the state H. now op.
rrutiug under u ~ cent tax with the
I property assessment about the same. On
account OF This reduction in rate of ! 20
! rputs uu AiW, the state revenue loss
will bee &i35OOO. This added to the loss
in the revenue balance lS22O0OOl, gives
| Si1JU,OOO us the additional amount the
state must provide for 30 prevent any
further dumiuutiOn 0f its revenue bal
ancp of $4,000 ON the first of last Sep.
trmbpr The house revenue aud tnru.
ton committee thinks n can ruiRe $40.
900 additional from occupation tuxpg, 0l
which 100000 viii come from the liquOi
interest, mainly from the retailers of
malt liquors. N expects also t0 forum
late % plan which win add from SJO.OOO.
900 to SlOO.OOOOOO 90 the tax rolls
property which, under the law. should
be taxed. but which has never been rem
dprad. II is reasonable 90 expect that
next years assessment will add 500.
OOO0OO 10 the property value Of IA,
state.
This cursory glance Indicates that d
deficiency ~ not within The range Of prob
ability. II is true enough that the IS
cent tax rate ~ going 10 i1in things close
and il is questionable whether il shoult
have ever been adopted. While ia,
state is engaged in building up n mnny
celeymOKynury Institutions essential /,
her standing aud proper management
10 is inevitable that more taxes shOul,
these we're completed. She NJ max inl
Investments, and the question IL on,
for serious consideration whether thps,
should be- dmtcd by penny wise anf
pound foolish policy, or whether the,
should be measured by a putri0tc meas
ufe oil the state w. q. ~