The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-26
A FEW PLAIN FACTS.
How Warner Made County FL
nance Figures Lie.
LARGE DISCOUNT ON HIS STORY.
wt,a Sabine Conssmps for Troth Ne
Maifsyfsed County Expsosss
Many Ttmsa

Taxing their che from = stump speech
recently made By Dick" Warner and pub
lished ia the Telegraph. the Democrats
and Popuiists are loudly asserting THAI 1t
COS, fin round numbersD 81, 10000 70 man
age the affairs Of this county during the
last fiscal year.
In a.. course Of his remarks warner
made Other statements apparently bssed
upon the report Of the county auditor.
After the most painstaking investigation
ef the auditors report and Of the condition
Of the countv's affairs and finances. the
posr-lsrE144ssseE declares tina. Warner
either wilifnIly perverted the facts and
tpggled with the figures. or he 10 amas-
insiy stupid. There 10 no other alternative
by which his misststsments can be ae-
counted for.
Warner took the auditors report ., the
basis of his speech, and the Posr-IsrELLI-
srxcxa will take the same report to prove
that In nine statements out Of ten made by
him lie has deliberately distorted plain
facts and figures for the sole purpose OF
making campaign capital
Warmers first monumental misstste-
ment 10 that s'tbe actual amount expended
during the year Is 81, 40, os7. So" This Is
meant TO convey the idea tina. the county
government has expended this amount OF
money ln the administration Of county
affairs. The truth of the matter Is that
the total amount of county expenses for
oil and every department OF the county
government and including the interest on
bonds and warrants amounts TO only
s268.0o9oei Here 10 q difference Of 81. ILL.,
S9s. - between what Warner would have
the people believe and the real facts.
Warner starts out by asserting that
s.they rmeaning the county auditorl put
SIR, 900 In the miscellaneous column 70
conceal the actual truth" Here is an
other palpabIe misstatement. The audi
tors report shows that n the begin
ming of the last fiscal year there
were 32l2 SO on hand. Warrants were
issued to the amount of SET 1867. max
ing a total of s227. 3ie q TO be accounted
tor. The auditors report shows that OF
the f227. Ii6.67 warrants issued 81, T.s6
worth of warrants were issued 10 those
having accounts against the county, every
single item of which IL accounted for on
pages o. 10, III and IL of the auditors re-
port Either through dense ignorance or
malice Warner assumed that an indebted
ness OF 3225, s41 VI had been incurred which
indebtedness wins set forth In one column)
and that t227. 1867 in warrants had also
been issusd--whish amount was set forth
Ia another column and which he tWarnerl
assumed Was an additional Indebtedness.
when In reality these warrants were issued
TO meet Indebtedness already incurred.
Sow In order that the readers OF the
Posr-IsrKIIiaEscEs may fully aud clearly
understand the expenditures made during
the last nscal year ending June 30, 1884.
the Posr-IsTEILfsEscEa herewith appends
the following plain and simple statement.
taken from the county auditors last re-
port:
AMOUNTS rAtp OUT M COUNTY TREASURER tAsp
roR WHAT ruRfosK1 Yeos JULY !. 1898,
To JUNE ~. 1894