The advocate., 1895-11-06
THE PARTIAL STATEMENT OF A TRUTH
Is THE MOST VICIOUS KIND OF
A LIE.
A LIE.


reputation in this respect is so well es-
tsbliShed that decent Republicans sd-
NIT it and are no longer influenced by
its Misrepresentation and falsehoods.
1t is being rapidly displaced; in fact,
by more reputable journals, and if 1t
had not been backed by corporation in
f1uence and money it would have long
ago sucCumbed under it's weight of
debt. There is a class Of mossbacks,
however, who yet read it and pretend
to believe it. To such we desire to
give another example Of its unfsirnesS
and dishonesty. The partial statement
Of truth is very often the most
vicious kind Of a lie, and the illustrs-
tion of the Capitals methods which
we are about to give is of this char.
acter.
There has unquestionsbly been some
very bad official bookkeeping in this
State as well as elsewhere, and we may
remark psrenthetically that this may
be expected, no matter what party
may be in power, so long as book keep
ers are selected for political reasons
rather than on account of fitness and
qualification for such positions. But
here is the Capitals story of iDCompe-
tency in one Of our State departments,
taken from the issue Of November /:
The present State administration continues
to develop startling evidences Of Populist in
competency and ineficiency in the various
State departments. Thus far the Republican
officials have discovered inexcusable errors
in bookkeeping and records in all the depart
ments which were presided over by the Popu-
lists during the two years ending January 1,
1895.
State Auditor George e. Cole has found in
checking over the various accounts perhaps
more mistakes than have been discovered in
any other department.
During the past few weeks, employees in the
office Of State Auditor have been checking up
the records of the State school land account as
IL exists on the books in that department..
This investigation and check-up has resulted
in the discovery of the most high-handed neg.
ligence and incompetency thus far found as q
result Of the Populist administration.
The check for the two years in which the
Populists were in Office shows that errors
amounting to $4S,6O267 have been found.
January 81, 1894, Allen county reported
$9549l. The Populist book.keeper charged the
county with but SSS61O, making an error OF
$56S9l in a,s single entry on one account
State Auditor Cole never gave the
Capital reporter any such one-sided
statement as this. When he learned
Of the bad bookkeeping in the State
Auditors Office, he learned that il ex-
tended back over many years under
Republican as well as Populist admin
istration, and involved errors In all,
not of $4S,602.67 simply, but of hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars. 1t did
not suit the intensely partisan pur-
poses Of the Capital, however, to state
this fact. Such statement would have
caused the people of the State to reflect
upon the necessity Of selecting book
keepers who have some knowledge of
the duties they are expected to per-
form, instead Of appointing them as q
reward of party service; and it would
not serve to strengthen the party pref
udices of the few who still pretend to
place some reliance upon the Capital.
OF course all the little cuckoo papers
Of the State echo the tale of Populist