The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-10-18
DEMOCRACY VSRBPUBLICANIyM IN MISSISSIPPI
The Facts and Figures, Showing the Economy of
Democratic Administration of State Affairs.
In Contrast With Republican Waste and Extravaganza.
Demonstrating Fasehood of the Charges OF Popute Leaders
That the Administration Has Extorted More
Money From People Than Did the Republic
can Administrations -Indisputable Facts.

the public mind that the balance OF
1924 ,38S.6S current funds, sh )wn by the
books to have been in the treasury jan
uary LIST, 1875, was money or cash turned
over by the Republican 10 the Demo.
cratic treasurer. This is not true, how
ever, as appears both from the books Of
the State Treasurer and his report to the
Legislature for the year 1875, page "a.
That balance is made up as follows, to
wit:
State bonds paid and not au-
QlteQ ........ ........ ..SlZo,4OU w
Coupons paid and not au-
dited. :. 1885, $50 90
Certificates of Indebtedness. 12l ,444 90
Interest oninsurance deposits
paid and not audited. 49,. 1900 90
State warrants paid and not
audited 80. .......,...".....- 2l,775 80
School Fund. =. 49,. $1,000 90
One counterfeit bill ......... 100 0C
United States currency (mon-
cyl on hand. ......... .... 93,26S IS
Amount. .......... @0l 1000 DC
| II will be seen from the above that the
only cash in the treasury January LIST
1876, was 1913, 26S.SS. There was also
$57 900 of United States bonds which be-
longed to the common schoo! fund
The other items which made up said
balance were bonds, coupons, State war
rants, interest on insurance deposits,
paid and not audited, and certificates Of
Indebtedness. The statement means
this, that the az parent balance in the
Treasury Jan. LIST, 1876, consisted Of
vouchers paid by the treasury during
1875, aggregating $374,ll9.80, but which
| had not been charged on the books, and
OF $93 ,26S SO in money and $4,000 in
bonds.
Therefore it is proper to add 1914
1880, to the ST. 700 ,80S.42 disbursements
made by the Treasurer during the year
1875, aggregatipg $2,164 1882. Take
this sum from $2,315, 1910, the amount
OF money the Republicans had
in the treasury during the year
1875, and it leaves $3.50, SS bal
ance, consisting. as shown above
United States bonds belonging to the
common school fund. But the Repub.
licans did not leave even this balance Of
$l5O,268.SS in the treasury clear. On
the contrary, an inspection of the
Treasurer's and Auditors books and o.
the Treasurer's report for the1year 1875
| page IA, shows that against this balance
OF $3.50, 268,88 there were outstanding
and unpaid Auditors warrants issued in
1875 and prior thereto amounting te
4l4,958.31.
BY comparison, therefore, the people
OF the State may judge for themselves oil
the truth and fairness of Mr.. Burkitt's
contrast OF the Ames and Stone, IRE
publican and Democratic) administra.
ton of the State finances:
For Ames' administration
1875 money in treasury)$ 2,3l5, l97. IL
For Ames' administration
1875, expenditures."...... 2,l64 1928. 21
For Stones administration,
largest receipts in any
one year 1881 .....,.....$ 1,273,S45. AZ
For Stones administration,
largest expenditures in
any one year $685.. 1,249, 193. 81
What becomes OF Mr.. Burkitt's charge
in the face Of the true figures and facts !
But this is not all. Let us com
pare the rates of taxation during
Republican control of the State with
| the rates under Democratic control.
For this purpose we append the
following table which is comparison OF
the rate OF taxation, State and county
beginning with 1870 and ending with
1894. Remembering that the Republi-
cans were in power from 1870 to 1876
inclusive, and that the Democrats have
been in power since January /, 1876, it
will not be difficult for any reader to
make the comparison by careful insoec-
ton OF this table: