Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-24
CAMPAIGN FALSEH0oD.
The Republican County Reso-
lutions Shown Up-Figures
and Statements
Taken From the Official Re.
ports Of the State
Auditor.
A Communication on the SUBJ
ject Of General In
terest,

terest.
Editor Alert:-I desire to reply to the
resolutions passed by the republican
convention in your county, through
your paper, and point out the gross MIS-
representation which was no doubt in
tentionally made to deceive voters. This
resolution says "Mr. Booker upon retir-
ing from Office left balance of $228,OC0
in the general iand." Now this is q
deliberate falsehood and the persons
who wrote it must have known It. Both
the state auditors and treasurer's pub
lished reports show that Mr.. Booker left
q balance in the general fund of $1O4,-
$50. 40.
The auditors report shows that the
actual deficiency upon Dec. 1st, 1894
was s75,0S6. OF, and upon Jan. 1st, 1895,
was s121,036 As I did not retire from
Office, until the 7th, this deficiency was
reducsd some $4,000 by the time left,
from taxes collected in the interval. The
deficiency was therefore but q little over
100000 when our republican Successors
Office, as against sl62, 900 as
stated. The republicans of this state
never tire of accusing the populist sd-
of causing this deficiency
by reckless and extravsgsnt expenditure
of public funds. l do not think that
they can succeed IN this yarn with any
but the most ignorant. The legislature
was republican by large majority and
the appropriations having been passed
by that body the administration had no
control over Its expenditures. The
was officially notified by N.Y.
self that if appropriations were passed
rs favorabIy reported upon by the ap-
propristion committees they would ex-
seed the entire revenues of the state for
that biennial period nearly s25O,0OO.
The legislature, hoping to put the popu-
list administration lin the hole" }" as they
expressed it, passed every appropriation
bill introduced. Perhaps the people Of
our state are such fools as not to be able
to distinguish whose acts brought about
the deficiency. Had not rigid economy
been praoticed by the state officers,
where they had power to control, the
deficiency would have been about sl75,-
Oco, but this was cut down to about
100000 as hrst stated. So much for
Of the popul,st admins
trstion.
Let US turn the light upon the
fiscal affairs of the state under present
republican management and see if they
are 60 excellent as depicted by that
party. From resolutions passed by
by numerous county republican conven-
lions one would judge that these former
deficiencies we're wiped out and the state
vas again solid financially.
The last legislature was republican by
. very large majority, yet without any
right they passed one bill
the state treasurer to issue
$4,000 of warrants with which to pay
the expenses of the Legislature and an
other authorizing the issue of $4,000
Of funding warrants with which to pay
unpaid bills, in all $4,000. The state
vas already up to It's constitutional debt
limit else I could have issued warrants
and met these unpaid bills. But this
unconstitutional act passed the last re-
publican legislature and was not even
criticised. If it was not unconstitutional
Why are we asked to vote this fall upon
an amendment to our constitution?
From the statement of the state
treasurer just published (Aug. 15) and
bis proceeding statement published
Jan. 1st, We find that not only this
S2l0,OO0 of warrants we're issued and
sold but during the past six months
another lot of $4,000 without authority
Of law, making a total of $3.50, 900 OF fund
ing warrants issued by the present ad-
and the same reports show
that exactly $S5,0O0 of them have been
paid leaving still unpaid of these war
rants $145,O0O. In other words the state
is nearly S.5.( 10 more in debt now than
it was the day Governor Allin, ct al,
entered office
It seems strange that the actual con-
lition OF our state under this boosted
is not better, considering
that the state cut itself loose from all
expenses connected With its two normal
schools and Its university, not to men
ton the bounties formerly paid its far
mers upon forest timber, wolves, etc.
As there was but $1,56S.93 remaining in
the general fund July let, it is not
probable this indebtedness has been
since reduced or that it can be materially