Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-28
run sr,rr TREASURY.

! Albion News: No republican paper in tho
/ state so Tar as we know is attempting "a
/ Justify state Treasurer hartley in huldiUg
some $500. 900 iu The general fund whhc ihcyc
/ are outstanding warrants Tor several times
( that amount
Dodge Criterion: Some Investigation has
| been made into the 1nllrs of the state
/ trcasurCr's cllcc by The Omaha Bee reveal
i Ing The fact that there are nearly 2,OOpOoD
warrants outstanding against the fund
/ drawing per cent interest. while there are
$60D.luu iu the various public repositories
upon which only q per cent IS received by
the state. This is q condition that ought not
To exist.
David City Press. The state treasurer
frankly admits that the states money is
( tied UP tn banks which cannot pay 1t back
into 'he treasury and proposes To leave the
matter ia The legislatures hands to say
what shall De done. The republicans will
leave Gred. many white elephants 10 he
| looked .attcr uy ;hc legislature Unless that
body Is wise rs solomon il has Inherited
more white elephants than it can comfortably
| take care OF.
Tecumseh Journal: state Treasurer Bart
ley says the state funds now on deposit In
the various banks cannot bo withdrawn with
safety. He will SO inform the legislature,
and h. the money Is 20 be drawn out it will
rest with that body 10 do so, That means
that Treasurer BARLEY does not intend to
have the cash on hand to turn over to his
successor unless he legislature goes IN a
body and digs it up, The more cause for
NcSerye to insist upon counting the cash.
Norfolk News: Some very ugly rumors are
floating out from Lincoln in connection with
the state troasurer's office. These rumors
should be thoroughly investigated ana II
anyone has done wrong, ln, him be
punished in manner commensurate with
his crime. The republican party has no
desire to shield anyone, and should be the
t, fftn. .,H
bers, providing he has been guilty of be
traying a public trust While we are house
cleaning in the state house let's sweep OUT
all the cob webs.
Lincoln Independents: 1t begins to look
as II The assurances recently given by friends
of Stale Treasurer BARLEY that he would be
ready to count CIt the cash on rC,ring
We're not based on facts He has Indicated
his intention to simply point to the banks
whore he placed it, and let his successor
scramble for IT, Is there no law chat will
reach a retiring treasurer who does not
count out the cash? one of the promises
of the fusion campaign was that the re
firing treasurer should be required to do it,
The people endorsed the proposition, Who
will undertake to ignore that promise?
Grand Island Independent: Should the
newly elected state treasurer go into office
with a full determination to ignore the pro-
visions OF the depository law-whiCh was
created by pop legislature-and demand from
the said depository banks through the pres
ent state treasurer all the funds in cash so
deposited, there will be several busted"
banks in Nebraska that would otherwise
be able to pull through. However, Grand
Island people have nothing TO fear as neither
Of the local banking institutions are state
repositories. But the fullest enforcement of
this law which has made the depository
banks instead Of the treasurer responsible
for large portion Of the state funds, at a
time when the banks are laborng under a
heavy strain, cannot but create very serious
disaster-which will naturally be charged
against an inferior populst law.
Schuyler Herald: The Herald has all along
been of the opinion that our state officers
were honest and that when the time came
20 turn over the state government to other
hands the affairs of the various state offices
would be found in good shape. or late
We have been led to think that we have
erred in our judgment 1t seems to be
admitted that the affairs in the state treas
urer's officer are far from being in good
shape There should be something over
half a million dollars Of cash on hand, but
1t is intmated that much of this money
Is tied up in banks and can not be gotten
at. One thing is certain, the state has a
million and half in floating Indebtedness
10 the payment of which this vast sum of
money. that now appears to be invisible,
should have been applied. For the
good name of the state we hope that the
affairs in the state treasurer's office are not
in as bad shape as they have been made to
appear. OF late our state has been cE-
ceedingly unfortunate in regard to her
financial affairs.