Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
HAWKEYE FINANCE(
JULIEN RICHARDS DISCUSSES THE
AUDITORS STATEMENT.
1t Is an Exhaustive Showing, Going Into
Detail of All Moneys Received by the
State During 189G-Governor brakes
Message 10 BE Brief.

Detail of All Moneys Received by the
state During 1S9G-Governor brakes
Message 10 BE Brief.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 12.-(Special. The
force in the office Of the auditor OF state
was kept busy the latter part of last
week getting up a financial statement
showing the condition of the treasury at
the close of the year 1896. This state
ment is not the regular biennial report
of the auditor, which is required by law
to be made. Auditor Mccarthy makes
this statement covering the year 1896
as q matter OF information TO the public, I
and especially to the members OF the
legislature, which convenes III special
session next Tuesday. It il an exhaust
i've showing, going into detail Of all
moneys received by the state during the
year from whatever source and the ais
bursements for regular expenses and to
the various institutions. It was intended
to issue the statement last Saturday. brt
it was held in order to be submitted to
the governor and will undoubtedly be
reproduced i'll the governors message.
In brief, this financial statement may
be summarized as follows:
1t shows That the state warrants QUIZ
standing and marked unpaid for want
of funds amounted to $593, 900 on JAM l,
1897. Against this amount there was
cash in the treasury at that date, $780,
3S3.40, which leaves actual deficit at the
beginning of the year about $4,000.
Condition of Treasury.
This shows the condition of the state
treasury at the close of business Jan. 2,
1897. 1t is estimated that there will be
received from fees and taxes paid by in
surance companies during the months of
January and February something like
$lS0,OOO. The regular expenses of the
state, including the salaries of judges, is
something like $4,000 per month. In
addition there are various amounts due
the different institutions out of their ap-
preparations made by the Twenty sixth
general assembly. 1t is believed, how
ever, that by standing off those institu-
tons which are not really i'll need of the
funds during the first quarter it will be
possible to pay the running expenses of
the state and the salaries of the men,
bers of the legislature for the special ses-
sion i'll cash. If this is done, the amount
of outstanding warrants, as shown by
the table to be about $593,000, will not
be reduced any appreciable amount dur
ing the first quarter of the year, but it is
not believed that they will be generally
increased. The expenses of the special
session are estimated at from $4,000 to
100000. OF course, this will depend
upon the length of the session. The only
appropriation which it is expected will
be made by the special session will be to
the institution for feeble minded at
Glenwood. The loss to that institution
by fire was estimated at $125,O00. Of
this sum the executive council has
already advanced $4,000. This was
done by the authority conferred upon
them to make repairs, and for the reason
it was deemed absolutely necessary that
such an amount be expended at once in
order to prevent suffering among the i'll
mates. Governor Drake tells me that he
will undoubtedly recommend that the
Legislature appropriate an amount suffi-
Gent to entirely make good the loss.
This will require about $500 in addi-
ton to the amount advanced by the
council. AS stated before, this is prob
ably the only appropriation that the
special session will be called upon to
make.
Governors Message to BE Brief.
Governor Drake says that his message
to the legislature will be very brief. He
will call attention to the financial condi-
ton Of the state more with the hope that
it will impress upon the legislature the
ACCESSIBILITY Of q short and economical
session than that they can take any steps
to relieve the stringcncy. He says that
it is matter Of business rather than
legislation. He will recommend that
the legislature keep within the lines of
the call and simply devote their atten-
ton to codifying the laws and providing
for such an emergency as occurred in
the destruction Of the Glcnwood insti-
tute. He reiterated what. he had said
previously in regard to opening the gates
for any general legislation at this time.
He thought it would undoubtedly lead
to so much discussion that the session
would be prolonged possibly to the
length Of a regular session. In referring
to the manufacturing bill, which hobs
up every few days as members from the
larger counties happen to come to the
capital, he said that he doubted the pos
sibility of the passage of any such bill
at the present session. 81 do not believe
that the friends of the measure would
urge it at this time" he said, ''for GER
tainly, in my opinion, it will simply butt
its brains out against stone wall if
brought up again for consideration by
the present members of the general as.
sembly. I have been misquoted in re-
gard to this matter, but take the same
position that took when making my
first campaign, that the matter had been
relegated to the senatorial and represen-
tative districts and if the representatives
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