Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

4 LIVELY ROW BETWEEN AUDITOR
MCCARTHY AND LEGISLATORS.

Julien Richards Writes an Interesting
Letter From the State Capitai--Onice of
State Printer to he Investigated-Trayel-
ing Men After Two-Ccnt Railroad Fare.
DIES MONIES, Jan. Especial. 1.-The
committees on appropriations of both
houses do not appear disposed to rest
silently under the imputation that to
their action in fixing the appropriations
to be made by the regular session OF the
Twenty-sixth general assembly is due
the present half million state debt
There are several members of these com
mittees who are born fighters, and they
do not propose to shoulder the response.
bilities alone. Chairman Waterman of
the senate committee is just now the
leader i'll the contest which is going on
between the auditor of state and the APP
preparations committees. On Friday
last there was joint meeting of these
committees from both houses, and Chair
man Waterman made it the occasion of
lively roasting for the auditor and also
for others in authority at the state house
He said that it had been charged that
the members of the Twenty sixth gen.
eral assembly were eItravagant in the
matter of appropriations and had appro-
priated several hundred thousand more
than there was money in the treasury
available for that purpose. In answer
to this Senator Waterman said that dur
ing the closing days of the last regular
session State Auditor Mccarthy furn-
ished the two committees on appropria-
tons an estimate of the amount which
would be available for extraordinary APP
preparations by that session. In that
statement, after specifically deducting
"the estimated expenditures under the
present law and appropriations already
made for the next two years." the audi
tor placed the amount available for eX-
traordinary appropriations at 1924, 304. l2,
30 claims the senator from Wapello
Waterman, and he adds, that, instead
Of appropriating $l,0S9, 245.25 as the
state auditor claims, tho total appropria-
tons of the Twenty sixth general as
sembly for extraordinary expenses of
the various institutions, etc, was $971,-
495.25. This was only about $47 600
more than the amount authorized by
the auditors statement. Chairman
Waterson laid considerable stress on the
fact that the auditor, i'll his report to the
committees at the last session, stated
that the amount he named was available
for extraordinary appropriations, with
out taking into consideration any appro-
priations made by former general assem-
blies." This led the committees to be-
lieve, said Senator Waterman, that they
were able to appropriate the amount
reported by the auditor, consequently, as
they only exceeded the amount specified
by $4,000, and the estimated state debt
is in the neighborhood of 100000, the
senator charged if a mistake had been
ma de it was by the state auditor instead
of the legislature.
Wat erman Attacks State Officials.
Senator Waterman next attacked
another part of the states machinery
He said that when the committees were
looking about for means of retrenching
at the last session, they found that there
was a host Of janitors at the capitol who
were paid SO per month for services
which could be procured for $40 to $50
per month and they accordingly cut
down the appropriation for janitors for
the present biennial period from $4,000
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