The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-31
FISHERS DISCREPANCIES.

Republicans have had control of the
affairs of this county and SO have the
Democrats.
A fair comparison of the two ad-
ministrations is what taxpayers ought
TO have They want no Juggling of
figures, no detailed account in whose
labyrinth of calculations the average
man is almost sure to get lost; but a
plain statement of expenditures and
revenues, for the two years, placed
side by side.
In comparing the revenues for 1886
and 1897, Mr.. Fisher mixes his figures
either Intentionally or cerelessly.
He says that the revenues for 1896
were 1851, S5112, counting moneys held
in trust and not received for county
purposes at all. In 1897 he gives the
revenues as $196, SSS.42, not counting
the trust funds to the credit of the
Democrats as he had included them
for the Republicans in the figures of
1896
To leave out every thing improper,
to count nothing for either party ex-
cept the revenues of the respective
years, the records show that in 1896
there was the sum of s1S5,511.19 col
lected in revenues, and in 1897 reven-
ues amounting to sos, 565.6S were col
lected.
In other words, the Democratic ad-
ministration collected for the county
S1S,O5449 in revenues more than was
collected by the Republicans in the
preceding year.
According to Mr.. Fisher the Re
publicans. in 1896, disbursed $26O,472.O2
and the Democrats in 1897 disbursed
S217, 1904 While this is no bad show
ing for the Democrats, it should be
borne in mind that the Republicans left
their own salaries to the amount of
$40, 3S4.94 for the Democrats to pay.
This was an expense of the Republican
administration, although it is charged
to the account of the Democrats.
Taken from the cost of running the
county in 1897 and add the salaries of
the Republican officials to their own
year and it will show that the outlay
of the Democratic administration was
$780, 1920.
But their own salaries We're not their
only expenses Republican officials left
for the Democratic administration to
pay. There were loose claims and ac-
for coal. stationery, etc, that
had been used by the Republicans
which the Democratic administration
had to settle to the amount of s7,561-SS.
There was accrued interest on the
bonds, S7,291.66, which should have
been paid in December, before the |
went out of office.
There is charged to the Democratic !
year of 1897, at least $35, 23S.4S of Re |
publican expenses which the Repub- |
lican officials neglected to settle, and |
which the Democratic administration |
had to settle for them.
Adding this to the $3.50, 472.O2, which |
Mr.. Fisher claims was disbursed in
1896. and which he tries to make peo-
pie believe was all that the Repub-
ican administration had cost the tax
payers in that year, we find that the
year 1896 actually cost the taxpayers
If Salt Lake county s295,71O.5O, some
IF which they paid and some of which
lad to be paid for them.
In 1897 the disbursements of the
Democratic county administration
we're, less the Republican expenses
1aid. S1S1, 1922 3. To this may be added
he interest coupons paid by the treas
Irer, S2O,5 and the interest on out
standing warrants previously issued,
amounting to $3,2S4.
But the main point made by the Re
1ublicans is in charging their own
salaries to the Democratic expense ac-
,Ount