The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-11
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Elsewhere in this issue we give g,
copy Of q receipt given by Treasurer
Worth to Secretary of State Thompson.
This receipt ia for money found by DR..
Thompson in old papers in his Office.
AS there was nothing by which the
original owners Of the money could be
traced up, he turned the money over
to the State Treasurer.
Larger sums of the peoples money
have been found recently among the
letters and documents of DR.. Thomp-
sons predecessors and returned by him
to the rightful owners.
The careless way in which the peo-
pies money was handled is but one
proof Of the business likeD manner of
conducting affairs which was in vogue
before the voice of the ''nincompoops"
we're heard in the Capitol. AS We said
in our issue Of Dec. 81, explanations
r in order" But they don't come.
Moreover, they are not coming, In the
language of the Tammanyites: 1.-THE
people are s witt to draw the proper CON
~cIusion."
Wonder what conclusions they will
draw from the figures which we pub
lished a few weeks ago, giving the total
receipts In the State Treasury through
the State Department for each Of the
past five yearsR
In order that it may not be said that
these things were not known, we re
publish them:
1898 Coke, Sec'y of State, $47. 474.2I
1894-Coke, Sec'y Of State, = 40 738. 10
1895 Coke Sec'y of State, 48. O82 60
1896 Cooke, Sec'y of State. So 548 26
1897-Thompson, Sec'y State, 81, $50 II
/. We respectfully request the News
and Observer to copy the above figures,
together with the State Treasurer's re
ceipt for money found. In such case
it will probably find it convenient,
through an error in the types to
spell hundred st h.o-usand" and add
an extra cipher to each set of figures.
Commenting on the figures above,
the Winston Republican begins by at
tributing it partly to Mckinley pros
perity, but AZ this question is too seri
Gus for humor or sarcasm, we will
quote only the "cold facts" part of it's
comments.
I'VE understand" says the Republi-
can, that the present State officials,
from Governor Russell down to Parson
Burns, the Superintendent of Public
Buildings are Teetotalers, and that not
a drop of spirits is allowed to be kept
or drank about the Capitol, while it is
alleged that the Secretary of States
Office has for years been regarded as a
public bar room for the faithful ones.
But surely our Democratic friends did
not spend $50, 600 of the peoples money
annually for fine liquors. But if it was
not spent for liquors and other cam
paign expenses, will the News and Oh
server please tell the people where the
money went to2
For the three years under Secre
tary Coke, the average per year col
Iected was $48 43I "a Take this from
the collections for 1897 under Secretary
Of State Thompson, and you find a
difference of $43. O9I o. in Thompson'a
favor. Multiply this diff 5rence by
twenty and you get 1861, 821 40 of the
peoples money that under Democratic
management failed to reach the Treas
ury. Where did it go to9'
Echo answer "Whereg'
Those editors who have been howl
ing ''incompetents, ignorance and
cality," are requested to keep their
mouths closed and their pens dry or
nrnnarIv axnlain these things