The age-herald., 1900-04-12

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 .I was informed that Johnston went out and had a committee raised for the pur- pose of Investigating the condition of the treasury. This committee reported that on January 1, 1897, the state would owe S56s 600. Of all the days in the year Jan uary 1 is the one on which the greatest amount of appropriations fall due. The appropriations for the State university, the college at Auburn, for the second quarter of the public schools, for the oeaI and dumb institute and others fall due on this date, but mark you, these institution never draw all of the appropriations at this time, but prefer to leave 1t In the treasury until it is needed. The fiscal year begins on October 1, and no man can Iell what the deficiency at any other time or the year will be- I had given two notes for the $150000 I had borrowed which Tell due on February 1 and 15, but the com mittee took these back to January l. In January and February the income rom taxes and other sources is about $2oVVo a day, and this amount going into the treasury to meet the notes
 Talk About Examiners
 Johnston talks about sending our eN. aminers. In my administration had put one examiner and he was in poor heaitn. recommended to the legislature that II provide for one examiner for each con gressional district, but did not get them. Johnston asked for one chief and two, as, sistants and got them. He has since toio me that I was right; that one examiner was needed for each congressional os- trict. But they haven brought Tn SD much after all It has worked out Just like predicted. The debts have been wiped out, but by your taxes, yet Governor Johnston claims the credit for H. he claims everything for himself.
 "He claims that the convict depar'lhele was $30,0 behind. Yes, there was ,. ueo. but it was for machinery. l had puiiI u cotton factory at Speigners that COST so'- 900. and which is worth sl0o,OOO paid sa sao'- GOO for machinery and gave notes TOT @oV'- 0O0 and they were not due when ooiiiis.o.' went in. I knew when l gave tne hoteS that the convict hire would pay them oe fore they fell due. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company was payihs s11 1000 per month, and we were getting 1000 from others hired to farms. Jonnstoh says he had to buy supplies Tor the con yicts on credit Let's see We had been leasing land to cultivate. I wanted to stop that, and bought 1S00 acres and gave up the lease On that year the convlcts hao raised 3S 900 ushels of corn, ZoO neao oi hogs, 800 bales of cotton ana immense quantities of field peas, potatoes ana Vege- . tables and had a large number or cattle. What became of those supplies if the gov ernor had to buy on credit for them! Can you answer? Mind you, l do not say that any man who occupies the high place or governor would lie. Sometimes they man ufacture facts to suit the case.
 ''The governor says he saved $oVo III three years on the transmission on state money Several years ago when pr. Ford, superintendent of education or Escamoia county, defaulted, the legislature passed a law that school money must not De turned over to the superintendent, but that it must be turned into the state treasury and then sent back to the superintendent. That was costly, but it was the law. George w. Ellis, the state treasurer. appealed to the legislature to repeal the law. and now the treasurer gives the superintendent warrant instead of sending him the money Ellis got this legislation, and not Governor Johnston, yet Johnston claims the credit for it.
 ''The governor claims great credit for removing telephone from the capitol that cost the state $40 per year. Isn't that small for man who wants to go to the United States seante? He has not expended one dollar on repairs to the capitol build ing. He says in his letter that he has saved one half of the expenses of running the capitol. He don't tell you how. I'll tell you. I had furnace there that heats the entire building and it burns coal that costs $19O per ton He claims the credit for this, yet had it done. @s
 Like Louis XIV
 'If he is the great governor he claims to be, he is committing an outrage the people of Alabama in wanting to go to the United States senate. He ought to remain as governor He reminds me of Louis XIV, who, when asked how about the state the nation-exclaimed: The state-the na- tion-that's mel
 "In his message to the legislature he ask ed the abolishment of the office of record ing secretary. That was not necessary. The law provided that the governor could dispense with him. Johnston is a lawyer, and knew this It looked like buncombe. The governor is allowed a messenger at S25 per month. When Governor Johnston went in he put in the son of MT. Hood and the legislature doubled his pay to $50 per month or $500 year, and he approved 1t. Probably the salaries of some of the of ficers ought to have been increased but the increases and the new offices amounted to a considerable sum. The adjutant-gen- eral, who had never received a salary was put a salary of s1,50O per year and al- lowed a secretary at s90O year. Govern or Johnston approved this law, and ap- pointed Brandon of Tuscaloosa as adju- tant-general. Brandon may be a good of- ficer, but I never see him about there; he has clerk to do the work, but do hear of him out canvassing for Johnston, whom he wants to make United States senator The increased salaries and new offices amount to $17,500 year. 4
 
 dier, and claims to have been shot down four times. Now a fellow who has been shot down four times ought to think pret- ty well of his fellow soldiers. It does seem he would do what he could for them An old Confederate soldier in your town want ed to be chaplin at the penitentiary, and negro was appointed I will say in jus- tice to the governor that he does not ap- point the chaplain, but he has been able to get in appointees wherever he wanted them I think it would have been better if he had the old Confederate appointed.
 Some Inconsistencies
 Governor Johnston takes to task Sena- tor Morgan for voting for the Spanish war. I take issue with him on that Cuba had belonged to Spain 400 years and the island was in great misery and suffering When the people of the United States sent food and clothing to these people, it was not allowed to be given to them, or when given it was half stolen. The condition 4l. t1No