The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-10-20
CONDITION OF THE STATES FINANCES.

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political campaign are apt to be partisan At present they
upon that nnfounded and known to be
That the public be correctly informed and therefore
able judgment the conduct of state affairs since
the of the present fiscal period the following
statement haH been preparek
Between the decision Supreme the valid
Outstanding and the
of Governor McIntre administration the public exend
public by about 100000 Under
Article HI scion3 of the Constitution the General Assembly OF
for the liquid
alton of this debt 1t thereby enabled that administration TO
books although the limit of bond issue for
purpose entirely exhausted On the other
valuation Of the state fell from in
1893 &2O2OOOOOO 1895 and $2O6 sos, 561 in 1896
a consequence received from direct taxa
ton these greatly deceased and but for the extra
ordinary receipts Office of the secretary of state def
cheney would have Governor McIn
tire able close his official to show balance of
credit Of the satea fact to which he called atten
ton his biennial He also said he state auditor
for the 1878 available for the gen
general purposes 81 295O Out
Of this be met the of the state government
which estimated BY the state auditor at
would that this estimate less rather than greater than
the amount that will be found necessary While in some items
reduction be made there others which almost newt
ably be increased Undoubtedly savings may be
made certain directions but these likewise will be almost Ger
tanly demands other directions whuch must be
Of the items going make up this last mentioned
fixed charges which susceptible of dminution
January 1897 necessary fixed charges Of
estimated 1892 20 Of prob
able receipts and the declared the estimate too low
deficiency
laws mot regarded.
administration nevertheless managed the
for the judiciousy that the
deficiency resulting from diminished income &52
being the peptenay 1000 for the formatory
for the boys industrial school This he did in face
fell from 1896 $751;
1898 while the from other far less
than during the previous administration
message January, 1893, Adams
the genuinely prosperous the
history Of the Colorado confronted with the problem Of
diminished revenue resulting from the lowest valuation
Against this decreased income the natural
demands Of a growing, progressive commonwealth
The auditors for the fiscal period
income u expenditures u 1855 1891 probable
deficit Of 1921 1861 This estimate carefully prepared
dealt with fixed charges only made allowance for the growing
Of the and contains possible features
extravaganza Governor Adams impressed the General
Assembly the need of legislative relief but material
alteration Of system effected
The appropriations from general for Of the
first and second class have since
falling classes though they
although necessity them
Every department within s allowance every
tuition the penenta the insane asylum the univer
sy has done the thing The soldiers and sailors home
within the third but Governor Thomas kept
open from a Of OverIowerng duty.
Each the institutions above asked for larger
than made it, and each asked for the possible
consistent with its most urgent requirements def
cheney inevitable They aggregate sl2OOOo $4,000
asylum penentiary respectively
eriy which escaped deficiency for 1898 by changing its s
period December To may be
added $4,000 for the soldiers and sailors home that
than less than the amount OF the auditors estimate
On hasd, the Of 1899 1900 a
which previous periods subjected
the school fund deposit
been diverted to the school
where properly belongs and sinking fund has been provided
payment the capitol building
the extent Of
The school lands augmented by the selection Of
$4,000 acres the Of which snder lease
school fund has been enrscAsd BY the