Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-18
per pound, eaualsto SIS. 900.

the prison Irvine plant during the past
year succeeded in spending a balance
of $208, 696.14 on hand on July 81. 1899.
and their expenses were $658, 190.6 81 for I
! the year. as compared with $316, 539.16
for the previous year. The outstand-
ing accounts of the farmers who
bought this expensive prison twine
amount to 1915 ,865.34, and as most Of
| them have large amount of twine4
left over. having been unable to use It
owing to short crops, it is not probable
that the prison managers will find COLI
lections for Irvine very brisk.
More Misrepresentation.
& In spite of these facts and figures.
which are absolutely true, being taken
from the books In the state auditors
office and from the monthly expense
list sent into that Office by the warden
of the state prison, some Of our politi-
cal opponents are trying to make the /
! people believe that the prison Irvine
plant has, under Democratic admins
| tration, been conducted in a business
| like way, and that the fund will have q
surplus of profits Of 20, 900 at the end
| Of the year; and that the managers of
| the plant have actually saved the state
1 some $4,000 on the years business.
Their Statements are untrue, and they
are proven to be untrue by the state
| auditors books and by monthly ex-
pense statements of the prison man
/ ayers themselves E@5zsa
| This is not a matter over which Re-
publicans exult. We do not rejoice
| over the death of a sinner, and we see
no cause for congratulation because
our political opponents have succeeded
/ in Gripping the state institution so
/ useful and so valuable to the agri-
culturists of Minnesota. The prison
Irvine plant in the past has been the
means of relieving our farmers from
/ an odious monopoly. and it is to be
sincerely deplored that its usefulness
has been impaired and its popularity
| lessened by tie ignorant naismanage-
nlent of politicians overeager 20 make
political capital at the expense of the
! Ignorilnt of the Art of Government.
farmers and of the state.
/ 1t is a remarkable fact that the art
OF government is incomprehensible to
the Democratic party. The Democrats
have never discovered the secret Of
successfully managing the affairs of
the state or the nation. The principles
of good government are to them kn-
known, and even the brightest minds
in the Democratic ranks fail to grasp
/ the fact that in the conduct Of public
affairs honesty Of word and purpose.
accuracy Of thought and intelligence in
action are absolutely essential. The
present campaign has furnished an ex-
/ ample of that peculiar urfitness and
narrowness Of perception SO character
istic of Democracy. refer to the
singular hlunder made by my political
1 opponent in a speech delivered early
| in the campaign in which the follow
| ing statement was made:
"The only difficulty with our finances
at the present time is the large surplus
1 IN the treasury. At the end of tha
4 fiscal year, Aug. 1, the state treasurer
had III his vaults and on deposit in the
\ various banks $2,169, 1882. This sum is
i largely in excess Of the amount actu-
4 ally needed for the requirements OF
the state. And cannot hel !, but ex-
press my regret that the last legisla-
ture did not cut down the tax levy. as
II advised in my message, iEaAs1
J ANY person possessing the fainteSt
4 conception of the financial system and
i condition of the state would have
avoided making such blunderf as is
i made by the speaker when he states
that there was a large surplus in tho
state treasury. AS matter of fact
there was
No Surplus at All.
On the contrary, there was barely
enough to meet the current expenses
of state government for the remainder
of the year. OF the ST. 1863, 337. so referred
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