The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-11-14
Auditor Aiicn's nspor, pssssihsd,


Treasury Department, state of Missouri,
city ul jefferson, November z, lsli.
T. Ills EEccllcncy, a. 81 Dockcry. Gov
eruuT.
Sir. / have the honor to herewith trans
mit % you exhibits of the receipts and cA-
pCu1iturus by our state government from
January /, 1855. 20 December 81. 100, IN
elusive, as Ecquested In your letter Of
~ required by Section =, Article z, OF In.
constitution. u viii be observed that /
nav" omitted the accounts ot the fund
commissioner. state fiscal agent and
other auxiliary accounts, worked out b.
ne. ana condensed The rtntomciits of the
revenue tIud. interest fund. sinklnE fund
and bond fCdu umptiJH account To- the least
space tu which U IN pusEihlu To show
plainly the amount uf money received and
Tor what purposes dlsburssd. noting alt
"disCrCpauCirH' and pbaCurlufH
1 have prepared and submit four sets Of
Exhibits fUr the period Mentioned as foi-
Exhiblt No. l. January T. lsS. to Decem-
Table 4 Receipts and disbursements.
Tablc H-Rcc,ipts and disbursements.
Tsblc G State Debt
Table D--Reccirts and disbursements,
EShibit 30. 2 January /. 1871. to Dseem-
bsr 80, lsl2;
Table A-Rcccipta and disbursements.
Fable B-Rccoipts and disbursements.
Table Estate debt.
Table D-Rccrlpts and disbursements.
iShib!t 10. !. January ]. iSi3. tc Deesm-
Table A-RcceIpts and disbursement.
Tabic H-Rcccipts and disbursements.
TahIe C~state debt.
Tahio D-Rcccipts and disbursements.
revenue fund
EEhihil No. 4 January /. ISL. to Deeem-
b,r 81, 1870:
Table Ar siptH and disbursements.
Table B-Rcccipts and disbursements.
Table C-ToIAi debt and redemption
ReaiiEinE the Importance of these fnan-
elAl exhibits, myself and assistants la
bored faithfully ana assiduously 70 make
them absolutely correct In the shortest
time possible. Every ngurc Was gone oTeI
time after time to insure accuracy, and
just as 1 had practically completed the
work. / was astonishod that leading
newspaper In st. Louis, without any In.
formation as 20 what my exhibits -c.ia
show, challenged the correctness OF any
financial exhibits or statements which
might be SVEN oy me " response 70 your
request Of August ~. 1901. In view OF thiA
assault on the integrity of my depart
mcnt, which clearly showed daternina-
tlCu TO dtacredit my teports regardless OF
It's correctness, determined 30 secure the
services of eNpcft accountants OF cztab-
ifRh0d reputation to inspect and pass upon
ms fluctuations. In pursuance of this de-
termination, 1 secured the services ol
MCTsrs Heskins 8 seils. firm OF expert
accountants Of national reputation, whose
statements on matters relating to their
profession command the confidence OF
leading business men ~ America TO 50
over the books and vouchers ot this eiIaet
from January !. 1855. 90 December II. Isso.
inclusive, and verify the work done by
M. Their experts have examined every
: book, record and paper relating TO tht
finances Of our state during the period
mentioned. and submitted their report ta
me IN great detail. IL may not be aIsisa
20 add that the time consumed By them
In this work has been very nearly a. Ions
as was required b. myself and assistants
In conclusion. l take great pleasure IN
haading you the sheets covering their re-
port 20 nr. I have tho honor 20 be, very
respectfully ALBERT s,s,s y, ALLsM, .ss,,.r
Geverasr'H Address 10 the People.
To the People Of Missouri:
The inaacial exhibit Of Auditor Allen,
herewith submitted covers a period ni
thlrty-sIx years. and - tho naost compieie
statement OF MiSsouris nscai affairs made
1nee the close OF the civil var.
l congratulate tho people that the au-
dltor's exhibit, with the accompanying re-
port Of Mezars. Haakina a. seils, hrm Of
expert accountants Of admitted ability
and national reputation. disclose no seis-
appropriation Of public money.
The transactions covering tho period
from January l. 1stA, TO December VI. l9oe
are clearly stated. The detailed report oi
the expert accountants, with accompany
ing schsduiss and exhibits, together with
the report Of the audltor. are now being
printed in pamphlet form for general dss-
II IA die occasion Of profound nstisfae-
ton that the bookkeeping under demo
cratic auditors has been hoDest. There
has been no ovespaymeut OF bonds, a.
charged By partisan nswHpsper. There
hiss been no nverpayment OF interest. ~
alleged By the ssnr journal. There has
brct no Juggling cf the school funds
The pe0pte are to be congratulated that
their public servants have been faithful
20 duty during the last tweniyscssh'
.s1h The AUDITORS report fully vindlcxtss the
absolute accuracy Of this statsment. Ths
ezpsyta declare that there hzye been &c
account Of tntersxt, ard skst al morey
which has gBne Inxn tha interest fund has
been properly used and accounted. for dur
ins ne Mirsy gssrs r. iEcrs Jsnsasy ! ~ /.
ikaf the disbupemsnss msss for tbs 70
demnet1a al bonds have hzep Ia con
tprmlty with the rs1uifdtucnta tneyctindeI
Saf bun6s called o. nsstured- M tpnt ~
61shussxuientf OF money frusn thn s.7kirz
find hare heen Property made ana se'
eruu1ed fur.'.
m ls.1kerpinx Of the auditors c1ics.
pe3ce ~ January wsr, w-a not slwaYl
e9pnciassr durinG fha incumbpncy o. A.
1ilcr bxaref, fFcm - 81 IS1z. lncluEfse
1ktn1nnnn Were mxde then. ~ shown -
Ak1teoT Aliens rppork u = shown TIA,
repupllc<E contrui r<anot - f1liy e.
] Soss ~ solio~tAs irregularities surise
tnAr peffD4s 'ss.s -.