The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-10-31
A SPLENDID RLIUltD.
Republicans Are Proud Of Man
agement of State Treasury.
BOOKS OPEN TO THE PEOPLE

Money Is Protected, and That the
State Is Practically Out Of Debt
at the Present Time.
Republicans of Pennsylvania have
every reason to be proud of the record
Of their party in the management OF
the finances Of the state.
No other commonwealth in the Un.
ion can make better showing.
In the present campaign. although
there is q state treasurer to elect,
there has not been single charge
made upon the stump or In hostile
newspapers affecting the integrity or
the capacity Of the present state treas.
urer, or OF any of his assistants.
United States Senator Boies Pen.
rose, in reviewing the record Of the
Republican party administration OF
the state finances, few days ago,
said:
"The voters of Pennsylvania will be
called upon to elect state treasurer
at the approaching election. For sew
eral years the state treasury has been
conducted by a Republican. and the
management OF 1t has been bitterly
assailed throughout the length and
breadth Of the state. Being the GUS
todian Of the public funds the state
treasurer has been peculiarly the tar.
get of abuse.
Notwithstanding the innumerable
charges brought against the manage.
ment of the state treasury. particular.
ly in recent years. the Republicans
have gone on electing the state treas
urer by increasing majorities. and now
the Republican party presents to the
voters OF the state a distinguished
Republican, Hon. Frank G. Harris, =
member OF the state house Of repre-
sentatives from Clearfeld county. In
the full confidence that he will be
elected.
ut is true that in this campaign the
abuse and Misrepresentation concern.
ing the management Of the state treas
ury has not been az violent as in cam
paigns Immediately preceding. Other
weapons have been taken up from the
Junk shop to do duty in this contest,
and municipal abuses and evils con-
stitute the chief features OF the as.
sault upon the Republican nominees.
At the same time the attack on the
management of the state treasury ID
not altogether lost sight Of. and some
I I ---,-~-tI, S~~,ssnA thst tt--~seu'I'
the lid OF the state treasury. Just
what is meant BY taking the lid on 10
hard to understand.
ANY responsible citizen can 30
into the ONCE of the state treasurer
and ascertain the exact status Of the
public receipts and disbursements.
"All taxes are paid directly to the
state treasurer, and he must account
for them every day; in fact there IL .
balance sheet for every day, and at
the close Of business each day tho
state knows to q cent how 1t stands
financially. On all moneys received
. receipt is issued, which Is counter.
signed and recorded by the auditor
general before being sent to the party
making the payment, and the receipts
Of the day in the treasury must bal.
ance with the records in the auditor
generals department.
"The auditor general Is an oficer
entirely Independent Of the state
treasurer. elected by the people. and
is as absolutely q check upon the
state treasurer as It Is possible to
imagine.
STATE NEVER LOST A PENNY.
in the history Of Pennsylvania
THE STATE HAS PRACTICALLY
NEVER LOST ONE PENNY FROM
ANY DEFALCATION IN THE STATE
TREASURER'S OFFICE OR BY THE
FAILURE OF A BANK.
1T IL true that the state did once
lose about $4,000 from some failure
Of local depository, and for certain
technical reasons the state could not
recover the amount. but this exception
Is the only one in the history Of the
state.
Under the administration OF State
Trsasurers Bailey. Livsey. Boyer ald
Hayward several failures Of banks
holding state funds occurred, but IN
EVERY CASE THE BONDSMEN OF