The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-03

complete investigation into the condi-
ton of the State Treasury and can
state that in my opinion, after paying
all of the deficiencies of Fusion misrule
and Encouragement, and paying every
appropriation made by the Legislature
of 1901 for the educational system OF
the State, for the support and mainten-
ance of our penal and charitable insti-
buttons and for their permanent better
ment. and all pensions to the Confeder-
ate soldiers. that there will be def
cheney of between three hundred
and three hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars. An esti-
mate of a well-informed man, which was
shown me, made several months ago,
placed the deficiency at about $3.50, OOOOO.
NY own figures, based upon the forego-
ing calculation, placed the deficiency at
100000 1t is impossible to give the
exact amount, because no one can fore
tell what will be the receipts and the
disbursements between now and the end
of the fiscal year. They must each be
more or less in the nature of estimates
based upon previous experience.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM INCONSIs-
TENCIES.
In the platform adopted by the Repub-
licans at Greensboro we find the strange
inconsistency and anomaly that the Re-
publican party condemns the Democratic
party for it's failure to provide four
months public school in each school dis
trict from 1870 to 1885, and then de-
nounces the Democratic party for MAX
ing the necessary appropriations in 1901
to accomplish this purpose. They declare
that they favor generous public aid to all
charitable public institutions of the
State and the enactment of generous PEN
sions to the Confederate soldiers, and
yet the burden of their cry as to Demo-
era tic extravaganza is that the Demo-
cratic party has already made the pro-
visions for these two causes. Senator
Pritchard takes occasion to congratulate
the people of the State upon the fact
that in 1868 the Republican party had the
provision incorporated into our organic
law, guaranteeing four months of public
school districts of the State The Sena-
tor seems to be strangely oblivious Of
hthe fact that in 1868, when his party was
in power and made that pledge, that they
took the entire school fund of the tSate
and used it to pay for the per diem of the
members of their legislature; that in
1869, though they raised large sum of
money for school purposes, only thirty
eight thousand dollars were expended in
teaching schools, and nearly every dollar
expended was for the purchase of maps,
charts, etc. from Northern sharkers and
carpet baggers. The Senator fails to men
tion the fact that during the time his
party was in power, which elected him
to the United States Senate, they failed
to carry out the mandates of the cOnsti-
tutional provision which he commends
and today he is criticizing the Demo-
cratic Legislature for making the appro-
priations necessary to effectuate this
purpose.
SCHOOLS. ASYLUMS AND PENSIONS.
The Senator now favors ample appro-
priations to the Confederate soldiers The
Senator and his party have changed Won
derfully from the time that they had the
opportunity to act and the time now
when they are asking for votes, 1t is a
known fact, shown by the records, that
the Republican party has persistently op-
posed the pensions to Confederate SOL
diers, and during fusion rule not a line
was added to the statute books and not
dollar appropriated for this cause. The
pensions that were paid to Confederate
soldiers during the fusion regime were
under the act passed by the Democrats
previous to the accession of the fusion
lists to power.
] have prepared, with care, a statement
showing the relative amounts paid by the
fusionists out of the public Treasury
during the year 1897 and 1893 for the
care Of the insane of the State, for the
cause of education, and for the old SOL
der, and a comparative statement OF the
amounts paid by the Democrats in 1901
and the amounts appropriated and which
will be paid for the same cause in 1902,
from which it will be seen that if there
is a deficiency in the revenues of the
State, the deficiency has been made neces-
sary by the deficit of the Republicans
and by the necessary appropriations to
these three causes. In 1897 there was
expended for the soldiers, including the
Home, S116 $500; in 1898, S113, 300. so,
making a total for the two years of $685.
$3.50 The Democrats expended in 1901,
$139, 122.58. In 1902 they will have spent
$233, 054.06. aggregafing in the two years,
1872. 276.G4, or $142 .27914 more for the
two years than for two years by the Re-
publcans. 1t will be noted that the in
creased appropriations by the Lcgisla-
ture of 1901 for this purpose was not eff
fective until 1902, otherwise the expendi-
ture would be nearly one hundred thou
sand greater, and will be that much more
each year hereafter.
In 1897 there was expended on account
of the insane of the State $18S, 564.70; in
1898, 1888, $4,000, making a total for the
two years of 1917 ,014.70. In 1901 the
Democrats expended 1886, 10000. One hun
dred thousand dollars of the appropria-
tions for charitable and educational in
situations in 1901 were not paid by the
Treasurer and will have to be paid OF
provided for in 1902 When these appro-
priations, which were not paid in 1901
ar added to the appropriations for 1902
we have an aggregate for the asylums
for 1902 of 1896 $4,000, making a total for
the two years of 1862, 10000 or s275, $685. 80
more than for two years under Republi-
can rule.
There were expended out of the public
fund in 1899 for educational purposes the
sum of $119, 239. IS, and in> 1898 s131, 606.70
making total for the two years of $780,
yrs.a do5 oR