The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-02-08
STATE
Some Facts as to The Financial Manage.
ment by Governor Longino.

would have been. His action in the State
house middle when brides were offered for
building contracts; his detection of the
shortage in the State treasurer's office; his
prompt action in calling out troops when
lynchinss were threatened; his paying-off
OF State bonds, thereby saving the tax-pay-
| ers 100000 interest; his recent message to
the legislature demanding thorough lnvestt-
CATION of the charges of fraud and IN
agement on the part OF the penitentiary
officials, and his careful and ~tireless atten-
tion to every detail pertaining to the well
| fare of the State has given 1t a prestige 1t
never knew before; and he has accomplished
1t In spite of scandal and scandal-mongers,
and in the face Of chickering's from black
guards, who have left nothing undone to
blacken his private character, or to bring
disp race upon his administration
But the people are not fools. Whatever
disgrace the penitentiary investigation may
unearth will not affect him. His efforts
have been directed to the upbuilding and
care Of the States best interests, and 1t Will
stand a sharp-cut silhouette above a murky
background of degenerate politics."-wa.
ter Valley North Mississippi Herald.
Our neighbor might have added
that the financial policy of the Cover
nor has been characterized by sound
and safe methods which have had the
effect to bring to the treasury every
dollar legitimately belonging to it,
and that under the vigilance Of the
Chief Executive and his cabinet and
coagitors not a cent of the cash that
went into the treasury was afterwards
lost or wasted. These results seem to
be manifest to all except, perhaps,
those who are blinded by envy and
jealousy, or who for political reasons
are unwilling to admit the truth.
But this class, even, had as well sub
nit to facts, and accept the logical
results, for in the language Of our
neighbor above quoted, THE people
are not FOOLS" While it may be
claimed by some who seek to detract
credit from the present adminiStra-
ton that the opportunities for collect
ing revenues during the past two
years have been favorable to the
State, they must confess also that it
is O n the less true that these oppOr-
tunities have not been fritted away or
lost by unwise, lax or half-hearted
policies, but on the contrary they
have been vigorously and wisely en-
ployed to swell the treasury to over
flowing.
During the past two years not only
has the ordinary and usual running
expenses of all the institutions and de-
partments Of the State government
been paid, but it is likewise true that
in addition thereto four hundred
thousand dollars of State bonds were
taken up before maturity, and be-
tween three and four hundred thous'
and dollars were paid on the new CAPT
toll, thus aggregating nearly eight
hundred thousand dollars more thar
was contemplated by the Legislature
at it's last session. In addition II
these amounts, IA, 900 acres of lane
. were purchased for a State farm ant
about one hundred thousand dollars
:, expended in the purchase and equip
ment Of the same; additional build
ings to accommodate than fOu
t hundred patients have been added t
y the insane hospital at Jackson; exten
u sive improvements have been made OF
: the various colleges and other Stat
institutions, costing far beyond tn
money expended On improvement
during any similar two years period i
l. the history of the State. Yet not
j. w~ithstanding these unusual public eS
IS penditures, the legislature found
II surplus il the treasury at the begir
ming Of this year of about three qual
Il tiers of a million dollars.
Gov. Longino has given great stud
to the States financial interest, ar
re it is perhaps true that he and Auditt
Cole better understand its revenl
resources than most any to be founI
is He, therefore, furnished the legislt
ry ture an itemized estimate of all fun
lie likely to come into the treasury
1902 and 1903, showing an aggrega
ne of about five million dollars, or a Ii
lis tie less. He also sounded a warnil
ne to the legislature not to make Apr
VS. priations in excess of that amount +
or fear of putting the State in debt, al
'ly necessitating the sale of bonds. II
Gu policy of the present administrati
has been to pay debts, and not crea
new burdens upon the taxpayers, a
nc up to this time success along that Ii
nc has been admirable. We quote fro
eo the Governors recent message to t