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

of Fusionism. In that year the Demo-
cratic Legislature appropriated $6,50O.OO
for buildings at the Confederate Soldiers
Home in Raleigh, and paid ST., S79.75 more
for Confederate pensions than the Flu
sionists did in 1897, which, added to the
$171 $685., makes total of $500. 003 TO-,
Senator Pritchard declares that in the
year 1900 there was a deficit of SOS, Il
in expenditures over receipts. This is
true, but the Democrats were not to
blame for 1t. They paid that year S.
1886 Of the old penitentiary debts. They
paid $2,500.00 interest on the penitentiary
bonds. They paid an appropriation of
S50,000.00 for the support of the peniten-
tiary, although the gross earnings that
year amounted 10 S19j,43202. 1t must he
remembered that the Democrats did not
control the penitentiary that year. Capt
w H. Day. who was Q prominent lieu
tenant of Senator Pritchards at the re-
cent State Convention at Greensboro, was
the superintendent. Under Democratic
rule the penitentiary had reached the
point of being self-sustaining. for in 1896
Treasurer Worth, in his report to the
Legislature. had this to say in regard to
it: In 1896 only 100000 has been. used
of the States funds over and above the
earnings of the convicts, and had it not
been for the heavy losses by overflow in
1896 there would have been but very
little assistance needed from the State
for 1897 and 1898. I now suppose it will
take not more than $20,09000 annually
to meet the expenses. l think the man
agement has been very good" Instead
of $2000000 being sufficient, the State
has paid. $500 10000 of debts for those two
years, and l am informed that they are
not through with paying them yet and
that one claim of several hundred dol
lars was paid in August, 1902
In addition to these expenses for the
penitentary, which ought not properly
to be charged to the Democratic admin
istration, there were expended on account
OF legal services to lawyers employed by
Governor Russell $9,159.33. These sums
aggregate $40, 1859. whereas the de-
ficiency was only $2S, 2S077.
Senator Pritchard declares that there
was an excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts in the year 1901 of ST., 5O91S. This
is true, but we are still paying the lega-
ces OF Republican and Fusion misrule
In 1901 we paid $2.220.00 interest on the
States Prison bonds. We lost in inter-
est on the bonds sold by Treasurer
Worth the sum of $4,000. We paid on
those same old debts of the penitentary
S7a224. We paid to the penitentiary the
shortage Of w. Fl Martin, amounting to
$16,060.04 We paid for investigating the
Shell Fish Industry S5S4.60. and then we
paid the sum of 81, 065.18 for lawyers
fees in cases for which Governor Rus
sells administration is responsible, max
ing a total Of SAP, 1872. 06 If we add up the
expenses incurred by reason of the mis-
management of the penitentiary, the use
less litigation inaugurated by Governor
Russell and the unnecessary appropria-
lions to the maintenance of the peni-
tertiary if we had had efficient manage
ment, we have an aggregate sum of
1888 ,934.9O.
Now if Senator Pritchard thinks great
wrong has been done in borrowing $780,
10000 to pay for the expenses of govern
ment, he should hold his own
party responsible because, by rea-
son of their misconduct in these
three years of what he calls Demo
cratic rule. we have expended $3.50 ,934.90,
making good their shortcomings.
FEES TO LAWYERS.
Several Republican speakers, in look
ing over the Auditors Report of the
expenditures of 1901, having critized the
item of ST. ,60694 expended for legal
services, but any man who will read the
details in that same report will discover
that only $2216 IS were paid to lawyers
employed by Governor Aycock; that
s318.11 We're paid for the defense of the
registrars whom Senator Pritchard and
District Attorney Holton had indicated
for political purposes, although every
we'll informed lawyer knew that the
prosecutions could not be sustained; and
long before they were concluded the
Circuit Court of Appeals of the Eighth