The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-24
TAYLOR SHOWS UP
PARKER'SERRORS
Treasury Figures TO Dis
prove Allegations.
DEFICIT IS DISAPPEARING
Candidate Evidently Unaware Of Daily
and Monthly Statements on Reye-
nues and Expenses.

II Judge Parker would apply TO the
Treasury Department for Information
as 10 TIE methods OF Government
bus!Eess and the condition Of the
public finances, he would get prompt
ard accuFatc Information and avoid
tho emDarre ssmeut or being led into
very Dalpatle errors
This is the kindly advice rendered 70
the Demolvatic candidate for the Presi-
deHcy By Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Taylor Ia concluding an Off
cial statemsnt issued today In denial
Of recent allegations emanating from
EsODuE. AfE Taylor says.
The attention OF the department has
been called tp hg statement twice made
by Judge ParFer that there have been
Administration orders forbidding the
publication OF Information concerning
governmental expenditure. This Is a
mistake.
Candidate Misinformed.
.Air. Parker seems 10 have unfor-
tunately acquired from untrustyyorthy,
sources considerable rnisiuformatlou.
especially about the management and
condition OF the Treasury Department
and also about orders issued 10 govern
departmental action generally. The onl,.
order issued concerning estimated ex-
penses was that no subordinate should
make any estimates public until the
heads or the departments had zone over
them Win the President and they had
been approved
Before Mr.. Parker had made his sec
ond statement In reference TO an order
70 withhold Information. the Pogtofflee
Interior. and Agricultural DepartDenf.
and the District OF Columbia had made
and published their estimates. The esd.
mates from the other departments viii
De given out in the ordinary course OF
business as soon as they are made and
approved just as they have been fu
previous years. he practice Of the de-
PaftHteuts ia this respect has not been
ih any manner departed from this year
Matters Confused.
Mr. Parker has evidently been led
into an error on another point lie
seems 70 mink that the current month
- expense accounts have some relation
10 these estimates. These estimates have
no relation whatever To present -
penses. They simply represent the sgIroa
that Congress VIII be asked 10 appro-
pirate 10 meet the expenses OF the va
rtOus departments for the fiscal year be.
ginning July J. 1900, and ending June 80
1906.
.AIr. Parker says further that for the
hEst tWQ months % the present fsca
year the expenses exceeded the recefuts
by SI4 90 0JO, and adds: How mucf
more we have run behind since. / an
not able 10 state. because the public has
been denied all Information pending thf
campaign.
This is a very remarkable statement
and Judge Parker must have made II
on the spur Of the moment Wit cut re-
nectiOn. He surely knows that tht
Treasury issues and publishes "a daily
bulletin each day and q monthly bulle-
rim esch month. giving the receipts anC
eXpeV SEES Dy the day and month. auC
that these bulletins are regularly pub.
llshC Ia all the leading papers OF tbs
cOui-ry. For instance. the bulletin ol
ft-a ser 20. the day before the judge
maf- =he speech referred 70. showed tht
dtitctt lp 20 that day from Iuly J. tf
/ be SZD3i5542 "a decrease of about foui
millionF Of dollars during September ano
uu 20 October 20.'
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