Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-31
Democratic Falsehoods Exposed--Appropraton for Ad
ans Administration $l50 Per Capita,
Peabody's $I53

The Democratic managers and their
allies of the Socialistic Western Fed
Grafton of Miners have spent thous-
ands of dollars in an effort to convince
you that the Peabody ADMINISTRATION
has been extravagant in its expendi-
lures
They have juseled the official statis-
tics: they have misstated the facts
regarding the finances of the State;
they have distorted and twisted the
official figures to suit their own pur-
poses: they have published in the Den.
yer News and distributed over the
etate in leaflets, deliberate falsehoods
regarding the expenditures Of the
present administration. They have
misstated facts upon the theory that
you will not take the time, or 90 to
the expense, TO visit the state house
and examine the records for your
self; they have grossly insulted your
intelligence by undertaking to make
you believe the most absurd false.
hoods.
The object of this article is not to
confuse or befog your mind, but to
hake slear and concise statement
of facts in a spirit of fairness to both
Democratic and Republican admins
trations.
Total Disbursements.
AS matter of information the total
disbursements made by the last four
administrations are here given. The
Peabody administration has three
months vet to serve That the amount
shown as disbursed by the Peabody
administration may not be regarded
as too low or unfair. the estimate made
for the two years by Senator T. Nj.
Patterson in his Denver Times and
News Is used This. he says. includes
the war debt" The other amounts
are taken entirely from the official re.
cords of the Auditors Of State of each
administration:
Adams, 1ss7-1ses ..... $3,471,762.s1
q Thomas, 1891 1900 ...... 3,1os, ,273.s9
orman, 1so1-1so2 ..... .4,672,s ,s5o.4s
Peabody. 1so3-1so4 (Patter.
son Estimate) 4.273,57o.oO
You are doubtless aware that but a
very small portion of this money was
disbursed at the discretion of these
expenditure OF practically all of 1t
is specifically authorized and ordered
by law, and therefore the responsible
ity for such expenses Is not upon the
administrations, but upon the Legis-
lature. The state Legislature, as You
know. has been controlled by Demo-
Gratis for the past eight years.
So far as the military debt Of $780,
900 Is concerned, this cannot be Justly
charged to the operating expenses OF
the departments and will have to be
streated as an entirely separate Item,
as this expenditure involves a ques-
tion Of principle upon which the peo.
Pile are going to vote at the polls.
Here are given some of the expen.
ditures made during the present ad.
ministration for which the legislature
is solely responsible. but the Demo.
Gratis and Red Flags have bulkel
them and are endeavoring to make you
believe that the responsibility for
these expenses lies entirely upon the
Governor:
Paid by the Peabody Administration
Outstanding warrants Of
former administrations
paid. ...............s se7o, 900 oo
Deficiency warrants Of
Adams and Thomas ad-
mlnistrations paid. $4,000 0C
Addition and improve
ments to Insane Asylum 200 900 oC
Worlds Fair board ..... $4,000 oC
kansas-CoIorado Water
Suit. .. ... 25.ooo oe
Printing bills former ad-
ministrations. :. ... go. $4,000 oc
Penitentiary improvements 25,ooo. .oC
Special session of the as
sembIy ..... ...... ... 10000
State Engineers dept. .... 4O.4o0. .oC
Land and permanent i'm
provements at industri-
al Schools ........... 10000. .ot
District Judges $50. -. e. 16s, s,ooo. .oc
State Fair fund and re-
lief biiIs ............... 19,5OO.Ul
Election contests, approx
imately ..... 100000
Fish and Game depart
..ment... -. ......... 45,7o0.o(
Total. -. 16, SOC. .0t
Military debt made neees-
sary by timidity and in
competency Of former
Democratic administra-
tions.. ...... ...... 1000 OK
Total, ...... 2.276, OK
In addition to these expenditures
the appropriations for maintaining tn,
various tate institutions are also un
justly included in the amunot charge,
by the Democrats as the expense o
the present administration.
Appropriations.
In order to make simple contras
free from complicated and technica
explanations OF the bookkeeping meth
ods which have been used by the Stat
for many years, it is claimed by som
that q fair comparison would be tn
amount OF money Appropriated by tn
Legislature for the various admins