The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-09
Tough When Browning
Man Grabs at Straws
And Finds Them Gene
Gov. Warner Tries cowsrdIy and
vainIy To Save Himself BY
Blaming Auditor General
n 0rsdley for insoivent -
state Treasury.

''-T ''e'''''' eX-A uditor
General Bradley.
He cites prior 1906 the each
distribute the money primary school fund within
average about $4,000 from the total hand
The withheld odd striking the
and would the fund until the following
For the S3o7 capita it would
placed at So in Of distribution
simpli6ed and expedited
AS result of the Atkinson taxation of railroads
being upheld by the United States several millions
dollars primary school
poses in 1906.
wisely decided by general and
endent OF public instruction distribute the entire
apportonment
Consequently where there had previously been left
balance the fund neghborhood of $4,000 there remained
Srasa.4s6s7
The Atkinson twice
much they had been receiving annually that the end of
the there s6e74o4 hand school
When the legislative committee make the
budget June OF the called for the
Of the balance the the close of the 1906 and
was informed that it approximately sa3oo
The contends that the had
ve that than the usual the school
included in this and the large balance
into account in preparing the general budget.
Taking the of $4,000 which the committee had
slider be the school money treasury
balance the general budget for 1908 the basis
the difference between and Sassoo when in
reality available general purposes outside
school which be used for the schools alone only
z,o77sI4
This left fund the difference be-
$aassooo and SIo7 $asos3 which fact the leg
budget the amount be raised by taxation was reduced by that
body $oo73a5
November 1908 money school fund
pooned the consequently BROKE despite the
campaign claims of Gov. Warner that it WAS NOT.
To simplify:
Jones of the church which
belongs nothing than custodian of
school moneys.
Jones banks the church money with his
When time for him make appropriations for
year. he his cash book and his balance.
To determine how much this his he recalls
that the church balance the end OF the has averaged about
the deductng the this from his balance
which
business.
He has forgotten however church
during year left thousands dollars
As result before the is through the church makes
upon of money holds and Jones
finds himself suddenly broke in his business
What kind of business would you consider Jones'
Would you him look after interests for you?
What kind of business does Gov Warner the
members of this Legislative committee to have been?
Do believe that there members of the last legislature
- .r. ~. Ounce. m. oovernor would bav. ne tb.
10 have beenl
Or would prefer sit down and figure out how much
your would have been had $eo7ooo nearly million
the general budget and then consider what the effect
increased would have been the aspirations
governor seeking third for the of landing him
self in the United States senator
Were 1t true legislative governor
cognzant the money
treasury, fault but their own?
presence
the hands Of the especially in the light of Warner
extravaganza
How did il happen that frightened governor failed point
expense having 100000 he
being charged with having bankrupted it?
Did the in that consider this
saving expense running while
talking point?
Yet, where rs that him himself
the economist governor
Possibly exAudtor General explains this his reply War
says before the legislative committee IN THE
PRESENCE OF Gov WARNER, why the state balance wa.
larger than usual
The fact of legislative why
the balance of proportion years. COVER
aor knew It.
And they knew that the for the year
fictitious and fraud upon the people Of Michigan.
That of the message where he sought
this the blame busted state treasury upon the