The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-02-26
TREASURER SUS-
PENDED PAYMENTS
Democratic Extravaganza
Results in Empty Exchequer
Hardly Sufficient Balance for Run.
ming Expense Until Septem-
Der Settlement.

A Frankfob dispatch says:--with
more than 100000 due ON account of
appropriations made by the last Legts-
latune and but $4,000 in the Slate
Treasury and with little prospect OF
additional revenues until the Shersffs
settlements are made next fall, tine
Treasury Department find ITSELF
seriously embarrassed and State
Treasurer Farley has announced that
the payment OF outstanding warrants
for claims against the STATE would be
suspended temporarily. Treasurer
Farley held a conference with Gov,
Wilson during which It is presumed
that various remedies 10 assist the
strained condition of the Treasury
were discussed but whatever plans
were formulated were not made pub
lie.
Not in many years according to the
officials here. has The tSate Treas
ury been SO seriously embarrassed.
When a big payment to the country
schools, amounting to $3S5,500, which
Is long past due, is made and $4,000
is paid on account of the new Capt.
tod contract there will be trlfle
of $4,000 In the Treasury which wit
current revenue, is estimated 10 be
barely enough TO pay the running
expenses of the State Government
And 1t may be that there will no. be
sufficient funds for the latter pur-
pose. This the statement made by
Treasury Farley.
In deciding upon the temporary sus-
pension OF The payment of Treasury
claims Capt. Farley deliberaied upon
the matter, and he was forced finally
to take the sep. AS a matter of fact,
the Treasury has never recovered from
the recent regime OF Democratic prof
hgacy and extravagence. When the
Democratic s. ate administration re-
hnquished office little more than a
years ago, 1t left but some 100000 in
the Treasury and an es,0e of many
thousands of claims against the Com
menwealth many of them long past
due. These were paid off as soon ais
prac icable and the new officials found
a deplel ed Trcasury. On the top of
this the last General Assembly appro-
PIRATE some 81 100000, without any
idea, apparently of where the money
wa to come from. OF thee apprapria- |
tons the largest was to State Uni
versfy and the two Stare Normal
Schools which Auditor James contest
ed and which the Court Of Appeals de
cided was constitutional and would |
have to be paid.
In addi ion TO appropriations made |
by the last General Assembly which |
are due there remains some $4,000 |
by lhe 1906 General AS
sembly which is also due with no
money with which 10 meet it. THE |
appropriations to State in |
situations are now due; State Uni !
versity, $4,000 of which $4,000 IS
annual appropriation for tine main
tenance of the insGi.u ion and the |
balance represents one-third of the
100000 appropriation made by the
Last Legislature; Eas erni Ken lucky |
Normal School, $4,000. of which
$4,000 is an annual appropriation,
and tine balance represents one4third
Of the $4,000 appropriation made by
the last LegisaUure; Western Ken
lucky Normal School $4,000 OF
which $4,000 is an annual appropria-
ton, and the balance represents one
third of the $4,000 appropriation
made by the last Legis,a ure; Ken
lucky Normal School, $4,000. Tue
last Legislature appropriated $4,000
for this Institution $4,000 Of which
has been paid. vi
According 10 Tine officials Tine esti-
mated revenue of the Commonwealth |
for the next year will fall far short
Of meeting die obligations which are
now due. D, is believed that some
step will have to taken in the
near future TO provide sufficient funds
% NEE, the more pressing of THESE.
What the step will be only can be
a matter OF conjecture at the pres
emit time.