Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-31
STATE TREASURY DISPUTE
IS NEARING DECISION
Controversy Between Governor
Brown and Others About
to Be Decided

With the arrival OF tne New Year next
Saturday, or Friday at midnight, as you
like, a mooted questlpn Of statewide
interest will be decided. The question has
TO do with the states money box. The
new wear will tell Whether the state is
500, 900, or more, IN MOLE or whether
there will be any velVe} IN the treasury.
1t has not been such great while since
this question was discussed to a warm
finish in the state press, with former
Gov. Hoke Smith, RailFoaS Commission
err Murphey Gambler, ex-legislator, and
State Treasurer Pope Brown on the one
side, and Gov Joseph a. Brown, Repre-
sentative J. Randolph Anderson, of Sa-
vannah, and Expert Accountant Alonzo
Richardson on the other.
Governor Brown, Mr.. Anderson and
Expert Richardson took rather nessin.
istic view of the future condition of tho
state treasury. Former Governor smith
Mr.. Gambler and~Colonel Brown were ON.
timistic about the future.
INTEREST is KEEN
And now with the early approach oi
the new year, upon which date all hands
predicated their statements, interest is
keen for the decision,
who will be sustained by the facts2.
they are asking about the capitol
In view of the interest that the subiec
holds and the likelihood of an early de
cision, 1t is regarded as appropriate [.
examine the present condition, of tn,
states treasury.
The new year will ie here in a coupIe
of days, and the present. condition ma
reflect. In a measure, the condition tina
may be expected December 81, when thu
states fiscal year VII end.
When the treasury closed on Tuesday
December %, there vas in the strong
boxes 1856, Sc, acccding to Treasurer
Brown.
Chargeable against this sum were two
warrants issued Tuesay by the governo
for 1854, ASS and $S5l7 each.
This leaves a balace of $646, ~. II liz
the treasury.
1t is we'll enough % understand, how
ever that the state 1; still indebted to "
school teachers mary thousand dolHS
and these claims ar being paid off Rt
as rapidly as they ire presented 10 Ae
treasury--paid on warrants issY 80 Che
governor, and it may be that tH nee
that was in the strorg box Tue! light
will be exhausted by Friday mis- -
But if the balance is not ~ listed,
there must be in the treasury vel
vet" on january 1, the beg@Y of the
new fiscal year. HowRnSN-AA will be,
if any, depends. -
WHAT THEY coz bBD.
REWRITING to the diacus between the
heavyweights, j. RaLdolpl adTsou, the
Chatham county legislatq started the
ball to rolling by his d. In which
he asserted that there " "a bf deflcit
OF about $4,000 in the te trtasury On
January l, 1910, and tn thI deflcit
would be chargeable to admkistratlon
Of Hoke Smith. III
The former governq LOOK ne WIN
the statement, as also % MuIMAy Cano-
Ter, VINO has been CHI man Of ne legls-
lattvA appropriation mittee the ola
legt<&-%aIre. They sted wouid
be nAey in the tr9 yury on hpuary l.
1910.
Finally, Governor own ste % In the
breach, employed expert ecasitaht
Richardson. who. Ter an exhaustive ex-
animation reporte TO the governor that
there would be heficit of 100000 in
round numbers il he treasury on Janu-
airy /, 1910
The issue is put TO De uscloeo'