Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-06
GOVERNORS CAMPAIGN THuN.
DER COMES BACK TO PLAGUE
HIS ADMINISTRATION
MUST VETO APPROPRIATIONS
OR BE DEEMED INCONSISTENT
GarbIed Figures in Gubernatorial Cam
paisn Put Carroll UP Against Deli
cate oposition-Revew of Speeches
and Present Conditions That Con-
front Administration.


I
i Des Moines, April 6.-Will Governor
Carroll use his veto prerogative dur
ing the legislative session in any way?
He has not thus far done so, and the
legislature has raised several salaries,
created several new commissions, ma
terially increased the running eXpen-
ses OF the state and has not provided
for any great increase in receipts.
Will the sharp pruning knife be ap-
Piled to appropriations, the larger part
of which must yet receive the execu-
tive sanction?
If the plans of the legislative leaders
are carried out there will be appro-
priated. TO be paid out of the general
funds of the state. more than a mill
lion and half dollars. The sum will
he larger than that appropriated two
years ago.
1t is the deliberate judgment of the
legislative leaders that this may he
aone and ought to be done. 1t is the
plan mapped out by such men as Sem
ators Maytag Saunders, Smith,
stuckslager and Mates, and Repre-
sentatives Moore, White, Lee, Mere
dith. Larrabee and Harding. President
Clarke approves and Speaker Feely
comedies.
For years the appropriations have
been made only after the charmen of
the appropriations committees have
made personal investigation of the
condition of the treasury, and this has
been done this year The thought is
tnat Iowa having been restored to a
cash basis ten years ago should re-
main on that basis, paying all bills as
thev become due and taking care to
always have on hand enough for cur
rent needs. If there should be any mis-
carriage il would be because of some
unexpected incident like the financial
panic of a year and half ago.
Carroll Then and Now.
A title over year ago, in a speech
at Cambridge, intended TO be the BASIS
of his campaign for governor, Mr..
Carroll, then state auditor, raised the
crv of alarm as to the finances of
Iowa. He gave out figures which We're
used during the entire primary cam
paign as the basis for practically ev-
cry argument in discredit of the state
administration and to show how very
badly Iowa affairs had been managed
In this address he made his famous
prediction of a deficit of $3.50, 900, and
made the figures show that at thai
time the state was already in debt
more than 100000. He asserted that
the appropriations We're far greater
than the income, hence it was to DE
. expected that after the middle of May
of that year the treasury balances
would be reduced, and there was III
sight a treasury embarrassment.
Campaian Thunder Now Jars.
Despite that the 'fallacy Of the argu'
, ment and the essential incorrectness G.
! the figures We're shown at once, exten
: siye use was made of the figures fur
nished by the then state auditor
great many believing that they repre-
scented an official statement as to tn
existing conditions of state finance
and a certainty of embarrassment late
because of the alleged incompetency .
republican officials. The Iowa Cit
: Republican, for instance, gave the key
note to the campaign by printing Audi
TOR CARROTS Cambridge speech and il
the same issue an editorial based there
on summarizing the Indictment agains
ond general assembly, in which niue
stress was laid on the shortage of de
= felt next winter of over a half millip
dollars" The Republican 'regrette
that certain newspapers are trying t
conceal the facts" and proceeded
q give what purported to be the fact
\ asserting that buildings authorized b
I law We're not being constructed as or
a INV
A aggregating a quarter of million dol
4 lars. and that bills are being laid IL
1 by the executive council till after tn
primaries in order that the cash bal
4 ances may be larger" Then adding:
"A The muddle is largely due TO mat
\ tention to business on the part of tn
4 leaders of the appropriations and way
4 and means committees of the tW
Z houses The one man more respons1
( bic than all others is Warren Cars
& who for several terms was the hea
4 of the appropriations committee.
I man who will lead the state into a bi
\ deficit is hardly the man to be COVE.
4 nor We want business head for TT
4 state. not politician, nor member
- the legislature who increases the ger
= eral appropriations 100000 and tbs
r failed to provide means to raise mons
to meet the warrants. The fgur'
- from the auditor of state are found
another column and they should
read by taxpayers"
81 nro5!e::: Serious to Governor.
n The same editorial predicted that ii
~ next legislature would be confront
90 with a serious problem" and added:
50 "The educational and charitable il
"a stitutions must have ample means f
AZ carrying on their work, and in addit1'
II to meeting these conditions, the legi
SO lature will have to pay off a deficit
50 gregating well on to three quarters
20 million dollars. If mills, double t
~ taxation of the times Of Larrabee a.
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