Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-26

state and the auditor. when they re-
| ceI'eI a salary and the fees besides.
! PAID no clerks. They were paid by
| an appropriation made by the legis.
I iature-the same as they are TODAY
/ My report. which Will be out in a few
months, will disclose the fact that
} the secretary Of stare paid into the
state treasury during the fiscal year
ending September 30. 1909. the sum
( Of Sl6,7219l from fees which he col
lected AMI which would have gone
into his pocket instead of the state
treasury had il not been for the con
stitutional amendment adopted some
/ six years ago. This report will also
! show S4L3l4.92 collected in fees by
the auditor which would have gone
into his pocket mad it not been fer the
! constitutional amendment adopted
Again, the report win show that 922.-
| $4,000 was paid to the auditor during
the last fiscal year as fees for actins
as attorney intact for all foreign cor
porations. This also went into the
state treasury instead OF into the
| pockets of individuals making a gran.
total Of SS0,3S9.S2 saved the people in
TINS one matter alone Is this vast.
ns the peoples money? This amount
viii pay the governor salary Of So
coo; the auditor $4,000; the secretary
or state $4,000 the attorney general
! $4,000; the superintendent of schools
$1,000; the treasurer $500; the tax
commissioner $4,000; five members
III the supreme court $500. three
members of the board of control Sl5.-
OOj and leaves $4,000. which viii 90
'ons ways towards paying the cler-
zeal help IN the auditors office Tbs
IS only sample of the statements
made relative to the extravaganza
practtced by the state administration
MI Chiffon further says. and while
ne did not mention the auditors of
zee directly, he did mention j; indi.
rectIy. when he spoke of the fire mar.
shall: ""*~They appointed a state
IRE marshal at a salary of 50 800 per
year whose business it is to look into
the case of fires and to prosecute
those who burn buildings" Mr..
Chiffon must have known wnen he,
made this statement that the expense
OF the fire marshal department of the
auditors Office is not paid by the
state al ALL but is paid by the fire
Insurance companies doing business
III this state. The fire marshal re-
| ceives 50 900 n year instead of $500,
and. by the way, this department is
doing a splendid work.
Mr.. Chiffon pays his respects to
the various other departments of the
state government in the same way
Time viii not permit me to speak OF
all OF them, but I will mention one
more-the department os the state
tax commissioner. ann and have
been from the incipiency Of this de.
partent, in position to know what the
tax commissioners Office has accom-
plished. and it has had much to do
helping to make possible the results
above referred to, and hundreds of
others too numerous to mention:
even the figures shown by that de-
partments report can, in only
feeble way, show what the machinery
OF that department is and what it has
accompl he'd. 1t Is one Of the de-
partmonts Of the state government
that is as necessary as the Office Of
va ''~''' vi any
other Of the state departments. and
the results speak for themselves. Il
GtiS NO "No 40 not want TO pay
-..i' Ian. S""Ie Oh Ihe taxes mat de-
'l.e 10 discontinue the once OF the
'"~ commissioner.
ENEMY CAN'T FOOL THE PEOPLE.
These CHARGES Of extravagance and
INTERPRETATIONS have been made
so often and so OPENLY Inv ON, ON.
ronerts that they have succeeded +,
deceiying some of our reoDle. on
august 2nd I received letter from
one Of the prominent Democrats Of
the state. asking me to give him the
number of people ON the payroll OF
the state and saving hc ur1oretocd