The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26

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pense Of the taxpayers Of the stats.
This is probably Whist Joe hcNcsl 4
would cali "more business and Toss
pelitlcs,n But " any nan has A.
ahssiime tscefyn4 40. VI IN opr r plsf
dred cents IN I!
DIV because EghAs ME- "a IL ~, ElIy A
attention and has pesmitted hiuiseiftp
bs fooled by someone telling him tbAti
he could not get par for his cufrv4f}
expense state warrant Aft'y
ia STATE pEBT. III
Reader, the funded state dsbt ~
not three million dollars and nevery
was, and as all such matters arei
shown upon the public records Joe1
w. MeNeal knew his three milli0QI
dollar statement was false when M
made t. The funded state debt ~
exactly one million, four hundrva
sixty thousand dollars. sut
McNeal tells you these bonds wercl
issued and sold TO pay the srpenscs
OF state government This 10 AlscI
false and Ia matter or record kns~nI
TO Mr.. McNeai and he, therefqfNY
knew he wns deceiving the peVpeel
when he stated II was for erpenses ogI
state government. s.ss. .4sI
The facts are that enc million, tWeI
hundred twenty-eIoht thcusand, tevy
hundred twenty-five dollars was incl
warrant, contract. and Appropriately
Indebt ednen OF Oklahoma Terrtory.
this being the principal to which v4sej
added about seventyf0ur sthousanqI
accrued interest tsome Of the Terri
tory debt being quito old had A+lAreqI
amount OF interest accrued therton N
30 that out OF the bond iasue Of Tnt4|
million. four hundrsd sixty thouSan4|
dollars q total OF ons milllon. three|
hundred two thousand dollars SpSI
i for the debts Of oklahenna rsvf)ttft|
and only ono hundred flfty.s4vsn thou,
sand. seven hundred dollArs evAe, exl|
psnse money for the stats gpvsru1
msnt. The proof ~ my sfAe6t4sbt|
will be found In the session Laws "a
the First Legislature ou pages cne
hundred ffty,six and one hundye4
ffty.seven, aud to show that the Re-
publicans In tho LegislAtiirs coqs
ceded that the statemcnt above mn4e
was proper and correct you VIII me
| by reading the published tourrale ott
the House and the Senate ithet Qnly
four Republican members voted mo-
ON the approval of that o. -1uie -
Territory Indebtedness. ss u !.
Joe w. McNeal nays that the iesu4
Of one million. four hundred MIL
thousand dollars of state bonde VA
= In violation OF. law because the lGqfk
stitutlon says that state sindebte4uege
In excess OF four hundred thonAAne
dollars shall no, be created with0utA Z
vote Of the people. st. "a,
Again, Joe w. McNeai knors This
statement 10 the public y mleloAaihe
for the following reason a, : Il W
OF all sthls. indebtednessr expept ~
hundred ffty.aeyen fhouSdhd. esvNy
hundred dollars. heins Tor The DAY
ment Of the debts OF oklahone Ten.
: tory, the people by express proylaicy
!, OF the Constitution did. In adoptin(
I the Constitution, vote for the assump &
= tion and payment by tho state OF m
4 debts OF Oklahoma Territory and
{ therefore, itsdId not require aSsecout
2 vote BY the people ~ would be III
I. cass II an indebtedness OF four hun
y dred thousand dollars or more wpull
! have been created for the expense Q
y state govsrnment. ta~ 5
2 joe w. }McNeal kn0ws of .thes'
! facts and knows that II tho psople ~
I'll lisve his .stateuisnts they would y
y grossly deceived. f,s''
7 joe w. McNeal tells the peopls Ale
: 4 that ithsre was mors cash turne4 cve
:, to the state for general expenee -
y count by the Territory than Ath
debts Of the Territory amounted to.N
Let 10 ses--The records Of u
y state Treasurers once show that b
q received a little less ther three huf
- dred ffty.oisht thousand dollars a
p general expense fund from the TveAl
= urer OF Oklahoma Territory. This tsf
ID also well known 10 Mr.. MoNcsl, an
,r hence he knows the truth to be ,th1
W instead Of there being more mons
= than there WAS debts that IN nfact thAf
y was nine hundred forty.four thsussH
"a dollars more debts Of Oklahoma rs
u ritory than there was cash on han
,e from Oklahoma Territory.
~ There was also In the Treasury I
ot Oklahoma Territory about nve hul
.. dred seyenty-four thousand dollars >
ce cumulated rentals upon the publ
70 building lands but this money vi
IN applicable only 10 tho building Of pu
80 lic buildings and institution ar
~ could not bs used for the payment
oI the expense Of Territory sr state 90
=. ernment. s "
20 Where this money IVES kept durii
no Territorial days and how Joe w ~
on Meals combination grated the q
',e payers OF the Territory by the u
&c OF this money will be told IN ahofh
AT chapter You can then see what j
~ w. Mcrlssl means BY wanting mo
~. business and less peIltlss-" Joe's 1il
." OF business has made lee neA B
w the taxpayers have borne The bufd{
W We will add that these old Ter
o. tory debts were .cossinG the peoDlA
nc the state sir per cent interset: -
ne since ws replaced them with the ~
no bond issue bearing only fosf PER q
- 80 interest and that our Stxts TFsav
" In selling these bonds At foaf per %
" interest secured . cash premlutS
! about nftesn thousand dollats. .Nhb
W. ~ the state Of California the ~
'hs week ssld a similar issue of CsiIf
pei MA four per cant state bonds Nif1t
en, getting single dollar OF cash y
., miun, Il strikes us that our ~
req Treasurer made = deal which any h
a.e est man would call "mofs bueIa|
tne and lsss politics. bat not the n
~ ~ tthat makes Joe rich ana The tAxp
ers poor e ssEs n
en- Joe McNsaI has tried 70 decslys.l