The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-26

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one Of the many critical rimes when
the Governor has had 10 conduct him
self like a Bull Headed Gar In or.
der 10 keep Joe w. McNtal ana bis
combination from profiting at the ex-
pense OF Tue taxpayers OF The state.
This IA probably what Joe McNeal
would call more business and IeSs
politics. But II any man has at
any time received less Than one hun
dred cents on the dollar for his EUR
rent expense state warrant 1t is sim
ply because he has not called II to my
attention and has permitted himself 10
DO fooled by someone telling him that
he could not get par for his curreht
expense STATE warrant
STATE DEBT
Reader, The funded state debt Is
not three million dollars and never
was and as all such matters are
shown upon the public records Joe
w. McNeal knew his three million
dollar statement was false when he
made st. The funded stare debt IL
exactly one million. four hundred
sixty Thousand dollars.
McNeal tells you these bonds we're
issued and sold to pay the expenses
OF state government. This is also
false and is a matter or record known
to Mr. MtNeal and he, therefore.
knew he WAS deceiving the people
when he stated ii was for expenses Of
state government
The facts are that one million, Two
hundred twenty-eeht thousand, two
hundred twenty-five dollars was The
warrant, contract, and appropriation
Indebtedness Of Oklahoma Territory.
this being the principal to which was
added about ssyenty-four thousand
accrued interest (some OF the Terri
tory debt being quite old had large
amount of interest accrued thereon),
10 that out Of the bond issue OF one
million, four hundred sixty Thousand
dollars total OF one million. three
hundred two thousand dollars was
for the debts of Oklahoma Territory
and only one hundred ifty-seyen thou
sand, seven hundred dollars was ex-
pense money for the state govern
ment. The proof OF my statement
will be found in the Session Laws OF
the First Legislature on pages one
hundred fifty-six and one hundred
ifty-seyen. and 70 show that the Re-
publieans IN the Legislature CON
ceded that the statement above made
was proper and correct yon will find
by reading The published journals OF
the House and the Senate that only
four Republican members voted NO
on the approval OF that schedule Of
Territory Indebtedness.
Joe w. McNeal says that the issue
Of one million, four hundred sixty
thousand dollars of state bonds was
in violation of law because the Con
stitution says that state Indebtedness
in excess of four hundred thousand
dollars shah not be created without
vote OF the people.
Again. Joe w McNeal knows This
statement to the public is misleading
for the following reason
or all this indebtedness. except one
hundred ifty-seyen thousand seven
hundred dollars, being for the pay
ment OF the debts OF Oklahoma Terri
tory, The people by express provision
OF the Constitution did III adopting
the Constitution, vote for The agsump-
ton and payment by the state OF the
debts OF Oklahoma Territory and,
therefore, It did not require a second
vote by the people as would be the
case II All indebtedness Of four hmm
dred thousand dollars or more would
have been created for the expense of
state government.
Joe w McNeal knows OF these
facts and knows that II ihe people be-
lieye his statements they would be
grossly deceived
Joe W. McNeal tells the people also
that there was more cash turned over
10 the state for general expense ac-
count by the Territory than the
debts or the Territory amounted 10.
Let us see-The records or the
state Treasurer's Office show that he
received a little less than three hun
dred fifty-eight thouFand dollars OF
general expense fund from the Treas
HTer OF Oklahoma Territory This fact
is also well known to Mr. McNeal, and
hence he knows the truth to be that
instead OF there being more money
than there was debts that in fact there
was nine hundred forty-four thousand
dollars more debts OF Oklahoma Ter
ritory than there was cash on hand
from Oklahoma Territory.
There was also in the Treasury Of
Oklahoma Territory about five hun
dred seventyfour thousand dollars ac-
tuluuidltu ltutdiH upOn iNH UuUlS
building lands but this money was
applicable only TO the building of pub
lie buildings and institutions and
could moi be used for the payment Of
the expense o. Territory or state gov
ernment
Where this money was kept during
Territorial days and how Joe w. Nc.
Meals combination grated the tax
payers Of the Territory by the use
Of this money will be told in another
chapter You can then see what Joe
w. MeNeal means BY wanting "more
business and less politics" Joe's kind
Of business has made Jos rich but
The taxpayers have borne the burden
We will add that these old Terri
tory debts we're costing the people OF
the state six per cent interest. that
since we replaced them with the state
bond issue bearing only four per cent
interest and that oar State Treasurer
in selling these bonds at four per cent
interest secured a cash premium OK
about fifteen thousand dollars. where-
as the State Of California the same
week sold q similar issue OF Califor-
MIA four per cent state bonds without