Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-12-14
THURSDAY. DECEMBER IA, 1911.
SILL DEPLETED,

When at the end of the States fiscal
year on September Both, it was report
ed, with a great flourish, from Rich
mond that there was a snug surplus in
the State treasury, the Republican
hoped, against hope we may say, that
the information would prove to be true.
and that at last the political ghouls who
for so long have held the proud old Com
monwealth by the throat, had taken
warning, mended their ways and through
mere shame, if for no other reason,
were endeavoring to, halfway at least,
give to the people an honest admins
tration of the States affairs.
That this hope of the regeneration of
the management could come from the
present dominant party of the State
was vain is shown by the report of the
legislative auditing committee and a
statement from Auditor Donohoe him
self to the effect that although there
was balance in the treasury at the
close of the fiscal year on September
80, 1911, of S266, 3l479, the immediate
necessities were largely in excess of
that amount" In other words, only
two months ago the State owed $40, 600
more than it had in the treasury.
The salient points of the committees
report are:
There was still a deficit in the State
treasury on September 80, 1911, of
$l20, 600, which remains a burden upon
the revenues of 1912.
Auditor Donohoe advances PROPOSE
ton that State officials should work for
their salaries, and that there should
be no place in the public service for
drone or defaulter."
Proportion of employees to patients at
insane hospitals and tuberculosis sana-
forums (fed, lodged and furnished
laundry at public expense) is very high,
the relative numbers being 564 employ
es to S,s15 patients, resulting in mo
ticeable simplicity, to say the least, in
the fare of the unfortunates.
1t is suggested that there are I'M
worthy names on the pension rolls, and
that they should be revised by COM
mittee of Confederate veterans.
DefauIting officials should be dis
ciplined.
''The end is not yet" in Chesterfield.
Wilful DETACHMENT and injury of pub
lie property is "seen from top to bot
tom and from one end to the other of
the great educational institutions of the
State, save at the negro normal school
at Petersburg"
In commenting on the report, that
staunch exponent of Democracy, the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, SAYS:
Perhaps the most remarkable fea-
ture is the quotation from the forth
coming annual report of State Auditor
S. R. Donohoe. Heretofore Auditors
have confined their statements to tabu-
lations, which gave no hint of what the
balance really was at any one time, nor
of the liabilities of the Commonwealth
at the conclusion of the fiscal year. De-
parting from the custom, Auditor Dono-
hoe will this wear state that althou0h
there was balance in the treasury at
the close of the fiscal year on Septem-
Der 80, 1911, of $266, 31470, the imme-
date necessities were largely in excess
of that amount In other words, only |
two months ago the State owed $120, 900
more than it had in it's treasury.
''These figures will, it is expected, be |
surprising, in view Of the expectation
that this year would show improved
conditions. The Auditor also refers to
the fact that a loan of $3.50, 900 was
made during the autumn of 1910, to
cover running expenses, which was
published year ago, and made the ba-
sis for political fighting during the past
summer.
.sThe suggestion that there are abuses
and possible frauds in the pension rolls
presents new proposition in this State,
where heretofore there has been no sus-
picion of anything wrong in this regard.
II Is recommended that the Legislature
EaRe Inc rolls CORRECTED by the most in =