Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-01

Aus. 10. Iel2J
The press agent Of the Republican
party Of Colorado 10 again a. work
|. with bis deliberate falseh8ads concern
ing The admins lra li0n of G ernor
saafrOth
In the campaign Of lsl0, n Rspt ,.
ican party of this STATE ISSUED a
Tamphlet entitled.
An emergency exists for the tax.
pas . OF Colorado.
"A comprehensive account OF the
stewardship OF the Shafroth admins
tration"
That panphlet says. Now, IN the
short period of ceyeHteen months the
Shairoth administration has overcome
this surplus. and in addition has made
a deficit of Foar HmaTed Thousand
Dollars, which means that the Shat.
9aoth administration has exceeded all
|rseords / for extravagaRce
All accounts for expenditures for
the biennial terra were closed Noyen-
ber 80, 1910, with the result that ali
appropriations made in the Shairoth
administration of ls0s-1s10, namely,
the first class, second class, third
class. fourth class and fifth class had
teen paid in full, and. instead OF there
icing a deficit of Four Hundred Thou
sand Dollars, there was a surplus of
&l60,0O0 remaining in the Treasury.
orsst ouiIdins Record ct stats
tnstitutions.
While the total aggregate appropria-
tions for buildisss and improvements
at state Institutions had, during the
combined Peabody, Mcdonald and
buchtel (Republican) administration.
been 100000. the buildings and i'm
proyements erected during the first
Shafroth administration totaled 1885,
S72.S1. and all were paid in full What
a glorious record in the erection of
brick and stone buildings so needed at
our state institutions.
NepubIican Peabsy War Debt and Ne
publican Excess Warrant Debt
Amount to 100000.
The press agent of the Republican
party is again spreading his false
hoods concerning the administration
of the past year. He claims that the
state is bankrupt and greatly in debt,
and says: "If Governor Peabody can
be styled the war debt governor, as
they are pleased to cau him, cannot
Governor SLafroth be styled the peace
debt GOVERNOR"
The difference is that not one dollar
of indebtedness of the state has been
incurred during the Shafroth admins
tration. 1t has been compelled to is
sue state bonds to the amount of $780,
600 for the unjust and uncalled-for
war debt incurred in the Cripple Creek
and other strikes during the Peabody
Republican administration. and is
about to issue bonds to the extent of
12,ll5,000 to take up the outstanding
warrant. issued in excess of the rev.
enues received TO meet the running ex-
penses of Republican administrations
OF twenty-odd years ago.
No Debt Is Incurred in Shafroth
Administration.
There can be no debt incurred dur
ling the present administration, even
If the revenues do not equal the ap-
Preparations, because the treasurer
and auditor have refused to issue war
rants in excess OF the revenue. Except
IN cases OF invasion or inssrrection
sppropr, ations are not payable, and do
not constitute q oebt. unless the rev.
enues Connected for the biennial term
ccua. tne spprop-' atoms
Undc, The tesonIe system OF this
state apyrai' latiohs are divided into
five classes: lhe first class includes
salaries and expenses OF state off
GERS; the second, the expenses of
maintaining penal and charitable insti-
tutions, the third, the exps nditures of
the educational Institutions; the
fourth, the expenditures of state
boards. and the fifth, all other appro-
priatiCns.
If the revenues collected are not suf
Iicient to pay all the appropriations,
then the appropriations are paid ac-
cordinC to the class in which they
fail, beginning with the first class. 1t
IS difficult TO determine the amount Of
revenue which viii be collected for
the biennial term. The state OF Colo
radc has never been on cash basis;
the taxes collected in July and August
of this wear will be the taxes of 1911