The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-20
.DARST EXP ODES
Den Moor TIC Lain.
OF AvAGANcE
In Speech Delivered Before
Large Crowd Facts and
Figures For Digestion
STATES BUSINESS WAS
CONDUCTED ON RIGHT PLAN.
To Give the Taxpayers the Worth Of
Their Money AiWays-Reinforced
with state Records, An Emphatic
Denial Is Made.

Their Money Aiways-Reinforced
with state Records, An Emphatic
Denial Is Made.
Charleston, w. va, Oct. 1Q-Speak
ing before huge campaign crowd,
made up in the majority OF Kanawha,
Jackson and Putnam county farmers,
State Auditor John s. Darst, this aft
|ernoon, drew up the heavy siege artil-
Jerry of facts from the official records
LOT the state and shelled the Demo
cratic state platform, especially those
Iplanks which charged the Republicans
with waste in the conduct OF the fiscal
affairs of the state government.
Reinforced with state records, Au-
Iditor Darst returned a whitening fire
on the political enemy, making an em-
phatic denial of the Democratic
charges OF waste and extravaganza.
and showing where every dollar OF
revenue for the maintenance OF the
state government was secured and to
what purpose 1t was expended.
Although the state direct tax for the
fiscal year 1914 was increased from
one to six cents on the $500 property
valuation, the state auditor showed
that not single cent of the revenue
derived from direct taxation was used
for the support of the state govern
ment or the maintenance OF the state
institutions, but that every cent col
Ilected was returned to the counties
and districts for the support of the
schools of the state.
Not Under Cover.
There is one thing about these Re
publican state administrations" said
the auditor. eve have never hesitated
to tell you taxpayers where the money
goes. 1t is not SUFFICIENT for us to say
that we spent so much money. We all
ways tell you for what purpose twas
expended There is no ,smirch OF graft
in the bills that we pay. The books
are always open and our political
enemies have access to them in the
broad light of day. We want them to
know the facts for when they know
the truth they can't even make an ac-.
cusation of wrongdoing.
81 am here ITO give you as your
right to know. condensed statement
of the stewardship of the men you
have entrusted with the safeguarding
Of your Interests. tYe shall know the
truth and the truth shall make you
free,' was said in Holy Writ, and pro
pose to give you the naked truth
clothed in the garb of official facts.
"Once more the Republican party.
has been placed on trial in this state
by our common enemy, the Demo
cratic party We are again accused
OF wasting the peoples money. It is
refteration OF the charges made two
and four years ago, but you will re-
member that in those two campaigns,
when we got the record before the
people of the state, they were not only
convinced that we had not been vast
ing their money, but that we were CIV
ing them more for their dollar than
any other state In the union"
Auditor Darst told his hearers that
officials OF other states had been fire.
quent visitors lowest Virginia for the
purpose Of ascertaining the methods
used in this state for the dispatch of
the public business and that upon their
returning home they had advocated the
enactment OF West Virginia laws in
their own states
Careful Management.
The speaker likened the manage
ment of the states business affairs to
that or the management Oh family.
With the head Of family, he argued.
which in the case of the state is the
legislature. rests the responsibility for
discriminating between necessities
and luxuries, and that the head of the
family should wisely consider what are
the most necessary things for the hap
piness and comfort of its family. TAX
ing into consideration the amount OF
income it has to spend.
During the fiscal year 1914, which
ended on June 80. last, Auditor Darst
declared that the Legislature appropri-
ated $3.50, 900 more for the support of
its family than was appropriated in
1912, resulting from the growth of the
EDUCATIONAL, charitable and penal insti-
tutions of the state, which. as they
continue to grow, need more money
to meet the demand for new buildings.
modern appliances and Increased
necessary expenses
"Not only was our State Board Of
Public Works at the beginning OF the
fiscal year 1914 confronted with in
creased appropriations to the amount