Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-19

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had no other garments. If he had not
he may be able to borrow a keg from
under one of those Safety First
Slake Your-Thirst" posters and finish
out his campaign thus garbed.
Mr.. Callahan hasn't left the Cover
nor even a financial chemise
Every man who had anything
! to do with or any Interest in
the financial affairs Of the State
| of Maine knows that Mr. Gala
han is expert and abso1u,ely honest
| Figures don't lie when Mr.. Callahan
deals with them. He has the Bertillon
| system and the third degree beaten Al
different ways for getting the truth
out Of them. Mr.. Curtis has pretended
to know something of State finances
He does know something Of that in
| volved subject-enough to be chief
| mourner at the ohsequies over this sec
| tion Of the Democratic campaign
There's nothing else for Mr.. Curtis to
say, unless it be Good night" AS an
| expert with financial questions he's all
| through.
| Mr.. Callahan has effectively seen to
| liiehS LII tiiS 1olloW lIiS lCllCl.
Mr.. CalInans Letter.
Hon. Oakley C. Curtis, Governor,
| Portland. Maine.
Dear Sir: In your address at the
| Democratic meeting in Augusta as re-
ported by the daily press you review
ed the financial management of the
State for last seven years. which in
ClJ16aS a6 nj ct Gov
Fernald, Gov. Plaisted. Gov. Haines
and your own. AT that time and in
other speeches since then, you have
given figures and made comparisons
extolling your own and Gov. Plais-
ted's administrations, while critciz-
| ing freely the administrations of Gov.
| Fernald and Gov. Haines.
| 1t is right and for the public
good that just criticism should be
made for any government whether
! state or national but it should be
done in a spirit of candor and fair
ness. Our citizens expect and are
entitled to a true statement Of con-
ditions, regardless of the political
effect on parties or individuals. In
your speech at Augusta you said,
| 1Gov. Fernald left Gov. Plaisted a
deficit of 1,497.3s. unpaid bills
of 1878, 16579, not reported and un-
paid warrants Of s3S4,64415. with
only cash on hand of $135,72226 to
pay them"
You further say, "At the end Of
Gov. Plaisted's first year. 1911. he
had made up the deficit of $751;
4973s. paid the s373,165.79 Of bills
that were not reported and had a
surplus of s204.4S6.24 besides hav-
ing paid s2o0oOoo State bonds. a
clear gain of s1,1S9.11941." You
evidently forgot to inform the pub
| lie what became of the unpaid war
rants Of $3S4,644.75. The total cash
receipts of the State for the year
1911, according to the State treas
urer's report. page 33, was $4,SS4. :
954.57 and the same report, page
81, gives the amount of the Fernald
administration bills paid in 1911 as
S757,s16.19 Here is slight differ
ence of over $4O0,00000 between
! Your statement and the official re
port of ex-State Treasurer Single
! ton.
! The Plsisted Period.
In this connection is it not fair to
ask the question, if the 1911 admin
! istration of Gov. Plaisted on cash
receipts of s4SS4.954.57 made a
clear gain of s1,1S9.119.41, accord
ling to your statement, why was this
same administration in the year
, 1912 having TO back bills to pay,
with practically no appropriations
for public improvements and with
f~ "a
State treasurer's report, page 27, Of
: $3,%21. '11.72 (being over 100000
more than 1910 able to reduce the
State debt only s312.S93.S0, according
TO State Auditor Stevens re-
port, page "A? The total cash re-
oeipts for the years 1909, 1910, Gov.
Fernald's term. from all sources
we're S7,427, ,2o7.24. The total re-
ceipts for the years 1911 and 1912,
Gov. Plaisted's term, from all
sources were s1o,2OS.s .s6e.29. an in
crease over Gov. Fernald's receipts
of S2.77a.459.05. This was an actual
increase not an estimate and came
largely from the current assets left
by Gov. Fernald to pay his bills for
public improvements. The receipts
from this source, largely 1910 taxes.
amounted to over $1.666,00000 for
the months Of January and Febru-
AIRY. 1911, (the first two months Of
the Plaisted administrator and
before they had assessed any State
tax or fixed any tax rate. For pub
lie information. I will state that If
the PIaisted administration during
the year 1911 had not received a
single dollar Of it's mill tax rate
assessed in 1911 it would have been
able to pay from the receipts Of this
FernaId State taxes and the indirect
tax receipts for 1911 every bill It
paid and in addition would have had
as a balance, in the State treasury
at the close Of the year 1911, the
sum Of $12o, 1884.
The Haines Administration.
Regarding the administration of
Gov. Haines you state that 1t made
appropriations, right and left, and
as a result fastened q large expense
on the State. You also state hey
pretended to reduce the taxes by
ilQEeripg the tax nfn g w11 bpf