Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
DUNE ACCUSES DENEEN OF Ex,
TRAvAeANcE AND THEN
MAKES A RECORD As
sPENoTHRIFT.
PEOPLE PAY The PRICE
The Records Show That Gov. Dunno
Received Huge Sum From peneen
Administration but Levied 20 Cents
Tax Rate just the Same.

Of seventy cents on the one hundred
dollar valuation for state taxes. This
rate was the highest rate ever levied
In the history of the state. This levy
was made In the face OF persistent
statements by Governor Dunno during
his campaign for election in which he
charged that the Republican admins
tration had made IAN extrayagant and
prclIngaie expenditure" Of the publls
funds. Specifically. in his opening
speech Of the campaign, Dunno said.
Every man and woman in Illinois
who has acquired property by thrift
and self-deniai Is feeling the burden
imposed by the saturnalia OF extrava-
gance and waste under the last two
state administrations
This was the slogan OF the Dunno
campaign. II was repeated Ia every
speech made by Dunno.
Appropriations Inescasea
The nrst result of the Official acts Of
Dunno as governor. was to boost ths
appropriations from s2s .0oo. 600. under
the last Deneen administration. 70
nearly tss.ooo.ooo under the dunno
administration.
OF this s5s.oo0o. 900 over ss3.50o. 900
became liability against the state
on July /. 1919. and over sis.s2s.oo0
became liability on July /. 1914. To
meet these liabilities Of y23 800 900 on
July !, 1913. and nearly sIf,5oo.ooo on
July 1. 1914. II was up 10 Governor
Dunno 10 make tho levy 10 pay the La
bflitles to which he aasanted.
In making the tar rate 20 eonts
somebody bungied. Either the ad-
ministratGon IN making this rate was
grossly incompetent and grossly de.
eeiyed itself ms 70 tho financial needs
OF the stats. or n deliberately took
from tho people a vast and unneccs-
rhry amount Of money and converted
II info the public coffsrs-to be loaned
out 10 fsYorite banks.
The 7o-cent levy produced vas,
surplus In the state treasury. l, pro-
dnced n surplus Of si2.255.ts243 lRo-
port OF state treasurer 1914. D. 81
That IL TO say. after paying and dis
charging ali OF the liabilities OF tho
state created By the appropriation acfs
OF 1919. approved by Governor Dune.
the state treasury had = surplus OF
cver si2.2so.ooo. This means that had
tho state taxing board. consisting OF
the governor. auditor and treasurer,
been competent TO handle the financial
Affairs Of the state. they would not
have diverted from useful and produc-
tive industries at least $1,000. 900 Ex-
perience has shown that surplus Of
between four and Ave million dollars
on October OF any year Ii sufficient
for the needs OF ths state.
Dunno Tries TO Explain.
Governor Dunno attempted To justify
this exorbitant tax rate By saying that
the Deneen administration had iest
him deficit. Al no time during the
Deneen administration or during any
Republican administration In 20 years
has there boen a deficit In the state
treasury. Thu pnblic records utterly
refute any such suggestion. The rec
ords show that on January /, 1919. the
cash balance on hand In the general
revenue fund In the state frea Jury
was s4.25s.e64.2i. a greater balance on
January than on any preceding jan
uary excepting January 1. 1907.
when the balance was S4.3t2.75 5000. In
addition to that on January 1, 1918.
there were cash balances In other than
the general revenue fund OF sl,ol2.-
1853.
Governor Deneen's tar rate OF IS
cents on the one-hundred-d dollar yagu-
alton was intended TO pay the debts
authorized and created by the Deneen
administration and to be liquidated on
CT before June 80. 1913. II was not
intended. and legally could not have
been made. to pay and discharge the
liabilities created against the state BY
the Dunno administration In 1913.
Dunno 10 Refuted.
The levy OF 3S cents on the one.
hundred-dollar valuation made BIZ
Governor Deneen and the Republican
taxing board more than met the OBJ
legations Of the Republican admins
tration. The financial statement fs
as follows:
Balance on hand-Janu-
airy 1. ls13.........3 6,5s4.s24.0o
Receipts January to June
LIB ............... 7.s44.532.51
Cash balances In other
funds ................ 1.ol2.54e.3s
Total ............s15.44i.702.90
From which deduct la
bilities ............... 1926. $4,000
Working balance on July