The sun., 1916-10-23
GOVERNOR WHITMAN AND THE FL
NANCES OF THE STATE.
rs Third Article, Replying to Ex-Governor Cl,OD


| Whitman) were f63,997 900. or differ-
ence Of 4,5S4.67S. I have read practi-
cally everything Governor Glynn has
| published on this subject and ] think
1t is an entirely fair deduction to make
from his statements that his appro-
priation Of SAG. .4O2. .322 represented the
bedrock of reasonable quota for the
conduct Of the States business us then
constituted. Consequently. II the ex-
cess OF s14.5S4.67S in the appropria-
tions Of 1915 can be justified, 1t fol-
lows that what has been referred to
by Governor Glynn and other critics
of Governor Whitman as an inflated
and extravagant budget H63.s97 .OOO
is on the contrary an entirely proper
| amount Of State expenditure. But
will go further, than this and prove
that this excess of $14,5S4.67s is due
| solely to the necessity for providing
| requisite funds. or in most cases fur-
nishing funds when Governor Glynn's
Administration had failed to do so.
! Here Is the proof:
Workmen's Compensation act. .siO23,0OO
/ This measure was forced to passage
| by Governor Glynn at the adjourned
| session Of the Legislature in December
1918. The measure aimed to promote
a worthy object. and full credit must
be given to Governor Glynn for his
! sponsorship Of it. However. II Is ore
thing to favor a law and another to
see that ample financial provision is
made to carry II into effect. The sum
Of S15o.00o was appropriated at the
time OF the passage OF the law and
! $35O.00O at later date, making
100000 in all. This amount was sufii-
cient only to meet the demands Of the
law during the first year, so that when
| Governor Whitman went into Office on
January |. 1915. the Compensation
Commission was without funds. Un-
! less the law was to he a dead letter II
| was necessary to make an immediate
special Appropriation OF &425.0O0 to
carry the commission until the Sep
tember 80 following. that being the
end OF the existing fiscal year. In
addition to this the Republican Legis-
lature had to include an item Of
| 100000 to carry the commission dur
, ing the fiscal year 1915-l916. Here Is
an expenditure Of $1,025.0O0 which
Governor whltman's Administration
had to provide during a single year,
although there was not a dollar for
/ this purpose in Governor Glynn's ap-
preparations Tor the nscai year 1914
1915. Here Is what Governor Glynn
says in his own defence:
He Iref"rrins to the writer Of this
I atueleI mentions an item OF tf-"'""" ior
Wv ''s,,'' ~
/ ~, ~ .,..,t.a,,a,, -, ,." c.,,,,,,
! commIs.ion d.,.rmineJ uns, smoun, w,
/ required for conducting the business OF that
commission. and the sxac, amount asked
/ for was granted. At the time the appro-
priation was made no one could have ac-
o"t"'eN "e'"rn'ineu "nat 'he amount re-
" r "ou'u
-, p' "o'
WI! "" N"e" '',"' ''e wo'h was W I've
continuous. ana II was his duty to see
that adequate funds were provided
| The experts must have figured wildly
J when they failed to make calculations
! 10 cover nina months NJ tho ensuipr
J Ns,nI vsar I,uov.r ,h,i, f,;,,,ro >,
,.,
P@''''e" "''
'!hh 10 eH"iilat' an item 10 cover
{ TINS work in ms appropriation biil.
."" .nrs 'ne "o'e'' ne was UNI
'"A W. H'''''
S'"'e census '''. ...''''. '.'''''''' '>t"''""o
The census Is taken every ten years.
: IL had To he taken in Governor Whit
/ mans first year. The appropriation
| for II was s465.0Oo. The proper method
would have been to include in the APP
| preparation bill for l9l4-l?l5 the neces-
| sary amount. and under Governor
| Glynn's direction II should have been
included. This was not done and still
/ appropriations were larger than those
Of the preceding year.
J Here il Governor Glynn's eSplana-
tinn of the failure to take care If this
expenditure In his appropriation bill:
! lie trrr~rring to tho writer ~ this artir'al |
/ cites the appropriation for the state
census MI frend"rgast knows that me
"pp'"p''n.,'" 'o' W, .'".us Yen A.ats
80 az. -. H. ~ 'ne s'a'u' .
! m. .n,r,nr,,,Ion a. n.n.rd.,, unon ,,s
j scope o, IN. census and tina, could no,
/ have been determined until tn. present
( Legislature met. The appropriation for
= w" wa census Shou'n 'c n'u" IN i'i1'-
'"'"sh' We ''au i'aue' oi shou'd
nave mace some a"Nhh'e IN state
= '''"'cS S.''' ''""' why, we nave
''u '''' wy II" "S "'''c "hWruIl'r
ana Governor since ,n'' t"hc' lhc
'he1"'d an" "',l,,' VI " H'''t' ''nsis ar"
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