The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-01-11
VIII EE L ING IN fELLICENCER
MAKES BOLD PEFENSE OF
PAST REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATION
PRESENTS FINANCIAL
SITUATION OF STATE
ScathiDsly Denounces Democratic
Hypocrisy ard Their False
Attack on Republican
{ Extravieance.

In sn~tl er column of 'h'> i-~ns 81 tn.
ln:elliseurrr Will he fnn"d = e.npre
hensive summ~ry "f the Third a~nn,l r.
port of he an iit Il the ~tatr'~ tiaance-
which has ls'.n subniiit.d to tioveruo,
C.rnwell by State Tax rnnsni--inne.
Hsllsnan. The rrprrt rcv~sl- m
gratifying ti>anrial roF ,'itinn. and Tn
lntelligencer rec 'npmerd- IL u "A carptn
scru'iny and reflective s-ndy hy th.
Governor In it, tigurs-- AMI ~t@te,nen'
he will. ~ he turns a riea- aud urht--s.
vi-ion on IL. di~s-nv-r jn-'ii ri 90 fsr "A
the claims mali for thu efiiriert An.
honest conser, al, ,oa oi th- >tat+- ALTAR,
by the lIat:irld administration at th.
last elerti"r. whicll he. e., rn"r Corn
we'll. 80 viz .r"nsly qn.-ti"red with al
the fervor of his partisan spirit, he. Vit
find that he sadly ont of touch witt
the true conditl ms that prevailed, AN,
that Ills snimsdversIon- on the "wa-t,
and extravaganza" of Republican rnl.
were in no~i-e sustained ~ the concret,
facts Especially ~ his attention direct
I'd TO the present condition of the ''>tat,
Fund-General R-venu-." winch il th
key to the States solvency. Ia is from
this furd that ah the general charges 81
govern ment and maintenaDce of ths
states institutions are paid. According
to the audit. this fund. ON July !. 1917.
shows an actual balance of $5l5, ,27S, and
that the State will finish the present n--
cal year, which ends June 20, 1918, with
q surplus Of not less than a quarter of .
million dollars, after providing ST fficieni
funds TO meet all cureent year sppropr-
stions for buildings and land carried for
ward from former years.
This is a performance which not only
rebukes all the old sland,rs perpetrsted
by the Democratic press aud the untruth
ful platform, and voiced 10y Democratic
speakers i'm the campaign of Isl6. bat
iustains the integrity Of the administra-
ton Of Governor Hatfield arl the eco
nomical management Of state affairs un-
der Republican direction Notw ithstand-
ing the annual loss OF revenue OF over
$4,000 from liqnor license. the stat.
has IN two Years turned a deficit Of ST.
579,2 into an actual surplus of S3lj.-
27s, and has at q same time met the
current charges for the two years. which
included new appropriations Of S7gl o.
for building and land. repairs and i'm
provements- The present general state
levy 10 nine cents, hut tue accomplish
ments noted will make 70 possible t. run
the state on a general levy OF not To ex-
ceed seven and one half or eight cents,
with the year ending with a surplus Of ar
least q quarter million dollars The
chief accountant of the Tax Commission
er's Office, Who supervised the audit.
states that IF the surplus were 10 b.
used the levy could he reduced to five
and oDe-hali or SIX cents He add
that II the present road laS had not ap-
propriated part OF the states indirect
revenue. tn levy for the present year.
1917, wovld have been six and one-hali
cents, and that for 1915 could have b~en
marked down not u exceed five cent.
These are the important results Of =
notable achievement in the management
OF the financial affairs Of West Virginia.
which inclined to vigorous ECONOMY