The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-19

nent, l. consists of falsehOOds. mis- representation, vicious insinuations l and inuendoes. leave it to the public
 to judge if this is the manly way
 respectable and worthy candidate
 should conduct himself towards an | Iopponent if the charges have merit and are true why not present them and let them speak for themselves
 and not becloud them with inuendo | and disrespectful expressions. Facts will stand for themselves, and bill
 lingsgate is neither logic nor argu- ment The Reason These circulars have been printed
 six weeks. and are just now being
 sent out by and under the direction
 of T. J. Terral. Secretary of State whose duties of state rest so lightly | that he finds ample time to nose around into other peoples business | and find fault with other departments.
 and manage other peoples campaigns
 The circular was held back until itI
 was thought 1 would not have time
 to answer it and reach the public
 This vicious circular contains few
 references to and extracts from the report of the legislative auditing com
 mittee made and published in March,
 1915, which is a little more than three
 years ago and which has been public ever since The auditing committee
 went down in history, and with it's laGOrs and achievements. There was
 never anything in my offiical record
 to conceal or to apologize for Tae , records were open and clean cut but
 not member of the committee ever saw or asked to see them. The leg islative committee never entered my loffice The expert accountants came and did their work, and assured ne that they found everything satisfac- tory. Not a dollar was found misap- lpropriated, mis spent or ont of place
 Some few checks were on hand that
 had not been turned into the treasury for satisfactory reasons. which were
 explained, and the checks were turned
 over to the accountants, that they
 might check up the same Some were not properly endorsed or made out.
 and some were held pending regis tration of products, which was neces .
 sary before tags could be shipped.
 The transactions can be explained now just as they were then and in l the campaign two years ago, when the matter was rehashed The funds
 were used in carrying on the work
 of the department The legislature
 made no appropriation from the fer
 tilizer funds to enforce the fertilizer
 law of 19l3 The auditor and treas urer would not pay out the funds as
 bhe law provides, claiming 1t was
 unconstitutional The governor issued
 a deficiency appropriation proclama- ton. The auditor stll refused to IS
 sue his warrants The money was 1 being piled up in the treasury to carry on the work of the inspection, and
 could not be used for any other pur- 1 pose. We had to borrow money on l personal credit or let the work go. or
 else use the money received for tags,
 as the law provided l used part
 of the money to pay part of the ex- | penses, and when the legislature met | the appropriation was made, the vouchers were cashed and the money paid back into the treasury, accord ing to the records which had been | kept so it might be checked. I did not have or keep the money on hand It was in use for the State as in-I tended and for the purpose directed | by the Legislature
 The checks for the feed fund were held over for a mighty good reason They amounted to less than thirty | days receipts, and happened to be on hand when the U. s. Court granted an injunction against the enforcemeni or the feed law and against me sell
 ing any more feed tags or receiving any more money for feed tags after that certain date. Having shipped the tags i could not return the checks
 an did not want to get in contempt of court by paying them into the treasury after the court order was made. So 1 kept them on hand. and waited until the Legislature met in order that could have legislative pro lection if ordered to refund the items. My opponent will ask why the cheeks were not deposited eevry day. If he were not ignorant of the duties of the office and the many details he would know There are many reasons why checks coming to departments can not be deposited. It is never proper to deposit public funds in the treas ury until the transaction is closed. hecause when once put in the treas ury it cannot be drawn out again and be returned. Checks could not be de .Gosited until endorsed. and many the treasurer would not accept, so it be- came convenient in this as in all de- l partments to turn in the checks | monthly or at shorter periods. such | as is the custom with some depart | ments now. l would call attention | to the fact that | was a bonded off cer all of that time, and public funds in the hands of one bonded officer when properly used and accounted for are just as safe as in the hands of another Why don't my opponent jump nm ba aouptxt lcnIfaatArs