Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-14
SNYDER'S LARGESS
!. HELPS HOME FOLK
SchuyIkiIl County Favorites OF
Treasurer Get Funds When
Charities Appeal in Vain
$4,000 FOR INSPECTOR
BY GEORGE NoX MCCAIN

Harrisburg. July IA. In previous
dispatches have noted tho singular
4 prodigality Of payments by Auditor
General Snyder, now State Treasurer
60 his lieutenants in his home county OF
Schuylkill
The $40, 900 payment for extra legal
services" to John II. Fertig, assistant
director os tho Legislative Reference
Bureau. is only one of a series of such
generous lnrgCSs.
There IS the case Of ". y. Quinn
whose name appears on the salary roll
OF Auditor General Snyder at rate in
excess of the Umount then received oy
tho Auditor General himself.
Mr.. Quinn was rated rs an engineer.
II was said to be hls duty TO inspect
roads and other public improvements
for the Auditor General. Nt first his
salary was $4,000 year. Later on II
was increased to $4,000. Mr. Quinn
also hailed from Schuylki1 County.
A monthly check was given MIN for
$S3333.
In. addition he was allowed all his
travelling expenses. All Of which, 50 far
as finances are concerned. placed NJ. !.
Quinn on par with members OF the
Governor Cabinet.
General Fund Shrinks
On December 81 last ihcro was
triRe of something Ike S2Om in the
General Fund of the State Treasury.
As frequently pointed out. this is the
fund from which the general operating
expenses of the State are paid,
There should be hundreds or thou.
sands in it instead Of the paltry $1,000.
lao thp~N
q unanimous wall OF outstanding bills
for schools and charities, unpaid.
There is no money.
That $4,000 in bank isn't much TO-
ward paying the &6.0OO.OoO in bills
long since due and still unpaid that
are piled up in the State Treasury De
partment.
Mr.. Snyders reported and estimated
State income made to the last LcgiS-
lature was. as previously stated. more
than $50. 900. 900 out Of the way -
far as il concerned the General Fund.
AS has been shown previously in
these dispatches. Mr.. Snydcr did not
hesitate when Auditor General to iugglp
with the "earmarked' appropriations.
The fact that certain funds were set
aside by law for a certain purpose ap-
parently made no difference to the deb
omar Auditor General.
How "Earnarks" Were Changed
II cash in one particular fund was
short, he gaily dipped into another fun
regardless of law or right and took what
he needed to pay the bills at hand.
That, however. was for the benefit
of his favorites. his licutcnants in
Schuylkill County and the attorney
whom be employed so rccklessly over the
State.
W'na,, :, oo,,, 90 oj-oroir, ,,or,,. Co..
schools, charities or roads b, invoked
the law that IL was impossible 10 use the
appropriation made for a certain pur-
pose for any other purpose except that
specified
The school district authorities oi the
State and the guardians Ot the Statc :
wards. of the feeble minded the poor and
the i'll, can figure the problem out for
themselves from the data | have fur
nished
One of Mr.. Snydcr's cheerful boast \
is that of I'm the boss" In councc-
tion with the Beidleman $4,000 check he
Is quoted as saying:
IF had Il to do over again / would
give Eddie Bpidleman twice the amount
did" or words to that effect.
How About the Attorney General:
Did Mr.. Snyder consider the Attor
ney General when he made that state .
ment?
The Attorney General alone has the
legal right to name attorneys for the
various departments--or at least agr1,
TO their appointment and adjudicate
their fees.
Besides. did Mr.. Snyder forget that
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman la,
declared to newspaper reporters thai
he hadn't received anything bur hi.
salary as Lieutenant Governor from the