Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — Democratic State Central Committee Press Bureau. [ARTICLE]

Democratic State Central Committee Press Bureau.

Indianapolis, Aug. 3—A number of republican newspapers over the state, including the Rushville Republican and the Crown Point paper, have given circulation to the following article, under the caption, “Calls for Explanation.” The demgcratic state auditor s report for 1912, at page 30, shows the total net general fund expenditures for that year to have been $2,995,229.76. The items of expenditure going to make up this net sum amount to $4,327,466.07. The report is in error in the sum of sl,332,236.31. The democratic state auditor's report for 1913, at page 30, shows the total net general fund expenditure for thgt year to have been $3,909,709.43. The item of expenditure going to make up this net sum amounts to $ 1,966,1 68.37. The report is in error in the sum of $ 1,056,458.94. Were these glaring mistakes the work of incompetent officials or were they made with the intention to deceive the taxpayers of Indiana? No one knows better than the democratic officials themselves and it is now clearly up to them to produce a convincing explanation regarding these serious charges in these public records?—Rushville Daily Republican.

While any person of ordinary intelligence could read the report of the auditor of State and understand without any explanation whatever, we will cheerfully help out whenever bhe republican editors find their wits working badly, I nder the system of book-keeping inaugurated by Daily, a republican auditor of state, and continued by every republican auditor of state down to Rillheimer, the present auditor of state has deducted from the gross expenditures on account of general fund advance payments and transfer warrants and expenses of boards, commissions, and departments not paid from state funds and this leaves the net disbursements on account of general fund. The advance payments and transfer warrants are simply a duplication and in order to keep the books, intelligently they are published as indicated on page 30 in the auditor's report of 1912. There is no discrepancy as not a cent is in any way involved by this deduction. If this report is in error the errors committed by the republican auditors of state for sixteen years would amount to upwards of $16,000,000. Is this satisfactory to the republican editors? We presume they have published this item with the authority of the press bureau of the state republican central committee.