Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1916 — PAID ALL THE DEBTS AND HEBE'S THE CASH [ARTICLE]

PAID ALL THE DEBTS AND HEBE'S THE CASH

Democrats Have Made a Business Record That Has No Equal in the State. REPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR figures Which the Republicans Dare Not Discuss So They Go About Shooting Into the Air.

The Nation is Out of Welt The State is Out of Debt The Democrats Did Itl

BY WILLIS S. THOMPSON.

Indianapolis, Oct. 9.—Here is some more good news for the Republican candidates to refuse to talk about and for the people to remember. The state fiscal year ended September 30 and Indiana owes not one penny. Besides not owing a penny there was in the treasury a balance in cash of $2,149,766.26. Of this balance $1,005,378.64 was in the general fund. When the Republicans were retired from the state offices by the votes of the people, they left debts amounting to $2,609,163.12, with $9,463.91 in the general fund with which to pay these debts and with which the Democrats had to assume office and start their administration. Since taking charge of the state government the Democrats have constructed four new institutions, rebuilt others, improved and repaired them all, reduced the general fund levy from twelve cents to seven cents with the result shown. When the Republicans left office their general fund was $2,599,699.21 less than nothing. The Democrats have paid all this debt, done the other things mentioned, and the general fund had on September 30, at the close of the fiscal year $1,005,378.64. The difference between the Republican general fund when they retired and what Democrats closed the fiscal year with is $3,605,077.85. It must also be remembered that the Republicans before retiring had called for and received and expended every cent that the counties could scrape together to keep them going. They. hail anticipated and expended the revenues that belonged to the year following their retirement thus further crippling the Democrats whoassumed office. No attempt was made any false balance in the report just made. The state treasurer could have called for advances from county treasurer* but he did not. The secretary of state could have held back $682,902.42 automobile license funds which he sent to the counties just a few days before the report was made. But he did not. Taking all the funds of the state, general, educational and institutional, the report of September 30, 1916, shows $4,579,886.07 more than the Republicans had when they left office. For the Republicans were $2,430,120.81 worse off than nothing, while the Democrats have $2,149,765.26 actual cash on hand with all the Republican debts paid. Governor Ralston points out that 1916 is the first time since 1859 that neither an advance payment call has been made upon county treasurers nor a temporary loan made. That the enormous Republican debt has been paid and the state better conducted than ever before and on a general fund levy of seven cents, the lowest levy since the civil war. That for the first time in 84 years the state is out of debt and a fine cash balance in the treasury. No wonder Republican office seekers have to go about trying to manufacture some sort of immaterial issue seeking to throw dust into the people’s eys.

There is no sufficient evidence that the republican party is willing to put the public welfare above private privilege. We have no assurance that if the progressives should be so unwise as to unite with it and restore it to power, that it would depart in any way whatever from the record which it has previously made. Senator Miles Poindexter to the Progressive State convention, Indianapolis, April! 18, 1914. Unique in politics. Hughes goes about lambasting democrats for de-', daring for the eight-hour day and child labor legislation and rs&ding ancient clippings from some newspaper to prove he is a friend of the working man.