Show I CITY ITY ADMINISTRATION CONDEMNED BY TERMS Of SUPPRESSED REPORT r of Peoples People's Money Wasted in Hope of Getting Amer Amer- Campaign Material but Expert Accountants Condemn the Auditors Auditor's Office a- a r I PUBLIC PUBU INSISTS ON KNOWING THE Shortage of Shown in License Collections May B BOne Be One Reason of Party of Puri Purify y and Peculation I i. i Evading All Publicity r 1 The rIme special nu auditors auditor's report for Cor which the time taxpayers tn erR Ik have o been com com- to spend contains a n criticism of oC the time manner In which the finances ne of the dt city arc nrc handled 1 No Xo accurate statement of or the tho city's financial condition can enn be bo obtained from front the time auditors auditor's office tho limo IS report In Tho report which was prepared and rent rend read to tho time council connell finance coir COD some somo time tinie ago ngo al nl alio o states that there thero Is n a shortage o of or ti h tu license licence collections collections- There Thero are arc other startling disclosures In tho report and tho the failure aLlure of or tho administration to make It public imbue I b hi accounted for on time tho grounds that It contains ins damaging in Information 1 When the tho finance committee was given power early in the spring to employ special auditors to go over the tho city's books books the time ostensible reason given was that tho city cIly wanted to reach a common and simplified system system tem tern of accounting wh whereby all aU departments departments de de- de- de could be checked automatically automatically automat automat- leally whereby all funds could coul be handled handle in a clear concise manner that would woul enable the city officials to state at any moment Just what was the condition of at any ny tun fund 1 Tho The council at that time appropriated appropriated printed 1500 to 10 pay the auditors for tor their work However the time finance committeemen com com- took It upon themselves to employ tho the auditors by tho the day paying an exorbitant per diem to tho the ex ex- ex The Tho but bill ran up to be before he- he fore rore the auditors had finished their work which ended several Re months ago What purported to be their final re report report report re- re port was made to the city council finance committee Tho The report was read showing that every overy department had been gone through No WAS VAS MADE ON TIlE COLLECTIONS COLLECTION OF OP FINES Su Suppressed r l the Uvo Rc Report rf- rf f report th r it un rr IT was lIS Immediately I pigeon ou Time The back of or the tho employment of the limo eX i c. experts crt was u not to bring about a n amore moro more simplified of or accounting but to g-a g gather flier campaign material immaterial 1 that lint could bo ho used against u tho time Democrats anti and In iii favor or of tho limo ad ad- ministration When the time report ort did not show this result i It Jt vas smothered rand anti it ii still in iii tho lie committee without any report whatever in having lm made Tho The result desired b by tho the party managers managers man man- agers failing falling to appear tho the only natural natural nat nat- ural thing for them to do was to J kill III off ore the lie report until after election when no matter who wins it will do dolie dono dono no lie harm to tho the Kearns outfit It Il would certainly militate against the party part If Je it were nero published at this time The Republican has not only offered of ot- its columns for Cor the publication of or the time report as It was mn made e but has voiced the time sentiments of tho the people In demanding that it be published Councilman W. W Mont Ferry chairman chair chair- man nan of or the finance committee stated to The Republican s several eral weeks ago that hat the tho report was finished an and l that It t would bo be given out in a short while lie He To made repeated promises but has hasso hasso hasso so far failed to deli or the goo goods s. s As chairman of ot the thc finance committee ho he 10 has the power to call up that re report ye- ye port and has never exercised that rl right ht Other members of tho the committee commit commit- tee eo havo a right as other members of ot the council have to demand that he time report be given to tho the public which is entitled 1 to 10 know about It I lime Tho statement that limit tho time report conning con con- talus ning a n criticism of oC tho Limo manner in iii which w time tho funds minds have o been handled Is bt 1 information furnished b by bya a n pc person n who nho knows what the lie report contains A publication of time tho rcpt n ns as It was trims ream read reat to tho time finance commit commit- leo teo co lon long n ago would bear out ont that rime Tho further statement that Lucre hero b is a dl discrepancy In the limo license collections Is nl also o backed by the Ito re rc- vort ort HF- HF Itself l f Auditor and Treasurer Differ That the time auditors auditor's cannot at any furnish an on accurate statement statement state- state ment nent of or the city's financial con condition according to the report is shown by bythe bythe the he difference between the auditors auditor's and the treasurers treasurer's monthly report Tho The treasurer issues a n report at the end of ot c each ch month which is usually published in the party organ showing tho the net net improvement In iii the city's con condition How Hew that phase phage of ot the finances is reached is b by a peculiar handling of ot the balances and overdrafts over over- drafts that neither reflects the true con condition nor portrays any degree desree oC ot f fairness dimes's to tho the people The Republican called at tho the treasurers treasurer's treas tress office evet every day after tho the end of at September to Friday October 11 11 askIng asking ask ask- ing for tho the actual amount of ot cash In the special and amI expense funds and nd tho th actual amount of outstanding warrant against those funds Tho The report was wa promised from day day- dayto ay to d day y each time tho the treasurer reporting that he was waiting on the auditor On Friday ay October 11 a reporter for The Tho Republican called on th lh the s treasurer arid antI asked for that showing Instead of giving It out the treasurers treasurer's 4 chief deputy Frank Prank Godbe Issued a a. a i statement that leads the tho reader render through a a. maze ot of figures around t to a. a conclusion that It Is not riot n a a true truo tate state statement ment meat of tho the facts When ho bo was waa t-i t a asked ked for n a statement ot ot of the trio I on and overdrafts In tW d. fund I I bo ho ivan reluctant reluctant- to give It lit k y Y W Thaw wont won't s any t t it It wont won't do nn any harm an and b d wo we have been boon looking tor fr It t. t tto to for ten days dayL Sc Yes Yea but this report I am giving you shows tho the same samo thInS thing and arid I am sin afraid It will be bo complicated It If I give i the tho you ou other If this report of ot yours Is It used atall nt ut all aJl It will wll not be used in connection with the other othel ho lie was told Facts Revealed Reluctantly j Finally with great reluctance th the ther J deputy treasurer drew forth th the book boor that showed the cash In tho the bank and tho the actual overdrafts against each I fund This report as published In The Republican Sunda Sunday shows the tho actual 1 amount of ot over overdraft r rt upon which th the cit city is paying 6 per cent interest to ta the time Knox bank The Tho report offered by fly the tho deputy treasurer docs does not simon show that The rho report which Deputy Godbe had 1 arranged showed an overdraft of ot 20 at the end ond of or December 1908 1905 This over overdraft raft at the end of ot September Septem- Septem Septem 4 ber bel 1907 he shows to bo be Then Ihen he deducts the hc 1906 overdraft tt from the tho total and shows the actual l overdraft in 1907 to bo ho To this he lie adds 1906 taxes collected in 1907 amounting to makIng making making mak mak- ing a total of ot gross grogs ex expenditures ex- ex up UI to September 30 1907 against taxes receivable From this he deducts the amount charged to the expense funds runds for tor the city's portion on omi permanent Improvements Improve ments which is as follows Sl Sidewalks Street paving Sewers Sewera 3 Curbs antI and gutters g Total Taking a whimsical turn in tho the twisting of ot the tho figures the tho deputy deducts do- do ducts this total of tho ho city's share of ot Improvements from the tho gross expenditures expenditures expenditures of ot the year ear and tIn finds s that thenet thenet the tho net expenditure hf jS Headds Ho He adds the amount of or money tho the city has invested in improvements and an ml n Increase of or cn cash h on hand hands which brings a total of 1 which he lie pen pleases es esto to call 11 a n total Improvement In city's condition for tor the nine months ending September 30 30 1907 How by any manner of twisting and Juggling an accountant can find a a. total improvement in the city's condition con con- Is a mystery to all who have followed tho the steady y disappearance oC or orthe the city's s funds |