The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-15
GOVERNOR HAYES AND GOvERNOK
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GOVERNOR HAYES AND GOvERNOK
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In his annual report to Governor
Hayes for the fiscal year ending No
vember Is, 1871. Auditor of State
Goldman stated that the Funded Debt
of the State then due amounted TO
1926, ,I22 26. OF this amount that re-
mained unpaid s919S77 26 was paya-
| BILE after December 81, 1870. There
was in the Sinking Fund S375,I71 O5
but the Auditor represented that
about $26S. 900 90 of that sum had to
be sent to New York to pay interest
on the Funded debt of the State, due
January 1, 1872, together with about
$4,000 for the redemption of the prin-
cipal of said debt, thus leaving nearly
million of dollars Indebtedness un-
paid year after its maturity, and yet
Governor Hayes in his annual message
to the Legislature when it convened
on the first Monday in January, 1872,
said, in the opening line Of his message
"The finances of the State are in sat
isfactory condition." 1t did not occur
to him that the default of the State to
pay its Indebtedness promptly as it
became due was of material conse-
quence. Among the recommendations
he made was that the Legislature
should go into the tombstone business
by erecting monuments to the memo
~ Of General Harrison and General
Hamer, and to purchase aud furnish
Governors mansion. II the State
were once to embark in erecting mon
nNmnents nm to the memory of .opr leading
men. theregis no telling what expense
would, by such 2 precedent, be entail
ed on the taxpayers of the State. To
purchase. and furnish Governors
mansion, in accordance with the no.
tions of Governor Have and his class
of people, would cost from one hun
dred thousand to one hundred land
fifty thousand dollars. iia as4ao7 10 "a
The present Auditor of State, in his
report to Governor William Allen for
the fiscal year ending November Is,
1874, represented that the probability
was that the State would not be able
to meet its obligations payable at the
option of the State after December 81.
1875. by upwards Of a half million
dollars. Ifsuch default should occur
at the time indicated, it would be de-
fault to only about one-half of the
amount to which the State was in de-
fault under Governor Hayes adminis-
tration in 1871 and despite which he
told the people of the State "the
finances of the State were in q satis-
factory condition." and recommended
the erection of monuments and the
purchase and furnishing of Govern
or's mansion, as though the State Of
6cials did not know what to do with
the taxes they gathered from the peo-
pie. 8 a<4Atsi -@alf .isa*2aHi5tl
How did Governor Allen treat the
intimati0n that the State would mot
be able to pay its obligations at matur-
ity after December 81, 1875? He
called attention to the fact that tho
Constitution had been violated under
Republican administration in trans
ferring money from the School Fund
and the Sinking Fund to other Funds,
that sincs, under his administration,
the Attorney General had given his
opinion that such transfers were clear
ly unconstitutional, "the public funds
have been held sacred for the purposes
for which they were collected" He
urged that provision be made ssfor the
return of the transferred funds" and
insisted that, although "the principal
falling due is payable at the pleasure
of the State, the credit of a great State
like that of an individual, is better
preserved by being ready to pay its
debts promptly at maturityJtig :. .so
Instead of recommending the erec-
ton of monuments, or the purchase
and furnishing Of a Governors man
sion, he reiterated his recommendation
made in his Inaugural Address, that
'the expenditures of the State Govern
ment" be reduced s'down to the very
lowest dollar compatible with the
of the public credit and
The efficient working of the several
of-the Government, !" and
urged that 'the State should not en-
bark in building enterprises until i
The public buildings now in process of
;snstruction shall have been compile
ted," 'rs aft insei.sl oi baia" 4iiw
When spoken to- on the subject OF %
The G overnor's salary and Governors
nansion, he said: ANo, 'tliere rs no 4
need for aaeineiesse ofisalary or for a aia
for the Governor IF Gov-f'' :
srnor wants to cntta splarge after the
style of a sucoessfnP merchant fet him
10 it at his'owh'eSpense." 'si4os'l sd 10
~. --fsaEii ~ ti1hg It1qodoai 9tii 10
sa' KEEP IT iro sYoUssELr.i aa' ~ Z
You have trouble, your feelings are
injured, your husband is unkind, your
fo l.