The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-21


adoption OF n law whereby the constitutional
provision relating TO State taxation and indebt-
ednes, may be made effective in restraining
municipal computations from rushing head-over
ears into debt without any provision for the
payment OF interest or principal.
Pennsylvania. Gov. ..Hartranft states that
during the fiscal year ending on Nov. 80 1875.
the total amount of debt redeemed was sl,- 4
OBS, 497 total receipts, 1854, $50 total dis (
bursements sc, 541, 44S balance in the Treas
uly, 1888, 207. 1t il estimated that the revenue I
tins year will DO about $4,000 less than last
year, which would make the deficiency at the
end of the current fiscal year about 81, 500 OOO
The appropriations cannot be materially re-
ducsd aud tue deficiency must be provided for
either by tho imposition of new taxes or the
diversion into the general fund Of some Of the
revenues now flowing into the sinking fund.
MISUNDERSTANDING to the message Of
Gov. Kellogg the City of New Orleans is hope
lessly insolvent having total debt of over
s23,000,000, interest on which TO the amount
OF 1923, sos was defaulted last year. The bonded
and floating debt of the State wnen he took
charge was S24 093, 1920 He gives elaborate
tabular statements OF the movements OF the
State finances since, and says - 1t will thus
be seen that the present bonded and floating
debt of the State liz now, Jan. /, 1876, Sl9,-
O6l, C45.25, and that tho debt of the State has
been decreased during my administration s5,-
1919, 800. While tins reduction of the debt has
been effected, the general expenditures of the
Government have been largely reduced, aud
taxation has been diminished from 211% 10 l4l6
mills
IOtcd.-Gov. Carpenters message shows that
there has been received into the State Treasury
on account of the general fund in the last two
years, II, 9l7, APP that the balance in the
Treasury at date Of former report was $751;
! 217 making total Of State revenue from
all sources Of 1878, 620.90. There has been
disbursed during the biennial period II 975,-
! 5l224. leaving a balance III the Treasury of
| S3,1l4.G6. The Fifteenth General Assembly
/ passed an act to establish reasonable maximum
rates OF charges for the transportation Of
| freight and passengers OH the different rail-
roads of the State, the provisions of which have
! generally been complied with by the companies
without resistance. In the cases of those cor
| porations which refus to conform their
schedules of charges to the provisions OF the
! law complaints were made and suits com
menced, one of which-that Of the Chicago,
| Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company-has
| been carried to the United States Supreme
Court where it awaits decision.
California. Irwin, in his inaugural
message, discusses the currency and school
questions at considerable length. AS TO the
currency question, he declares himself in favor
OF hard money-or paper possessing 1.-The char
acter of interchangeability with gold at the will
of the holder" He holds it to be the duty of
the State to see that the rising generation are
/ provided with the elements of good education,
which must be secular and Of universal accept
ance and consent, and which alone the State
can fairly prescribe AZ necessary to enable the
young to grow up into self-supporting and in
teligent citizens such education TO be paid for
from taxes levied upon citizens of every class.
Ut0h-Gov. Geo. w. Emery informed the
Territorial Legislature in his message that the
value of the various ores miued in Utah during
the past year amount, in value to 81, 000 600.
lie also advises a geological survey and the
establishment of u Geological and Mineralog-
ical Museum. The marking of voters lame
upon ticket he considers Objectionable, and
urges the repeal of the law wherein such mark
ing and numbering is provided for, az it is in
the interest of the church so potent in Utah
The question of polygamy is met openly and
! falrly, the Governor regarding that system of
marriage as crime prohibited by the laws of
the country and a blot upon our civilization.
! Etr9tnid-Gov. kemper's message shows the
receipts for the year ending Sept. 80, to be
p. GAS, 900 disbursements So 812 900 balance
| on hand, S29, 600 interest paid on the State
! debt S1,417000; annual aggregate on State
debt and other accounts, 81, OBS, 600 showing
| deficit of over 5000, 600 to be provided for.
The Governor declares that Virginia will not
! possibly ever pay that portion of the public debt
which has been assigned to West Virginia.
WisconSin.-Gov. Ludington, in his address
to the Wisconsin Legislature, recommends the
repeal of important portions Of the Potter Rail
road Tariff law, the effect OF which he claims
has impaired the credit of the State. The State
debt is q, 252, 057
hdnsdS--Gov. Osborn, of Kansas, in his
annual message informs us that the total bond
ed Indebtedness of the State is Il, 1856, IT'S and
the resources belonging to the various funds
in the Treasury are 1923, 745.01, bonds 81, 403,-
359.O9, and taxes due from the various counties
S416 AS. 39-a total of 81, 843, 697.43. The Gull
tivated area of the State was 8. &C., T89 acres in
1774, against 4,749,90O in 1875 the taxable
acres, 1896, i46 acres, against II, 672, 1877 in
1919 the value Of farm products, S29, 800, 1874
against S43, $40, 494 in 1875 bushels of wheat,
1881, 3S3 against -, 900, 403 in 1875 of corn,
5,699, 078, against so. 1893 100 in 1875 of flax
| ia 6S9 against 447, 863 in 1875. The Governor
notes the cheering fact that within the past
year the manufacturing establishments of the
State have increased in number from 305 to Goa
or about 100 per cent.
The CentennidI.-All the Governors recon-
mend liberal appropriations for proper repre-
sentation of State products at the approaching
Centennial Exposition.
Governors of tie !Stdtes-The following is q
list Of the Governors of the thirty-seven States
of the Union-Democrats in italics, Republi-
cans in roman
Alabama. ........... George s. Houston.
Arkansas. ................ ugustus II. Garland
California. ............... William Tricin.
Connecticut. .......... Charles II. Ingersou.
Delaware. ................JOhnP Il. Cochran.
Florida ..................M arcellus l.. Stearns
Georgia. Recommendations Milton Smith.
Illinois. ................. John L. Beverage
INDIANA. ................. Thomas A. Hendricks.
iowa. ................. Samuel J. Kirkwood
Kansas: ..................T Thomas A. Osborn.
kentucky. u. W. McCredry.
Louisiana ............. William Pitt Kellogg.
Maine. ...............S elden Connor
Maryland. ............... John lee Carroll.