Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-13
DEPICTING THE OHIO TREASURY.

DEPICTING THE OHIO TREASURY.
Gross and Pa'pable Looseness Marking
the Course of the Legislature.
COLUMBUS, O, May l2.--lt has been q
long time since the Treasury Of the State
of Ohio was empty, but it has been long
time since 80 reckless and daredevil a
gang of politicians were at the head of nf
fairs in any Northern State. Their only
prototype is the'treeOooting carpet'Oaggers
OF the South, whom Judge West dragged
from the odorous cerements Of dishonored
and infamous graves and set up AZ models
fo- Ohio Rsp1blicsncs in 1886.
If the leaders imagine that honest Re
publicans take kindly to this new aud rev.
olutionary departure, they are destined to
meet With crushing disappointment 10
the sweet oy and BY. | have talked with
some Of the best Republicans in the State
men who are not here Crazed with the
delirium for Office and plunder, and who
are not trying to break into Congress by
means of bargains aud chiCaUe and thfy
denounce tine recent proceedings in good
round Angio-SsKon.
The worst things charged against the
Democrats" they say, are respectable
compared with revolutionary acts of orr
own leaders We had the Democrats in a
hole when they left the Senate but now
the Republicans are in worse hole, by
reason of the advice OF Judge West and tha
revolutionary SOS OF the Republican mi
nority of the Senate. The burden that
was upon the shoulders of the Democratic
is now upon the shoulders OF the Rcpubli-
can party.
That is fair expression of the senti
ments Of the best element of the Republican
party, and the revolutionary leaders will
And it grow to iuconvenient proportions as
time passes.
But speaking of the bankrupt condition
OF the Stnte Treasury, the people will not
fsil to note that this condition is conCident
with the croWniug act OF revolution, under
which extravsgsnce is to run unbricled.
The false cry of Democratic extravaganza
will deceive no one but the blind psrtisans
who expect to profit by the extravaganza
of the Republican leaders, which may now
De regarded as fully inaugurated.
There are certain facts which even the
most expert and C se-hsrdened Republican
liars can not lie out OF existence:
l. That, however extravaganza the last
Democratic Legislature may have been, it
met all Of its expenditures out of the
revenues derived from taxation, largely re
duced the State debt, and did not leave the
Treasury bankrupt.
2 That the Treasury balance coming
over from Hoadly to Foraker was as large
as the balance coming over from Foster to
Hoadiy, less only the extraordinary e<pen'
ses incurred By food, fire, cyclone and riot
Expenditures which could not be fore
seen, and, if made as all, had TO be made
upon the spur of the moment, aud which
were made with only two or three dissent
ing voices.
3. That the local indebtedness creaI ed
by the present Legislature during its first
session will exceed that created during the
whole term of the Sixty.ssventh Genera
Assembly.
l. That the revenues for 1856, which
will be as great ss they we're in 1885, will
fah 81 100000 below The gum total ct thi;
year 8 appropriation.
&. That never iu the legislative history
of the Stste Sas thers such gross and
palpsble extravaganza In appropriations
s. That Mr.. Brown. the Republican
u.h.:--AAn ,.'..AAn ofthe Republican Finance Com
mittee, admitted on the 49, 49, at the Hons'
that the present is the most exravagen'
Legislstlrs that eysT assembled n ehlo
7. That it is proposed to rsisei money
to meet this eKtrayssance sndFeckiessnes'
, By imposing so per cant additional ts'
burdens upon the agricultural interests o
the Stste. which already bear dispropor
tionate share Of the same
These nre facts that the people under
stand, or will understand before they ge
done investigating. Neither Republican
: revolution nor Republican fslsebOod vii
: uips ont the true history OF the Sixty
, seventh General Assembly.
The time was when the Republican ma
E nipulaiors could escape justice for thei
t own misdesds By casting odium upon Dem
J oera's sut It l. passed The expose Of th
latest Republican attempt In this eirectio
E shows that they have 80. to the end Of ths
string. at least W. A. 1.