The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-10-02

akef's Smooth speeches yot would alfftost be fst;
SHADED that you are SO prosperous that it fairly
oozed out of you as you sit on these benches,
have taken the trouble, however, to hunt some
things up and they tell q different tale, In the
first place, ! have found how. hs appeaFs -
bsTe money in the treasury when 1t 1t net thet9.
Now, that's pretty good trick, Last year
and the year before the Circuit Judges OF ONO,
who are mainly Republicans, and who draw
about $10o, 900 per year from the State Treasury,
had word sent them by the Governor that he
wanted to make good showing just prior 10
the election, and requested that they Wouaa
hot draw. their salaries OF thst time, but ~
them lie in the Treasury until, after the eleg.
ti7n. That is tarppering with the Judis1arFs
which is almost as bad as to steal what rgnts
we have in the little city of Hamilton.
These accommodating judges, in order TO
help the Governor out of a tight place. did not
draw their money, and so it was left in the
treasury. 1 am watching this October to see
e they do it again, and if they do I am going to
let Aou isnoAA. ,
am never bashful about furnishing inforfaa-
tiop to the people. p ~,i a,a
ERt rid, OF good trustees, like, Major LloFqAaf
the institutions. This was their littl3 fanne:
in october of last year and tie year before,
just before the elections, it became necessary
as I said, to show there was some money In the
State Treasury,
WHICH WAS ABOUT EMPTY.
Therefore the Governor notified the Republican
trustees Of the several State Institutions that
| they fiiust absent themselves from the board
| meetings in order to break a q1orum and pte-
vent the allowance and payment OF, any bills.
| Ht,s vas done. by The sup5rssrTfceable genIes
| sian whom the Governor appoints from ms
| own party, and consequently no 'blHs were
| passed and in one ins tance the financial ON
| Ger went and borrowed money to pay Dlli IN
order to help a poor creditor who neeaea
| his money. ;;Ihe Governor said Sthat itnfz
,f4ust Bay 6tt rs fnohey. Tn5 5a-r2e thi15
was done on the canal 1 do not know
| whether it was done here in Pike County, but
! it was on the other canal between Dayton ana
! Cincinnati. Printers bills were left unpaid, IN
! order that there might be some money remain
| ing in the treasury. I now read from the Gov
ernors speech, delivered at Xenia, or Amelia,
In which he recites the great things thSt ne hss
! 5fne, / d. not Wish to bs critical but mist sH
| titttie Governo- is inclined to be . little e9c'
| tistcal sometimes. The first official thing that
he did, SO he says was to refund the debt
| Then he told how much he had saved by refund
| ing the debt.
He says: Most of the public debt was bear.
| ing per cent per annum. The annual interest,"
| charge was $21s, 900. We had to pay that much
| for interest alone, but We thought per cent.
vas too, much for the great State Of Ohio to PAY
| Under Republican administration; soiWe prGt
posed to refund the bonds, and did refuna
| them" and SO forth. Why, the law refunding
these bonds, so far from being proposed by him
was passed before he became Governor. The
bill was introduced by Allen o. Meyers ana
passed by Democratic Legislature. Under the
provisions of it the Governor must approve the
refunding. A bid was made to refund the DEBT
| while George Hoadly was Governor for 3.65 per
| cent. interest, but Governor Hoadly saw that
the State could get money for less, and
DECLINED TO BE THE TOOL TO
| A certain Republican broker who Is noW living
| in another country, nobody knows Where. He
/! fsfused to approve the fefunding. and going out
| ,f bafo cp11ld he offered again 1t be.
Game merely perfuhctory matter Tor the next
| administration to close the matter. Our mod
est Goverr6 Or says: i've proposed this redue-
! tion'' The fact is that he had nothing to do
with the matter. Hon. James Robinson, then
Secretary OF State, was taken from sisk bed
and put in a car and went to New York to get
the money, and the Governor did not know any
| thing about it Until Robinson got home with tire
| money, He hadn't any more to do with the re-
funding of the debt than that child there Sleep
ing IN its mothers arms, and yet he swells out
| and says: I'VE proposed and carried out this
great reform" will tell you another way they
got up nice statements. I don't want to tire
this crowd to death, [cries, go ONT but every
| body does not look into these things; do, nav
/ ing been employed by the Democratic Commit
tee Who intend TO pay me salary OF SSOo0 per
| 5ear after the second Monday of next January.
One source Of increased expenditures is found
| In the rapidly increasing cost OF maintaining
the inmates of pubic institutions under the
| present Administration. Nothing but extraT-
| aEance and Decentralization could follow in the
| wake OF a policy which makes these institutions
part CT political machine, organized to ad-
| Fanse tie personal ambitions of the Governor:
| Here is given the annual per capita cost OF
maintaining the inmates Of public institutions:
The figures given are based on the number OF
inmates actually in the institutions, and the
total disbursements for current expenses ana
salaries of Offices combined
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