The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-11

Tho 0overno~'s Prlvate Secretary

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Al The aembers n the Sisssl3o>rd Of
printing. who dreW their salsties before
The prefca, incumbenss took posse><lon
were s,iil IN power q the Stale houae
that harmonious spirit which hovered
over tho state capitol Ia th0se good old
republican DAYS wo0id not he IN exiss-
ence t..iSy. The reason q Gov Hove,
is mad ~ the OH Board While The
cause IL very old, the ire o. the governor
has Just broken forth. The trouble is|
over the report Of the superintendent o.
public instr octi0n. Il being the last Of
icial report or Supt. Lstfollelte. The
volume came from the press Monday
and has heen issued without the Cover
nor's approval Although u 4 certified
20 on 1 front page by the chief executive.
tie claim ID made that the signature OF
w. b Roberts, The private secretary, 10 .
forgery.
The reports are issued every two years.
and are made through the governor To-
the general assembly. He examines the
report and sends Il 70 the auditor Of
State for the verification Of The financial
atntements II IL then returned tor .hc
signature Of the private Sec'y ofthe Gov
ernor. lie il turn giyes IL 10 the print
Ing Board. When the report Of 1873
Was issued it WAS : book Of 80 pages,
423 Of which Wer~ devoted 10 teachers
institute work, % pages % -Marble
FauD7 outlines, reports Of State meet
ings Of county superinteDdenis. and
gives page after page of recitstious on
sThe American fag.p ~Hslio we d
ground" Patriotism and other alleged
attempts at poetry. The remaining 6c6
pages were Oiled with etatistics Of
schools in every foW nship and county ~
the State. When the volume Of 1885
was submitted 10 the governor he Oh
jected 20 the useless waste OF space In
the book. but gave Il bic approval, and
after the usual amount Of red tape, 10000
copies we're printed Ct cost Of 81 900 to
the State.
When the report Of 1890 Vas ready for
lhe governors signature it wa feared he
would refuse 10 allow II to psss muster :,
and Col. Roberts Was askesI for . certi6-
cate without Submitting the report.
This Was refused. Col. Roberts said 10
The Sun regarding the matter:
.Supt LaFollette knew the governor
would never sign certificate Of ap-
Geeting. for Il without the report. OIL
course i couldn't Be granted. The gov
ernor bad forgotten about e until bel
saw the printed book Monday. IL bore
the certificate, but Il was : forgery. II
always make them out on : printed sIips
with pen, while this was done on type
writer without the usual blank formula.
The report came before the Board OIL
public printing when the governor was
not present and was rushed through be-
fore be could enter : protest.
The book Of 1890 only has 0e3 pager.
OF the number 496 are filed with statis-
iics - IN the former report. the remain
ing l87 being 6lled with reviews of edu-!
cational topics By many county superin-
tsndents. One IL '-Should there b a|
change Of basis Of sDportionment Of the
common school revenues" Another.
-'The letter killeth. the spirit maketh
alive. IS applied 10 any system Of edu-
cation" Pages are filed with essays oil
that stamp that were, perhaps, read 8
months ago at state superintenden
meeting The report of 1890 Il smaller
than that OF 1893 By 267 pages. vet the
GOT ~ printing the smallest Is IS 900 for
~ uuO the same cost o. the larger III
bears the signature Of w. Il Roberts. a.
mentioned. also thss Of Secretary Griffin.
Compared to reports OF other state off,
Gers il IL too large BY 500 pages, and
contains vast amount OF stuff that no
one, unless II be- the author, could be
hired TO read.
Now that the alleged illegal proceed
ings are over the only thing lefs for the
governor to do Is 10 give his approval.
He has not yet seen the original report.
which must be examined before be ap-
proves Il.