The Portland daily press., 1893-01-06

f1,se to pay these in the states employ rea-
sonable compensation for their services. They
do REQUIRE however, that we shall exercise
the sound Judgment that governs discreet men
in their own business transactions, and con-
duct the affairs Of the state in prudent nlan-
ner resisting any tendency toward extrava-
CANT appropriations and increased salaries in
the nnblic service The whole subject is
within your control and should be free from
all partisanship. 1t concerns every citizen OF
the state; it is your good Judgment that mus,
govern; and every measure should be con-
sidered upon it's own intrinsic merits. 1t IS
your department of the government that hears,
investigates and determines.
1t will be observed by reference to the re-
port of the state treasurer for the year end
ing Dec. 81 1890, that the treasurer was
obliged to make temporary loan OF Sooo,oW
to meet the liabilities oecasioned by special
appropriations and that loan is still outstand-
ing.
The current expenditures should be kept
within our income. This safe and salutary
rule should always be adhered to, otherwise
we shall be annually creating debt against
the state, which must finally be met by in
creased taxation upon the people.
If prudence and economy are exercised, 1
can safely recommend that the state tax be
reduced from IN mills to 21s mills on a dollar
of the valuation. With tax levy Of 21a
other sources, if no extraordinary appropria-
tions are made by this legislature, the receipts
of the treasury for the next two years should
provide for the school mill fund and for the
ordinary expenditures of the government.
while the temporary loan can be largely re-
duced, if not entirely cancelled, and in the
near future further substantial reduction OF
of the state tax will be assured.
There are certain fixed charges and liabili-
ties in the administration Of the state govern
ment that must be met by specific approprla-
tions; but upon all bills and resolves asking
for special or extraordinary expenditures OF
money, l urge upon you the most deliberate
consideration. Though generous harvests
have given their rewards to industry and
labor, though our manufacturing, commercial.
mechanical and industrial interests are NOV
ing forward with quickening pace. yet every
unnecessary appropriation of money from the
public treasury creates an unjust burden upon
the people, serves to retard our general pro-
gress and development and should not be
, countenanced.
1t is appropriate that we should recognize in
this public manner the illustrious and pat
riotic services of distinguished ex-governor
of our state, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, who died
in Bangor on the 115th anniversary of the
Declaration of the independence of the United
States of America. He was conspicuous in his
public service for a period Of nearly sixty
years. He stood by Lincolns side during four
of the darkest years in the life of our Republic.
He rests among the people whom he loved,
sincerely mourned by the state and the nation.
In approaching the performance of the
duties delegated to us by the suffrages of our
fellow citizens. We come with reliance upon
the Devine Being, infinite in power to comfort,
guide and strengthen invoking his care over
the homes of our beloved people. We assume
the responsibilities that attach to all positions
of public trust. We are here by the will of
the people, and the will review and pass upon
our acts. They are the sovereigns and have q
right to demand our earnest effort, our best
thought, our unprecedented Judgment, and we
owe to them a conscientious performance of
all the duties committed to our care.
HENRY B. CLEAvEs.