Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-01-07
ANNUAL MESSAGE
Of Gov. Mckinley to the Ohio
General Assembly.
MHNY RECOMMENDATIONS
Mada Relative to Management of In
stitutions and Corporations.
COMMISSION SUGGESTED


ernment of Cities and to Check Extrav-
agance and Corruption.
IT, the General assembly,.
The constitution imposes upon me the duty, at
the opening OF each session, to communicate to
the general assembly the condition OF the state,
with such recommendations as may seem expe-
dent. Compl Ing with this requirement, sub
init the following:
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE STATE
During the fiscal year ending the 18TH OF No
vember. 1892 the total receipts Of the state
were s8,s5 81, being 554i 491 OF OF revenues
received from all sources during the year, and
balance OF u $40, ,59l 80 hand at the close OF
business hours on the 18th of November, 1891.
The total expenditure during the year ending
She 18th OF November, 1892, from all funds was
t6l58,61i.24. or the sum on hand on the 18th Of
November, 1891, s1,O65,70 52 belonged to the
sinking fund, and the remainder to the credit
of the general revenue fund. The receipts for
the year ending the 18th of November 1892, for
the general revenue fund, were g, 20 675 SO, In
cluding the donation OF $4,000 from Wayne
county for the experiment station, and .14 129.0
accumulated fees from the secretary OF states
ONCE, OF q preceding year. which were withht Id
from the treasury because of pending litigation.
The total amount paid out dur ng the year from
this fund, upon the auditor Of states warrants,
was s3,TT 5OU.2U, or l69, ,s8S 80 In excess of the
receipts for the year.
The receipts of the year would have been
adequate to meet all expenses and leave o
balance remaining in the treasury but for the
extraordinary deficiencies OF the previous year,
which had to be provided for out of the revenues
OF the current year. These deficiencies were
for miscellaneous matters, sl32, ,s55,il, and for
the Boys Industrial school at Lancaster, sls-
i9i.4S, making total OF Si5i 0I9.Si
The public funded debt OF the state on the
10th day OF November, 1892 was S2,O45,665, bear
ing per cent. interest, with an annual payment
OF s25O,0O0 for the years 1898 1894 1895 1895, 1897
1893, and $40 900 in 1899 and 1900 900 In 1900.
No levy was made and no taxes were COL
iected during the year 1892 for the sinking fund
for the reason that the Fifty-frst congress re-
imbursed the state for the direct taxes paid
during the war, and from the sum thus re-
ceived more than million dollars were placed
10 the credit Of this fund. BY n reduction made
upon The grand duplicate OF the state by the
state board OF equalization, we received last
year about Si09 900 less revenue than the year
before These two items largely explain the
great excess of the receipts OF 1891 over 1892,
and Should adfnonish the general ASSEMBLY, that
the revenues OF the present year will not justify
the sum of the appropriations made for the pre-
cedlng year
The auditor OF state estimates the receipts
for the fiscal year 1893 with the balance of cash
on hand November l5 1892, added, IL, ,5O4, ,sla SO;
and the estimated disbursements for the fiscal
year 1881 s6,1i5,3a1,52
ECONOMY ESJoINED
lculOtu upon tue general assembly tnat the
total appropriations for the several branches OF
the public service be carefully kept within the
annual revenues of the state government My
own judgment is that such economies can be
practiced in the various institutions and depart
ments that all needed expenses and improve.
men's can be provided without increasing the
burdens OF taxation. have urgently requested
those charged with the admin S ration of the
state institutions that they be conducted upon
strict business principles, and that every econo
my which prudence would require or suggest. be
observed l am satisfied hat another year will
show marked reduction OF the expenses of the
several institutions of the state. 1 need hardly
suggest that it will greatly aid in the effort al
economy II the general assembly carefully scru.
tinize the estimates submitted by the heads o!
the various Institutions and departments of the
state.
TIE STATE INSTITUTIONS
As promised year ago the aim OF the execu
tive has been to give the state institutions the
rervice OF the best men OF the state whose in
tegrity and capacity will insure the confidence
Of the people In their administration. The new
management of the various institutions, for the
most part have been in charge but fol
few months, and have, therefore, haC
little or no opportunity to show tha,
improvement which l believe the fu
Sure will make manifest There has how
ever, been during the past few months a small
decrease In the maintenance of these institu
tutions. a mischievoCs and misleading prac
tice has prevailed OF carrying over bills in
curred near the close OF one fiscal year to the
next succeeding year, for TO make an apparen
economical showing; this is not frank or bust
uess-like and must be discontinued.
teg TO suggest that section 632 of the Re
ytsed Statutes be amended as to req ire
county auditors TO report to the auditor o.
state the moneys which may hereafter be SEN
TO the steward or financial officer of any of the
public institutions for incidental expenses anC
necessary clOthinp n inmates fnr fhair
tive counties, and that copy of the same b,
forwarded to the president of the board O
trustees.
Very few Of people have any adequat,
idea OF the number OF inmates In Ohio's stat,
institutions. The total number is Il ,432; s6N
are in the benevolent institutions (of whcl
b,Si4 are in the insane nsylums) U53 in the re
formatories. and LIS in the penal institution
THE NrrFNTIARY.
During the past year the average number O
inmates was l,1.6 In 1891 the average numbe
was l,1e6. Taking the year rs whole, the pc
capita cost OF maintenance in 1880. was Sli9 10
but under the present administration the pc
capita cost has been ut the rate of Sl9 50 for tn
year There has been a material increase in tn
earnings of the inmates In the one item of EN-
ployes there has been reduction OF annual ex
pense 10 the state Of 10000 under the new ad
suinistration Another saving of over 40, OOO ha
been made in the item of raw rations
ASYLUMS FOR THE INSANE
The most noteworthy reform in recent year
In the treatment OF the insane in the state asy
,um Is the adoption of the non-restraint system
Moral suason, example and humane treatmen
have taken the place OF mechanical restraint
1t is believed by those who have had an oppoI
tunity OF observation that this method has u
ready reached the stage of success and is n
longer al experiment
Thereare now $50 inmates in Longview asy
iuui' Hamilton county AT this institution III
experiment OF providing employment for all IL
mates capable of working is being tried
The Columbus asylum has i,Oil inmates, wnic
Ia ITO more than at the close OF the precedin,
year. With one hundred more inmates In th
asylum than there were In the early months @
the year, the expenditure for the last six month
OF 1892 was @543O 10 less than for the same pul
poses for the first half OF the year.
The Cleveland asylum has 740 patients, whic
ts forty above its capacity. During the year II
overcrowded condition was relieved by the r,
moyal OF fifty patients to The Columbus asylum
In this tion u traning school for atten,
ants has been inaugurated. and already goo