The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-01-11
/ ANNUAL MESSAGE
OF Gov Mckinley to the Ohio
General Assembly.
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS
Made Relative to Management Of In
stitutions and Corporations,
COMMISSION SUGGESTED

TO Develop a Plan for the Better Gov.
ernment Of Cities and to Check Ertrav-
agance aud Corruption.
To the General Assembly:
Thoconstitution 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 Complying 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 s6ql5,0S2s7, being 1854 40l.07 OF revenues
received from all sources during the year. and
balance OF 81, $40, Sol 80 on hand at the close OF
business hours on the 10Th of November, 1891.
The total expenditure during the year ending
the 18th OF November, 1892, from all funds, was
S6,l5s67l.2i. or the sum on hand on the 18th OF
November 1891, Sl,0G5,70o59 59 belonged to the
sinking fund.- and the remainder TO the credit
uf the general revenue fund. The receipts for
she year ending the 18th of November, 1892, for
The general revenue fund, were ,3,1O7,G 7,G75Ss, In.
cluding the donation OF $4,000 from Wayne
county for the experiment station and S74, ,T29.3O
accumulated fees from the secretary OF states
Office OF preceding year, which were withheld
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,iI7 $50 20, or 800 SSS 32 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 10 be provided for out OF the revenues
of the current year These deficiencies were
for miscellaneous matters, tl3sSl5il, and fol
the Boys Industrial school at Lancaster, SlS
1913, making total OF sl5l 0i9.SL
The public funded debt OF the state on the
10th day OF November, 1894 was S2,Oi5665, bear
ing per cent interest, with IN annual payment
Of 1850 coo for the years 1903, gi 1895 1895, 1897
1898, and $4,000 in 1899 and 100000 in 1900.
No levy was made and no taxes were col
lected during the year 1892 for the sinking fund
Tor the reason that the Ffty.nrst congress re
imbursed the state for the direct taxes pait
during the war, and from the sum thus re
ceivcd more than million dollars were placed
20 the credit Of this fund. Bya reduction made
upon he grand duplicate OF the state by the
state board Of equalization, we received last
year about sG9OOO less revenue than the yenI
before. These two items largely explain The
great excess Of the receipts OF 1891 over 1892
and should adnonlsh the general ASSEMBLY, thai
the revenues Of the present year wi not justify
the sum OF the appropriations made for the pre-
ceding year
AuF VI otAlt fNlltnhlS inc receipts
for the fiscal year 1923 with the balance OF cash
on hand November 10, 1892, added, iG,5OI.sia 50;
and the estimAed disbursements for the fiscal
year 1888, S6,7i6,357.52
EOoNoMY RNJoINED
enioin upon the general assembly that the
total appropriations for the several branches OF
the public service be carefully kept within the
annual revenues OF the state government Ny
own Judgment is that such economies can be
prarticed in the various institutions and depart
me- Is that all needed expenses and improve
menis can be provided without increasing the
burdens Of taxation. / have urgently requested
those charged with the admin stration 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 am satisfied that another year will
SHOW q marked reduction OF the expenses OF the
several institutions OF the state. need hardly
suggest that II will greatly aid In the effort al
economy II the general assembly carefully scru
tinize tho estimates submitted by the heads Of
the various Institutions and departments Of the
state.
THE STATE INSTITUTIONS
As promised year ago, the aim OF the execu
i've has beon 10 give the state institutions the
service 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, had
htte or no opportunity to show that
improvement which I believe the fu.
tire will make manifest There has, how
ever, been during the past few months o small
decrease in the malntenanco OF these insttu.
tutions. mlschievous and misleading prAc
uee has prevailed OF carrying over bills in.
CURED near the close OF one fiscal year 10 the
next succeeding year, for TO make an apparent
economical showing this Is not frank or bust
ness'like and must be discontinued
I beg TO suggest that section GO? Of the Re.
vised Statutes be amended 30 as TO req ire
county auditors 10 report TO the auditor OF
state the moneys which may hereafter be sent
70 the steward or financial officer OF any OF the
public institutions for Incidental expenses and
necessary clothing OF inmates for their respec.
tive counties, and that copy OF the same be
forwarded to the president OF the board Of
trustees
Very few OF our people have any adequate
idea OF the number OF inmates In Ohio's state
institutions The total number Is ll,4S2; S6js
are In the benevolent institutions (of which
s.3ii are in the insane asylums) 1858 in the re.
forma,ories and l,7-e in the penal institution
THE PsNITISrIARY
During the past year the average number Of
inmates was i,7.@ In 1891 the average number
was 500 Tai lHg the year as q whole, the per
capita cost o; ruiu,ndnrv in is9. was SiipI5;
hut unier tnc pr' cut administration the por
capita cost bAs brn at the rate OF sl39 so for the
year Thcre has been q material increase In the
earnings OF NJ iamates In the one itcm OF EN-
ployes there has been q reduction Of annual ex.
pense 10 the state OF 1000 under the new ad
ninistraiion Another saving OF over 700 has
been made In the item OF rnw rations
AsYLUMs FoR THE INSANE
The most noteworthy reform In recent years
In the treatment OF the insane In the state asy
lum Is the adoption Of the non restraint system
Moral suasion. example and humane treatment
have tAken the place OF mechanical restraint
It's believed BY those who have had an oppor
timity of observation that this method has al
ready reached the stage Of success and Is nc
longer an experiment
There are now 800 inmates In Longview asy.
Mm. Hamilton county. AZ this institution In
experiment OF providing employment for all IN
mates capable OF worlungis being tried
Tue Columbus asylum has ,0ii inmates, which
- no more than at the close OF tho preceding
YeAr. with ono hundred more inmates in the
asylum than thsro were In the carly months OF
no year. the expenditure for the last six months
" 1899 was %. 40 ~ less than for the same pur
pdses for the nrst half Of the year
Tho Cleveland asylum has 40 patients, whicf
bforty above its capacity. During tho year IL
Fercrpwded condition was relieved by the 70
bDval OF hfty patients 10 the Columbus asylum
IN this instituted > training school for attend
snts has been inaugurated, and already good
results are manifest thercfrom Two cottages
fOr convAlescents arc under construction, and
when completed they VIII Afford accommodation
for 40 additional patients.
The Toledo esylum has LIT patients, which
a fortv IN eroeaa of Accommodation Thf
management aak for 90 extra appropria ton 0i
a1a,nhl n - for additiona N o,Ifaide oottage,