The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-05
McKINLEYS
First Message to the Ohio
General Assembly.
The Condition Of the Finances
81 the State.
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Recommendations Of q Year Ago With
Regard to the Canals Renewed.
The Governor Suggests That the
State Should Hold Them.
The Reforinatory NJ Mansfield shouid Be
Completes at once-Ths Boy.' Indus
trial school Crowded iseyond lie
Capacity Municipal Matters
should he Encouraged.

should BE Encouraged
cotrhbus. d, Jan. 4--Following IL tho main
features OF Gov. McKinley's message, de-
livered TO The general assembly Tuesday after
noon.
rho governor. in tho beginning Of his message
submitted TO the general assembly the follow
ing as 10 the financial condition OF the state;
)uring the fiscal year ending November 10.
1892 the total receipts Of the state we're siS..
or 81, being sb.54i 4pf.01 Of revenues received
from all sources during the year and . balance
or I'll NO sci 50 on hand at the close OF business
hours on the 18th OF November. 1921. The total
expenditures during the year ending November
Is, 1891 from all funds were y los I'll q
November 1891 q. od5 705.k2 belonged
TO the sinking fund and the remainder % the
credit Of The general revenue fund The re-
ceipts for the year ending theli5th pf Ncvcm'
ber 1892 for the general revenue fund were
e37o7, Ga ss including the donation q $4,000 ny
Wayne county for the experiment station, and
t74. 80 accumulated fees from the secretary
or states ONCE OF the preceding year,
which we're withheld from the treas.
urer on account Of pending litigation The
total amount paid out during the year from this
ftlnd upon the auditor OF states warrants was
Is m, 56t 20, OF 100 $50 80 in excess Of the re-
ceipts for the year. The receipts for the year
would have been adequate 70 meet all expenses
and leave balance ilsShe treasury hui FOR the
extraordinary defci&6Gies Of The preceding
year.which had 70 be provided for out Of The rev
enues OF the current year. The deficiencies
were: For miscellaneous matters, Si32, soo IL
for the boys Industrial school at Lancaster,
fis,f94 Is. making a total Of si5i0i9sA
The public funded debt OF the state on No
vcmber I6, 1899, was s2. ,665, bearing per
cent interest, with an annual payment Of 1850
600 for the years isp3-+56t7lS and Of 2tO, 900 in
1889. and of 100000 in 1890. NNo levy was made
ana no taxes were collected during the year 1892
far the sinking fund for the reason that the
Fifty-irst congress reimbursed the state OF the
direct taxes paid during the war. And from
the sum thus received more than million dol
lars were placed to the credit OF this fund BY
reduction made upon the grand duplicate OF the
state by the state board Of equalization were
received last year about 4lO9.oe0 less feFeDre
than the year before.
These Two items largely explain the great ex-
cess Of the receipts Of 1891 over isa2
and should admonish the general assembly
that the revenues Of the present year
will not justify the sum Of appropria tons
made for the preceding year. The auditor
OF state estimates the receipts for the hscal
wear lS93 with tho balance OK cash on hand
November Is. 1892, added. as s6.5Dt,si9gS and
the estimated disbursements for the fiscal
year 1893 at S6,7i5 s5T, 81 euioin upon the gen
Tor the several branches Of the public service
be carefully kept within The annual revenues
Of the state government MY own Judgment IS
thai such economics can be practiced IN the
various institutions and departments That All
needed expenses and improvements can be pro-
yidcd without increasing the burdens Of taxa
ton have urgently requested those charged
with the administration OF the state institu-
tions that they be conducted upon strict bus
mess pfinciples and that every economy
which prudence would require or. suggGs tpe
observed am satisfied that arother year
will show q marked reduction Of the expenses
81 the several institutions or the state. need
hardly suggest that IL viii greatly aid In the
effort at economy II the general assembly
| carefully scTutinizc the estimates submitted
by the heads OF the various institutions ana de-
partments OF the state.
AS promised year ago. the aim OF the execu-
tive has been TO give the state institutions the
services Of the best men OF the state whose M
tcgrity and capacity win insure the conhaenee
Of the people in their administration The new
vnanapements or the institutions for the most
MARI have been in charge but a few months. ann
have therefore had little Or no opnor.
tunity TO show that improvement.
which believe the future VIII maAe
manifest. There has. however, been
during the past few months o small decrease 70
the cost Of maintenance Of these institutions.
| A mischevious and misleading practice has pre-
| vailed OF carrying over bills incurred near tins
close Of one fiscal gear 10 the next sueceedina
year 50 as TO make an apparent economy snow.
| inp This Is not fraud or businfsssike, and
n9.t NJ discontinued. j beg 10 sugEcsHthat
section sac Of the revised statutes be
| amended 40 as 10 require county auditors
| " renort to the auditor OF state
| the moneys which may hereafter
Sc sent to the stewart or financial
| oficer OF any Of the public institutions tor
T. aFNf q nj
| and mat a copy 81 the same be forwarded Y
| the president Of the board Of trustees very
| lew 81 our people have any adequate idea q
| ira number 81 inmates in Ohio's state instituH
| tions The total number IS u as2: Sbzs are y
| me benevolent institutions, Of which hSt4 arr
| n the insane asylums. ,0S5 IN the relorma'
| tories. and 720 in the penal institutions
IT would respectfully renew my recommends
| ton made year ago as to canals, that the leg
| stature create body with engineering. Legal
and business qualifications 70 make complete
report as 10 the canals Of Ohio, giving theii
| origin the rights OF the state as TO their title
their cost their earnings in the past and 81
present. the value as franchise for railroads o.
other purposes, as nearly as can be estimated
and practically as % the possibility and adyis
ahiiity n Improving them and increasing thell
usefulness 10 the people Already there Is In ex
istence a body which, tits suggested. could with
propriety be intrusted with ythts important
WOrK tUf CHU1l GOAuNAloSlOu- At1A4lt6 tAAr lAN
year the interest in artificial atcr-ways has
| Increased, not only in the United States, bui
throughout the civilized world. II Ohio doel
nothing else she should hold fast to whal
property Of this kind she has got Even as thu
canals now are there would be a considerable
revival 81 business along their lines could ship
| pers and local owners be convinced that thel
are not 10 be abandoned, Without repro
ducing what said q year ago upon the sub
| fect OF good roads, beg most earnestl,
| 10 ask the consideration Of the general as
sembiy to the subject which is attracting at
/ tention in al parts OF the country, and In nc
state Is there greater necessity Tor good roads
istnan ii our own suggest that the genera
assembly authorize disappointment Of > com
mission IL investigate and carefully consider
| ali plans proposed and experiments being mad
i ana 10 submifa report, with recommendations
n limo f5r the meeting 81 the FIRST session Of tn,
/ next general assembly, the commission z
serve without ray.
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