Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-01-14

made by our own commonwealth since it:
foundation In the vast results omplished
all our people can take deep and lasting pride
One hundred and eight years and half ago. 6
handful of pioneers laid the territorial founda'
tion stones, and upon that beginning Other
men and women OF the same sturdy stock
reared modest structure, which, on Fcbru
ary O. 1903, was deemed worthy of statenoot
and became Ohio.
No act of the congress OF the United States
has ever had u more glorious frution thar
that which brought Ohio into being. II gave
the Union an ever loyal state; it provided
seif-governnent for people who proved
themselves the best OF husbandmen; it start
ed commonwealth upon an era Of develop
ment not second to any the world has ever
seen
Tho history of our state needs no enlarge
ment here, The lesson taught by the events
OF the past has been plain to all, and in the
present it speaks in more glowing language
than pen Of historian could write or utterance
OF patriot describe. We are now 4,OO0,0O0 peo-
pie, while at the opening of the century our
forefathers were OF but an hundredth part OF
that number. Ohio has literally increased one
hundred fold. In 9j years, counting from the
time when ambition to rise above the terri
torial form of government became active
there has been result an hundred fold great
er in almost every way. The harvest has been
an abundant one, and, speaking for those OF
the past as well as those of the present, 1t can
be said that we have had and have good rea-
son for claiming the approval OF the steward
who strikes the balance 20 show who OF the
children of earth have reaped wisely and we'll.
While mindful of the Divine guidance, o!
the manifold blessings and of the Providential
care which have aided and atte nded the people
of Ohio through all their yesrs, it is yet per-
missable to think that no small part Of the
magnificent result Of to-day ia due to the good
citiynn shin which IN bann nj Ia ta1 nv
those who have contributed to Ohio's great
ness. We have been Of happy and contented
peoplc-of class that improved upon pros.
perity and saw good in everything. We have
enjoyed good government, we have thriven un-
der laws benelcent for tho most part, and
we have had before US always the necessity for
preserving inviolate the honor and dignity OF
our state, How much success there has teen
in the aim and purpose of upholding the
credit Of Ohio in all ways has been for others
to say, and we know that the pages of Arleri-
can history contain nothing to shame US. We
are to-day enjoying the benefits OF the work OF
the workers OF the past and to some extent
that which our own industry, prudence and
patriotism have wrought
No state is richer in the clements of pros
perity than Ohio. The legacy nature gave us
in fertile soil, in mineral wealth, in fine Frsz-
ing lands in lakes and rivers, in healthful
climate and in a thousand other respects was
vi IlIIlANc Nd4uc = ut uhDlIS VI INDUSTRY, Oh
laudable ambition and good endeavor, which
came rs q common heritage from our prede-
cessors, go q long ways toward fitting US to
carry en- the design Of making Ohio ever one OF
the foremost OF the American states. We
have been and are profting by the example OF
those who have gone before US and it must be
our aim to improve upon the record, to expand
our possibilities and to achieve successes
which will enable us In the future to regard
our part in the citizenship of Ohio with as
much satisfaction as we now do that of the
pioneer patriots who served Ohio SO well in all
walks OF lfe
The duty o; ieglslating ana acting for the
four million people Of a progressive state is
not one 10 be considered without seriousness
and deep concern 1t involves the necessity OF
doing that which Is best for the greatest num-
bcr the requirement that the credit of the
state shall be maintained in moral as well as
financial affairs, and the essentials that peace
and we'll being, in so far as they may be at
ta!nable through the acts OF legislation and
execution Of laws and government, shall be as
sured to all 1t is for us during our public
service TO do our utmost to sustain the good of
the past and to try to eradicate the evils that
may exist in the present or threaten the fu-
ture. To thus sustain, strengthen and serve
the people of Ohio, it is necessary that every
officer OF the state sha!! bend his energies to
the task Of perfecting the conditions which
are so closely allied with the welfare OF the
commonwealth.
the state of Ohio, as it IS represented by It's
government, is but a vast business concern
1t has its managers its various departments
which are peOpled by its clerks, and its labor
ers of high and low degree Of duty. The legis-
latlye branch OF the government like the ad-
vlsory board of the business institution, can do
much for good or much for evil. BY consider
ing carefully the intricacieS OF the financial af
fairs, by acting wisely for the people in enact
ing laws Dy applying economy to public eX-
pepditurcs whenever and wherever cxpedient,
BY ludiciousy and justly providing for Gde-
Quate revenue by taxation, the good result
becomes apparent III considered financial
legislation, extravaganza and iniudic-
ious taxation can only result in
aggravated evils under which any
house may suffer and, perhaps
fall. There will 30 opportunity dur
ing the session of the seventy second general
proposition hgst advanced Through the nat
ural Increase in the population OF the state in
stitutionS aad the consequent increase Of ex-
penscs, we are confronted with "a condition
which calls Tor more revenue or more economy
IN appropriations, and less expense in admin
istering the affairs Of the state, and it is for
the general assembly TO determine which it
lie.
The financial statement OF the fiscal year of
1885 showed that the ordinary receipts amount
ed to t3s74,e56 IS, The disbursements were
t3 3795,7!l22, and the balance in the general
revenue fund at the close Of the year amounted
TO s233,GT3 IS Tho balance in the treasury q,
the close OF the fiscal year OF 1895 was
s3j4 727s5, An investigation OF the general
financial statements from 1854 to 1895, inclu-
siv., shows that during the I2 years to-
tai Of Sal, ,2v5 Sls5 have been dsbursed, while
the receipts we're .39 15l ,957 "a, thus showing
deficiency in the receipts during the I2 years
OF S2,0532i3.02, In only one year of the /;
were the receipts greater than the disburse.
ments, and that in 1890 when the balance wa
nearly $50, 900 on the credit side, that result be
ing due 20 the S339 900 Of the direct tax re-
funded by the federal government being ap
piled TO tne general revenue rund. Inc gen
eral statement Of the financial result durinl
the last le years will show that the state o
Chic, rich and resourceful as 1t is, has need o
additional revenue.
The auditor Of state has estimated the avail
able resources for the fiscal year OF 1896 at 50,
$40 ,5ll.o6 which amount includes the balance
in the treasurS at the beginning OF the year
The estimated disbursements, according t