Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-16
Has Governor Bushnell Shown
In State Affairs.
HE HAS KEPT HIS PROMISE.
interests Of the Taxpayer Constantly
Guarded.
HuBlIo SERVICE NOT IMPAIRED
IN Carrying out His Economic Policy
the Governor Has Been Ably
|. Assisted by All the Other
Il Btnte Of1ciaIs.

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+ When Governor Bushnell entered
Srvon the duties of his office nearly two
Nears ago he promised to give the peo-
nile a business administration. - his
nnaugural address he declared that
when money could be saved the tax
uayers without interfering with the
efficiency of thepublic service 1t should
O. done. Governor Bushnell has kept
chat promise. He has kept 1t to the
Setter. From the very start he has ap-
osfed the same methods to the trans
action OF affairs in his Office as he
svould to the transaction Of matters in
connection with his private business.
Ihe result has been shown in the saw
Eng of thousands of dollars to the tax
a2yers.
Looking over the records quite a
uumber of matters have been discover
I'd that are Of great Importance to the
taxpayer and that have been in line
1Fith the pledges made by Governor
BUSHNELL and his associate workers
Governor Bushnell, in lis duties for
6Iie state, has been, as he has in his
charities, very modest about display
Eng or claiming any credit for himself.
When it came to renewing the contract
Gnr lighting the state capitol with cleo
eric lights the electric light company
Roped to renew the contract as they
Cad for the past two years.
Tho governor called for the original
annfract and found that they had been
seceiving $4,000 annually for lighting
6he building He set about to person
oily inuire OF the different departments
the number of lights used and amount
consumed, and refused to make con-
Graet at lne existing rates, having
1ractical knowledge of prices as an
oficer in the electric light company at
Springfield. In less than t4o weeks
afrer he undertook the investigation
lse decided the price was far too much,
and the company, rather than lose the
contract, accepted his proposition OF
$1,000. This alone was a saving of just
ane-half OF what had been paid hereto
HnEe for electric lighting. 1t is equiva-
INIT to reducing the states Indebted
ness, SO far as interest is concerned,
an S223 900; that is $1,000 is per cent
en- nearly quarter of a million dol
1hrA of debt.
Mansfield Institution Utilized.
Another item that should be consid-
cred is that of the Ohio State reforma-
Gnry at Mansfield. The institution was
atarted by the legislature during the
administration if Governor Hoadly
and has been on the states hands all
these years, receiving annually enor-
mous appropriations, with apparently
no hope of consummation of the state
getting any benefit therefrom.
The governor repeatedly called the
hoard before him, and after he took 6
hand in the affair he soon had upward
0f 800 prisoners sent there from the
Chic penitentiary and the courts, ant
ordered these men put to work on thu
walls and grounds. He has watched
1e1lously the contracts for that insti
eltion, and the attorney general ha'
Seen called upon to explain all proceed
ures in reference to the letting of bids
and in the matter OF the walls aroun(
thet institution the contracts wer,
1hrown out three times because OF ir
xeGularities and suspicion attached t.
them. The last time the bid for tn
work. which was to take into consid
grafton the labor of the conyicts, wa
q saving to the taxpayers of over SIS,
enc between the lowest bid on the frs
offer and the lowest bid on the las
offer.
Even better showing has bee
made in other contracts for the differ
snt institutions, and in the manage
meut Of these there has been a savin
% the taxpayers Of many thousand
aH dollars.
No Advance Drafts.
In the treasury department the pres
ant treasurer, Hon. S. B. Campbell
@he has had four years experienc
WAaar his predecessor as cashier an
1hO has also had large experience
eAa secretary OF states Office, is thor
0REhIy conversant with every apprc
NEiation made by the legislature an
= familiar with all the financial affair
a. the state. and no voucher or bill ca
3ass through his hands without care
1nI scrutiny. The first time in quar-
1er Of = century that the state treasu
mar has not had to make an advanC
Draw upon the county treasurers OF
surred this year under the preser
state treasurer
Every legitimate claim has bee
promptly met at his counter, notwitt
standing the extreme hard times dun
Aas the greater part Of his term. HI
s'iss counsel has been given to all tn