Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-04
THINGS M'KINLEY FORGOT
What the President Failed to Divulge During
His Western Trip.

President Mckinley has completed
AAa western tour and It may be deemed
BreDer to ask whether the Republican
Izty has been benefited by his pres
sbAos IN Illinois. There is no doGct
khA4 his trip was intended to aid the
Republican party in the West There
n. however. a feeling that he did the
wAn4nE cause OF his party no good.
Hxs speeches were regarded by all in
1saltgent men as Iamentable failures.
EAsy were notable only for what they
killed 10 contain
He made no reference to the message
As sent to congress recommending the
Indianapolis gold standard banking
I'm. sent In at the opportune time to
atseredit the work and prevent the
Enoce1s OF the Wolcott commission. As
BsnRtor Stewart sagely observes, the
gradient failed to explain that the
platform he was elected on was only
Izfsnded to cheat and swindle the
vStsrs; that 1t meant the gold stand
AEa. and that all pretense that It ia
sursd the coinage Of SILVER by inter
National agreement o. otherwise was
4 sham and delusion.
ne failed to tell the people that the
0anglsy bill was not producing sufh-
Giant revenue to pay the expenses Of
khe government on a peace footing.
h gave no reason for selling 5000. 900,
90 worth OF bonds when the money
WA not needed, and is low lying idle
IN tho treasury. He made no reference
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have always made it a rule to avoid,
because 1 never care to commend my
swn work Tfere it is. The records
Er0 there / know It is right. 1 know
d cen stand the most searching in
vasfigation. / know that in time
svsry man that understands 1t will pro-
aSunce It right, so have said little
nb0ut Il, but want to talk about the
prassnt administration and 1t will be
nscessary to make a few comparisons.
In the former administration we
aAoptsd several rules.
Aiteeid's Economy.
Elrst we instructed the trustees or
ne various state institutions that they
mnst not put a man on tie pay roll
nn1oss he was absolutely needed They
must not pay higher wages in the in
sk1futions thai that same talent would
command outside and that they must
1Da keep q man for an hour after 1t
became apparent that he was not the
right man for the place. and that 1t
Asdn1 make any difference who his
Dolitical hacker was, whether he was a
governor or any other man. That
every man in a state institution must
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sonabIe extent, was carried out There
WA naturally some kicking and howl
ang about It. but was firm about 1t
and It was carried out.
Kept Open Accounts
Next. the law, you know, requires
the publication every quarter OF re-
Port from these institutions, stating
what they are doing and what they are
spending and what the money is spent
Tor and all about II. / required the
trustees to print in their reports pay
roll. giving the name OF every man,
zho salary paid him and the work he
Wan doing. and more important than
A. We required all the institutions to
ask bids for the supply of provisions
AMI accessories for these institutions.
ANY WCA0 AAobAhSNCn NAa~ NAGJ AhASe
bay Of the lowest bidder, must make
cut 4 list OF what was needed and sub
NIT II to ut least a half dozen whole
sale houses in different sections. to
get the lowest and best bids. and they
must accept the lowest and best bids
Thts resulted In 4 saving of about %
Fer cent So great was the saving I'M
der that rule that In the first two years
10 were there the institutions had
snFplns a. follows:
Hz~ure. That Tell OF Economy.
The Northern Insane Hospital had
Surplus OF 900. the institution at
Jaeksonville $51. 900. the Southern Hos
pSanl for the Insane at Anna sS1. 900.
~ Asylum for Criminals at Chester
$I00e. the Asylum for Feeble-Minded
At LAncoln $4,000. the Soldiers and
Orphans Home at Normal 81. 900. the
Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
ga. 600, Soldiers and Sailors Home at
Quincy $4,000. the State Home. for
Izvenile Offenders $4,000. making a
soGal OF $233. 900 that these institutions
1oa on hand at the end OF the first two
years more than they needed They
Aad q great deal moro than this, but
zaHer Instructions from the governor
zAey turned these sums back into the
state treasury Now. my friends. that
n the arxt time in the history OF the
state OF Illinois that institutions were
-ezufred to turn back into the state
treasury any saving they had or any
Euplas that they did not need The
r1le has been to swell the pay roll
0a Il MP Help some friends with It.
Aue under the strict regulations we had
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