Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-18

l find no evil in appropriating money
for educational purposes with liberia
hand. but | cannot approve and justify
appropriations that exceed the revenue OF
the state. We can afford to be liberal
and l see no direction in which liberality
can better be expended than in support
of the common schools and the institu-
tons err ,sara I'd above but our liberal
ITy should be limited by our revenue. We
have created Il sinking fund for the eX-
tinguishment of the state debt, and the
sinking fund has increased until our net
debt over and above the sinking fund on
Dec. l last was only sl025, SO. while by
our excess of liberalty we have incurred
a floating debt, equally as sacred, of a
little over $, 500, 000 which is annually in
creasing at the rate of from 900 to
$1,000, 0G0 with no provision whatever for
its payment and with no evident or ap-
parent attention Of meeting it. 1t is not
the fault Of any one man or of any polit-
ical party Of the state, bat rather grows
out Of that eXtravagant disregard for
plain business principles which should
guide the state as well as Individuals
He continues by pointing out that in
his opinion the only thing to be done
is the reduction of expenditures. He
says:
We cannot withhold the approximations
for the soldiers orphans. nor the deaf and
dumb children. nor the blind, nor the
training schools for the feeble minded at
Elwyn and Polk, nor for the industrial
schools. The state has entered upon these
projects. has expended large sums of
money in the erection of buildings and
must continue to appropriate. Some APP
preparations may he withheld from char
liable institutions. but if all of doubtful
merit are withheld and many others
there will still not be enough to enter ma
terially upon the reduction Of the accu-
mulated Indebtedness. A rigid economy
must be practiced. and it shall be NV
purpose in oil cases that can to with
hold my approval of unnecessary expendi-
lures and appropriations.
He adds that a portion of the annual
appropriation of $500, 600 for the com
mon schools of the state could be with
held, but would not like to recommend
this except in case of necessity. lie rec
onlmends the early passage of a law
suspending the third section of the rev.
enue law of 1891 for two years and d.
rectng that all of this tax be retained
by the state during that time.
lie continues by hoping that the GUS
tom of passing bills at the end of the
session to compensate EMPLOYEES not
aulhorlzed by existing laws will cease
He hopes the legislature "may refrain
from passing resolutions for investjgat
ing committees to investigate Industrial
ana other questions where the necessity
for such investigation is not clear. An
investigation is never necessary unless
to inform the legislative body fully nm
on existing evils
AT the close of the address the gov
ernor and PARTY were escorted to the
senate chamber to Witness the inaugu-
ration of General Goblin. After short
address by the lieutenant governor the
party were driven 10 a pavilion in fran
or the executive mansion to review r.,
parade Congressman N Il. Ol,ns,aa
of HARRISBURG W"s r!,;ef marsha, of tn
parade ana N'a'n" ls'a" n n"ow,. der
uty secretary OF internal affairs, chi,
of staff.