Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-12

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increased at the rate Of SO. 600 per an
mum, only increased SIC. 900 per an
mum when they were In control. Why
1t was that they would not construct q
State building without laying special
levy, and making supplemental assess
ments, and then borrowing money,
while the present administration, out
OF the ordinary revenues. has provided
for more public buildings than have
ever been constructed in the samo
length OF time in the history OF the
State, and has not borrowed a cent.
nor increased taxes Why it was that
the Democratic Legislature Of 1899
paid $4,000 out Of the State treasury
for alleged services in collecting an
obligation due this State from the
United States government, which SER
vices were absolutely unnecessary. as
the United States government cheer
fully paid the full amount OF the obli-
cation to the State treasury. Why il
was that the last Democratic goyerro.
or this State borrowed one hundred
thousand dollars out OF the irreduc;hle
school fund, for State purposes, pay
ing per cent interest for IL, while
at the same time one of his State ON
GERS had thousands of dollars OF the
States money in his pocket, and was
paying neither principal nor interest
Why it was that the cost of the public
printing. binding and stationery from
1890 to 1896, inclusive, under Demo-
cratic control, amounted TO a yearly
average of nearly $4,000, while un-
der the present administration it has
averaged less than half that amount
With the same resources at their
command, which the Republicans now
control, they were never able to place
more than 81 100000 at the disposal OF
the Legislature in any two years.
while with no increased taxation and
without borrowing one cent. the pres
ent administration in the same period
of time has furnished over 100000.
We view with pity and alarm the
conditions of anarchy now existing in
China, affecting the property rights of
Americans in the empire, threatening
tthe destruction of their lives and prop
erty, and endangering the rights of
commerce secured to Americans under
existing treaties and the law of ma
lions.
We express our confidence in the firm
but 'wisely conservative attitude of the
national administration in its deter
mination to preserve the treaty rights
and all other rights of Americans, ac-
quired in China under the law OF ma
tions
We endorse the firm avowaI of the
national government to hold to ac-
countability for loss or damage infiict-
ed upon American citizens, the author
ity in the empire chargeable with the
maintenance of law and order and the
guardianship OF life, property and
rights or Americans.
We contrast with confidence in the
peoples approval Of the wise course OF
Republican administration, the condi-
ton of the State treasury under Dem
ocratic and Republican rule. Under
the former sums were constantly bor-
rowed from the school fund to meet
the exigencies and extravagancies in
the demands of the State fund, and in
some instances, notably from 1881 to
1855, illegal perversions OF moneys in
the general school fund were made for
the benefit Of the depleted school fund,
to the detriment of the free schools of
the State, while under the latter there
has always been SUFFICIENT funds to
meet all honest and proper demands
upon the treasury, with a constant bal
ance in the State repositories of nearly
a million dollars, bearing interest 10
the great benefit of the people. This
contrast between interest-paying anG
interest-bearing administration is all
the more marked in view Of the fact
that under both the resources OF reve-
nue. are identical and in no instance
have taxes been increased. We APP
peal TO the voters TO give their support
to treasury guarding rather than a
treasury-looting administration of our
finances. We agree that more money
has been appropriated under Republi-
can administration than was appropri-
ated by their Democratic predecessors.
but taxes upon the people have not
been increased, and the State has the
public buildings now under construction
to show for this increased expenditure,
which Is proof of the economic and
proper care for the peoples money and
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