Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Governor Urges Liberal Treat
ment of Educational
Institutions.
State Board of Control Is Strongly
C0mmended-Is Opposed to
Prize Fights.

Commended-IS Opposed to
Prize Fights.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 1O.--The govern
oy's message was read to both houses
OF the legislature yesterday. 1t follows:
To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of Iowa:
In obedience to
Aowa's constitutional re-
Present quirement, I have
Prosperity the pleasure Of
honorable body the following state
ments concerning the condition OF the
state, together with some recommended
lions for legislative considerat ton.
Never in our history has labor found
more ready employment or more lib
eral remuneration: never has agricul-
ture generally been more prosperous
or yielded better returns: never has
business been more universally active
or reasonable profits for invested cap
tel more secure; and never were the
finances of the state in a more salts
factory condition than at the present
hour.
At the beginning of the last fiscal
term, there were unpaid warrants out
standing to the amount of SAT-, 500 70.
At the same time there was cash in the
treasury s36,67s.96, leaving the net in
debtedness of the state s410,S27.77. OF
the outstanding warrants, the sum of
1868. 1874 81 was drawing interest, the
accrued amount of which at that time
increased this Indebtedness by an I'M
ascertained sum. Moreover, there re-
mained of special appropriations made
by the Twenty-S' xth and former gen.
eral assemblies the following amount,
against which warrants had not yet
been drawn: S.4376i. There was,
therefore, to be paid out of the reve-
nues Of the then succeeding term s719,-
2653S. besides the interest on the out
standing warrants. in addition to the
ordinary expenses Of the biennial period
and the extraordinary expenditures
that the Twenty-seventh general as
sembly might authorize.
1t is gratifying to
Condition know that the ju-
ofthe dicious provisions
Treasury Tue Tue py tns
Twenty seventh general assemblies.
for the increase Of public reve-
nues on the one hand and the reduc-
ton of expenditures on the other. en-
abled the state to meet all Its obliga-
tons, past and current, and to accu-
mulate in the treasury, at the end OF
the fiscal term under review, surplus
of $414, 94.62 over and above all out
standing warrants, subject, however, to
the yet unexpended appropriations Of
the Twenty-seventh and earlier gener-
oil assemblies. OF these, less than 500, :
600 remained undrawn at the end Of
the fiscal term. With these amounts
ail expended, there Will remain fully
S220000 to meet the expenditures of the
current term.
The receipts Of general rev.
enueS during the fiscal
term from July l, 1897. to
July 1. 1899 aggregated. 81. 1878. 4oS.2o
The treasury balance July
i, 1897, waS...... ....... 3B.62.96
Total revenues for the
term. ........ ......... ..S5,llb,ViB.2s
Against this sum-
warrants were
drawn during
the term. ..$4, 1876. 494.s8
Deduct all out
standing war;
rants at the end
of the term. ..s4. 1876, 494.9s
Warrants paid during the
term. So. ........... 4.165. 1858
Add amount of outstanding
warrants at beginning of
term....,. ....... .......... 447,5oo II
Interest thereon paid. 57,7S6. 81
Treasury cash June 80, 1899. AS, 002.37
Total. ...... So lie. 0T6. rs
At the close Of business on December
oVs Looo, the treasury oho"Su DIS Iol-
lows:
General revenue........ ....$ 566. 1908
Outstanding warrants at
that date. ........ ........ 29.710.S6
Net surplus. 49,. ....s 5S7, 259.97
On December 81. 1897, the
outstanding warrants ag-
gregated.... ........ $3.50. 519,9S6. on
Cash In treasury. ...... 0S,645. Al
Leaving a net indebted
ness...... ...... ..........$ AL, 800 So
The treasury is thus in better condi-
tion than it was two years ago by ST.
DOS, 580.50.
The surplus of $537, 259.97, shown
above. Is subject to reduction by the
special appropriations yet undrawr OF
past general assemblies. amounting to
3 less than 100000.
The auditor Of
a Million state estimates the
Dollars receipts for the
Av,,Iahls current term at 81
564, 200: and the ex-