The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-27
Governor Hanly's Great Speech.

Indiana in a speech before one of til,
largest crowds that ever assemble,
in that county. The speech aboundeC
IN meat" for the Republicans, bu
the executive did not spare either
Democratic or Republican State OF
hcials in arraigning them for graf
in office.
Thomas Taggart, national chair
man of the Democratic party, was at
tackled in no uncertain terms becaus,
he sanctioned, at least, declared til,
Governor, the maintenance of gamb
| ling at French Lick. The Governor
declares the law has been violated
and in case Taggart is sustained by
he Supreme Court the next Gener
al Assembly will have an opportun
ity to enact a law governing such
resorts.
Governor Hanly referred to the
cases of Ex-State Auditor Sherricl
and Ex-Secretary of State Storms
and Adjutant General Ward, set on
the amounts for which each of these
officials was short and pointed to tn,
fact that they had been recovered
and turned into the treasury
Some excerpts from the speech
are as follows:
In addition to caring for the ma
terial interests of the people and Civ
ing them a business administration
the man who administers govern
ment in Indiana must stand for NOR
al worth, for the enforcement of tho
law which the people enact ,withou
fear or favor, against all men alike
the rich as we'll as the poor, the
strong as we'll as the weak, the h;gi
as well as the lowly.
Is it not safer to trust an admin
istration that has been tried than t.
turn to those of whose conduct of al
fairs you can now have no knowl
edge? Are not things done anC
things in hand worth more than TIL,
sounding phrases of opposing pla:
forms?
If the Expenses of public bushes.
and the burdens of the taxpayers
have increased, they have increased
without raise in the tax levy, 70
he total State levy, including an in
crease of mills in the tuition levy
and the educational institution lev,
of ga cents, is now but 3135 cent
on the hundred dolalrs as against
cents in 1898 and 1894, the last tw
levies under a Democratic admins
tration.
Acting IN accord with execusiv
recommendation, the late Genera
Assembly enacted private bankinc
law The law itself is defective
does not sufficiently provide fol-
State supervision and inspection TIL
law should be so amended as to give
the State such authority. Such sup
ervision should be real and not nom
inal. The administration stood 70.
and secured the present statute 1
stands for and hopes to secure tn
amendment suggested.
The number of persons aided b.
township trustees show an annual
reduction since 1895 Of 29,ss5, an
the expenditures for that purpose ar
average decrease of $337,192. This
it is true, may be partly due to tn,
prosperous condition of the country
now and since 1895, but in my judg
ment, it is more largely due to tho
series of poor relief laws affecting
county and township business enact
ed since 1895.
In Ohio the 2-cent rate has result
ed in an increased income and if the
railway companies will cut out a
free transportation and make fla
F2-cent rate in Indiana there is nc
reason why the experience should b.
different here.
For years that go beyond the
memory of the present executive
the custom of the receipt and accept
lnce of free railway privileges from
other quasi public corporations ha:
been developing The administrative
officers of the state have ceased tc
be brokers' offices for the dispense
toin of this favor, and they will no
become such again under this admin
istration.
Gu the subject of our State insti
tutions the administration stand.
where Republican administration.
have long stood. 1t stands for The
lifting of these institutions from pc
litical control that the helpless
children of the State" may have
just, humane and efficient care.