The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-10-04
GOVERNOR HANLY COMING.
He Will Speak in Plymouth Tuesday
Afternoon, October 8.

ing to Plymouth and the Tribune
has been requested to say that he
will be here next Tuesday afternoon.
He is one of the nations greatest
orators and all around great men
whom everybody should hear.
The Indianapolis News, an indie
pendent paper gives the following as
the 'Hanly Program"
Gov. Hanly's report of the states
business, which he made at Upton is
not to be exhausted in an examina-
ton or two. His speech there was
precisely report of the states bust
ness such thing as should come
from a governor and as such going
direct to the people. How we'll it
was done, and what a goodly sum of
things done it showed we have had
occasion to say. But it did more
than tell what had been DONE 1t
told what, in the governors opinion,
| ought still to be done and outlined
what he meant to do as far as in him
lay. We have spoken more particu-
larly to the insurance work that he
thinks is needed A question of
greater importance than this could
hardly be presented If the governor
shall be able to reform the abuses
that exist in this way in Indiana,
strengthen the securities and estab-
lish guarantees for the people that
intrust their savings to these con-
Germs he will do great work indeed ,
and that he will have popular support
there is no doubt
In line with what might be called
this reform work is the suggestion
as to private banking. In spite OF
the amendment to the law, the gov
ernor points out that the law itself is
defective, in not providing for state
supervision and inspection. This is
essential and the law should order
it to the most effective degree. 1t
is intolerable that private banks
should be allowed to go their way as
some are doing. 1t is against the
spirit of the age Indiana can not
afford to foster it. She must have
her financial institutions safeguarded
with the best.
The two-cent passenger railroad
rate of which we have already spok-
en-, comes more ,.nder the head OF
advance work than under that of
correction. But it is a sound sugges-
ton, Indiana is ripe for it and its
prevalence in a territory so thickly
settled as ours would be no hardship
on the railroads. If the people are
wise they will also pitch their tents
with the governor in this. Equally
so they will be with him as to the
scandal, disgrace and source of cor
ruption of free passes. He correctly
calls its a system of peculation. Its
day draws to close, but state legis-
lation may follow hard on the sub
ject and wipe out the last trace of it.
And here we may properly advert to
the governors efforts to make an end
of it as far as he had control
Another item on the governors
program is interest on the public
funds and state repositories. This
too, is in line with the trend of
! events and in the effort to see that
we record ourselves on the right side
by proper legislation the people
should, and, it is not to be doubted.
will be, in full accord with advanced
sentiment The governor pointed out
that there was no experimental legis-
lation here. He cited the many states
that had already public repositories
for public funds and he showed the
vast amount of interest that is lost
by the methods which we still allow
to prevail with us. There is s1a,-
900, 900 in the hands of public officials
in Indiana. Two per cent would yield
$260,000 year to the people--an en-
ormous sum that would reduce taxes
by so much. And that is simply the
financial side. The side of purer pol
itics need only be alluded to. We
hope and believe that the coming
legislature will see the people de-
imanding that an end once for all be
made of interest on public money in
private hands and the funds be plac-
ed in public repositories.
The Moore amendment to the
Nicholson law can hardly be called
a part of the governors program,
for it has been enacted But it was
part Of his program, and so far as
in him lay he got it done-a way he
has. He declared that its workings
for IS months demonstrated its
righteousness and he stood for its
retention. Taking the things yet TO
do-as we have enumerated them
every one appeals to every good cit
izen. Every one is in the interest of
the average man, the industrious tax
paying citizen. Moreover they rep
resent the best thought of the time
each in its way, and not to come
abreast of it would leave Indiana be-
hind indeed. A renovation of the
whole insurance situation a supervi-
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