Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23

you have said that I am reckless and
extravagent because the expenses OF
the state have increased in the last
seven years then will you not say that
Senator Allison has been reckless and
extravagant and improvident because
| the expenses of our country have in.
creased during his administration?
know you will not reach any such con.
clusion and If you don't reach 1t with
respect to him, then in honor of your
own manhood, in justice to the powers
OF reason with which God has gifted
you, never again use it with respect
to the administration of which / have
been a part.
~ Will Tell You Why"
| But will tell you why the expenses
of the state have increased in the last
few years. At least l will give you
some idea Of what the additional ex.
penses have been for. You have four
teen state institutions under the state
board of control and those institutions
have been practically rebuilt in the
last seven years. The state board of
control has been erecting fire-proot
and enduring structures commodious
| enough to answer the demands of the
persons committed to them for years
to come. Every building has cost more
in these years than in the years be-
fore. The inmates in these institu.
| lions are more numerous than ever be.
fore and better clothed than ever be-
fore and what they wear and what
they eat has cost more than they ever
cost before. The increased expenses
of the state are due largely to the
increased cost Of maintaining these
fourteen state institutions. Now
the state board Of control is
composed of three men of the
highest character and every dollar ap
propriated by the legislature has been
expended by the state board of con
troll. Not one penny of it passes
through the hand of the governor OF
of the executive council and it Is q
wise provision of the law that makes
the board Of control Independent OF
every other branch Of the government
That is the reason that the expenses
of this branch Of the government have
increased.
Take the second large item of in
crease. The results are there visible
at the educational institutions of the
state. There is not a considerable
building, save the history building
upon the campus at Iowa City OF
upon the campus at Ames that has
not been paid for in the last sever
years. And these buildings at this
time command the pride and admira
ton Of every citizen of Iowa who has
ever looked upon them.
Student Increase,
When l became governor the stu
dents at Iowa City numbered 100
There are now more than 1900 Of
your sons and daughters taking the
training to equip them for the future
When I became governor there were
900 of your boys and girls at the
college at Ames. There are now more
than 1900 of your young men and
women gathering the knowledge which
equips them for usefulness for the1l
country in the future. The growth Of
the school at Cedar Falls has beer
proportionate.
We have expended for the erection
/ of monuments upon the southern bat
tlefields something like 100000.
never knew what patriotism was al
I never knew how beautiful the colors
of your flag until I stood beside those
shafts Of marble and granite as they
reared themselves into the southern
skies at Shiloh, at Vicksburg, at Look
out Mountain, at Missionary Ridge
and in that lonely but beautiful home
of the dead at Andegsonville. never
knew what great sacrifice was made
by these men who wear that little
i bronze button, the noblest decoration
that ever rose and fell with the pal
pitations of the human heart, until
saw that story craven into the stone
Of those marble monuments erected
by the gratitude and the loyalty O
the generation now acknowledging The
priceless privileges for which the,
fought and for which their number:
died. And if there Is man here
whose heart is SO dead to the love o
country as to criticise this expenditure
then l must lose his confidence, be
cause of all the appropriations tina
have been made none commanded
from me more influence than the ap
preparation which made it possible TO
the state of Iowa to write this lovin.
story for the sons of 1861, the SOM
who are living as well as those VIII.
have gone to their reward upon tn,
4 other shore.
Restoration of Capitol.
The fourth item Of expense is tn
restora ton Of the capitol at De
Moines. The north wing was burne
and it became necessary to rebuild
and we had occupied the capitol TO
seventeen years in incomplete conditio
The legislature, before / became gov
ernor, determined to complete it an
the restoration has been made and tn
capitol completed at cost of $3.50,
900.
Now you have where ell of the in
creases in expenses of the state G
Iowa have gone. If there is a ma
here who has ever uttered one wor
Of criticism with regard to the ex
penses of the state I want to tell hir
that l know of no appropriation tina
has been made in these years tina
ought not to have been made. r
honest. be fair. The essential char
acteristic of the American character
fair play and I intend to have fai
play if 1 can waken the dormant sup
port of the freedom loving American
of Iowa. 1 have never been denie
fair play and l don't intend to alloV
this falsehood to sink and remain i
the consciences of the people of thi
state. Tell me what appropriation