The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-19
Governor RalSt0n Tells State
Convention Democratic Party
Has Fulfilled All It's PLEDGES

demands on the treasury, not only to
pay ordinary expenses, but to properly
take care Of the state educational
and benevolent institutions as we'll.
He quoted State Auditor O'Brien on
this subject, as follows:
"The Ralston administration inherit
ed the embarrassed financial condition
of the state, and did not create it,
Gov. RalstOn did not sidestep or hes
itate when the financial crisis of the
state confronted him, but went to it.
and had the honesty and courage to
grapple with the situation and the
policy of will pay you tomorrow will
soon be no more.
THE legislature of 1918, upon the
recommendation of Gov Ralston, had
the courage to meet the condition and
provide remedy, and make a tax
levy sufficient to meet the obligations
of the state in a busines-like way
| The fact is that for twenty years,
every political subdivision in the
state, the smallest unit, has been man.
aged with more business concern and
Judgment than the finances of the
state-due to lack of moral courage to
/ the expense of the state government
THE legislature of 1913, in fixing
the sinking fund levy, provided that
1t should be held sacred for the pay
ment of the state debt, and the nro-
vision in the law has always been the
policy of the democratic party. me
money COLI ed for the sinking fund
| in 1912 anu 1913 was used for the
| payment of the state, and not a dollar
of the sinking fund, since the Demo-
| cratic debt paying was begun, has
! been transferred to the general fund
! for the payment of current expenses"
! The governor commended the act
+ creating the Panama-Pacific eXposi-
ton. as a proper means of placing
Indiana in her rightful position, before
/ the country and the worry. by taking
creditable part in that exposition.
He also made favorable comment on
theproposed referendum vote next
November on the question of a mem
orial building to celebrate the cen
tenial anniversary of the states ad-
mission into the union, and at the
same time to furnish needed quarters
for some of the administrative officers
of the state.
Temperance and Law Enforcement.
! be no backward steps taken on the
temperance question, endorsed the
present local option and other liquor
laws, and said: Our party stands
with the people for temperance and a
strict enforcement of all liquor laws.
He insisted that law and order must
! be maintained at any COST and as
serted that"barring a very unusual
condition., there is not county in the
state in which an honest and compe-
ten judge, and honest and competent
prosecuting attorney and an honest
and competent sheriff cannot enforce
the law and maintain peace and order
if they really desire to have the law
enforced"
AS to the differences between CAPT
tai and labor. the governor said that
Both the strike and the lockout are
crude and cruel methods Of dealing
with conditions lying at the very basis
of society" and he is in favor of both
voluntary and compulsory arbitration
the latter being especially appli-
cable to differences arising concern
ing public utilities--and declared that
both parties to such dispute should
be willing to make contribution for
the keeping of the public peace and
for the securing of their respective
rights, without having to resort to in
timidation or coercion