Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-15

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shall in one OF his epigrannlatl BIC
utterances said ss.Governufells k o
necessity. tt was never intended 70
be a luxury" "If government takes
more from the taxpayer than IS nee
essary> to effectively and econom-
ically conduct it's business, then the
government is thief, and we onght
to call in the police
The present Governor Glynn, Oh
New York, who I think was some
years comptroller of that great state
and in that capacity was in posi-
tion to know about fiscal matters
concerning the State, as reported
by the press, says, "We cannot ma
terially increase our receipts. we
must decrease our expenditures. The
taxpayer must be prepared either to
shoulder a heavy direct tax or to
discourage the illusion that the best
legislator is he who brings back the
largest appropriations from the
State Treasury for his home dis
trict."
The comptroller of Maryland, also
realizing the tendency to spend more
than can be collected is reported, as
follows in the Baltimore Sun"
,"Ccmptroller Harrington submitted
his report to the Legislature. In it
he stated that the State expenses
were exceeding it's income and de-
clared in favor of state tax COM
mission whose duty it would be to fix
the basis for taxation in every coun-
ty and city in the State
Judson Harmon, of Ohio, the at
torney general during President
Cleveland's second term, and who
has but recently finished four
years term as Governor of Ohio, in
addressing the Legislature Of Ken
lucky in February 1913, admonished
the assembly as TO taxation and ex-
,penditures, among other things he
said, "These are times of private
extravagances,. but that is no ex-
cuse for public extravagances. Ev-
erybody may spend his own money
as he pleases, but public officials
spend other peoples money, much OF
it contributed under hardship, and
all of it, for purposes which makes
it sacred for every patriot
Former Speaker Cannon in q re-
cent address, on the efforts to spend
and keep on spending and the need
to apply the "check wheel" in the
face of strong inclinations to the
contrary, is thus quoted, "There may
be a temporary demand for leglsta-
ton with a manufactured public
sentiment behind it which has to be
resisted, and it calls for courage to
become unpopular, even for the time
being. There are such situations n
nearly every Congress, and the sent
liment behind demands for special
! legislation, often sounds like the
1 voice of the whole people. There
have been occasions when this de-
1nand was needed and the Congress
soon after learned that it had only
been frightened into running away
The act was repudiated by the
people. The wheel horses who sal
|lback in the, breeehing and tried to
prevent the runaway came nearer
representing the quiet, unexpresset
majority sentiment than did thos|
! who. needed the noise
| On. December 81. last there was
meeting in Richmond, of the finanet
| committee of the former general as
] sembly of Virginia, called for th'
! purpose of discussing the question
1 of taxation and appropriations foi
the two years February 1, 1914-16
:; At that time newspaper reports o
the proceedings were published. Th'
, Alexandria Gazette in its Richmont
5 news, says, "Members of the fnanc
} committee have expressed them
! selves as opposed under any condi
3 tions to an appropriation bill, whic
/ would exceed the fairly anticipate
revenues. or which might bring on
s deficit similar to that created by tn
a liberal appropriations Of the Sc;
J, sion of 1905"
< Governor Stuart only recently ~
: Emonished the general assembly
t Iuse caution, as he would not al
: prove. but would veto, any appr
: priation bill that was too close,
v fairly ascertained revenues. ,f-yrlaS
t Even if ! had entertained "a afar
Q doubts as to my position in IN: inslsti1 i
: that for a time at least, we shou
i n,rs,,e the policy of making no a