The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
WILL DECLINE TO APPROVE MEASURE
 FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Says Much Boosted Judici- ary Encouragement Will Save the State a Paltry $5OOO a Year
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Montgomery. September 22.-spe- ciaI)-Tbat the legislature has sig nalIy failed in it's eft-repeated purpose to reduce the expenses of the govern ment to a sum not in excess of the ex- pendftures, Governor Henderson, in . special message thls afternoon, makes an unequivocal charge.
 The message consisted primarily, in
 an executive announcement that he
 would permit to die on his desk the { bfn recently enacted under the pro-
 visions of which the annual appro-
 priation for public schools would be
 increased from ss5oooo to s5Oo,0oo By s declining to approve the bill, the
 governor continues in effect the $780,
 0OO appropriation authorized by the
 legislature in 1911. Tn his statement,
 he declares that his action is not due
 to lack of interest or sympathy, but
 Is based entirely on the fact that the
 condition of the state treasury will
 not permit of large and ever increas-
 ing appropriations
 And, as if in substantiation of his statement, the governor in brief reviews the result of the fiscal legislation per fected in the two half sessions of this year.
 Accounts the Failures
 In the first place. he declares that if the revenues are to be increased to an amount equal to the expenditures, the assessment of property must be increased in the sum of $125000,0oO He asks if any member of the legislature is so optimistic as to believe that new legislation will achieve such happy result.
 In the second place. he reepated his former assertion to the effect that the new license bill will increase revenue only in the sum of s22,O00, and that the result of the new revenue bill Is prob- lematical. The governor, 1t Is known doubts very seriously the ability of the new revenue bill to raise money in ex- cess of that raised by the revenue bill oi 1911.
 In the third place, the governor makes the startling statement that whereas the legislature has reduced expenses in the sum of $43,000. 1t has increased expendi- lures in the sum of 34l,000 and that the lend is not yet
 But the most startling of all the state- ments of the chief executive Is that the judiciary rearrangement. of which the majority faction of the legislature has made such general boasts as to it's eff cheney in reducing the expenses of the judiciary. will result in an annual net saving of only 5000.
 Charge of Incompetency
 In effect, the message of the governor is construed as a charge that the leg islature has proved itself incompetent to legislature in a business manner for the Interest of the commonwealth
 The pertinent paragraphs of the mes- sage are reproduceds
 When you took up your duties as legislators the annual expenditures of the state were running more than $3OO O0u in excess of the revenues. Up to the present time by your actions you have reduced the annual expenditures $l3,O00. but you have also increased the annual expenses $4l 600 besides stated appropria- tions for large sum and annual inter- est charges on current deficit. not taking into consideration any bills now before
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