Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-16
MAN WHO DOES THINGS
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Of Mr.. Reighard and among other
things says:
In this legislature in money matters
what Reighard says usually goes.
AS to spending state funds to carry
forward the prison farm project on
the 1570-acre tract in Madison county,
brought by the legislature two years
ago, Reighard's afraid the state can't
afford it at this time.
There's $1O,OOO,OOO in the state
treasury, but Reighard says of it:
estate finance is a complicated mat
ter. l don't agree with State Auditor
Donahey, who said about 900
of state funds was unincumbered.
81 contend Donahey counted a lot
of special funds, which he credits in
the general revenue fund. These
special funds cannot be appropriated
to meet the general expense of the
state.
"I think a prison farm would be
a good thing. but Y feel the needs of
the insane hospitals, the epileptic and
feeble-minded institutions are SO
pressing we wouldn't be justified in
going ahead with the prison farm idea
at this time.
"Tm in favor of farming the land
for two DR. three years until the state
will be in better shape financially"
Hundreds of Ohio people. interested
in prison reform, are trying to con-
vince the legislature-which means
Reighard-that there's enough money
in sight to take care of the insane,
epileptic and feeble-minded institu-
lions and also 60 ahead with the
prison project.
The encouraging thing about it is
that Reighard is looking at the pro-
| position with an open mind and is
| willing, to be convinced that his posi-
| zion is wrong.
Reighard has been deeply affected
by the discovery that conditions in
| state institutions are deplorable thru
overcrowding and neglect. >
The News Bee of Toledo contained
an article in regard to Mr.. Reighard's
work last Tuesday evening. The Ohio
| State Journal Of Columbus has con
tanned a number of articles in regard
to Mr.. Reighard's activities, in or
| der to give some idea of what Mr..
| Reighard and his finance committee
are up against in the, matter of max
| lIlS dppIOpl lOI1o VIC Cl1P Tx
ing from the State Journal of April
18th:
Chairman Reighard said the COM
mittee's intention to care literally for
the states wards was not a new one
but had been emphasized by the condi-
lions the finance committee found In
inspecting the various institutions.
| He deprecated published reports that
the committee was disposed to be
misery when there was a $10,000,000
surplus. In fact, the surplus in the
general fund available for appropria-
tons for general purposes, State Bud
| get Commissioner Fullington stated
had been February Is, approximately
$4,000, 900, and this and also $4,000,
900 of accruing revenue had been APP
preparations for the long budget for
propriated for the long budget for
two years, beginning July l, must be
made against revenue ex~pectancles,
not against an alleged huge surplus.
During Mr.. Reighard's first term as
representative as a member OF n
minority party, he was not content to
draw his breath and his salary and
let it go at that; we remember that
he put over an amendment that clip
ped exhorbitant salaries of common
pleas judges to the extent that saved
this county many times his salary to
say nothing of the immense saving to
the state. In a word we are proud of
Mr.. Reighard's record as a legislator
and it is our opinion that that record
has not been surpassed by the record
of any other representative who has
ever sat in the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio.