The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-15

speaks Of political crime. say to
you that the greatest poltical crime
that was ever commit led in Indiana
was committed Ly the Republican
Party IN lis treatment CT the deaf,
the dumb, the blind, the insane. the
epileptics, the detectives and the
other unf. "'uuaies OF the State n
crime against those wh) were unable
To take care of themselves. against
those whom al all wise Providence
had made wards of the State. | am
not charging Mr.. Hanly personally
with the short -comings of his ad
ministration. 1t is a matter OF his
tory that the Republican leaders were
not in sympathy with him, that the
Republican legislature was not in &C
cord with him and that he was sur
rounded by a set OF State officials
who were recreant TO their trusts.
MIR. Goodrich in his address says
We were guilty Of high political
crime, when after having charged his
party with extravaganza. We proceed
ed to spend more money per year
than his party spent. The fault with
Mr.. Goodrich's Indictment and his
proof is that he does not distinguish
between the conduct of the political
affairs of the State and the conduct
of the institutions of the State. Meth
er does he take into consideration
the efficiency of the service furnish
ed. In his treatment of our admin
istration he Jumps together all the de
partments, political, charitable. cor
rectional and educational. In order
to correct the stingy policy OF his
party to the unfortunates and defec-
tiyes Of the State, it's parsimony to
the Educational Institutions OF the
State, We have been compelled to
spend additional money both inc the
repair and the cOnstruc-
ton OF additional institutions and
buildings. In his treatment Of the
subject of finances and expenditures
he has Jumped them together, thus
hoping to get an advantage from the
expenditures of money occasioned by
the very crime We charge them with.
One OF the charges We made against
the Republican administration was
the commingling of the different
funds of the State, and Mr.. Goodrich
in his treatment of the subject has
been guilty of the same offense.
hesitate to charge Mr. Goodrich with
a wilful misrepresentation of facts
CT with knowingly dishonest use of
figures. Rather l am content to be-
lieve that Mr.. Goodrich has been
made the victim, hope innocent, OF
some political acrobat, some
chameleon, who in his zeal to get in
to the good graces of the managers
of the Republican party has know
ingly, wilfully and dishonesty fur
nished Mr.. Goodrich with figures
that are dishonest, misleading, mac
curate and not applicable. Let us
see if this is correct
INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE.
Your government consists not only
in the carrying on of the affairs of
state through the state officers. but
ii consists OF the conduct and man
agement of the Benevolent and Cor
rectional Institutions of the state, of
the conduct and management of the
Educational Institutions of the state,
and of the management Of the Sink
iIg Funds. Taxes are levied separ-
ately for each of these branches OF
the State Government and in their
conduction these funds should he
kept separate, and the levy Tor each
Of these purposes should be sufficient
to operate the department for which
il was raised. The policy OF the Re-
publican administration was to COM
IninSle these funds. For instance. it
was the constant practice OF the Re-
publican administration to pay de-
ficits in the Benevolent funds, OF in
the Educational funds. out Of the
General fund, and 10 do this il was
necessary at times for them to have
she levy for General funds as high
rs twelve cents, as against the seven
-ent levy made under Governor Raj
ston's recommendation by the Demo-
ocratic General Assembly of 1913. 1t
was a favorite practice in the Re-
publican administration of the finan-
ces OF the State 10 take the Sinking
fund, which was raised TO pay the
bonded indebtedness OF the State.
and put il into the General fund, and
To use il either for general purposes
Of To make up deficiencies in the
other funds. Mr.. Goodrich does not
directly charge. but he leaves the
impression that under the new tax
aw of 1913 the funds provided for
have not been kept separate. and
hat there has been and can be a
of the State funds. He
would be understood as charging that
although the levy for the General
fund has been lowered, that fund has
been augmented by payments out of
the other special funds. and there
fore We are not entitled TO any credit
for lowering the levy for the Gen
aral fund TO seven cents. or for pay
ng the State debt. Mr.. Goodrich has
teen deceived by the policital gym
nast who furnished him his data. II
Mr.. Goodrich had taken the-trouble TO
the tax levy law of 1913 he
would have found that IL is provided
hat the funds raised for the payment
Df the State debt must be kept inyio-
ate for that purpose and cannot be
diverted TO any other purpose, and
not dollar has been diverted. II
vas he observance OF this provision
by the present administration that
,aused the State debt to be paid. The
Iunds raised for the educational In