Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-08-18
WOULD PREVENT
CUTTING EXPENSES


administration from keeping its
pledge to further cut down the ex-
penses of conducting the state gov.
ernment The Coxized press of Ohio
had to admit that the purchase of the
Wyandotte building for state Offices
was one of the best business transac-
tions the state has ever made. Even /
the Ohio State Journal admitted it.
Now comes the rumor in Columbus
that an injunction against the pur-
chase is to be filed by a prominent
Democratic politician. The conten-
ton is that the legislature had no con-
stitutional right to buy a building. The
act is this machine has gone under
the impression for several years that
saving dollar to the taxpayers of the
state is unconstitutional!
Another rumor is afioat and comes
from good Democratic authority that
those who hold office rooms in the
| Wyandotte building under lease, are
being urged to hold or until after
! the November election. What for,
Mr. Taxpayer? Is it to save soma
money for you? No, it is to make po-
litical thunder in an attempt to get
your vote. The Cox machine, by its
every act, has shown that it doesn't
care for the taxpayer, out 1t will be
after his vote
Notwithstanding, the Public Utilities
| Commission and the State Fire Mar
! shall will move into the Wyardotte
| building the first of September The
State Fish and Game Commission and
the Insurance Department will follow
suit That will eliminate state Of
fees from the new First National Bank
and new Hayden buildings. Other Of
fees will be moved as soon as the
leases made under the Cox administra-
ton have expired. The program OF
efficiency and economy is going for
ward in spite OF the Democratic op-
position to that program.
Saving On Tags.
By the agitation for cheaper auto
tags under the present state admins
tration, the state will save in the
neighborhood of s12,000.o0 this year.
Governor Willis and tie members Of
the Board of Administration favored
the manufacturing of auto tags by the
penitentiary.
The agitation brought the lowest
bid ever received by the state and
one much lower than it would cost to
make the tags at the penitentiary.
The tags Will be manufactured for 1879
cents a pair, saving of about six
cents on each pair.
The saving made by the letting Of
the contract at that low figure makes
, the statement OF Chairman Bill Finley
look a little foolish. Finley owns q
,, part of the Scioto Sign Company of
Kenton and the bid of that company
: was withdrawn for political pur-
poses" The contract was let at a
much lower figure than the bid of the
Scioto company
A Business Deal.
The price of $225, 200 for the Wyan'
dotte building, which will house all OF
: the state offices, is a remarkable one
= Those who are conversant with the
a facts say that the building can not be
!, built for a cent less than 100000 to
# day. 1t is absolutely f1reproof and one
:. of the most imposing buildings in Co
!. lumbus.
a The idea of erecting new state of
n fee building has not been given up
a The state WI await the action of the
h Columbus Chamber of Commerce il
II regard to site for new building
4 There is left in the treasury of thu
Y. amount appropriated, about $500,O00
Il The buying of the Wyandotte building
v cuts out rent which amounted to tht
IS price paid during the previous thre'
s years. When the state is ready tt
10 erect new Office building. it will haV'
h no trouble getting it's money out o
the Wyandotte building and will saw
rent in the meantime. 1t was cold
blooded business proposition and i
deserving of credit.
n For the year ending June 80 tn
ID penal institutions of Ohio paid a prof
of $91 1,31900 Among other things tn
le sale of electric current from the pen
is tentiary plant was s21,74251. TIL
IS sum of $73,295.O0 was paid prisoner
lg of the penitentiary for their labor dul
u ing the year and the sale of manufa(
IL tured products at the institution
le amounted to $217,SO1 and reformator
is sales amounted to S195, 5,252.00.
n Lacking other campaign materia
OF against Governor Willis, Democrat
IS and their aids fall back on talk of a
ID alleged deal in Cincinnati in 191'
at The evidence quickly disproves thei
d story. Before Ex-Governor Cox ha
time to think of this excuse for hi
defeat, the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Democratic newspaper, disposed of
Ie- on November IA, 1914, by saying:
ty SIT is significant that Governor Co
90 carried every one of the so-called Iii
ny eral wards of the city except tn
M Twenty-second, in which Georg
'ts Schott. the Republican candidate fc
70 sheriff, lives. Willis carried five res
dence wards which went for Hunt lai
year. Cox won in IA wards and WI
lis in r. The majority for Willis
IL the city was 1924 and in the countl
ty 898"
IS The Enquirer also gives the follov
lts ing piuralities for the other Republi
le, a.. candidates as follows:
g, arnold over Greenlund, 11,197.
ld' "Hildebrant over Secrist, 23,1S2.
3D. "Archer over Bremen, 14,608.
m, Turner over McGhee. 15,419.
fe' Harding over Hogan, 14,442."
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