Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-03-03
WHY WILLIS?
Reasons Why Governor Frank P. VIII
liz Should Be Reelected Governor
Of the State Of Ohio As They Apr
pear to An Ordinary Citizen.

There are many reasons why the
writer of this article is convinced
that Governor Willis should be re-
elected as the chief executive of the
State at the general election next
November; only few of them may
be given in the space allotted to
this article, but perhaps a sufficient
reason 10 any fair minded person
would be that the Governor might
have oportunitN te continue and
complete the splendid work of his
administration thus far in replacing
the power and control in the hands
Of electors of the State, cleaning up
the mass of legislative rubbish which
had been placed on the statue books
by a previous administration and
getting the financial affairs of the
State ON a safe and sane basis.
Governor Willis was elected on
platform which pledged his admins
tration to economy as well as eff
cheney and it is a matter of fact that
cannot be hidden by the persistent
and malicious misrepresentation Of
an antagonistic press, that pledges
have been kept in spite Of the inter-
ference and obstruction furnished by
members Of the opposition party. The
standard Of efficiency has been rails
ed in every department of State gov
ernment and thousands of dollars
have been saved to the taxpayers of
the State in the cutting off of un-
necessary offices and expenses Gov
ernor Willis had about 600 positions
to fill and there we're about $4,000
hungry office seekers to appease but
IN the face of the bitter criticism of
these office seekers of his own party
he has kept steadfastly to. his pur-
pose of eliminating the unnecessary
positions and insisting upon those who
do hold positions under his admins
tration giving full value in service
for the salaries they draw from the
State.
Here are Just few instances: The
cost Of maintaining the automobile
department has been decreased from
13 per cent Of the receipts in 1914 to
8 per cent. of the receipts in 1915, a
saving Of more than $4,000. In
the Office Of the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics saving Of $1,000 has been
effected by the introduction of new
office system and the work Of this
department has been brought up to
date without additional expense al
though it was a year behind.
Under Attorney General Hogan
the EXPENSES Of the office in 1914 were
S1s00S3.34. Under Attornev Gener-
al Turner the expenses of the office
were S71.667.2S. a decrease and saw
irV Of s5s 365. .66, and this office had
rendered 1.15S official opinions in
1915 as compared with 715 in 1914.
During 1915 the Willis tax COM
mission collected s317.353.50 rs com
pared with s275.s9522 in 1914 a gain
Of Sal 1.45S.2S and much Of this was
delinquent taxes which should have
been collected under Mr.. Hogan.
In the State Treasurer's Office a
law had been enacted requiring that
the State Treasurer collect direct
the individuals all money due the
State from the Board of State Chari-
ties, Public Works and Insurance De-
partment thereby increasing the work
Of this office by thirty-three and
one third per cent. This work has
been handled by the present State
Treasurer without any additional cost
in salaries whatever.
The cost Of administering the State