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


Justined the increase. Every increase
In the office forces or In salary la
been occasioned by chis crease s r
vice furnished the public In the au-
tomobile departmt mt of the Secretai y
OF states Office. where was C llscte
IN 1918. $99i,011.50. II necess tated an
expenditure approximately $4,000 III
cost OF administration for help. plates,
postage, etc. In the Auditor Of State
Office, since 1908, with an increase OF
more than one hundred per cent. In
the work OF the Office seven new posi-
Tons have been created as follows:
Two bank examiners. three building
and loan association examiners, two
insurance clerks. at a total annual
salary cost OF sl3,400.00. In the same
time, the revenue of the office in
Icreased S160,I3i.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
Now let me tell what We found
when We came into full power in In
diana, and what has been accomplish
led since, and then let the people of
the State pass Judgment l say when
we came into full power and that was
not until after the election In 1910.
1t is true Mr.. Marshall was elect d
Governor in 1908, but at the same
election there was elected a Republic
can Auditor and Treasurer of State,
and a Republican Sesate. With ut
/ legislature to back him, your Cavern
or is powerless. The legi lature max IS
the appropriations, the State Board
OF Finance manag the finances.
That board consisted, until aft the
election Of 1910, of Mr. Billheimer. the
Republican Auditor Of State. and Mr..
Hadley, the Republican Ire surer or
State and the Governor. During the
years 1909 and 1910 the Business Il
the State was being op rated under
appropriations and provi iors made by
the Republican Legislature Of 1907
and the dead-lccked legislature or
1909. At the election of 1910 Mr..
. Brien was elected State Auditor aqd
Mr.. Nollmer was elected State Treas
urer and the legislature was Dem =
cratic in both branches, and from that
time on our party is C argeable VT
the operations of the States finances.
Let me tell you the c nditi0n in
which We found the affairs of the
State, when Mr.. O'Brien became V ur
Auditor in December, 1910 He found |
on his desk unpaid current bills |
amounting to s195, 10000. He fund a |
foreign and domestic debt OF $685. |
6lo.l2. He found there had been con-
tracted for unfinished constructions at |
the state institutions, and unpaid. to |
the amount of 81 PA 10000. He found |
outstanding Vinccnnes Univels " |
bonds amounting to $l20,54S.00. He |
found outstanding India a University |
notes amounting to sl44,00000. max |
Ing total Indebtedness of 1909, 163.-
IL, and not counting the Purdue Truss |
Fund of s344, 10000.
AS against these Obligations there |
vas in the gene al fund of the state |
$9,463.9l, in the Educational Fun Is
$6,Sl3,0S, in all other funds $92. 765.-
20, making in all Sl79,042.3l, of which |
only the sum of $9,4639l was avail
able for general purposes including
the payment of outstanding bills and
cebts. In the sinking fund there was
not a dollar.
Notwithstanding the substantial re-
duction in the tax levy, of which |
nave told you, in what condition do We
now find the finances of the STATED
after our party has been in full power
for six years? This is the record:
Every dollar of the foreign and do
mcstic debt has been paid. The III
paid current bills, which Mr.. O'Brien
found on his desk left over by a Re
publican Auditor and State Board of ,
have been pa d. The ST.
244,o00 for which the State was | a {
bic on contracts made f-r the con !
struction of state institutions has
been paid in full. The Vincennes .
University bonds have been paid. Tie ,
Indiana University debt has bcl :
paid. The expense of the State gov
ernment and its institutions have been ,
net. The Purdue Trust fund is pr = !
gided
Every bill against the Site of In ,
Llama, every debt of every c1arac.er
hat has accrued since We came into
power, has been paid and liquidated
)ut Of current funds In add on,
here was in the treasury of the st tie
It the end of the lat qua. ter, $685.
1915 distributed am sng the funds
hereof, cash, as follows: In the &c =
,ral Fund l,069 1922: in the Benev-
,lent Fund SOIL 973 10: in the Stat
Debt Fund $lS2,704S0; in the School
Revenue S1,S71 1881; in the Perma-
tent Endowment Fund Inter,
21,1S4.9S; in all other funds 81 .30l, {
Sl.9S; or total CT $5,0SS, 1875 in .
ash In the State treasury as against !
hit S179,042.31 We found when we I
ook charge.
Contrast this splendid result with
he condition of the States finances
S it existed December I, 1910. Then
here was in the General Fund only
8, 1891; in the State Sinking Fund G
OF dollar. There exist d against | a
he State an indebte lness aggregate G
yer two million, six hundred thousand
ollars. Since then the Tubercult sis
hospital at Rockville has been com
leted and paid for; the Southeastern
hospital for the Insane at Maids n
as been completed and paid for; the
illage for Epleptics at Newcastle 7
as been completed and paid for; the
ldiana State Farm at Greencastle q
as been established, completed and s
aid for. The unfortunates Ct the
blind, the deaf, the defec- a.
YES, the criminal offenders-have q
cen we'll provided for. Your State =
iucational institutions have been lib =
ally conducted. We found the State
You find it today In splsn-
d financial condition; on this rec
ID alone the Democratic party is en-
tied to be continued in power in o
ldiana. a
In this campaign the Ropubl can e,
lrty is In sore need of an issue. We o.
Id Mr. Hughes, the Republican can II
date fur ftraci6onf for lonE If