Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-01-27
EXPENSES OF
PROHIBITION
Prospects For Increases in
Certain Departments
Not Bright
TO SELECT TRUSTEES
Discussion.

Richmond. Jan. 27-More money TO-
the State institutions than was ha'
last year from the State treasury Il
demanded by the officers and direc
tors of these institutions, but th'
prospects are anything but bright FOL
the granting of the demand.
In fact. Just at this time the out
lock is that if all the institutions car
and do get as much as they had tol
the last two fiscal years they will be
doing well:
Segregation, it is said, has not de-
velopcd. as was expected and prom
ised. and for this reason there are
rumors and reports that there vii
be deficit at the end of this COM
ing fiscal year. Of course, these thing
have been heard Of before, and II
has happened that there have beer
deficits. but business methods are be-
ginning to apply more rlgldly ano
steps will be taken to see to 1t that
this deficit is not allowed to grow.
The chances for creating new place:
for certain favored persons. 1t Is
declared. are remote and growing
more distant.
The morals commissioners, it is de-
clared. would cost the State good
" SUM. anf! he wduldthEve TO have
help-for no one man nor two men
could travel all over the State anC
supervise the administration of laws
And the proposition to have others
naming officers. who are to receive
State pay, is not cordially accepted
hv some members who have expressed
their views.
That "ouster" proposition Is an
other feature referred to as beng
costly. The men who might come un'
dor disfavor would have to be glvcr
trial And when the charges arr
made the witnesses will have to b'
summoned. Such hearings would en-
tail heavy expenses.
"Taken all together" says ont
member, "the State will have to pa!
for the commissioner. for the "ouster
hnsiness, for the State institutions
and bv the slow process OF oustlns
there would soon be a complete Oh
aan;zotion for control of the State
powerful political machine with
boss that will make Tammany Hall
chief d mere amateur:
Appropriations, it is declared can
not be increased and if there IS foun
dation. for the deficit report, AM
there is unuuestionably some groun'
for that. the State will need nnor'
money and instead of there beln'
"relief from taxation of unjust char
acterr from certain persons and in
dustries the reverse may be true ant
como classes of taxes may be III
creased.
Tho examiners of record, it Is be
Iieved could do much towards reliev
;nc the situation if they would d
their full duty.
There are some twenty-five o
these men, and not more than thre
of them have earned enough for tn
State to much more than pay tn
nostace ON their commissions whe
sent to them.
"If the examiners of record wer
+o attend to business said membe
of the Legislature, "they could pU
into the State treasury any year the
trv not less than s2,5OO,ooo."
After another sharp fight in tn
House yesterday the bill provldln
for the election OF School trustees
the people was passed by vote c
: 40 to "A.
The bill does not affect school tru:
: tees of cities, all of whom will cor
tinue to be elected by the city council
Delegates Walton of Hanover, an
: Gordon of Louisa. supported by th
entire minority party, led the tlgf
: or the bill. Delegates Gordan'
Pulaski, and Pitts, of Albermarl
were among the leaders of the ol
= position. !,
The appeal of the advocates of tt
hill was To let the people elect the