Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-01

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! Yet in order to accomplish long cher
| ished ambition upon the part Of Senator
| Watson and Governor McCray to control
| the Republican State organization, the
! whole machinery OF the State highway
! department was subordinated for weeks
1 to political purposes. Then you land
owners wonder why it costs 50 much to
! construct and maintain your State high
ways.
POLITICS WALKED IN
WITH GOODRICH.
Politics entered the Statehouse, fear
1 lessly and blatantly under Governor
Goodrich--and 1t Is still there The num-
Der OF State employees has increased; dur
/ Ing the last five years, thirty three and
and one-third per cent since 1915, 200
new Jobs have been created and there Is.
at the present time, total Of 800 officers
and employees drawing salaries from the
State treasury. The Republican assur-
ances OF policy of entrenchment have
/ proven lse, likewise the promises of
] Governor nodrich and McCray to re-
! duce tax.
| In 19lt, the last year Of Democratic
] administration In Indiana the total re
/ ceipts of the State from all sources. In
Guiding the balance In the treasury ii
the BEGINNING OF the year, were S1i
LOG. 3a3,57. The disbursements totaled
I ST.. o41 ,G3713
In 1921, after FIVE years Of Republica
administration Of affairs, the total re
ceipts Of the State from all sources, IN
! Guiding the balance IN the treasury at tht
! beginning OF the year, were S31 400, 1888.
| The disbursements totaled SIS, i20,27S.0b.
IL you will figure it In per cents yoE
! will lind that from 1915, Democrats
! year. to 1921, a Republican year, the OK
pense Of running the state has Increase
1899 per cent.
Ia 1916 under the Ralston Rdministra
! tion, the disbursements from the genera
4 fund aggregated S2,241 1888. All salaries
and expenses OF officials. boards and COM
TT,J t1TS tf1. RI
IN 1927, after tive years OF Republican
4 adminiStra ton the disbursements from
! the general fund amounted to SS,ol56il 70
almost four times as much as under
1 Democratic administration.
\ he receipts for the general fund for
! the frat seven months of the present
/ fiscal year were S4,03sI2 II. Even this
/ sun was not sufficient to meet the Nc
i Cray pay roll and various loans have
| been negotiated in the totnl sum Of
$i,3o9.pno making the total receipts In
/ the general fund for the first seven
i months OF the present fiscal year S5,@Ss,
] 1852 The total disbursements from
the general fund for that same period ot
| time were S3,40@,I4l -, or $lO6,9d5,sd
greater than the receipts.
In the last year Of the Goodrich nd
! nlnlstratson the expenditures from all
+ funds aggregated sci To-, TO- 81. The next
! year when was the arst year OF Cover
nor McGray's administration, the ex-
I peAditurcs from an funds amounted 70
! SIS +2H.2IS.06 showing an increase 10 the
/ taxpayers IN one year OF 500 ,e'".la.
/ tneX plicabie as X may seem, Governor
] hIcCray In his first year outild the record
ir waste ma tAIANhsAhte - - ~, ~
+ Governor Ieodtlch bS Almost so'V S..''S'
80 hFaid tSe SIS y s.. tViA' 10y y
ana teofteHls anu pL.lacns'ea -
..1Is 5V9HIttH aLh AS1tas - A@A9e'
7 HuTH PLEDGED
IoE LESS fAPESSE.
You VIII remember that both OF these
i Governors Pre-. nas.t = reduction u taxes
ana -, VITA. "hiehGhl"asS III Tue '4h law.
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+ 4 ts h11AiS@ra 1hl "A1'tfAtte - o""fl -
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,as '.1fts ',1Ie \.
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~ 80 lh4hN ~ Wy LtpAot1e"h 0t"te
+ p'a,.1t ~ = ~, Io.-el> rs ,,,,, 70
We ia5"f Tie return u aht n''Aty "
hHads w m&Aies pRitlsS e iaf@4 aatAeF.
tiles Ihc plank *"s inserted without
NE knowledge 81 13EefH"f h.1fag ma
when apHrls-d on the .Ee ot the e"h
Nrhi'"H, n ~ presence ~ thr Pat'9Fin
s Re tl'tA'a -iEtis tNGlh5 tl''h h"3 ~" u n
- traAt.ld9ua mistake AAa step IN =
] Ward
He did more than that,
4 III h1Srirdiy summoned BIS bench
Men tata aA Hnter@Ufn fu th4s same hats
ana H. virtue of the prestige " rs pf
R@s compelled u. RESOLUTIONS ceAnlttte
u eliminate lae FtALk ifeN lAe plAl-
torm. aud y II does lot hPtaf theFe 10.
lat Are iat farmers aud taxpayers VI
4 Indiana g"!ug !" eeuut"haEge tIiS con
tinted policy II deception and talse pre-.
tense