Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1902 — The State Government a Great Business Institution. [ARTICLE]

The State Government a Great Business Institution.

(From the Republican State Platform > In the management of the state's financial affairs the Re- T publican party believes that the I state government is like any T great business institution, con- -j----sidered from the standpoint of T accountability and responsibll- 4ity to the people of the com- X monwealth. It believes the hum- J blest tax payer is an interested X stockholder in the financial as- T fairs of the state’s business, x and that inefficiency, Indiffer- T ence or waste in public admin- X istration, expenditures or ac- T countings is a crime; and It be- X lievee that the present system T Of state government Is the most I economical and efficient that X has ever been established. The party takes especial pride In the X financial record made by its T efficient officers since taking X ewUrql of-the executive ment. Since that time the partv has established just fee and Lilary laws; the tax levy hrs been <• reduced; the state debt has been T decreased over one-half, and the -}• present administration will fur- £ ther reduce the debt more than T $2,000,000, leaving the state free £ from any debt maturing prior to X 1915. X