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Remarkable Indiana Finance Reform Drives State Savings
The 1895 Republican move to abolish perquisites and divert fees into the treasury reduced costs and debt. Insurers paid over $300,000 in 1903. auditors and officials gained no personal profits, while net state disbursements fell from 1900 to 1903. A table shows per capita maintenance declines across institutions under Republican rule versus Democratic years, highlighting substantial fiscal restraint and economy.
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State Treasury
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Institution
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Indiana Breformatory
Indiana Boys’ School Oo
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Wommn’s
Commonwealth
W.T. ‘Durbin
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