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Show Governor Tildim of New York, in a recent special message to th legislature, legis-lature, revealed a state of corruption and fraud in connection with the canal management, which has been been going on for years, costing the state millions of dollars, mostly in the way of swindling contracts for improvements, etc. Now that the attention of the legislature has been directed to this great leak in the treasury trea-sury it may be that the remedy will be applied; but the frequency of such thieving in all government enterprises leads a great many people to believe that government should be trusted only with the simplest functions of justice, defense and the preservation of order. |