The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-27

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This is $2I, 600 more than the expenses of
the Office during that period.
To further aid to pay the debt saddled upon
the people of the State ny the Republican
party, the Democratic party enacted a law in
1919 for the taxing for State purposes, i'll the
way of a License, all foreign Insurance com
paniCS doing business in the State. This tax,
since the adoption of the law in 1879, has
yielded $l69, 40 81.
TIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
One of the popular themes of some Of the
Republican orators is the muniiicent manner
in which the public schools of the State were
supported during the time the Republican
party was in power. AS an evidence of their
generosity and the magnificent manner in
which they really poured out the treasure in
the cause of education, ! desire to call yours at
tention to the figures showing the amount
actually expended for the support of the pub
lie schools.
From the commencement of the year 1861
up to the end of 1872, IL period of eight years,
the amount expended for school purposes by
the Republican administration was 81 Co.,
0!4 90. And, gentlemen, during most of that
time you were paying a State revenue tax of
40 cents on each 500 of the assessed valua-
ton of your property, or just twice the
amount which has been levied and collected
since 1879.
Under a Democratic administration from
the beginning of the year 1873, up to the
present time, there has been paid for the sup
port OF public schools of the State, the sum OF
So,925. S3l -, and during the last two years
they AVE received 81 ,527, 1G6 81, or within a
few thousand dollars of the entire amount
expended upon them by the Republicans in
eight years, and this, gentlemen, with a tax
OF 20 cents on each SlGO of your assessed valu-
alton, or about Onc-half the. amount you paid
during the time the Republican party was
building up the cause OF education in this
grand commonwealth.
And, gentlemen, while | am on the subject
of public schools, ! want to say that the
school system of Missouri to-day is not eX-
celled by hat of any State in the Union.
And her permanent public school fund is the
largest of any State in the Union except
Texas, and il they ever get IL Republican
Legislature down there to assist in dispOsing
of the lands given them by Congress we may
even get at the top OF the list.
ALL TREATED ALIKE.
We educate the white children of this State;
we educate he colored ones as well, and our
laws make the same provisions FOR the enc as
for the other. And when your county officials
make up the list of children of school age Tor
thU prrlO-e Of getting your portion Of the
school moneys, Il black one counts as much as
Il white one, and the same amount of money
goes to each.
Right mere want to call the attention of
my coiorcd hearers to he manner in which
they educate COlorCd children in Illinois. In
Order To satisfy the cOlored people of the high
esteem in which they are held the Republican
Legislature have provided that the Colored
u ollaALl NAVY NbC ohlllt Allbb tiIF
| ilcg,S and attend the same schools as the
whites, which looks very nice III the books,
but what are the resultsE The schools open
and the children ali start to school and in
nine cases out Of ten the teachers report that
there are white children enough to All all the
seats III the school house and the cOlorcd ones
are sent home, and are thus practically de
! privGd of any Of the benefits OF the school
system. Should an instance of the kind Oc-
cur nthiS State the howl of Poor Old Mis-
I sour" would lee sounded from one end of the
State to the other, ANA it would toe character
lied IA rebel outrage without precedent i'll the
history of civilized government.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
In addition to the literal donations of the
State, under Democratic management, to the
support of the common schools of our state,
! higher education has not been overlooked;
the stale University aud agricultural farm at
Columbia have been enlarged AMI handsomely
supported; liberal support uas rCru given TO
the School ri NJ urs and EicialluI&y III RO.la;
also 80 or three Normal :, huOls at Cape
Girarluau. WirTcIsburg and kirksvi.lc; and
ii large addition has been made to the Lincoln
Institute at Jefferson City. This institution
is devoted entirely TO the education OF the
COiurrd citizens of our State.
While upon the subject of education | will
say that since January l, 1915, to the present