The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1892-08-24
Missouri County and State nebt.

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o-oay hot one dollar Of bonded ia.
iebtedness; that only seven coun-
'les have township Indebtedness aud
That only 13 counties have both
county and township Indebtedness.
It is particularly matter of in.
terest that the tottl bonded debt of
the counties to day is only S9,S25,
255, while the bonded DEBT of the
townships is S3,O6G,100.
The facts are published at this
junctue for the special benefit of
the professional ISLANDERS up for.
Missouri" who do their standing
duringa political season and spend
the remainder of the year in sitting
down on Missouri and Missourians.
The county bonded Indebtedness
in 1870 and 1872 was ten times this
amount, Incurred not on account of
the war OF its exigencies, but infict-
ed by republican county courts
which were interested in the build
ing of railroads. It is matter OF
history that many counties were
overwhelmed by the obligations
thus incurred, aud the Gunn City
tragedy is one Of the results which
will always be remembered. Still,
other counties were compelled, af-
ter long years of litigation, to COM
promise their indebtedness for bonds
which never built anything, and it
is Il matter of common knowledge
that prominent Republican attor-
neys became rich through the re-
dtmptiou pf those same bonds,
even at di keount of so per cent.
Maybe Il + people of Missouri
want to restore William Warner
& Co to power in this state Maybe
they want to bring back the days
when radicalism brought indebted.
ness upon the people and wealth to
those who were the benefciaries oil
the usufruct. But the indications
are that they do not desire anything
of the kind.
Under Republican rule the expen-
ses of the State Government from
1865 to 1872 were larger by many
millions than they have been since.
When the Democratic party came in.
to power in 1878 it found Il state
bonded indebtedness of $40, ,S6S,00C
bearing interest of 6 aud I per cent
per annum. During the past 20
years that debt has been reduced to
st, $50, 900, bearing a rate of but 3
per cent. 1t found rate Of taxatio.
for State purposes equal'to 90 cents
on the S100 valuation of State prop
erty- That tax has, by the opera
ton of q Democratic constitution
now been reduced to twenty five
cents.
With these material differences il
the conduet of State and county af
fairs, are there taxpayers or proper
ty owners in Missouri who believe
there is anything more than spoil'
in the new Republican shibboleth
''Stand up for Missouri"
The Democratic party has for q
years beenstanding up for this Stat
III face of the determined opposition
OF Warner and the "Poor Old Mis-
sourl claaue. It has reduced tn
State and county expenditures to
merely nominal sum. It has stopped
the reckless extravaganza of issuing
bonds tor corporations amply abl
to maintain themselves. It has
manasedto wipe out the indebted
ness of one half the counties, whicl
came to itas Heritage, and estab
lished such principles of economy a
now enable the people to live ant
thrive, despite the war tariffs foistet
upon them by the republicans of tn
federal guernment.
= Does anybody suppose a republi
can ticket will soon be elected il
Missouri. Not while the memory o
the peope lasts Republic.
IheH. ~ symptoms of DEATH.