Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-29
so Years of Cures.

Z etII A10Oc1l III 1000 - q AdSb
which emphasizes the record:
so Years of Cures.
the assessment to an extent suffi-
clently great to put 100000, or about
that, into the embarrassed revenue
fund. This is just equivalent to rais-
ing every mans taxes to that extent.
Now, made the statement also, that
taxes would have been lower for the
next two years, had Gov. Stones
University plan been adopted.
think it Is clear that our taxes would
not have been increased as much by
the State board to meet a $500, 900
deficiency as they will be to meet a
$400, 900 deficit.
Mr.. Bradley quotes from Hon. Web.
M. Rubey, of Macon county. He GER
tainly sheds great beam of light
upon the bewildered people of Mis-
souri,, and the many able representa-
tives who have preceded him, when he
discovers that all the money hereto
fore appropriated for the University
has been done contrary to the consti-
tuition and the law. Mr.. Rubey, in the
late legislature, voted for very few
bills unless he could push in some
amendment to suit his notion. l often
heard the remark made during the
term, that Mr.. Rubey would refuse to
vote for the Lords prayer unless he
could amend it. While at jefferson
City during the last term OF the Iegis-
lature, / talked with a good many
representatives, who opposed the bill
-s'lobbied" with them, SO to speak
(if am not laying myself liable to
prosecution for crime). Some few
of them, believe, would not vote for
the bill because they conscientiously
believed it was against the constitu-
tion. Others would argue the con-
stitution for awhile, and finally wind
up with their real reason, that the
University was something like wart
on the body of the State and that it
did no good except to turn out
dudes, etc.
A word about this horrible lobby to
which Mr.. Bradley refers. Scarcely a
bill comes before the legislature
which does not bring citizens from
different parts of the State who are
interested, one way or the other, to
argue with the representatives and
present their side. Because man is
elected to the legislature does not
prove that he has more brains than
Gall the world and the rest of man
kind" 1t seems to me that, "Give
every man thine ear, but reserve thy
Judgment" is pretty good doctrine.
Every one knows it is crime to give
or receive money to influence legisla-
tion, but talk is all right. Many peo-
pie think while Hon. @. F. Clark was
spending sometime at Jefferson City
"lobbying" in favor of the breeders
bill, and Hon. W. III. Kennan was
there with other good men from all
over the State "lobbying" in favor OF
the bill for the assistance of the poor
old rebel soldiers of the State, that
| they were doing patriotic service.
did not understand Bro. Bradley to
"kick" against these "lobbyists," but
when it comes to the patriotic friends
of the University and higher educa-
tion, he raises s'yell." Had this bill
been passed, the State of Missouri
would have the proud distinction OF
offering to her young men, and young
women as well, the greatest free ad-
vantages for higher education offered
by any state in the Union. That bill
opened the doors of all the depart
ments of our great University, to the
youth of Missouri free of charge, and
that without an increase in our present
rate of taxation. That bill, as a law
would have assisted hundreds of poor
young men and women to make liv-
ing for themselves, and to rise te
positions of respect and prominence
among their fellowmen. 1t would
have so placed the University that the
sons of the rich would not be goins
off to Virginia and other Eastern
states to find better colleges, bu
would spend their money in Missouri
This summer another magnificent
club building will arise on the Univer'
sity campus for the benefit of the poo
tyoung fellows of the State who desir,
to get an education and increase theil
chances for success in life. Now, i
they could get into the Un1versit,
free, what a grand gift it would b,
from the people of Missouri through
their representatives. / say, then,
splendid university education, (whicl
is fortune to any man or woman,
they have the energy to use it,, coul,
be had in our State for less none,
than in any State in the Union.
i think those dirty lobbyists VIII,
were there, representatives of tn
"trusts and combines" talking TO
this bill, had q patriotic end in view
In conclusion, If I have not state
the truth, Mr. Editor, in this: that tn
amount Of taxes taken from the peo
ple annually, would not have been in
creased by reason Of the passage O
this bill but, on the contrary, woul,
ihave been less, for the next two year