The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-10
TELL THE PEOPLE.

These are the facts Of Democratic
service TO the people Of Missouri which
should he impressed upon the public
mind by Democratic orators on the
stump throughout the present cam
paign:
Tell he people that the Democratic
party found the State plunged over So
100000 in debt by Republican extrava-
Gance and corruption, and that it has
now reduced that debt To less than S.
100000. TO be shortly wiped out entirely.
Tell the people that the Democratic
party found the State bearing 4 tax
burden Of 30 cents on the 500 yalua-
ton. due 10 this same Rcp~.m ex-
trayagance n corruption. and that il
has now reduced the tax rate to % cents
on the 800 valuation, the lowest tax
rate in the Union.
Tell the people that the Democratic
party found the States credit destroyed
by Republican misrule. the State bonds
selling at n discount for 90 cents on the
dollar, n bearing interest at the rate
or g and 4 per cent, and that. under
Democratic rule, the State bonds now
outstanding sold at a premium in 1887
and pay but 31a per cent interest.
Tell the people that when the Demo
cratic party last came into power il
rescued for the schools Of Missouri some
$500. GOETHE complete State School
Fund at that time-which had beer mis-
applied 10y the Republican party and
totally wiped out as a fund.
Tell the people that this same State
School Fund has, under Democratic
management. Increased to over $4,000
600; that IT Is the largest and best in
vested school fund In the United States;
that 1t is secured by the credit Of the
solvent and prosperous State Of Mis-
souri,; that the income derived from it
for the maintenance Of the schools OF
Missouri Is generous and certain.
Tell the people of Missouri that, while
paying off the States bonded debt and
reducing the tax rate to a minimum,
the Democratic party has nevertheless
vastly improved the condition Of the
State Institutions, placing the older ones
on a moderniZed basis and establishing
many new ones.
Tell the people that. under Democratic
rule in Missouri the assessed valuation
Of farm property has decreased and that
Of railroad property increased, placing
the burden of taxation where it Justly
belongs instead Of favoring the railroad
corporations at the expense Of the peo-
pie.
Tell the people that the Seminary
Fund, the interest of which is Used to
support the State University and SINH
lar schools, has been increased under
Democratic rule from S20S. 700 in 1878
to 235.S34.42, its total on July IS, last.
Tell the people that in 1863 and 1870,
the two last years of radical Republican
rule in Missouri, there was distributed
for the public schools S833, 714.S7, an
average of S316,S57 yearly. In 1899 and
1900, under Democratic rule, the State
distributed for the support of its public
schools 81, 914.429.57. an average Of
S9J1 ,214.7S yearly.
Tell the people that the average an
nual cost Of Republican administration
In Missouri during the eight years SUI
premacy of that party was S1S9,2J3.1O.
Inc dFeElSe dIilual COSt uIutT DeL1O-
cratic control has been but S%1OO.553.6S.
Tell the people that under Democratic
rule the total cost Of the last State
Legislature was ~S365,3S9.49, which is
S12,616.71 less than the average cost of
the four Republican Legislatures which
assembled prior to 1873.
And then. finally, tell the people the
truth Of Republican misrule in Missouri; |
that the Republican party has beer the |
only party to misapply school funds; !
that it flung away the railroad property |
of the State to the amount of $3.50
0S2. imposing this CHASTITY loss upon the |
people; that it looted the State and left
it bankrupt; that the Republican party |
to-day Is in hands as bad as In Gov
ernor Fletcher's time. being controlled
by ~Ziegenhein In st. Louis and the lobby
in jefferson City.
And then the people will pass juds-
ment at the polls.