The Holt County sentinel., 1900-10-26


That 10 1870 It only required $500 to
8 meet the contingent exp-n nses OF the
state treasurer's office; in 1899 under
Democratic ring rule it required 81. 500
p That the Democratic platform in 1886
, aod 1888, 1900. each pledged the voters
that the state debt would be extin
, guished during tae following two years;
it is still s7,UOO,OOO.
That every debt saddIed UPON the tax.
payers OF the state, WAS created by the
Democratic party Of the stale.
. That for every two dullars Of state in
terest tax collected from the taxpayers
! OF the state, the De mocratic state house
ring has paid of but one aullhr Of the
state bonded Indebtedness.
That IN 1891 under thirty cent tax
, levy, Holt county paid into the state
rsvenue aud state interest fund SI4,963
ln 1887 under % Cent levy il amounted
to sl5.1iO, an increase Of six per cent.
ln 1891 the railroads paid iuto the same
fund. s2,24O and in 1897 they paid into
the same fund S2.036 Il decrease of six
per cent. The reduction of the tax levy
reduces the railroad taxes, but increases
the farmers trxes, by decree Of the Dem
ocratic state board Of equalization.
That in 1891 under thirty cent levy
the farm lands Of Holt county were as
sessed at $40 90 per acre. In 1899 un-
der % cent levy they were assessed at
sl2.W per acre-an Increase OF 20 per
cent. In 1891 the railroads were as.
sessed at slO,8O0 per mile. and in 1899 at
Sll 300 per mile, an increase OF but five
per cent. Mr.. Dockery's statement that
the tax levy decreases lakes don't pam
out 10 these parts"
That iu 1891, under thirty cent levy
Holt county cattle was assessed at
$1,000 per head, and in 1899 under q 55
cent levy they were assessed at 1880
per head, an increase OF so per cent.
During the same period the railroad
properties were increased but Fl q per
cent. Reducing the tax levy does not
always mean less taxes, Mr.. Dockery.
That the state house gang manage
ment has bsen 30 rotten, that the Dem
ocratic legislature voted down a resolu.
ton calling for an investigation OF the
state treasury management.
That the Democratic ring of the state |
has been loud in it's denunciation Of |
trusts, yet our great state is one Of the
worst trust ridden states in the union,
and has become so under Democratic |
management.
That 1t is an open secret that the
lobby runs the Missouri legislature, and
the trust runs the lobby.
That the lobby defeated the bill to /
tax franchises; TO reduce interest rates;
the several stockyards bills; the express
rate bill; the maximum freight rate
bill; the bill seeking to dissolve every
pool, trust or combine; the bill to repeal
the penalty clause in the school text
book bill; to tax parlor cars; reducing
telegraph rates; the slate revenue bill.
That the legislation, through infu.
ence Of the lobby and the state house
ring, Is clearly written in favor Of plu-
tocracy and monopoly.
That every bill introduced in the
XLth general assembly, intended to be
helpful to the lsboring man in different
lines, we're either killed in committee or
when brought up for passage.
That in spirit of accommodation to
trusts, the Democratic legislature of
Missouri has provided by statutes. sec
tion 1920, that consolidated corpora
tion may issue stock up to 100000, q
figure which the octupus ordinarily
would have no serious objection.
That in all the states around us you
have the privilege of reciting the Lords
prayer in the public school. In Demo
cratic ring ridden Missouri it is uncon-
That Missouri stands fifth 10 the gal
axy of states in wealth and population,
but thirty-second in maintenance and
equipment OF her militia.
That the value OF the Missouri live ,
stock in January 1900. was ss, ,451 $40 in {
excess Of what it was at the same time
in 1896.
That the bank clearngs in St. Louis,
Kansas City and st. Joseph, for the first
six months in 1900 was s453. .49l 1857, 10 Z
excess Of what they were at the same
time in 1896.
That under the present Democratic {
ring rule IN this state scandals have
been rife in many Of our state institu.
tions; that the superintendent Of the {
Fulton asylum wac found guilty Of
and immoral relations, yet ]
the governor refused to remove him.
That the bank dept sits of Holt {
county in July 19OO were nearly double g
what they were at any time 10 1900. c
That the mortgage releases M Holt {
county for the first six months in 1900
we're slOO,OO0 larger than the total {
amount released during the entire year {
,f 1896. c
That the value Of the Holt county
i've stock IN January 1900 WAS sl5O,OOO
% excess Of that at any time 10 1896
That the assessed value OF real and = =
PERSONAL property per capita IN Mis-
'ourl is 1891; Iowa, s27l; Illinois, s2l1;
Kansas, s243.
That the Democratic state house ring
'equires the superintendency Of the h
'ural highways without compensation, n
,ut they increased the expense account Il
II the secretary Of states Office s12, 600.
That they had no money with which v
n reimbuse the militia boys, but had '
thousands 10 distribute TO an army Of q
useless clerks. o
That the railroads Of the state were Il
old at public sale during the Republi v