Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-02-28
HON. C 7. A Z POSITION.
Re Takes Occasion ta Explzin Il
Threlgh the FErber Forzz-
His Letter IN Full

The following letter written b Hon
c 7. Clark. q Mertca Published in
The FarbeF Form, explains Itself
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NExIoo, No, Feb I-My sttel-
ton was called b0s Communicates 10
last weeks ISSUE q your paper, dated
at jefferson City and signed BY
yourself, vheFeiE yUu made the fol-
loving statement
by the va, there is going % Be a
state Fair at Ssdalia September sih
10 l4th. This IS the Pair that Mex
leo did not get The blIl 10 create
this institution vas introduced in the
Missouri Legislature two years ago by.
Hon. G F. Clark, then Representa-
tive from AudzIn county. Mr.. Clark
~contended. and 50 stated in all his
political speechss made In Audrain
county, that the State Fair Woald not
cost the State 0ue dollar. The writer.
has IL On good authority that this
Fair Association will ask the Legisla-
ture for an appropriation Of $4,000.
for erecting buildings and beaHtifylng
the grounds at Sedalia, ia which all
mOdesty is concealed
The portion Of your communication
which / complain Of is this; Mr..
Clark o0ntended. and 50 stated in all
his political speeches made in Agdrain
county, that The State Fair would not
cost the State one dollar
] den0unce the above as misleading
and false in tne light you put it, for
IL does nothing less than state by i'm
plicatiOn that l was trying to deceive
the good citizens Of this county in
every political speech / made last fall.
/ made this statement in my speeches,
that the bill as passed to establish the
state Fair provided that not a dollar
should be taken from the general
revenue fund for its support, and in
proof Of the correctness Of my state
ment | viii give the language Of the
last clause Of Sec. !, as the law now
stands:
Provided that the Legislature shall
nOtappropriateauy money from the gen
eral revenue fund for the support i'm
proyement, or maintenance Of said
Fair, or for any premiums, or awards
offered By the Board Of Directors Of
said Fair, nor shall any money here
after appropriated to or for the State
Board Of Agriculture, the State Hor-
ticultural Society Of the Agricultural
College be used in any way for and in
behalf or said Pair
This is the law as il nOw stands but
as every one knows, IL can be changed
or amendeded By any subsequent
Legislature. And II this OF ans
other General Assembly in their wis
dom deem it wise TO repeal that por-
ton Of the Law now prohibiting an
appropriation q money from The
revenue fund 0: the State, ! an GER
tainly not entitled to any credit for
their wisdom, Of censure for their
mistake, il II 50 proves.
! also stated In my speeches that /
introduced a bill, which was crystal-
ized into law, 70 permit counties,
townships, districts and municipal
tiles 70 refund their bonded indebted
ness when 1t could be done at a lover
rate Of interest, and that il would
save $4,000 Or more per year TO the
Taxpayers Of this State. since un-
derstand one county in the State is
saving more than sl5,OO0 per year by
accepting the provisions Of that bill.
and ! nov believe il is a saving Of
over 800, 600 per year to the tax-pay-
erS | also stated that the last Gen.
eral Assembly passed a beer inspec-
ton bill that would put in the revenue
fund Of the State about 10000 an
nually and saw the taxpayers that
amount and that the Excise Com
missioner and Coal Oil Inspector Of
St Louis were cut about sixty per
cent. in their fees and saved the State
in that way more than $4,000 per
year. / also stated that We submitted
Constitutional Amendment No. 8.
and if sustained by the legal voters Of
the state, our citizens would only
be required to pay taxes On the prop
erty they owned and not on what they
owe. Either Of the above statute
laws can be repealed, if the General
Assembly deem it wise to do 80, lust
as easily as that provision to prohibit
taking any money from the revenue
fund Of the State to maintain the
State Fair.
Constitutional Amendment No. 3.
was sustained by the voters Of this
State, but see the Senate has voted
TO resubmit it to the people. thinking
they did not know what they we're
doing at the election last November.
Now, please don't hold me responsible
for the acts d the present. OF any sub
sequent, General Assembly, but I am
willing to defend every vote | ever
made in the Legislature II this State
and every utterance in my speeches in
this county.
Please give this communication the
same publicity yours received and
thereby set me right before your
readers, and oblige, Yours truly,
C. f. CLARK.