The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-05-15
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'See 81 Louis cssuly
This distribution WINS for the dis
trict schools alone, ana do"k not I'M
cludc disbursements iur the state
university. state nurmsla and Ech'ul
~ mines
There is nothing IN this table CON.
foriinE to the narrow parlilans who
for political purposes have rccl.lcssly
assaulted the credit ~ the state, hut
nll loyal Missnurians ought Go hc
proud II the splendid progress their
state under judiciuus management Is
making In the support aud upnuiiilng
IT her public schoola.
From pn average annual diytrihu-
lion ~ only Sl6iss5. under rrpublic-
an rule, tho school moneys have
grown until Missouri this year viii
pay the counties fnr the support ~
their district schouls the magnificent
sum 7f 81 ,2O1On1, nearly quarter ~
million more than they received
during the whole six years the rel ub-
licans were In power.
This has not been dunr hr IN IN
cease In Che tax rnta fur state pur-
posrs. Tho rafo 90 day i- scar ely
half what WIS under rcpuhlirsu rule
This enormous increase iu school
moneys is due tu the iulici"us han
ding ~ the school funds. aud ~ the
taxation ~ corporate Interests,
which paid nothing when the rrpub-
licans were iu power.
The growth and development II the
state has assisted in Increasing the
annual school receipts, hut 10 the
broad and generous school policy in
uuguratm by the democrats is 'arFc-
~ due the splendid conditions " too
day.
This ~ apparent from the fact hat
the average per capita ditrihutiun
when the republicans were in power
was only 2sgG cents, while for the
corresponding period under demo-
cratic management. u rs ~ 10 cents
or more than three times nj much
This is not all the records show
however, on this subject. The rcpu;i
licans were not only niggardly With
the schuols, bat the fun1s ere dis
burHed with fragrant partizan PARTIAL
IT'S. An examination 1T the records
left by the republican stale pi,riuis
show for the year 1866 that the rg.
publican county uf BUuglaa with
population 81 less than four
thousand, was paid more school
money than thu democratic
county ~ Audrnin, with population
more than three time. Hn large,
while the democratic county Of Gala
way was paid nothing ~ all
The republican county of Cascnn-
adr. with population ~ lr.s than
Ten Thousand, received 20 per cent.
more Than the Democratic county If
jackson, with n population ~ more
than fifty thousand.
The republican county IT fancy, in
1867, with population ~ t.l07. re-
criycd more thnu the democratic
county Of Saline. with e Formulation
five times as great. while tho big
democratic county Of boone was uut
given dollar.
These are Humcef the records which
m INSCRIPTIONS parttzan Journal has
unintentionaliy brought 80 light hy
is false charge that the '"mncruts
have hunted" the school FIND.
This same journal for years has
DANGEROUSLY demanded to 'acr the
books" and when il was invited by
the governor 81 the state "a make it,
own examination, it cowarjiy Sunk
from the task.
The records are there however. and
they will doom 20 perpetual defeat
the party which made them ard
which. through its chief organ, lusti.
iies and upholds them.