Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-09-04

hN'h hAplhl duN COISlSlS Oh certain
dehnte items. Any business man
Will at once confirm the accuracy Of
this statement. This fundamental
fact however seems to have been
overlooked by these political EXPERTS.
who have submitted exhibits abso-
lutcly contradictory each Of the other.
These Republican expert doctors
sharply disagree. The ludicrous alb
surdity of their so-called exhibits IL
manifest In the fact that If each of the
experts is correct then II follows that
the Democracy of the state has stolen
practically thirty-four millions of dol.
lars collected to pay the public debt.
We venture to suggest to Republican
organs that IL would he we'll to as
somble" these financial curus and pre-
sent an agreed exhibit" with "A
semblance of plausibllity. IL not Of
truth. If it is not practicable to as.
semble" the experts" IL might h.
well for the organs To elect on which
one of the five disngrceing exhibits
they propose to rely.
Reduction Of the Debt.
In this connection | may say that
the favorite Republican misreprcscn-
tation is the assertion that the Demo
cratic party has used forty -four m |.
lions of money to reduce the public
debt from twenty-onc millions To five
millions, and that Mt this rate fourteen
millions Will yet he required TO CX-
tinguish the debt" The transparency
Ct this falschood Is so obvious that il
hardly requires answer These Re-
publican partisan papers deliberately
ignore the interest on the bonds and
other expenses pad In connection
with the public debt. which AS | have
Just shown. exceeds the principal of
tn" debt. Their mendacity and by
pncrisy, however, are conclusivrly IL
Illustrated in the following exhibit of
the reduction of the national debt.
The bonded debt of the national
government on the LIST of July, 1870
was $2,04G. i55, 722 80. ON the LIST of
July OF the present year it had been re.
duced To 1891 .07O $40 During the
~ years TO which have just advertcd
the Federal government collected and
paid on this debt $3Sl3,4lI140O
Now. then. If | were disposed To emit
lac the EXAMPLE of an INSCRIPTIONS
Republican press could make IA false
showing 10y stating only part Of tn"
truth and declaring that the treasury
w BuI 'li''ll at " uNllIllElbn Illl liS ~
$500 600 600 of money to reduce ITO
national debt from $1,000. 600. 900 to
1891 900 600
II | were tn follow the cXnmpln 0r
the Republican press Of this state aud
make such II declaration il would br
absolutely false. because il would be
iai IRE 10 tell the whole truth
II Is tru" that the amount of money
| -.,ts a
the general government To reduce tho
national debt, but it I, also true that
during tn" thIrty-twO yoaIs to which
| Rave referred the national trea ury
paid s2.lili2O.G9S.2 interest and
premiums on bonds purchased 4
fai ur" To take into account the in
t"rcst and premiums paid. either on
government or state bonds. is dis
honest debt statement. whether il is
stat" or national This simple eN-
hibt however, Of the reduction Of
the national debt during the last 80
years is a fDrccful illustration of the
false charE" that we have used $i4.-
600 GOO 10 reduce the state debit from
S2l 600 OOO to s. OGO coo. and of Other
equally braz"n falsnhonds which are
daily appearing in the columns Of the
Republican press.
school Fund Amendments
Az a friend Of CduCati ON and "A IovaI
Mis- i0urian, | oppose the efforts of Re.
publican leaders Ia drag our magni-
lircnt school system into partisan POI.
tics. Tn" education Of our children
IL sacred duty, and should forever
be divorced from petty craftsmanship.
Tn" proposed amendment to the con
stitution. providing for the reduction
If tn" state interest tax rat" from ten
cents on m" hundred dollars iu not
exceeding three cents; for the future
investment Of school moneys and the
Of the existing system OF
school certificates has my most cor
dial approval This am udmcul Il cog
not conl"mplat" u perpetual debt as
harg"d by Republicans, bat rNIrrs.Iv
states that the certificates may be re-
neW"d from tim" to time. Tor such
periods and such Iatc3 of interest u.
may be- provided by III" Legislature.
The investment Of school muuola
n our own securities has for moro
han thirty years had the sII,mu sane.
lion Of the most eminent ON .uI 800
public lif" f all parties The Ito-
publican leaders. hny" heretofore been
ls most ardent supporters. and the
ltt"r In incDrIry of the present ara
MT" Of TIA" Republican party 3. Upm
'nstra''d In N" further fact that
Judges IIigh"r aud Whyharli were Io.
emily nominated hy tho Republican
tat" convention rs ,aud'datoa FIR tlr
,uprCm" Court both of whom sun
iort"d and voted for IA" issue ul the
,chuOl certificates when they w,ru
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