The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-09-08

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to the newly asquired and welcome
citizens that have come to Missouri
from other states TO cast their lots
with us.
In connection with the subject OF
taxation II is worthy of mention thai
under Republican rule in Missouri the
railroads paid no taxes at all; they
now pay taxes on assessed valuations
of over sS6,OOO,O0O
PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
The penitentiary, where those who
violate the laws of the state are con-
fined, instead of costing the state a
quarter of a million dollars a year, as
it did thirty years ago, is now self
sustaining. Under the management Of
the Democratic party strict account
is kept of all expense and the waste
and profligacy of other years is now
Of the past,
Boys under the age OF eighteen
years, who commit crimes, are placed
in the reform school at Boonville, a
magnificent institution, where they are
taught some trade, amid moral sur
roundings and wholesome influences.
Many of these children Of misfortune
grow up under the training they re-
ceive, to be useful citizens.
The Industrial Home for Girls at
Chillicothe is state institution, where
female violators of the law of tender
years are sent to be educated back to
moral ways and useful lives. This In
stitution is likewise a credit to the
state.
EDUCATION.
The public school system of Missouri
should be the pride of every Missouri
an. School houses dot the valleys and
crown tho hills from one end Of the
state to the other. Every child can
drink of The fountain of knowledge
freely.
The Democratic party has Endorsed
the constitutional amendment u be
voted upon at the next election, where
by text books will be provided to the
children without cost. After a child
has obtained a common school educa-
ton at one of the public schools, the
state offers him free of charge a uni
versity education at the Columbia Mis-
souri, university. This Is one OF the
greatest institutions of learning in the
country. with grounds and buildings OF
unequalled beauty and faculty en-
celled by none.
The normal schools at Warrensburg,
Kirksville and Cape Girardeau train
Young men and women for teachers at
the states expense. The School or
Mines at Rolla provides by the state
an opportunity for boys to obtain a
scientific education. The Lincoln In
stitute at jefferson City gives to the
colored citizens of the state higher
education. This likewise is at the
states expense. All of these institu-
tons of learning would be credit to
any commonwealth.
Instead of throwing the races togeth-
err in mixed schools, Missouri educates
the colored youth better than Repub-
lican states, and does it without min
Cling the races.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
The Home for Epileptic and Feeble
Minded at Marshall provides a place
where these unfortunates are cared for
by the state in the most humane man
ner. In the deaf and dumb asylum al
Fulton. and blind asylum at st. Louis.
those who were in olden times thought
to be under a curse of Heaven, are
taken care of by the state. The in
sane asylums at Pennington, Fulton,
st. Joseph and Nevada provide for the
mentally deranged in the most en-
lightened way. These asylums are
equal to those of any state.
The old confederate soldiers are
cared for in a state home at Higgins
vile. while the old federal soldiers
have a home at ST. James. Thus, Mis-
souri, is impartially looking after the
survivors of those who wore the gray
as well as those who wore the blue.
To build, equip and maintain all OF
these splendid institutions has cost the
state of Missouri millions of dollars.
There is no money better spent, and no
good citizens will begrudge it, II ap-
piled economically for the purposes in
tended.
When 1t is remembered that most Of
these institutions were built, and all
of them maintained, and state debt
of S21, 900, together with the inter-
est paid off, and the tax rate brought
down to seventeen cents on the one
hundred dollars, there can be no SIN
cere criticism Of such record. Other
states with five times the tax rate can
not show one half the public and char
table institutions equipped and main
tanned at state expense. All Of these
are an honor to the state ami credit
to the Democratic party.
The party has been faithful to It's
trust, and the millions Of dollars paid
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