Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-10-11

still heavily taxed for the support of
schools, roads and county expenses.
1t is legitimate that they should be
taxed for the proper support of their
local affairs, but have we not now
reached a period where they may be
rapidly relieved of taxation for schools
and roads?
THE state has long been tending to
the policy of the support of our
SCHOOLS, as we are now appropriating
many millions to maintain them, and
we have just inaugurated the policy of
improving our roads under state di-
rection and by appropriation from the
treasury.
I'VE now have no state debt, and
with our matchless progress and de-
velopment of wealth our revenues must
rapidly increase, and we can safely ad-
vocate the policy of gradually but
speedily making much larger appropri-
ations to our educational system and
bringing our chief highways in every
community under the same direction,
thus practically relieving the farms
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ton except such as may be necessary
for the administration of the local af-
fairs in each county"
Must Protect Farmers Interests.
Speaking of the new meat laws and
kindred subjects of interest to the far
mers, Mr. Stuart said:
"The raising of cattle and the en-
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parts of the agricultural operations of
the state, and they should be fostered
and encouraged in every proper and
legitimate way. The progress of agri-
culture in the state is noteworthy, and
in no calling of life are the indica-
tions for tie future more encourag-
ing.
at is said that for the amount of
brain power and labor expended upon
his work, the farmer never gets as
good a financial return as the banker,
broker or general business man re-
ceives. This may be true, but in every
great emergency in the history of this
that the government depended and
they have never failed to come to the
assistance of the republic when their
services were needed. No war could
ever be carried to a successful termi-
nation if it were not for the commits
sary department
"The farmers interests should DC
safeguarded by both the legislative and
the executive branches of the state
Logic like this is not strange to Mr..
Stuart, nor is it a means to gain an
end. His interests in the producer
the "doer of things" dates back to the
time when as mayor of Philadelphia
he took a keen interest in those affairs
that redounded to the good of the
masses for whom he always has had a
decided preference. His aim has al
ways been to uplift. and it is pretty
certain that the voters of this state
will show their appreciation of the man
at the polls in November.
That BardsIey Scandal.
Republican nominee for lieutenant
governor. Robert S. Murphy, in a re-
cent speech, said, in part:
slander and abuse and the denuncia-
tion heaped upon the Republican par
ty. We believe in its honesty, believe
in its good faith and we believe in
the sincerity OF the rank and file and
in the honesty and sincerity of the
leaders.
'I say to you that it would be i'm
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stand in this presence if | did not feel,
and if he did not feel the full force
and meaning of those words.
There is an incident in the career
of Edwin S. Stuart during his admins
tration of the office Of mayor of Phila-
delphia of which 1t seems to me but
fair to speak Mr.. Stuart had been
but one month in that office when, un-
der the authority of the charter gov
erning Philadelphia. he invoked n
clause in that authority and investi-
gated a department. The result OF
that investigation startled this COM
monwealth. You will recall the name
of Honest John Bardsley, city treasurer
of Philadelphia. The result of the ex-
animation of that department was that
there was a defalcation of the city
funds amounting to half million dol
lars. 1t was no sooner known than,
under the direction of Mayor Edwin
S. Stuart, John Bardsley was arrested.
He was Republican officeholder. and
up to that time prominent in the high.
est degree in the respect and esteem
and confidence Of the people of Phila-
delphia, and as a result of that inves
tigation he pleaded guilty, and for Is
years he was confined in the eastern
penitentiary. | speak of that, my
friends, as an evidence of the abso-
lutte honesty and sincerity of your can
didate upon this ticket"
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