The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-22

ITS credit was dishonored Cd TIE H1-e= ~
shs bushes words What BE- flil then
20 reduce the tax rate and What re noW
uses a. an argument iu 1aFor e mis-
nomination az Senator Ids rUcc-zsur as
Governor had 70 bezeech the General As
se-ntiy 10 undo IN order - aph9l6 Ihe
/ credit and honor q the Stzte ard 10
make possible the payment - SIS fuEf
debts With a surplus 60 start with and
years he succeeded in hankrurLing his
treasury. and Oh bequearhiTg 70 his sue
cessQr an enormous and embarrassing &C.
credit now a. q brought 6lscre1ir 10 the
STATE then. MS chances % success would
be materially frightened
Nov. on the othe- hand lei II lsok a.
Is charges Of sxtrayagance against ny
s1miristrarion- and lei a fair compari-
son Be made ] Became Governor "a Fto-
r1ary 3 la0a The Republican Adnainis-
trsr.Dr which ] succeeded had a tax rat.
q - cents. which under operation q
Law Eel 20 f7i1 cents the rerT year ]
came znro once. For two years We had
70 run on that rate until The General As
srmhlV q l&E placed il n y cents n
cents less than the Republican rate
Iha1 r. The present rate. and = = onif
% cents higher Than the rate with which
my worthy predecessor. nearly thirty
years ago. sunk the credit ~ he Com
rnonwealfh 10 such a low cbb-
Since he vas Governor The demands
upon the state Government have prac-
rically doubled Many new institutions
have been established a nsF pcntlten-
tiary ouiits = bone for Ire aEea s .Is
and other worthy charities and improve
. rnents made; great increase 81 amounts
pad for SCHOOLS and education
All n these Things. too nuzoeruus 10
name nos. naturally make far greater
demands upon cur revenue M1eu We
took charge in 800 the retir-ls u rain-
r. 1esllg Eeur nllcau regime. leIl scarce
lE enough money ID me treasury 20 meet
t1e demands then upon j. and Ne - ere
also JET with the scent reduc i9n in he
cent rate and since then with e 59-cent
rate. We have had 20 carry ul ere Cow
ernmer- What has beer me suli-
Since We took charge the credit = me
Comm ouWeaith has never been I'M
reachtd and to-day its warrant ~ rtl-
Eation o. as good - a bond c- the Cd
e-1l = 1feinfnent in the markets "a iAe
In February. 1901 we inherited from
rreceoirg ticInirll=tr aZlQls t1r1al oelf
1f ne state aulo1nii1g 90 slnt's1 we
lucky one 20 the four OF lNe states n
he Mon w1ich have nc ceor
as Governor ne school sr c4l4ia ~
hiz 1ref year was 81 ~ Wn-u b. ietf ID
il l'7s that per capiJa fel fo SIS .n SIS
event during bis adrninistrstion that adj
faurfH fne cause n eIlcaFlan- ln lst
when ~ look charse p uas g q lr mas
steadily grown ur-l t1-e year u is
E -h- highest in the history ~ cuT
schools il 1870 there Were ouiF I'VE
months n me public schools. bur En- lr4
We increased ID to SIX months u free tui-
revenues - three 1r four nuuQ-el thou
sand dollars per annun. ln l-'n We mace
normal schools for the better rralnlng
and equipment n our school teachers.
We have appropriated much money for
our Sfa-e college and the T0lored Nor
mai school iilt-res sing. TO. tleir annual
appropriation from the state. in me case
- the state College an a1ailloIal $50
q. Z year pa been gwen - 4A q euF
Dunb Asylum. ihe Biirl Asylum. 80 the
Two penlfelriaries and the House - Pc
form Tor Youthful Criminals. We haze APP
prcrrtsted mueA money Tor their Improve
menrs. enlargement and betternent
We have established and improved AZ
Fewee NElley the most beautiful and lne
best Home for the Confederate Soldiers
that can b. found In any state and 20
this Home can 60 the infirm and lnI'en-
80 s9n e., ye ssT. In Of 5t tas 81 z pass
lFs give $500 ANNUALLY 10 the Chill
dren's Home S1cietE. whose worthy pgI-
pose is % gather up from 5he streeis
and from poverty the helpless little waits
and provide Ros3es anq c2magTt for them
We gave ti5b6 10 The purpose Of hav-
ing kehiucky properly represented Al the
World Fair in St Louis two years ago
where al the States q the J. Mon sld the
Nations Of the earth made exhibits 81
their progress and products Kentucky
1 4E Ken Iin9 VIZ ,s9 sbs 1ao had ss
rssso5 10 be proud u his STATES display.
IN bis georgetown speech. senator -AR-
CrEafr boaEfed Of three things n The
Accomplishments Of bis almtrisirat
The frst was bis reductio6 n The IN
rate which brought abogf financial dis
aster 10 the States credit His second
boast was the establishment Of tbs Geo
logical Survey during his administrator.
and his ststsfnenr that the head Of K hHd
written .lQgT books on ms slb1ect The
appropriation was small. and in the
COURSE q q few years the Survey VAS
abolished BY the General Assembly.
When I came into Office there was 90
such thing az all bat IN lSit the Survey
was re-esfablished upon q better basis
b. the General Assembly and IN iSlf
i;s appropriation was increa SD 70 IA
% a year. and Il Is now doing under It's
able management . most valuable serv- |
ice towards the DEVELOPMENT q the ma /
terial resources 81 the CommouW wealth.
His other claim was thar under his ad- /
minisfratiOn the Bureau u Agriculture /
was established Thar may b true but /
Il has been under this administration that /
its appropriation HIS been Increased 70 /
an extent that put IL upon a useful foot i
ing and made It's work Of Some prac-
teal advantage 20 the farmer
We have also under this administration
provided for the appropriation q nearly i
s. 5000 with which 70 purchase . site Il
and 20 erect upon II a new State Capitol Il
worthy Of the people Of this Common-
UAalfh u Nil ha a naaRni1canf hl.i-n-