Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-25

SO appropriations IF the public none
Us from 1900 to 1907, theyears of Der
ocratic administration of affairs sin,
the Republican party under Bradlt
: and Taylor was ousted from powe
will afford most interesting readin
y in the outset Of the campaign fl
State offices to be filled by the pei
pie of Kentucky at the polls in NJ
vember of this year. The policie
represented in these legislative act:
the use to which the money of tn
|. people was devoted during thes
years, and the steps taken by tn
. Democratic party through two ad
ministrations to keep entuck!
abreast of the times, to meet the
growing demands of her State in
situations, and to rase the moral anC
financial status of her citizenship,
are the planks of the platform upon
which nominees are presenting them
selves to the voters.
In making its nominations for
State offices, the Democratic party,
unlike its opponents, needed no
written platform of pledges to the
people of Kentucky. 1t presents to
them compact organization which
has ministered their public affairs
for the past seven years in a most
satisfactory manner, and which is
content to make the race this year
on its record of deeds done in the
past rather than upon platform of
high sounding platitudes, written to
be construed to suit the person who
happens to be reading them. 1t is
willing to rest its chances of success
in the battle of the ballots upon
what the people who are to elect
know of the conduct of public af-
fairs since Goebel was assassinated
and Taylor fled a fugitive from the
State seven years ago. 1t is conf
dent of their approval of it's acts as
a whole and in detail, and isdesirou:
that most thorough review of those
acts be given the people by the
orators upon the stump in the cam
paign.
Coming into power following the
brief and disastrous reign of Taylor
who left behind him depleted pub
lie treasury, and the affairs of every
department of the State government
in a chaotic condition, the Demo
cratic officials have, during seven
years which have passed since that
time, expended over two million dol
lars in the establishment of new in
stitutions and departures for the bet
ter development and welfare of the
people; in the care of her unfortun-
ate and criminal classes; in the mod
el nizing Of the penal and charitable
institutions; and best of all, in the
building up of her educational in
situations, and in keeping Kentucky
and her resources advertised before
the people of the United States and
of the world, much to her material
advancement. And all of this with
out an increase of a single penny in
the tax rate.
The Democratic officials who came
into Office in 1900 found the asylums
for the insane, and such institutions
maintained by the State in bad con-
dition. Today by the judicious APP
preparation of money by Democratic
General Assemblies and its wise ex-
penditure by capable officials of those
institutions, they are in every way
modernized, with electric lighting
plants, ice plants, heating systems
and enlarged and modern buildings,
and work shops, so that the relatives
and friends of the unfortunates
confined therein can feel satisfied
that they could not be better cared
for in any similar institution. The
educational institutions, both white
and colored, have from time to time,
received material benefit from the
public treasury until to-day they are
in keeping with similar institutions
of other States Of the union. To
better educate the children of Ken
lucky, a uniform system of text
books has been adopted, two normal
schools have been established for the
training of teachers, the school term
of the common schools of the coun-
try has been extended to six months,