The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-25
VOTERSOF KENTUCKY
Gaze Upon This Admins
tratiVe Record and
MAKE A LITTLE COMPARISON
Some Interesting Reading for
Those People Who Care
to Keep Posted.
REPUBLICAN RECORD.

REPUBLICAN RECORD.
Raised the tax rate in 1896 from
AZ IL cents to 90 1-2 cents for the foul
years, to fall at it's close to AZ 1-2
cents. Notwithstanding, left in 1900
bonded and floating debt of over
two millions of dollars for Democratic
officials to meet, with only S36S, 394.51
in the Public Treasury.
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Appropriated to public institutions,
for their betterment during the four
years only $1S6, 909,41, retiring in 1900
with no new departure along this line
and with the institutions in deplorabt
condition, and under an Anticipated sys
TEN of management.
Established a record within the
first few months of 1896 of placing
the military power of 1896 above the
civil power, true to their instincts of
radical hate and Southern Republic
canism. Continued this policy
throughout the four years of the
Bradley administration and during
the short time the unspeakable Taylor
was at the head of affairs, using SOL
diers to prevent the General Assembly
from electing a United States Sem
ator in 1896; soldiers at the polls in
1893 in Louisville, and at Frankfort
in 1900 to dispense the Legislature.
Such brazen violation of the Con-
stitution by officials sworn to enforce
its provisions encouraged their fol-
lowers to lawlessness resulting in the
cruel assassination of William Goebel.
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Gave the common schools during the
four years an average per capita Of
only $685.. In 1899, in desperate eff
fort to make campaign material, pad
ded" the per capita to $2.70, and left
deficit in and debt upon the
School Fund of $277,OOOOO, which had
to be paid by Democratic officials.
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Republican legislators opposed
Kcntucky's only Republican Cover
nor, vetoed the Democratic Railroad
Rate Law, delaying operation Of this
splendid law for several years, and
thereby delaying reduction of freight
rates to the shippers of the State.
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Assisted through members in legis-
lature, in delaying adoption of the
Uniform text book law, a Democratic
platform measure, thereby continuing
for several years the high prices chare
ed for school books by the trust, and
enabling them to dispose of great
er number of books at the expense
of the tax payer by preventing the
adoption of the uniform system.
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The deficit in management of the
two State prisons, from 1895 to 1898
inclusive, the period Of Republican
control, was s273,111.O7. They thus
spent more money in excess of income
of the prisons in the three years OF
their regime than theDemocratic party
will spend in 1907 in paying salaries
of all State officials, circuit Judges,
and in maintaining the State Fair
Normal Schools, and Pure Food Sta
ton. The excess over these payment
is s5,911O7.
During the four years the Agricul-
tural Department of the State Govern
ment was operated only to pay salarie
of it's officials. The farmers got alb
solutely no benefits from it, the then
Commissioner turning back into the
Treasury money appropriated for the
benefit of the farmer. The labor in
srection branch of the Department
was an absolute nullity, nothing be-
ing done TO benefit the condition OF
the working men in workshop. mill or
mine.
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Expending for public printing and
binding during the four years the
sum of $1S4,724,25, or an average per
year of $46.1S106. The party is now
making Democratic expenditure for
this purpose a Campaign issue. Gaze
upon the Democratic record in the
next column of these statements.
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Republican Governor and Orator.
dropped efforts to collect the big Ken