The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-18
Republican SIander.
X. c. Post,

party has done nothing to improve
the states educational system In
thirty odd years of uninterrupted
power Is pretty conclusive evidence
shat Il never will."-Kansas City
journal.
The Post lie willing TO admit that
the Journal is on most occasions,
the fairest Republican organ 10 the
state OF Missouri. But the state OF
Missouri owes no debt OF gratitude
30 her Republican newspapers, be II
said to the shame OF the men who
control the destinies OF those organs
Whatsoever Is vile, whatsoever IL
shameful, whatsoever is evil, that
has the Republican newspaper and
the Republican politician said OF
Missouri and her institutions when
to slander her name and fame gave
promise Of making Republican
vote.
Has the Democratic party done
nothing Tor the Missouri schoo. sys-
TEN? Surely Is was not she hand OF
a man who has been privileged to
live long In Missouri that penned
that statement. Surely Is was not
the hand OF one whose eyes have
seen and whose ears have heard OF
the great work OF Democracy In be.
hall Of popular education In this
state.
Since the day that the victorious
hosts II Democracy overthrew the
Republican oppressors and drove the
carpet-bagger with his ill-gotten
spoils from a state laid waste, the
Missouri public school syseem, from
the little log house ON the hill to the
magnificent institution at Columbia,
has been the particular care and
pride OF a long line OF Democratic
administrations. From she day that
she plunderers we're turned out and
the defenders Of their homes came
back to their own, the public school
system OF the state has been nourish-
ed with tender sollcitude until Mis-.
souri, boasts one OF the greatest uni
versities In the world, five normal
schools, an institution for the higher
education of the negro, and OIL
school houses in which II, 7O4 teach
ers daily instruct more than 7555 900
pupils.
The Democratic party has done
nothing for the schools? The gutted
school fund left by the Republican
carpet-bsggers has been placed upon
a permanent basis and to day
amounts to more than $l3, 900, 900.
The state Of Missouri spends annual
ly, for the education of her children,
more than $10,000,0 900. =
One third Of the state revenues go
directly into the school fund, and
this enormous amount Is swelled by
interest on county funds, and by
fines and forfeitures until the state
OF Missouri has for her schools, the
largest fund OF any state In the
union.
Has Democracy done nothing for
education in Missouri? Recall for q
moment, those OF you who have lived
in Missouri for a third OF q century,
the wreck that was the public school
system OF this state at the end OF the
carpet -bagger regime. Then look
about you at the school house on
every hill, and in every valley. Re.
alize that there is none SO poor In
Missouri that he may not obtain an
education which will fit him FOR any
walk in life. Realize that Missouri
has done more for the education of
her negroes than many. Republican
states have done for their whites.
Realize that OF all the states in the
union, during the time of Republican
carpet-bagger exploitation, Missouri
had the worst schools and that to.
day, after more than thirty years Of
Democratic rule, she has a public
school system equal to the best.
There are some ISLANDERS which are
hard to disprove. There are some
cases In which misrepresentation
can prevail because there exists no
pslpsble evidence to the contrary.
But the Missouri public school sys.
TEN, builded with care and iostered
with tender solicitude BY the Democ.
racy, is real, a palpsble, a solid