Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20
CapitalizatiOns.
JEFFERSON CITY, May 10, 1909.

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From the day of the Inauguration
of the Republican governor there
has been a general demand fol
more money, more taxes and more
revenue. Not once has there been
halt in the demand for more cash
for the state government. Message
after message has been sent to the
Legislature by Governor Hadley
dealing with the revenue until the
members call him the 'message
governor" and they are tired. Not
once has he advocated economy in
the management of the affairs oi
the state, but everywhere has come
the wailing cry of Republican dis
tress, give us more money tc
spend.
The Republicans of the house
are imbued with the same spirit as
that of the governor as to spend
ing money, except they are not
particularly inclined to vote the
taxes on themselves which the
governor has demanded to get
more revenue. They provided
themselves with a host of clerks at
the beginning of the session, but
when it was shown by Democrats
that the clerks were not present
and working, the committee on
clerical force was directed to dis
charge all who were not in at
tendance regularly on their duties.
Nothing came of this resolution
and the 216 clerks continued on
the pay roll of that body.
On March % resolution sent in
by the Democrats was adopted,
dispensing with the services of all
clerks except 25 when the mem
bers should go on pay of 81 per
day on May 5, but when the day
arrived and the Democrats sought
to have the resolution enforced
the Republicans held a caucus and
under the caucus lash of the party
as administered by Boss Lloyd and
other leaders, all agreed to stand
firm and the resolution was re-
scinded. This enabled the Re-
publicans to keep their entire
clerical force at the pie counter to
the close of the session, though
many of them have nothing to do.
This was strange proceeding in
the face of the fact that Chairman
Lloyd of the appropriation COM
mittee was continually crying that
the appropriations must be cut
unless there we're laws enacted
to find more revenue. Here was a
chance to save nearly $1,000 day
from the clerical force, but, true to
the Republican scramble for pie,
no attempt was made to save this
money for useful purposes.
Another instance wherein the
Republicans were inconsistent was
when they voted in the house to
increase the general appropriation
bill nearly S2O0,000 over the same
bill of two years ago. The DEM
ocrats fought against the increase
and sought to cut the bill down
even from what it was originally,
but the Republican steam roller
crushed them. One thousand dol
lars is carried in this bill for a
team and carriage for the COVER
nor. No Democratic governor was
ever provided with this conven-
ience at the expense of the state
and why was it necessary that the
first Republican governor of the
state since the civil war should be
allowed this pleasure which had
always been denied the ilustrious
Democratic governors of this great
state9 Simply in keeping with
the Republican idea of taxing the
people to the limit that the money
might be lavishly expended by
the Republican office-holders.
The prohibition element of the
Republican party got a consider
able crush last Friday by the Re.
publican steam roller which has
been the means of crushing the
Democrats of the house. It was
when Representative Killion, the
author Of the prohibition resolu-
ton, sought to call it up to have
the senate amendments acted
upon. He was unable to get rec.
ognition because Of a special ordel
of about thirty bills which had
been set against him and which
was adhered to with careful exact
ness until wet Republican leader
secured recognition and moved tc
adjourn.
This was not a pleasant expert
ence to these dry Republicans, bui
they soon acquiesced when they
were given an opportunity the
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