The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-13

and churches, Catholic priests, good
women and good men have pro.
tested, but they have protested in
vain.
Says Crime Is Rampant.
The police force has been com
plctely disorganized. Crime is
rampant. The women of our town
do not dare go upon the streets after
dark. Outrage after outrage, per
petratcd by black tiends upon white
women, have defiled our highways
and terrorized our people,
AS II fitting climax to this abom-
Unable record, one case so outrage
Gus as to be scarcely believable,
may be cited. can only make the
briefest Of reference to the facts:
A high officer of the police force
has even been guilty of procuring "A
false confession from poor, cover
ing convict. This confession was
used by Hadley and his Police Board
for the basest of political reasons.
1t is now proven by indubitable evil
dence that the confession was abso-
lutely untrue. And a Grand Jury
composed equally Of Democrats
and Republicans-at least four Of
the latter warm adherents of the
a ~
that this policc-manufactured con-
fession Is false in toto. Yet the
Police Commissioner remains unre-
buked and the officer draws his sal
AIRY regularly as member of the
force. have not the time to go in
to the details Of this transaction,
1t is probably almost, If not quite,
without parallel
For only one other thing is this
administration conspicuous, and that
it is the attempt to enormously in
crease the burdens Of taxation upon
our people.
1t would seem that while the rank
and file of the Republican party om-
braces many splendid men and good
citizemry, there is something about
the atmosphere OF Jefferson City
which so inOculates them with the
fervor Of extravaganza that they in.
variably manifest the same symp-
tons. The last Republican Gov
ernor was Fletcher. The State tax
rate was 80 cents The treasury
was plundercd and the securities Of
the State squandered.
Folks Economy.
Democratic administration, by
the practice of rigid economy, had
wiped out this debt, built our splen-
| did institutions, and cut the tax rate
( to IL cents. Governor Folks adj
miristration was characterized by
engagements and extensions Of our
public institutions, and by the cree
/ tiuu Of Now buildings and establish
m"ut of new schools, During his
| term Of Office we built the State Nor
nal at Kirksvillc, SCI, 600; Warrcns-
burg Training School, St2 BOB, -;
| Springfield Normal, Sl2j, 600; Lin
coin Institute, $4,000; State Pcni-
Tertiary, S2lj, 600; Industrial School,
Chillicothe, $50, 600; School for Blind
at st. Louis, S253 800; School for
Deaf at Fulton, $4,000; Confederate
Home, SIG GOO; Federal Home SIS,
800; Colony Feeble Minded, $4,000
State Hospital No. >, $4,000; State
Hospital No. 3, Nevada, SG3,9OO;
State Hospital No. /, Pennington,
$ll0,OOO Tuberculosis Hospital
Mount Vernon, Sl4i,OOO.
n Notwithstanding these eXtra0rdi,
nary expenses, Governor Folk kept
the expenses of government within
the revenues resultant from n Il
cents tax levy, and in his last mes
sage to the Legislature, said;
"Thc requirements during the next
two years should not be as great as
during the biennial period just end,
ed. There are very few new build
ings needed that will call for large
expenditures, so the appropriations
! for this Assembly should he easily
brought within the estimated revc-
nue., even if no additional revenues
are provided. The natural increase
at the present rate of taxation in the
revenues of the State is about SGOO,
900 for each biennial period, so that
this Assembly will have that much
more available than its predecessor
had. There ia no need for un-
easiness as to State finances. On
the contrary, considering the out
look for the future, they are in bet
ter condition than heretofore. The
General Assembly should he careful,
however, to exercise economy in APP
preparations, but 1t is not necessary
to be parsimonious."
In making that communication