The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-09-15


The Achievements n Democrats In
Kentucky.
The Democratic party is the Party
of Progress the Party OF Peace and
Law and Order. the Party of Liberty
and Equal Rights, the party that has
given to Kentucky its educational ad-
vantages, its development and its ad.
vaneement. and therefore, II Ken
lucky Improves. Democracy must be
triumphant In our State.
point you to the contrast between
Republican rule and Democratic rule
In Kentucky.
As against the Republican record Of
assassination, bloodshed and disre.
gard OF law present the Democratic
record for peace. strict regard for hui
man life, and respect for and main
tenance OF law and order AS against
treasury with only s33s.S52,69 and
unpaid warrants against the State
amounting In July last to si.S59,50e,
bearing per cent interest. present
the Democratic record OF magnih
cent State Capitol. erected and paid
for without any extra tax. and every.
lust claa. against the State promptly
paid In full.
AS against Republican platform
pledges and promises that have been
broken. Democrats present record
showing all pledges and promises
faithfully complied with. ! call atten'
ton to the record which shows that
the State debt was about one million
dollars before the Democrats cane
into power In 1900, and was wiped out
by Democrats who left balance
in the treasury 81 million dollars,
and since Repnhllcan Governor Witt
son was inaugurated the State Is In
debt more than million AZ dollars,
A Democratic Legislature established
two State Normal Schools for the
training Of the teachers Of the State.
and made appropriations for their
mai~.enance. and established the State
I'm arsity. and also enpronristef
money for It's benefit, The common
school law Of Kentucky was enacted
by Democratic Legislature. and all
the improvements and Increased facil-
tiles for education come through
Democratic legislation, A Democratic
legislature re-estRhlished the Geolog.
teal Survey. nrovided for confeder'
ate Home. with prr-ar appropriations
for the support Of Confederate veier'
ans. and enacted lsM for the benefit
OF the Chiliren's Home Society AMI
made II n State Institution, and en-
larvci the Agricultural Department so
as 10 include forestry and lnimlrra-
ZION and ee.ahiighod Normal School
at Frankfort, KY. for colnred people,
and made liberal appropriations for
IFS maintenance
Republicans Can Refer 70 No Benefi'
clal -'slation, ans Their Rec
ord Does Not Deserve In.
dorsement.
Republicans can ieisr to no legisla
ton originated or enacted by them In
Kentucky which has Increased educa
tional facilities, added to Internal i'm
provements, adjusted or iiEhteurd bur
deng' OF taxation or benefited Ken
tricky in any way.
4 The record shows. however. re-
markable military history, in which
the expenditures for active militia II
three and half years under Governor
I Wilson amounts TO S27- 1887. or an
| average expenditure per year OF $40.
1884, as against s29.35af6, or an aY
erage expenditure per year Of sI.33S.7s
I for the four last years Of Governor
Beckhams administration.
Thus ii will be seen that the Repub
l lican expenses are nearly ten times as
much for active militia In three years
and a half as Democrats expended II
four years
Since so much has been said In The
newspapers about expenditures FOR nc
tive militia. have been asked 10 stat'
the expenditures for active militli
the four years was Governor. and
| have obtained the statement from III,
Auditors office. showing that for Thu
four years | was Governor there wa!
expended for the active militia $50,
40l.6S, or $5.10017 per annutn. beini
one fifteenth as much per aiinum al
under the present Republican admin
istration.
have been asked also to state hov
many days was absent from thu
State during my -four years servic'
as Governor. The record shows wa
absent from the State during my en-
tire term thirty-four days. and tn
State paid to the Lieutenant Goyerno
for that period s402. while the pres
ent Republican Governor has been al
sent from the State 239 days. an
Lieutenant Governor Cox has draw
for this time s4.25620 for acting a
Governor. the per diem being sl7.S(
and Governor Wilson drawing III
same amount for the same 239 days.
The record also shows that the thli
teenth section OF the last Rcpublica
platform adopted in 1907 proinise
that IL put in power Republicans woul
reduce the taxes to the lowest poss
! BILE rate consistent with an efficient AZ
ministration OF the State govern
b ment." More than three years and
half of the Republican administratio
, has passed and we have not hear
: anything more about the proposed r
a duction in taxes. The people, h0v
: ever have felt movement Of the o.
: posite character. There has been 4
j direct increase In the tax rate, hut
: was necessary to raise money TO pa
the Increased expenses inauguratt
4 by Republicans. and they have resor
y ed to an indirect method of raisir
: the rate, The Republican State Boar
8 of Equalization increased the valu
j ton of property as turned In from u
X counties. Take the years 1910 on
9 1911 as examples. In several cou
ties this raise has been as great |
25 per cent and in other counties
1. per cent, and 10 per cent and IL p,