Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-09-27


sessment or taxation q single added
dollar or reached q single tax-dodger.
It will not do to say the rate was to
be changed, as the board has nothing
to do with and cannot change the tax
rate. The state rate is fixed by stat
ute and can be changed only by an
act OF the legislature. It needs no
argument to convince anyone that the
trebllng Of the assessed value would
treble the tax. No amount Of sophis-
try can escape this conclusion.
Secretary Of state.
Honorable Cornelius Roach, the
present Secretary OF State. is ever
active in dlscharging the business OF
his office and in the matter of making
money for the people has become
a real mint. He has set a new stand
ard and scale OF excellence unequaled
In the history of the department. We
must commend his energy and eff.
cheney,
State Auditor.
The treasury will never be empty
as long as Hon. John P. Gordon is
Auditor Of the state. Not q claim or
voucher presented is audited save and
except II has first had his personal at.
tention, and thousands and thousands
OF dollars have been saved by his
eliminating items here and there
which were unauthorized by Law. The
account OF every man, both high and
low, has been scanned and pruned
/ alike. n the charge was illegal, ex.
orbitant or unauthorized by the appro
priation, Gordon caught IT,
! In this way he has saved the state
/ sufficient sum to run any one Of
several departments for a full bien.
nial period.
/ The fruit from the labor Of public
service Is one Of the best standards
BIZ which the servant can be meas
ured. by reason Of the great care
with which Gordon has handed the
financial end of the states business
and the great showing his depart
ment has made, he 10 entitled to the
confidence and support Of all citizens,
irrespective OF politics.
! stats Treasurer.
The interest received from state
deposits during the four years that
the Hon. ]. F. Gmellch was State
Treasurer amounted to the total
sum of S2ss, s,47T.4s. The receipts from
the interest on state deposits during
the term of Hon. Jas Cowgirl. Dem.
ocrat, a. State Treasurer, to Sep
tember 1, 1919. already total tS47.'
661.3o. Thus for the three years and
eight months OF his term Judge Cow
gill has collected s5S,0S3.S1 more In
terest on the public moneys and
turned same into the state treasury
than did Treasurer Gmelich during
his entire term of four years. BY the
end OF his term Judge Cowgirl will
havo collected at least $50, 100000
more interest during his term than
did Treasurer Gmelich during his
term, or an excess average Of $780,
10000 per year. Treasurer Gmelich
had the advantage during the greater
part Of his term of having included
In the states deposits the sum Of
! $476,1as13, which was collected By
q Democratic state administration
from the United States government.
1t was received April l, 1905, and
held in the treasury until September
10, 1907, at which date 1t was paid
out under proper appropriation to
the several counties In the state.
Attorney-osneral.
In the office OF Attorney-General
/ have endeavored to discharge the
duties with efficiency and dispatch.
Never before in the history OF the
state has the business Of the de-
partment become so important and
30 great In vUiuiAe. Suits pending
when came inIV office and those In
stituted by me nave demanded that
for the public good certain interests
! be prosecuted and certain laws main
tained. l unhesitatingly made the
fight and enforced the laws. As to
whether or not have given q good
account Of the stewardship. the record
must speak for itself.
Since my incumbency the business
Of the department has increased fully
fifty per cent. We have had forty
nine cases In the Supreme Court OF
the United States, which IL greater
number Of cases In that tribunal than
the entire number handled By all the
other Attorney Generals since Mis-
souri, was admitted 10 the Union.
That is more cases than the Attor-
neys-General from the other forty.
seven states have had In that court
during the time I have been In Office.
We have had forty-six cases In the
United States District Courts, some
thlrty-odd original suits In the su-
preme Court Of Missouri. and more
than four hundred criminal cases.
During this time we wrote fifteen
hundred opinions, as against six hun
dred and twenty.nine written BY my
predecessor during the four years he
was In office.
Out of this great volume Of buHi'
ness there were many important