Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-10-31
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
NO APOLOGY is NEEDED.

The Democratic ADMINISTRATOR IN
Kansas needs no apology. The par
: ty in power always had to work on
the defensive, but this time facts on
:. ly have to be produced to convince
the independent thinker that Kansas
has been we'll governed. With the
E same amount raised by taxation the
Democratic administration has been
able to perform for the state infinite
ly more work and bring better re-
suits than the preceding admfnistar-
ton which was operated under the
famous Progressive, Gov. Water RoS-
coe StubbS. No Republican admins
tration in the past can begin to CON-
pare with the work done by the pres
ent Democratic administration. No
otormer. administration claims to have
made each dollar of taxes go as far
- the present administration.
Passing by such things as the re-
peal Of the Inheritance Tax Law,
which was one of the greatest mon-
ey producers ever invented; the re-
call resolution; the Massachusetts bal
lot law; adjustment of oil inspectors
motor car tax; fire marshal law; gar.
pishment law; workmen's compensa--
ton act, and a dozen other laws that
nave been asked for since the days
Ot.Populism and only granted by the
present administration which ought
0 to colGign the Kansas Progressives
to the. scrap pile of uselessness, let
Us look UP this money question and
get to tine facts of the case.
II a man comes into possession of
any kind of machine or property
that has been mismanaged and POOR
.ay kept up he usually spends some
money fixing that machine and put
ting. it in repair so that it will work
economically. II he comes into pos
session of a house and that house
has not been taken care of for some
time he may spend some money fol
paint and repairs. That is good bus,
mess. If that man does not have tt
spend more money in repairing that
machine or house than the man whG
had possession the two or four years
.Oefore, he is a good business man
and has made a remarkable record
Let US look over the figures.
The administration had to finish
buildings which were started under
The Stubs regime and as usual tht
estimate did not cover the cost an(
the present administration had t
complete the buildings or see th'
state. lose a great deal of money
These unfinished buildings and tn,
amounts necessary to complete then
Q were:
Manual Training at Pittsburg, $40,
600; Cell House, Reformatory, $500
Memorial Building, Topeka, s175,
200; . total Of $4,000.
Then there was $115,S1S.41 over.
drawn by the Stubs regime, takel
out of the taxes collected to run thu
administration this year. That wal
not good business, but it might EN-
baraSs the Democrats, thought tn,
. Republicans who were in power, ana
these two amounts make SS1S, 1884
Then there was fire losses at Win
field. where the Kansas Home fol
feeble minded is located. That tool
$4,000 to replace. At the Hutchin-
son Reformatory it took $4,000 anC
at. the Hays Experiment Station i
cost $500 making a total of ST.
600 additional that the Democrat
found had to be paid, although tn
sfire loss occurred before they cam,
into power.
The 1911 legislature should hav,
appropriated 1854 ,2O2. AZ to cover al
contracts it made. The 1918 legisVa
cure gave the administration sS,517,
Sl6.7S to use after paying odd debts
contracted two years ago.
HE educational institutions of tht
state Of Kansas were given s631 ,O21.
2Smone than they were in 1911 whilt
the other departments Of the state
were cut down $170,77O.1S. The en-
roIlment of these schools had grown
apace. More Kansas boys and girk
were getting the educational advan
tages that the world demands in or
der that they may compete with the
boys and girls of other states. This
took honey-more money than ever
before. so that the READ machinery Of
the state had to be run more econom
ically that taxes might be kept down
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