The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-16
SEEKS VOTES BY FRAUD.

SEEKS VOTES BY FRAUD.
The Hamilton publicity bureau Is
| flooding the state with statement
that Mr.. Hamilton, democratic candi
| date for governor. was ut the Marion
county fair and spoke fifteen min
utes, telling the people that taxes in
Iowa had doubled in ten years, but he
did not tell them what Iowa has done
in ten years He dare not do that
Did he tell them that beginning with
the 1903 period there had been eX'
pended for lands including the new
state colony for epileptics and lag
acres at the hospital for inebriates
$i9l ,557 .03. and for new buildings w..
6G9 ,G93 .95, and total Of SIS ,5l3,94O.l |
for the expenditures under all spe.
cal appropriations for institutions
under the board of control up to and
including the last period? Did he tell
them that these We're humanitarian
investments for the people and that
the lands, taken as whole, are worth
now more than twice what they cost!
Did he tell them that the greatest eN-
penditure out of these funds by the
board of control was in the 1909 peri
cd when it was $1,099,32 .92 and that
it has never touched a million since
and going once below a half million?
Did he tell them that the expenditure
during the last biennial period was
1886, 1887 less than the period end
ing in 1903? Did he tell them that the
ole
periods ending in 1905, 1908 and 1910.
and that the one year period OF 1906
was almost Il half million, and all
this, too, after buying the epileptic
colony land and LAG acres at the Knox
Vile institution?
Did Mr. Hamilton tell the people
that he was Il member of the board OF
control from April 9, 1906. to Oct. l.,
1909, covering almost two periods
when the expenditures were more IN
each than during the last? No, he
does not tell these things.
Why was he not reducing eXpendi-
lures then? He had just as great,
even greater, opportunity than if he
were governor.
No one complains about the eXpcnd-
lures made during Mr.. Hamiton's
incumbency. But he is not sincere.
He lacks candor and frankness with
the people. He is willing to conceal
facts. When he talks about taxes
doubling since 1903 he knows he
seizes upon time during which the
state has developed more than in all
it's history before. Does he condemn
AZ no want tn
say, "lf had been governor during
these years the state would nave
stood still?" Why does not Nh. Ham
ilton specify any expenditures he
would have stricken out? Where will
he begin to reduce taxes?
Notwithstanding these expenditures
Mr.. Hamilton knows the state levy
has been almost constant, varying at
any time hardly mill. He knows al
so that local levies have constantly
increased He knows the great bur-
den of tax is due TO them. 1t costs
no more to be square" with the peo-
pie than it does to try to deceive and
capitalize prejudice and it is much
more to ones credit.
Complaint is made because loWa's
disbursements includinS what she
pays out as a mere distributing AGENT
were $3.50, GO5.0S more during the
last biennial period than the one just
previous. 1t is interesting to com
pare with other states the increase
for the same period.
Ohio ........ 80. ..$2,S l2, s3.o9
Illinois ..... .... f'o"o'oio.1'
y1,;c.on.i, 3251 23374
Nebraska -. l,''o''61'o-
missouri ....... -. 80 ~ = - =
Kansas -. - ''i''
Michigan -. ''"'1 ~
Minnesota -. "''""'o'".'S
Every one of these states except
Kansas. exceeds Iowa enormously 1t
has been Il period OF wonderful
growth and development and better
ment of human conditions throughout
the country. Iowa has kept pace with
these other states at far less expense
to the taxpayer. Would any man take
his money back and return to condi-
tons as they existed before? If not,
he should be silent. DO Iowa people
want to trail along behind III the
great march OF events? DO they want
| to take up Il line of march to the rear
keeping step to some funeral urge
| or dead march, with Mr.. Hamilton
leading the melancholy procession?
DO they want Iowa to take on an old'
abandoned, tumbled down appearance
like IL mansion from which has de-
parted the glory OF former days-llll-
painted, the windows out, doors OH
the hinges, barely enough left to sns-
gest the splendor OF by gone days?