The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-08
CANDIDATE OF REPUBLICAN, PAR
TY FOR GOVERNOR is UNCoM.
PORTABLE UNDER CHARGES OF
+ ExTRAvAGANcE BY HAMILTON
G. o. P. GOES on DEFENSIVE
leaders Are Sending General Revolt
4 Against State Extravagance-voters
q Looking to Hamilton for Relief.


that for twenty years they have been
In absolute control Of the state Of
does, senate and house, they squirm
and shift under the charge Of extrav
agance. They retort that democrats
also voted for some of their extrava
CANT measures-such as capital ex
tension" for instance. Be that as il
may, the republicans having at all
times clear majorities and able to put
over or defeat legislation at will must
carry the load The responsibility is
theirs.
Their Troubles ItemIzed.
When Governor Larrabee was the
chief executive of the State and the
state house was being paid for the
levy was rs mills for all state pur-
poses; today the levy is 49, mills
an increase of nearly 100 per cent.
The two years disbursements Of
the state, 10000, was $500, 1864.
The two years disbursements Of the
state for 1914 (ten years later Is
$11.831, 596.20-an increase of nearly
100 per cent.
The annual tax for state purposes
Is $2.65 for every man, woman and
child in Iowa.
That taxation has been soaring
skyward is best shown by Hon. r. G.
Weisell of Adams County. in cir
cular Of comparative tax tables by
townships, showing taxes paid for
1912 and 1913, Of which the following
is a showing:
Adams County Tax Tax
Union Township 1912 1918
]. G. Allen--------$ 1897 : 1888
w. H. Reynolds 56.01 100.G7
c. B. & @. R. r.
main line ------36395S 1914
Thus have land values been
boosted" 43 per cent and RAIL
/ ROADS REDUCED so PER CENT.
Only 10 counties, where the boards
OF supervisors ignored the order of
the executive council consisting OF
Gov. Clarke, secretary, auditor, and
treasurer Of state) make a showing
materially different.
Blame Is Fixed.
Governor Clarke has emphasized
''Capitol Extension" by processing
pride in his work and taking full re-
sponsibility for it; and he could do
no less, as his veto power is EQUAL
TO THE POWER OF TWO-THIRDS
OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
MEMBERS COMBINED. Thus is Gov.
Clarke responsible for $2,000,0O0 bur
den to pay for nearly 70 of the 1874
acres Of the capitol grounds as extend
ed. Was he justified in so doing? The
answer is to be found in the follow
ing table of acreages:
Capitol grounds Illinois----------1O.
Capitol grounds Kansas----------1G.S
Capitol grounds Wisconsin-------14.4
Capitol grounds Nebraska
Capitol grounds Minnesota------12.
. CAPITOL GROUNDS, IOWA,
DIES MONIES ----------------S3.4
National Capitol Grounds, Wash
ington, D. C.-------------------5S.S
The present administrations idea
of an economic administration, as
you see, demands eight times as much
acreage for capitol grounds as does
Illinois; five times that Of Kansas, six
times that Of Wisconsin,; six times
that Of Nebraska; seven times that
of Minnesota or Is more acres than is
needed for Illinois, Kansas, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota combined, and 25
more acres than the great national
capitol at Washington-and yet one
city in Illinois has about the same
population as has the entire state Of
Iowa.
Let the People Rule.
The people are entitled to the kind
Of government they want. If they
want an admittedly extravagant
government, such as at present, they
should re.elect Governor Clarke. That
will be an endorsement of his state
government and an indication that
they want more and plenty OF it, and
II being his second (and last term)
they will no doubt get 1t in another
/ raise" that will make taxes high
j enough to suit the most fastidious.
But II you desire return to reason,
and to an efficient and economic adj
ministration Of affairs, such as will
attract population and capital again to
Iowa then give your vote and support
to John T. Hamilton and the demo-
cratic ticket Linn County Enter
prise.
A REPUBLICAN ESTIMATE.
The democratic candidate for gov.