Barton County democrat., 1914-02-27

sheet requires vGificatiOn by the
calendar. They have never yet given
out reliable nforma1ioA upon @y
subject connected with the Hodges
administration. They always juggle
the figures and when Oou6red in any
one particular st Of figures give
out a different one in the next issue.
Our Republican friends are grNatly
pained by the fact That for the first
time in years. the state tax Wy dnd
not take a big Jump upward and a
few simple facts show souSiusiVeis
that the Hodges Administrative has
bdan the most economical OF any
administration for years. TIE StuoOs
administration spent a Ne money it
derived from state taxes in 1912 md
in addition, spent tive hWdred and
sixty-five thousand, 5.OOO.OO'
which It received from the inherF
tance tax. The last DeNOcratic legis'
lature abolished the ilhertGnce tax
and the state has received 10 income
since then, TO talEe'its place, so that
the Hodges administration has less
to spend than did the Stubbs admin
Iistratim and the fact that 4 kept
within the income, demonstrates thai
all this Republican. Bull Moose tan
about the Hodges admintstrati0
having spent more money than th'
IStubbs administrator, is pure ant
Iunadulterated mOonShine. There j
nothing to it. And Ehea next JuE
trolls around and che eats tax lev,
Ifor 1914 is actually reduced by th'
State Tax Commission, our fr:end'
Will have received a JOLT which oueo
to hold them for a while.
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The Press Bureau IS curious t.
know what soft of plank cur Bul
Moose and Republican fr;ends vii
put in their respective platforms o'
the subject Of taxsS. wiz they g
before the people with promises o
tax reduction? Senator Howe, in hi
Dickson County News, states tha
the real dope amongst the knowing
ones Is that the Proyesdws anC
Republicans viii advocoLe cuttinl
along educational lines and quiett.
spread the news IN farming cOnmu
mites that they viii slasA the appro
priations for the University, th'
State Normal and the Agriculture
College. The dope Is given proba
biAty by the strenuous efforts Of tn
Capper publications and PrOeSessiv'
newspapers to drag the state educa
tiOnal institutions into politics, and +
discpedit the new Board Of Admins
I.ra.,oD
O.6,s
Section 2s3O Of the GeneRal Statu
'Ites Of 1899, reads as follows: Il
shall be unlawful for any person
company or corporation, to eel o
give away any cigarette papers Il
or obOut any store or oth0 place
for free disbibvtion or sole.'
Section 29S1 reads IN part: AN
every person who shall furuib eia
I. arettes, cigars or tobacco In an
form, 70 amy such minor yDrsons 80.
.......... shall be guilty Of a mis
demeannr and upon conviction, shal
be punished by fila Of not less tha
twenty-five dollars nor more tha
, one hundred dollars
These sections Of the statute ar
E quoted. because Of the Topeka Stat
T Journal recently noted the fact tina
S Iper to his newsboys, cigarette, cigar
at a banquet given by Mr.. Arthr
e Capper to his .newsbOys. cigarette
!, and cigars were distributed to th
L youthful guests. When Mr.. Capper
5 attention was called to the. matteI
/ lhe printed IN rs own Topeka Cap
e ltal an admission that cigars, cagaret
|. and tobacco were served at this baI
s Iquet and then proceeded to lay Il
+ blame on an ."oyer jealous employ
nIwho kindly consented to be the goa
e Il Is evident that somebody violate
n tie statutes d Kansas.
% The Press Bureau would not ref
to this matter at all. but Tor the IA
ltIthat the Capital felt called upon
alm.ha an exnAauation. The PMS r