The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-09-24

Cash received from former
Democratia admiHistration,
January l. 1903, ,......., 1.01g, oss. II
Total Observation-Disclosures l4, Ito, SSS II
Democratic Administration from January
!, 1912, TO August 81, 1915.
Receipts from all sources $50, s75.ei
Less deficit in Treasury jan
uary J. 1912. .........,.... 200, 69T 50
Total Observation-Disclosures $40. 27s, ST.. 72
The Democratic administration has re-
ceiyed during the same relative period
Of time s2,1e9.2725S more than the Re-
publican administration.
Tho official figures from the Auditor
office show that the last Republican adj
Treasury on August 81, 1911. OF s1.1os
209,37 that on August 81. 1915. there was
a., deficit in the state Treasury Of g. :
the deicit OF August 81 al, 1911. That Is.
the present Democratic administration
has received In revenues for the same
relative period s2.l69,272.5S and has ex-
pended in all s3,50s, 1920 more than the
preceding Republican administration.
The total appropriation made by the
Legislatures Of 1912 and 1914 TO carry out
platform pledges and In response to a
widespread popular demand for progress
sive legislation In the interest of educa-
tion and agriculture, of humanity, in the
better care OF inmates in our charitable
and dependent Confederate veterans. and
Tor other worthy purposes, amounted TO
a total OF .$,e75;472 Had the General
OF these appropriations, the Treasury on
August 81, 1912, would have shown a cash
balance Of s2,23o,4245s instead Of de-
But Mr.. Morrow goes farther and grows
worse. stating that the State has beer
plunged s27t5. 900 deeper into debt max.
public i revenues a Of ;5.727oOo.' or ,I.s7s,.
1908 more than is shown by the official
figures. Mr.. Morrow is either very badly
advised or he Is reckless guesser. This
is but one Of many instances showing
that he is much more picturesque than
accurate.
7 1t is reasonably certain and may well
be assumed that after the collection OF
anticipated revenues on the LIST of Janu-
AIRY. 1916, the State deficit win not ex-
coed 100000. Does that Justify the
reckless statement OF Mr.. Morrow that
"this is bankrupt Slater" Can three
million dollars Of debt bankrupt COM
monwealth the value OF whose property
exceeds aibillion dollars?
What assurance have we that this state
Of hopeless insolvency, even II 1t actually
| existed. would be remedied by turning
! Kentucky over. boots and breaches" to
the SUCCESSORS Of Wilson and Taylor. Do
those states which for nifty years have
been under an unbroken Republican re-
gime show such freedom from debt, such
prosperity as TO justify this most perilous
remedy?
: Bonded indebtedness OF Republican
States. .srs
: Take Maine Republican for fifty years,
/ the home of Dingley, Reed Littlefeld
and Blaine Let us compare the condi-
ton OF poor old Kentucky. this Repuh-
The real and personal property OF Ken
lucky Is valued at ss46, 454 ,020 That prop
erty pays ak rate OF IS per thousand,
with no bonded Indebtedness.
Maine has loss than half the amount
OF taxable property OF Kentucky, |. e.,
1890, 025. 1852, and yet the tax rate reaches
the appalling sum OF $3.50 on the thou
sand dollars, with bonded debt of
1868, 900
Connecticut, Republican almost CON
tinuously for the last half century, has
property as Kentucky S4S.Ss9,019, with
/ a bonded debt Of s7O64. 100
New Hampshire, with less than 1900,
100000 OF property, has tax rate of Sc
on the thousand and a bonded indebted
ness OF Sll66. 900.
The rock ribbed Republican State of
Pennsylvania has a bonded Indebtedness
Little Rhode Island, the home of AID
rich, with s200O00,O 900 less property than
Kentucky, has managed under the wise
economy OF an unbroken Republican adj
ministration for generations to get along
with only S5,04l,572 OF bonded indebted
ness
Kentucky, under the beneficent control
OF Reed Smoot and an iron-clad Repub-
lican organization, has only S11,2l0,000
bonded Indebtedness,
Republican Misrule In the South.
1t may be said that ! have mentioned
only Northern States and that for pur.
poses Of comparison | should take South
ern commemorative having a similar cit
iZenshp, alike in manner customs and
laws Al one time Alabama Arkansas, |
Georgia, Louisiana Florida. Virginia and
1tTnn nj haA Dfnn Ffsa At NJ /
Morrow's remedy for extravaganza IN the |
administration Of the States affairs. At
the close OF the war they were compare |
lively free from debt, their affairs had |
been administered honestly and econom- |
ically during generations of Democratic |
control Then the blight OF Republican |
swept by fire and sword her cities in
ruins, her backened fields beloved with |
the graves Of three hundred thousand |
slain, dismantled and discrowned Repub- |
the lips OF hunger, from want and naked |
ness, II flched untold millions, and re
construction" is well remembered with |
more horror than the carnage Of battle |
in the wake of war
The annual cost OF the States admin
istration in Louisiana under Democratic
control was Sl,t62,624 in 1871. under a
Republican regime, II reach the appalling
sum OF s757S,14S, The average cost to
the State Of each member OF the Legis-
Idlult uuIlHB lHt StSslbH WAS
S113.5o per day Ten years later. under
Democratic control expenses were i'm
mcdately reduced to Sl,6lIl64. or one
fifth OF the cost during the reconstruct
ton period. on December 81, 1853 the
public debt OF Louisiana was sll, 1S2,377.
After three years OF Republican control
It was s22.5S9,6 2s.
Under Democratic control in 1866, the
cost Of maintaining the government Of
Alabama was $655, POS In 1878, under a
administration, II was s2237,-
200. Four years later, with the return
OF the Democrats TO power. II was i'm
mediately reduced to sS74164.
Republican administration between
1868 and 1874 fastened on the State of
Arkansas bonded Indebtedness OF ST.,
260,S64.
In Florida the cost of administering the
AFFAIRS of the State more than doubled
under Republican administration.
In 1866 Georgia, which until that time
had never known Republican rule. had
4 bonded indebtedness Of $S2SS02 After
less than three years of Republican con-
trol its bonded Indebtedness was increas.
I'd to nearly SIS, 900, 900. ,
The State of Virginia, under Demo-
cratic administration in 1860, carried a
public debt OF s29, LOG $50 In 1870 under
Republican rule, this debt jumped to the
appalling sum OF S49. 800 500.
Mr. Morrow has talked much about the
Extravaganza OF Democrats in purchasing
)fice furniture. The state Capitol at
Columbia was refurnished during this
period Quoting the testimony of a Con-
,ressional committee. Honorable James
". Pike, author of The PROSTATE South"