The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-09-30

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| Democratic administration.
January L. isoS........... i.oiaosh u
] Total ....................., f2fllO.ssola
Democratic Administration from January
y 1912. 70 August 81, isis.
Receipts from all sources. s26.57o 775 p
/ Less deficit IN Treasury jan
uary J. lal2.,..s.s...,..,.. 2Dobst ~
I The Democratic administration has w..
celved during the same relative period
| OF time t2,i6a272.53 more than the Re-
publican administration.
The official figures from the Auditor :
/ ONCE show that the lost Republican adj
| ministration faced u dehcit In the state
| Treasury on August ~, 1911, of N.lnA,
zoe 90 that on August 81 1915. there was
Ii5, ois 20, or $3.50. $50 "a sreatcr than
I the defcit 81 August ~. 1911. That l.,
the present Democratic administration
s sss reee pod n 81 S and 'n has sa
pended IN nll f3,bOe. ii2.tO more than tbs
preceding Republican administration.
The total appropriation made by the
| LEGISLATURES u 1912 and 1914 10 carry out
platform pledges aud 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
Institutions. for the maintenance Of aged
| and dependent Confederate veterans and
J for other worthy purposes, amounted q
Assemblies Of 1919 and 1914 made none
OF these appropriations. the Treasury on
3 August 81. 1919. would have shown a cash
balance Of t2.29o,tsi.5s Instead of a de-
But Mr. Morrow goes farther and grows
worse. stating that the state has beer
/ plunged s.. 5ia,oo0 deeper Into debt. max
Ing a total additional expenditure IN th'
public revenues Of s., 727.ooo." or N,5IN
1903 more than Is shown by the official
figures Mr. Morrow II either very badly
advised or he r. a reckless guesser. This
Is but one Of many instances showing
that he Is much more picturesque than
| accurate.
be assumed that after the collection Of
anticipated revenues on the LIST of Janu-
AIRY. 1916. the state deficit will not eN-
coed 100000. Does that Justify the
reckless statement - Mr.. Morrow that
this Is bankrupt State7'' can three
milton dollars Of debt bankrupt com
1 mOnwealth the value of whose property
exceeds q billion dollars
What assurance have we that this state
Of hopeless Insolvency, even " " actually
existed, would be remedied by turning
Kentucky over, boots aud breaches. 10
| the SUCCESSORS of Wilson and Taylor. DO
those states which for hfty years have
been under an unhroken Republican re-
gime show such freedom from debt. such
prosperity as TO Justify this most perilous
remedy:
Bonded Indebtedness Of Republican
States.
Take Maine. Republican for ATTY years,
the home of DinElev, Reed. lit'eneld
and Blaine Let ~ compare the condi-
ton Of poor Old Kentucky. this Repab.
The real aud personal property Of Ken
lucky Is valued AT t6.t5l go. That prop
erty pays tax rate 81 50 per thousand.
with no bonded indebtedness.
r.Ns. HuH EaNN he nj
Of taxable property Of Kentucky. l. e.,
$40 OF. tS1. and yet the taN rate reaches
the appalling cum ~ 1850 on the thou.
sand dOliars. with bonded debt OF
Connecticut. Republican almost CON
tinuously for the last hef century, has
practically the same amount q taxable
property as kentu ~, ists,3es.ols, with
bonded debt Of 81 0et TOO.
New Hampshire. with less than $500, :
900 600 OF property, has tar rate OF tls
on the thousa ard a bonded Indebted
The rock ribbed Republican state Of
Pennsylvania has bonded Indebtedness
Little Rhode Island. the home Of Aid.
rich. with 5000. o0o. 900 less property than
Kentucky. has managed under the wise
economy OF an unbroken Republican adj
with only ,s.osI. &: o. Bonded Indebted,
ness.
Utah. with one-fourth o. the wealth Of
Kentucky. under the benenceni control
OF Reed Smoot and an iron-clad Repub.
lican organization. has only tll.2io.0oo
bonded Indebtedness.
Republican Mlsruls In the South.
II may be said that have mentioned
only Northern states and that for pur-
poses OF comparison ! should take South
ern commonwealths having a similar Cit
irenship. alike in manner customs and
laws At one time Ala bama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Louisiana. Florida. Virginia and
South Carolina all had a chance at Mr..
Morrows remedy for sxtravagance 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 ana -conom-
ically during generations Of Democratic
control Then the blight Of Republican
misrule fell upon that Inflated land.
swept BY nre and sword. her cities IN
ruins. her blackened nelds billowed with
the graves OF three hundred thousand
slain, dismantled and discrowned, Repuh-
licanisu found her PROSTATE. and from
the lips Of hunger. from wart ana naked
ness Il fiched untold millions and re
construction IL we! remembered with
more horror than the carnage Of battle
or the famine and pe.ti!sIcs that follow
The annual cost % IN. states admin.
istration In Louisiana under Demoe rattle
control was 81 49, $40 In ISL. unoer a
Republican regime. u reach the appa ling
sum o. s. S7siis. tn. sv.rSg. cost 10
the state Of Each mtnteT Of he Legis-
lature curirg ,bs single session was
illSs6 PEI cay. Ten y.srs later under
Democratic contro. expenses were TIM
m@o.stey reduced 20 q el7.lsA. Or one
tfts Of the cost during the reconstruc-
ton period. on December ~. lse5. the
public debt Of Louisiana was ill.ls2,2T7.
Aret three years Of Republican control
~ was t22, 5sse2S.
Under Democratic control In 1866. the
cost o. maintaining he. government Of
Alabama was is55. 2O5 In 1873. under a
Republican naturalization. I, was t2.231
200 Pour years atsr. with ne return
q the Democrats te pow-f Il was Inn
mediateiy rso.ced e. iS7AlGt
A Republican administration between
.S6s ara III, fas.srsd or the. STATE OF
ArKansas = honosd Indebtedness Of M
260sft
In Florida The cos' % admiristering the
anairst q the state more than doubled
under Republican administration
Ia 1855 Georgia which until that time
had never kncwn Republican rule. had
Bonded indie htednsss Of isls.s02. After
less than three years of Republican con
troll its blondes indebtedness was increas-
I'd 20 nearly =. 4 900 GEO.
Ths state - Virginia. under Demo-
craft" administration 10 1850 carried
puofc debt .: 80. lO5.e5a In 1870, under
Republican rlle. this debt Jumped 20 the
Mr. Morrow has taxed much about the
extrayagance NJ Democrats IN purchasing
office fgrLifIre. The state Capitol At
Columbia was refurnished during this
PERIOD. Quoting ne testimony OF a Con-
gtsssional COMMUTE Honorable James
N PIKE. author Of The PROSTATE South"
writes
When the Legislature met the last
tine the new furniture was all In, the
House was furnished most superbly. A
great deal was said In the papers about
The @Niravagance. great deal Of talk
was made about the carpets being 80
fine and about the magnificent cham
deliers and spittoons. aud one thing
and another f0r an impoverished peo-
Pile. Even several Republicans said 20
~tr.,rss,.u.. uvha, 80. -