Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-09-30

dIgt ltlbt inc Elile utUcll VIII not eN- |
coed Sl,OOO0cO. Does that Justify the
reckless statement Of Mr. Morrow thai
this Is a bankrupt Slater Can three
million dollars OF debt bankrupt COM
monwealth the value OF whose property
exceeds a billion dollars?
What assurance have we that this state
OF hopeless insolvency, even II It actually
existed, would De remedied BY turning
Kentucky over boots and hreeches' TO
the SUCCESSORS Of Wilson and Tayl0r. Do
those states which for fifty years have
been under an unbr0ken Republican re-
gime show such freedom from debt. such /
prosperity as 10 Justify this most perilous |
remedy?
Bonded Indebtedness Of Republican
States.
Take Maine, Republican for fifty years, |
the home Of Dirgiey Reed, Lltueheld |
ton Of poor cld Kentucky this Bepub- |
lican paradise.
The real and personal property Of Ken |
| tuCky is valued al SSi6,454 020. That prop
| eTty pays a Tax rate Of ii per thousand
with 70 bonded Indebtedness
Maine has less than taf the amount
| a taxable property ~ Kentucky 1. e,
| ii3Ct.i, iG2, and yet the TAX rate reaches
| the appalling sum Of $3.50 on the thou.
| sand dollars, with bonded DEBT Of
Connecticut Republican almost CON
| tinuously for Tho last half century. has
practically the same amount Of taxable
property as Kentucky, 'iSS99Ol9. with
q bonded debt NJ i1tfi1oo
New Hampshire, with less than 800
| O0O 600 q pros. t,yi has a tax rate Of SIG
on the Thousand and a bonded Indebted
ness OF q itcC00.
The rcck-ntbed Republican state Of
| Pennsylvania has bonded Indebtedness
| Of Si25, Ga 100.
Little Rhode Island. the home Of AID
rich. with 5000 zoo 900 less property than
I Il 40. r.l fha Hiaa
economy u an unhroken Republican adj
minstratlon for generations TO get along
with only SOil,5I2 Of bonded Indebted
ness
| Kentucky. under the benehcent control
| of Reed SmOot and an irou-cad kepuh-
iican orranlgati1n. has only tll,2lO,Ooo
bonded Indebtedness.
Republican Misrule In the South.
II may be said that have mentioned
only Northern states and that for pur-
poses % comparison ! should take south
orn commonw-alths having a similar cit.
, izenship. alike 10 manner, customs and
laws ~ enc time Alabama. Arkansas
Georgia Louisiana. Florida, Virginia AM
, South Carolina an had chance az Mr.
Morrow 8 remedy for eNtrovagance IN N,
y ! lively Tree from debt their affairs hat
! been ADM 'rIe't.ed honestly 1II eg1UgW
lcally during generaiors o. Demos ra,i'
I control Then the Tight q Republican
swept by hre and sword. her cities g.
! | ruins. her backened fields beloved will
the rr-"es 81 three hundred thousan,
slain inued and discrowned, Repub
! | llcanlsw u1 her PROSTATE. ana iror
> the lips ~ rom want and naked
ness " -chtd .ifU.l r'lllions, and IRE
: CON ..Lt.f.r" Is Wl. q. tUhered wit
mott l.fI.r than the Garage Of batt
y or the FAM. 1ul pcstileuce that follo'
tn annual cost q The s,ats's ad- g.
istration IN Louisiana under Den 0"r9D
control was y lt2.t2i In ISL, uuuer
. Republican regime. n reach the appallin
e sur, cf t7s-SllS The average cost I
y the state of each meuber of the Legis
!. | laturs curing the single session wa
:, ,ilstN per GAY. Ten years later, unde
~ | Der Ocratlc control expenses were I'm
% met!5tely reduced to N6l1l6t, or one
nth Of the cost during the reconstruc
ton period. On December 81, ISIS. IN
putlls debt Of Louisiana VAS Sll,lSa27
Afsr three wears Il Republican cortr'
. II was igg.5Ss t2S.
-. Crdet pewccmtle control In 1858, N
=, cost o. maintaining the goyernment
~ Natsma Was tt'- 2Oj In 1873 under
,. RerLh lean administration, Il was s. !ci
~ 200. -Four years alter, with the retur
I: q lhe Democrats e g9,ytEs, 1t was /"
y 1885 krt 49, 'asftrtc on 'he state
= Atkatss' borist 'ruettsortss Of III
- ir Florida The ,cst OF semit,sier,rg u
- hrR,rs Of the state more than double
\. | .rdet Republican administration,
" lr 1855 Georgia. which ur'il that Tin
" hat never known Republican rule, ha
y, bonded Indebtedness 81 iN.Nse2 AN
~ | less ,han three Years ~ republican col
!, 10 IS bond,i Indebtedness Vas 'rcrea
" | q. ~ Tpaf'N i1N. 200 200
ne TA' state 20 Virginia. under DEM
y, craH, adm.r.sIs..gn y 1850. carried
~ tuulc deb ~ IS .lt So 10 NV, Ctd
e' hcpubr.aa rlls This esh, Jumped 20 q
r Appalling sum n $40 go Sj'
W Mr Morrow has tSNts much about q
IN eXtrsvNgJrce ci Democrats To pErchasi
w.. ONCE 'ltr'We I've SAFE .CNpfo'
wy cslumt.a was refurnishsd during u
", ttusd CgC"ue The testimony u -
Irsssiona, commit;Ss Honorable Jam
" II Pike. autGcr VI The PROSTATE So
-; writes.
~ ~ time the new furniture was all In; I
~ House was furnished most supertly.
n great deal was said In the papers abo
the eNtravagance; n great zeal OF Ia
!" was made about the carpets being
,,s deliers and spittoons, and one TIL
wv and another for az impoverished pc
.Ym Pile Even several Republicans said
~, me that II provoked them TO see
=. little able to srord IL. - when I
on bill came In II amounted TO $3.50
nu The highest prices were W
"s for this furniture, three or four or n
~ times its value-for instance, $3.50 W
. s'I paid for one mirror IN the Speake
"a room; each cfTicial had separate roc
VI for himself most Eorgsousy hted I
~ with toilet sets and all the paraphs
W MALTA OF n dwelling house; clocks
70 $3.50 apiece; chandeliers at SEN.
~ There were two hundred fine porCela
"a spittoons at IS apiece The
~, were only one hundred and twsnty-fo
~ members"
ne at is" says the same author, -
70 installation 81 n huge system OF hri
ny indage. =. They are the hiehwa
wen " the State they are profession
~ legislative robbers, they are the IN