The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-09-29

Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2tfioSS5.l'
Democratic Administration from, January
Z. 1919. 70 August ~, 1918.
Receipts from all sources. $40. $40. Is
Less dencit IN Treasury jan
uary l, 19l2......,......... 1su'osNo'
Total ....................s ze'z's'o'"'1
The Democratic administration has re.
ceived during the same relative peupoo
publican administration.
The official figures from the. Auditor.
office show that the last Republican az.
ministration faced 2 dehcit IN ne S ,os
20s.37; that on August 81, 1915, there Was
a deficit In the State Treasury OF w.
445, 049.2 20. or 1895. $3.50 greater than
the d present o. sosr &c sdminstrson
has received I'm revenues for the same
relative period 81, i69, 272.53 and has ex-
pended In all s3.5o6. 112.to 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
widespread popular demand Tor PIECES
ton and agriculture, Of humanity IN the
better care Of inmates In our charitable
institutions, for the maintenance OF aged
and dependent Confederate veterans, ana
total OF ss,655,f72 Had the General
Assemblies Of 1912 and 1914 made none
OF these appropriations. the Treasury on
August 81. 1912. would have shown cash
balance OF, 81. 2s0. s2l.5s instead Of de-
felt OF S2,445,04s 20.
hut Mr. Morrow goes farther and grows
plunged ss'7is. 900 deeper into debt. max.
ing a total additional expenditure In the
public revenues Of s5.727.ooo." or N,S1s,, ,
160.13 more than is shown by the official
advised or he is a reckless euesser; 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 ex-
coed $1,000; 600. Does that Justify ,h tne
this Is a bankrupt Slater" Can three
million dollars Of debt bankrupt COM
monwealth the value OF whose property
exceeds billion dollars?
What assurance have we that this state
OF hopeless Insolvency, even II II actually
existed. would be remedied by turning
Kentucky over, boots and preeches, 70
the successors of Wilson and Taylor. DO
those states which for fifty 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.
Take Maine. Republican for fifty years,
the home of Dingley, Reed, Littlefsld
and Blaine. Let us compare the condi-
ton OF poor old Kentucky, this Repub-
lcan paradise.
The real and personal property of Ken
lucky is valued at ss46. 02o. That prop
erty pays tax rate of IS per thousand,
with no bonded Indebtedness.
Maine has less than half the amount
OF taxable property OF Kentucky, 1. e..
$3.50, OPS. 1852. and yet the tax rate reaches
the appalling sum of $3.50 on the thou
sand dollars, with a bonded debt a
S659, 900.
Connections, Republican almost con-
for the last half century. has
practically the same amount of taxable
property, as Kentucky, ssts,sss,ols' with
New Hampshire, with less than s4Q0,-
100000 Of property, has a tax rate of SIS
on the thousand and bonded indebted
ness of 81, 166.000.
The rock-ribbed Republican State of
has a bonded Indebtedness
Of $125, 614, 702.
Little Rhode Island. the home OF AID
rich. with $200,0000 900 less property than
Kentucky, has managed under the wise
of an unbroken Republican adj
for generations to get along
with only $5,041,572 of bonded indebted
Utah. with one-fourth OF the wealth OF
Kentucky. under the benefcent control
Of Reed Smoot and an iron-clad Repub-
liCau OTkdnlZdtlOu, mas Oiiy SllsSlO,VVV
bonded Indebtedness.
Republican MisruIe In the South.
It may be said that | have mentioned
Dnfy Northern States and that for pur-
poses of comparison should take South
ern commemorative having a similar cit
alike in manner, customs and
avs At one time Alaeama, Arkansas;
South Carolina all had chance at Mr..
remedy for extravaganza In the
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-
cally during generations Of Democratic
control. Then the blight OF Republican
swept by fire and sword. her cities in
ruins. her blackened fields beloved with
the graves OF three hundred thousand
slain, dismantled and discrowned. Repub-
canism found her PROSTATE, and from
the lips OF hunger. from want and naked
ness, II filched untold millions, and ''re-
Is well remembered with
more horror than the carnage of battle
Dr. the famine and pestilence that follow
IN the wake OF war;
The annual cost OF the States admin
in Louisiana under Democratic
regime. Il reach the appalling
sum of $7.57S.14s. The average cost to
the State Of each member of the Legis-
a5sr e during the single session was
control. expenses were im-
mediately reduced to $1.617, 164. or one
18TH OF the cost during the reconstruc-
lion period. On December 81 1863. the
public debt of Louisiana was s11,1S2,377.
After three years OF Republican control
( was 1859. 62s.
Under Democratic control in 1866. the
cost OF maintaining the government OF
Alabama was s655.205. In 1879 under a
Republican administration. 4 was $2,2s7.-
700. Four years later. with the return
,f the Democrats to power. 1t was i'm
nediately reduced to sS74.164.
A Republican administration between
1868 and 1874 fastened on the State OF
Arkansas bonded Indebtedness OF ST. |
s60. 1854.
In Florida the cost OF administering the |
Affairs OF the State more than doubled |
lnder a Republican administration.
In 1866 Georgia, which until that time |
had never known Republican rule, had |
/ bonded Indebtedness OF $S2S, s02. After |
ess than three years OF Republican con- |
roi its bonded indebtedness was inereas- |
ID to nearly $4,000. 900.
The State OF Virginia. under a Demo-
,ratic administration in 1860, carried a |
public debt OF $2s. 100. $50. In 1870, under |
Republican rule. this debt jumped TO the |
sum OF $40. 800, 500.
Mr.. Morrow has talked much about the |
OF Democrats in purchasing |
,ffice furniture. The State Capitol al /
Columbia was refurnished during this !
period. Quoting the testimony OF a Con- |
yressional committee. Honorable James |
w. Pike. author OF THE PROSTATE South, H."