Licking Valley courier., 1915-09-30

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have solemn contract, sealed with the
great seal Of the commonwealth" that
inc county Unit shall be sent TO the ding
20" 9 I0|5 ana Stare-vide prohibition en-
''iT5'' Gn rho t;'9 9o,i6t.- ii1af Ti$hor' delay.
nominee will return 10 the old fold, will
assure his friends in the large cities who
are somewhat uneasy about this Woman
nuuiagn Hgll4tlon that the Republican
pailE positively refuses to state its DO
hlu0n upon that question
Expressly reseVing the right of all
hepuhhcahs to vote upon the question
Of W%2man % Suffrage as they see fit"
o1d Gnu a,l me presto! change my handsome
I5 i5uli Moose camp, the idol of the ladies',
ne assures the cheering suffragists that
we MooseIs, he and she alike
pe.ire 10 reiterate our belief in the
urge upon the next Legislature 70 sub-
mt the question to the voters of Ken
tucky."
ThisA they are told, is not an idle utter
ance, but 4 solemn covenant made 10 he
kept by 'us ITogressives," contract
under the great seal of the common
wealth"
But worse and last of all, imagine my
gifted ana distinguished friend, proud of
ms stalWaft Republican forbears, and
Of the great standpatters who have add
ed ldatCr TO his honored name Imagine
him quoting again the language of the
last national Republican platform to the
ueleGtatloil o! bourbon Republlcanism:
we invite the intelligent judgment
OF the American people upon the ad-
ministration of William Fl. Taft =
that legislation is a record on which
any, administration might appeal with
of history"
And then, far removed from the very
echoes OF his last utterance, facing those
VINO nave speWed from their mouths the
easy-golng and inyertebrate Taft, and
who slill worship their idol of the Big
Stick the OILY and strenuous Teddy, i'm
agine the same Edwin p. Morrow de.
claring:
I'VE reafIirm our unswerving aileg-
lance to our greatest champion, Theo-
dore Roosevelt"
Such a principle makes party declara-
tions false as dicers' oaths"
A covenant with the people, "a solemn
contract, under the great seal of the
a trap. Not promise of reform, but
decisive bait for the unwary, changed
while you wait. On, the old elephant is
down with senile debility the Bull Moose
/ Is up for repairs and out Of the ruins
! OF the discarded carcasses Of these i'm
| potent beasts despairing Republicanism
| would construct Il hybred monster upon
which to ride into Office, a sort Of "liIl-
o-moOsephant," half reactionary and hall
!
with one blinking face to the dawn and
one Bombre cOuntenance turned toward
the setting sun. This new adversary OF
Democracy, Progressive and Reactionary
bound TO conflicting platforms. may truth
! fully say to the people of Kentucky: 81
don't know where | am going, nor do
| really care, but | am on my way to a
Job, and that Is the real purpose Of my
! candidacy after all"
MIR. Morrow arraigns the last Demo.
To Il ,fst to- f,Y 4
of covenant:
That i'm violation of a promise of ere.
trenchment and REFORM" that we have
been guilty Of ''wanton, useless and reck'
less extravaganza resulting in ''al
empty Treasury and q bankrupt State.
THE Democratic party" says Mr.
Morrow, came into control of thu
three branches of the government Jan
uaTy /, 1912 On this day there werI
outstanding unpaid warrants agans
ures to S560,0OO on August 81, 1915
there were outstanding against tn,
State unpaid interest bearing warrants
; amounting to SS,275,000.
| He therefore assumes the State to h
S3,275,OOO in debt, an inference absolute
ly unwarranted by the record and reach
/ ed by an artful juggling Of figures un
worthy Of my distinguished opponent.
As is well known, nearly all tn
! States revenues collected during the las
ming expenses Of the Government ar
about the same, one. month with another
so that, however free from debt the Stat
! may De at the end of the year, on tn
: last of August or the first of September
? its outstanding obligations will neces
sarly exceed by hundreds of thousands
! If not millions, the amount then on han
10 meet these obligations, Just as
farmer having an annual income, say
E of $4,000, the major portion of which
p. derived from the sale of tobacco or corr
! and other products In the fall and winter
: would probably find on the FIRST of Jul
s that his Indebtedness exceeds by severa
= hundred dollars his cash on hand. Il
however. this docs not exceed the lncom
. which he might reasonably anticlpat
= from the sale of his products, 1t can no
. be truthfully said that he Is In debt O
j improvident and bankrupt The unfair
ness Of artfully selecting a time whe
p Is per cent Of the States expenses hav
! ing been incurred with practically n
! It's revenues uncOlected, Is abundant
. Illustrated by applying the same ties
= 20 ihe Republican administration,
4, which Mr.. Morrow speaks In such glow
% Ing terms. He says that on January
8 1912, The outstanding warrants agains
his administration amounted in roun
n figures TO $500 and yet on August 3
1911, one year previous tthe time cur
, ninEly chosen by Mr. Morrow) the Re
\ publican. party faced deficit OF 81
u l0S. .209.37.
. In order that we may form an accurat
. estimate Of the relative efficiency an
- economy Of the present administrati0
, and its Republican predecessor, IL Is onl
y | lust to compare the fiscal condition
:, both Tor Identical periods,
b, The present Democratic admirlstratiu
" came into power January !. 1912, al
has. therefore, been In control three veal
. and eight months l. e.. from January
" 1912, to August g. 1915. To make IA
y comparison between the two adminlstr;
~ tons we must take the same relatiN
period Of time for both as basis
> comparisons that is the Democratic &C
mlnistTHtion from January l, 1912.
August 81, 1915, and the Republican at
a minislratlon from January 6, 1905, TO Al
y rust 81, 1911,
=, parative receipts and expenditures of Il
" 'wo administrations for Identical period
p Republican Administration from Januai
K 6, 1903, 10 August 81, 1911.
- Receipts from all spuiGes, .s23 O97, $685.
% received from former
j. Democratic administration,
a January l, l9oS,,,,,,,,,... 1,O13,O55.'
,, Total .........,..,,..,,.,.S2l,ll0,S ,SSa.
Democratic Administration from Janual
e I, 1912, to August 81, 1915.
Receipts from all sources. S26, ,57O, 1916.
!. Less deficit In Treasury jan
y uary ], iSl2..,...,.,.,...,, 290,69I
!, Total ,................s2 .s26,279,677
: The Democratic administration has r
o ceived during the same relative peri,
e OF time s., ,lG9.2i2,J3 more than the r.
ID publican administration,
d The official hgurca from the Auditor
y office show that the last Republican ~
-, mlnistration faced - dellClt In the sta
:" Treasury on August 81 1871, ~ Sl,l0S
- 20a37 that on August 81 1915, there W;
-. a deficit In the State Treasury OF g
w Hj,0iJ.20, or Sl,33G, S39.S3 greater thi
,s the deficit of August 81, 1911. That
" the present Democratic Administrative
, has received IN revenues for the san
!, relative period S2.lCg, 272.53 and has @
~ pended In all S3,5O6, ll2AO more than q
~ preceding Republican administration.
The total appropriation made by 4
- Legislatures uf 1912 ana 1914 TO carry o
~ platform pledges ana In response to
~ widespread popular demand for progro
,, sivc legislation I'm the interest Of educ
y tion and agriculture, Of humanity, In 4
b better care Of inmates In our charltal
institutions, for the maintenance Of as
~ and dependent Confederate veterans, nj
~ for other worthy purposes, amounted
! total OF S3G7j,t72, Had the Genel
y Assemblies Of 1912 and 1914 made no
" Of these appropriations, the Treasury
no