The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-04-21
Let the Record Talk

| Following is Governor Majors re-
ply to the structures passed upon his
administration by the State Republican
| Convention:
The Republicans have held their
State Convention and adjourned. It
was much ado about nothing" The
convention was run by the same old
crowd, and passed the same old res
olutions. There was much general
denunciation of the National and
State administrations
However, when we view the long
line Of constructive and progressive
legislation in the National admins
tration and the splendid achievements
ut home and abroad, we forget the
Republicans ever assembled in con-
vention at Excelsior Springs.
When we recount the long line of
constructive and progressive legisla-
ton in the State administration in
the last three years, such as the law
creating the Board of Pardons and
Paroles, che Police Service Commits
sion, the Highway Department, the
road drag law, the law for letting
State Moneys, and which has netted
the State 100000 more than Turing
any other administration for the same
length of time; the Missouri reform
atory act, the law charging the
Irvine plant to supply the farmers
with cheaper Irvine, the new insurance
law, the act articulating with the
Smith-Lever legislation, securing
Federal aid for agriculture; the law
mi tay a. 20 l. u
districts, whereby last year 1901 ru-
raj schools were given special aid, so
that each of these districts had an
eight months school in the scholastic
year, giving special educational adj
vantages to more than 100000 boys
and girls, at an expense for the bien-
NAL period of $214,621; the school law
providing special aid in weak town,
city or consolidated districts, in sums
ranging from 5000 to $500 per annun,
and under which last year the State
gave special aid to 248 city or vii
lage schools; the school law, estab-
fishing rural high schools, whereby the
State gives special aid in the sum of
$4,000 for building, equipment, and
from $500 to $500 per year for main
anu WHICH law last
year we aided SO rural high schools,
and for which purpose there was APP
propriated the sum of $125,000; The
school law providing for the estab-
llshment of a teachers training course
in the high schools of the various
counties of the State giving the sum
of $3.50 per annum to each such school
to the end the boys and girls training
themselves for that profession might
remain at home, sleep under the roof
tree of father and mother, and break
bread at the family table-the num-
Der of schools establishing such teach
ers' training course being 81, for
which purpose the sum of 100000
was appropriated, then we no longer
wonder that these same Republican
politicians felt Inundated because of
the comparison between this Demo-
cratic record of splendid legislative
and other achievements, and the re-
cord of the Republican administration
just preceding, and in which the fin
ger cannot be placed upon a single
progressive act.
These Democratic achievements,
however, amount TO nothing in the
eyes of those who are politically
blind. Someone jocularly said it was
an ensemblage in which were found
many political demagagues. This re-
minds me Of a definition | once read
as to what constitutes "demagogue."
1t was said: ''he is a man who rocks
the boat himself, and declares there
is great storm at sea-"
Gov. Hadley followed his usual
course of denouncing the Democratic
administrations, However, he should
not blame the Democratic party for
his failure to be indorsed for presi-
dent at the convention. Missouri will
again elect Democratic Governor
and cast its electoral vote for Presi-
dent Wilson.