The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
uver-Approprlatlons Vetoed and
Held Up.

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$4,000.000, vetoed and held up more
than $2,000.000 at the time. with the
understanding with the various insti-
tutions and departments that II the
revenue did not increase sufficiently
to absorb the balance Of the over-ap-
preparation the same would be held up
on the 1st Of January, 1916, TO the end
the appropriations would not exceed
the revenues for the biennial period.
This was done and the balance OF the
over-appropriation was held up by me
and there Is no deficiency and will be
no deficiency An appropriation made
! by the Legislature is not an indebted
ness aEainst the state. Any man who
Is sufficiently intelligent to hold an
executive office should know enough
to know this An appropriation is
merely an apparent authorized line Of
| state credit It is the duty of the
| Governor and other executive officers
| to see to 1t that the departments and
the institutions over which they have
| control do not make indebtednesses in
| excess Of the revenue, even though
the authorized line of credit is more
than the revenue This duty has been
performed and the Republicans are
complaining because it was.
New Burdens-ReVenue.
Among the new and added burdens
placed upon the state during this BIZ
ennial period the three following items
alone total 100000, to-wit: bills made
during former administrations, and
left unpaid, the sum of S150,000,
and which sum we paid last year;
pensions to the eX-Confederates,
amounting to s200,000,O00, all of
which sum has been paid, and
for the rebuilding Of the normal school
at Warrensburg, $250,000, the build
ings having been destroyed by fire,
and part Of which sum has been paid.
In these three instances, saying
nothing about many others, 100000
new burdens have been placed upon
the state. Yet the bearing and meet
ing OF these new burdens is of no mo-
ment to a partisan Republican or a
partisan Republican press.
While these new burdens have been
placed upon the state, there has been
falling off in the revenues for the BIZ
ennial period in one instance, amount
ing to 100000, by reason of the de-
crease in the number of saloons and
by reason Of the people voting added
dry territory.
Again, in response to the city Dem
ocratic and Republican press, and the
country Democratic and Republican
press, the contract system at the pen
itentiary was abolished so as to make
the loss fall upon one biennial period,
instead Of two or more biennial pc
RODS. The result has been practically
thousand conVicts have been idle
who heretofore had earned rs cents a
day, save and except their being used
by the warden to erect new buildings
and improve the grounds. This has
been a financial loss of practically
100000 for the biennial period.
Thus we find that, while the new
burdens have been increased 5000 900
upon the one hand, the revenues in
two instances, by reason of popular
demand, and without the fault OF any
officer or department, have decreased
100000. Yet this Is a matter Of no
moment to the Republican candidates
or to the partisan Republican press.
l can say, however, that by splendid
management, by good business meth
partments has been sufficient to en-
able the state TO meet these new de-
mands despite said loss for the BIZ
ennial period from these two de-
partments. In order to have done so,
there must have been some good bust
ness judgment and management some
where.
By reason OF strict economy and
good business foresight, the revenues
Of the state OF Missouri for the years
1915 and 1916, Notwithstanding this
loss Of 100000, have been greater than I
the revenues collected for any bien-
NAL period in any preceding admins
tration, Democratic or Republican. So,
when the people themselves decrease
the revenues 100000 for the biennial
period and the administration comes
back and still has a greater revenue
than for any preceding biennial pc
Rod, then you must admit this could |
not have been done without some good
business management by someone.
Republican Nepotlsm.
The Republicans talked and wrote |
about nepotism as though scores Of |
such places could be found in the va |
rious departments. Since the nominal |
ton of Judge Lamm as their candi- |
date for Governor, and since the only |
position he had at his disposal when |
Judge of the Supreme Court was filled |
by his son. they have run out Of type. |
Since the Republicans discovered that |
in the city of st. Louis they could find |
10 Republican relatives on the pay
roll to where they could find one Dem !
ocratic relative on the payroll of the
state, they have contracted tongue pa
ralysis.
Public School Legislation and Benefits.
-Four progressive school laws were
enacted in 1918, and from the official
reports we are enabled to take inven-
tory The first of these new laws pro-
vides special state aid for weak rural
school districts. Whenever the funds
of such districts, plus the public school
distributed each year, are in
sufficient to provide an eight months
school, then, in such event, the state
provides the balance, thereby giving
and guaranteeing to the boys and girls
in every community of the state an
opportunity for eight months school
work in each scholastic year. In 1918
we gave this special aid to 1,744 weak