The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-30
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ROgTash.

handed to the country by the temper.
ary chairman Of the recent St. Joe
Democratic Convention:
Notwithstanding immense appro-
priations for every department Of the
government and every need Of the pco-
pie, the Democratic party has built mp
in Missouri the second largest cash
public school fund Of any Of the states,
and this, not BY oppressive increasing
taxation, but accompanied by steady
reduction Of the tax rate"
We happen to know the diminutive,
red headed statesman from Cole who
delivered this, along with 10, more
rubbish unworthy man Of any sense.
He has been representing Cole county
in the Legislature for the last two ses-
sions, and he is pleaaant little gentle
man, socially, but when he essays
craftsmanship he rattles. He ought to
know, and doubtless does know, that
Missouri does not have the second
largest cash public school fund Of any
Of the states" He knows we have no
cash public school fund at all. That
time passed away long ago. We did
have fund made up Of cash aud in
tereSt bearing bonds. But our Demo
cratic friends dissapated that long ago.
We did draw interest on the bonds We
had in that fund; but now we have no
bonds, only Certificates Of Indebted.
ness" created by act Of the Legislature
TO fill the vacuum, and later approved
by the people at the ballot box. It is
not necessary to recall history to prove
all this, We merely call the attention
Of the Hon. A. T. Dunn to page S8
last Session Laws, where he will find
H, B. which he doubtless voted for,
aud by which he helped to appropriate
S500,503.93 to pay interest on said
certificates OF indebtedness. Does that
look like we had cash" school fund?
For years every session Of the legisla-
ture has done the same thing. What
dosr .L;- -..~-.a r--.------. 4L.t ,hn
peoples tax money is appropriated to
run our schools. We, the people, pay
it in taxes and the Legislature appro-
PIRATES it to run our schools. The
statute says it is interest on the ceItif-
Gates. II we mad a cash, or even
fund made up Of bonds and interest
bearing securities, we would not be ap-
propriating the peoples tax money ev'
cry two years TO pay interest on il or
them. Will the red headed statesman
from Cole explain why il is necessary
to pay interest on our cash public
school fund.-" We pause for reply.
Further, we ask him to state if we
have any public school fund, either in
cash or bonds, drawing iuterest3 The
whole thing, except the appropriation,
is a dream, and there is no cash
school fund" in Missouri; but such
statesmen as Mr., DUNN go about the
state doping the people with such rot,
very properly called hogwash. And in
keeping with this rubbish we hear him
saying in the same fulsome spench:
Regarding a political platform as a
contract with the electorate. we have
kept faith with the people" o, rats!
How can man stand up and make
such an ass Of himself as that indicates2
1t is positively disgusting. And to
think that quite number Of uninform
ed people accept such stuff aud cheer
the suffer. We cannot spare the
space TO state the total abandonment
OF the Baltimore platform by the Dem
ocratic party, and it is still throwing its
planks away one by one, day after day.
W. o. Atkeson in Bates County
Record