During four years of Democratic rulo
tho people have received sl,l*4,itio more
from the state tor educational purposes
than they received during tho four years
preceding when the Republican party was
in [lower. In addition by careful ami
economical handling of alii irs the Demo
cratic administration is able to reduce the
tax which is levied this year, three-quar
ters of a million of dollars.
This surplus has nothing to do with the
taxis which have been levied, it comes
from economy in state expenses and re
turns from the Judgments recovered from
ex-state treasurers, together with about
(80,000 still in the general fund of war
taxis returned by the general govern
ment.
UEUriII.KANS AliE PARALYZED.
All taxes levied during the past four
years have been for tho maintenance of
public schools. Not a dollak has keen
UETAtNKU FROM YEAH TO YEAR IN THE
STATE TUEASUItY. Not a dollar of tho lax
levied lias been turned into the general
fund. KVEIiV DOLLAR or IT HAS BEEN PAID
HACK TO Tilt PEOPLE ASH USED lIY THEM
TO PAY THE PPRUKNT EXPENSES UP THE
prune schools.
Through the practice of economy and
honesty, rite present state administra
tion lias accumulated a hand some sur
plus of $142,100 in the general fund, which
will be made to take the place of three
fourths of the state school tax levy for the
present year. This result of state man
agement paralyzes Republicans; they
seem to be at a loss to understand how a
surplus can be accumulated. When they
turned tlie treasury over to the Demo
crats, after seventeen years of control, the
general fund was bankrupt. There was a
deficiency of $30,000. Now, after three anil
one-half years of Democratic control there
is a surplus of $142,700.
