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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1906
Page
3
M A Brooks opens his Texas gubernatorial bid at Greenville on May 5. He thanks Hunt county residents for their welcome, outlines his Democratic platform, and argues voters must understand his public positions to cast an informed primary vote.
The governor serves as the chief executive, barred from holding other offices or practicing a profession. He commands the militia, informs and recommends measures to the legislature, ensures laws are faithfully executed, and holds pardoning and vacancy filling powers, with certain constitutional restrictions. The duties affect every citizen’s life, liberty, and property.
The governor emphasizes state duty to provide six months of public schooling, urges maintaining rural and urban access to low cost text books, and calls for a uniform system statewide. He notes current exemptions for cities over 10,000 hinder equality and advocates a new contract framework to extend uniform textbooks beyond 1908.
Mirabeau B. Lamar, former Texas president, argues for strong state support for the Agricultural and Mechanical College to educate farming youth, expand buildings, and elevate minds to defend democracy and Texas’s future. He asserts cultivated minds guard democracy and empower the state against external competition.
A historic statement argues that educating poorer children yields the strongest results of public schooling, highlighting equity and social advancement through accessible education for all.
Editorial argues Texas must elevate the University of Texas to first class status through appropriate legislation. It cites constitutional duty to maintain and support a high quality university comparable to leading institutions nationwide.
Proposes structural additions to existing laws to maximize income from lands set aside for public free schools. Aims to ensure full value from all lands leased or used, increasing the proceeds for school funding. Burden on policy makers to implement measures guaranteeing revenue collection.
The state should provide ample accommodations for the insane, epileptic, blind, deaf, and dumb. Urges building additions to asylum facilities and, until expanded, temporary housing to prevent confinement of mentally ill in county jails. Calls on legislature to act to relieve this dreadful situation.
The article argues for state control and fostering of normal schools to supply well trained teachers. It advocates continuing and expanding state appropriations for free scholarships, ensuring teachers are trained within Texas institutions and highlighting normal schools as the best means to this end.
The state policy on the Industrial School for Girls at Denton deserves commendation and substantial state support. It urges generous treatment and aims to entace industrial education within the scope of public free school instruction, stressing importance for maintaining the public school system.
A criticism of Texas state departments argues for modern business practices and efficiency. It cites a legislature member comparing Texas and Illinois comptroller departments, noting Texas employed 44 clerks at 52,300 dollars yearly versus Illinois with 10 clerks at 16,740 dollars. The piece questions justification for higher Texas expenditures.
The legislature should adopt an up-to-date system of bookkeeping and reporting across state departments and institutions. Expert accountants in the banking treasury and comptroller offices would work with the governor to implement a unified, economical method, enabling the comptroller to show the state's exact financial condition at any time.
The speaker argues for uniform accounting and auditing of county finances modeled on national government and corporate practices. It would require auditors to audit officials’ books without prior warning to prevent malfeasance and quickly uncover misuses of public funds, applying solid business principles to county affairs.
The author opposes hiring out convict labor to private firms and urges using state inmates for public road work and state factories. They advocate extending current policies, establishing prison iron works, a cotton bagging plant, and possibly a refined oil factory to boost state finances and reduce private dependence.
A speech on taxation emphasizes that every property owner must contribute fairly to state expenses in proportion to property value. The speaker argues constitutional purpose guides tax policy, acknowledging past efforts by governors and legislature while resisting wholesale overhauls or new schemes.
The speaker argues tax fairness requires plain strict assessment rules and supports taxing private corporate property, especially railroads, by gross receipts. Texas has adopted this method to reach corporate property for taxation, citing multiple high court precedents and urging no backsliding in this policy.
A proposal argues that occupation taxes on useful callings should be repealed in emergencies to boost individual opportunity. It favors raising revenue by taxing nonuseful jobs and liquor businesses to fund state and municipal needs and reduce crime and regulation costs.
A statement endorses private corporations under constitutional protection while urging stronger state safeguards. It calls for scrutiny of private corporation formation, full disclosure of paid-in capital, and closer inspection to prevent fraud and corporate domination in politics.
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