Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-26
REPUBLICAN, RULE.
REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS HAvE STOLEN
MORE FROM THE STATE
THAN TATE.
Hncompetency nishonesty, Corruption Was
shown up by Br"nston


the court house last Friday afternoon.
1t is to be regretted that a larger
number was not present to bear him.
We wish everyone in Logan county,
both white aud and black could have
heard Mr.. Bronston'sspeecb. 1t was
a mastery presentation of the ques'
ton now before the people. Mr.
Brouston has been the Senator from
Fayette county during the last two
sessions of the Kentucky Legislature,
and was one of the committee appoint
ed by the senate to investigate the
frauds committed in the State prison
at Frankfort Mr.. Bronston COM
menced his speech by saying that
Gov. Bradley and the present Repub-
lican administration were elected on
the cry that the Republicans should
be allowed to examine the books and
unearth alleged Democratic frauds.
He said that as soon as Bradley was
elected and inaugurated the lobbies
at Frankfort were filled with strange
set all clamoring for Office and the
spoils of victory, that the colored
man was on hand to demand recogni-
tion for thirty years of loyal party
service.
Out of ali the colored applicants
only one was given an appointment,
that of steward at the Hopkinsville
asylum and Gov. Bradley said at the
time he made his appointment that
be knew it would not be confirmed.
He said the present Republican
administration was a continuous ex
ample of incompeteney. Gov. Brad
leys brother in law had been APP
pointed superintendent of the Eas-
tern Lunatic Asylum and had been
in office but few months when the
most severe charges were made
against him, so dlsgraceful that he
refused to mentions them before his
audience, aud Coz. Bradley was
forced 10 demand his resignation
The uperinteudent of the Hopkins
willie Asylum has also been forced to
resign, and the gre sest mismanage
ment has been shown TO exist ia the
State Feeble Minded Institute.
All appointments made by the
State Commissioners had been made
at DIR. Hunters dictation without re
gard to fitness, but for the sole pur-
pose of electiug Hunter to the
Senate. Mr.. Nell had been APP
pointed warden f the Frankfort pen
Itentiary, aud the twenty-five guards
there we're all Hunters henchmen
Before the senate Investigation com
mittee the following facts in refer
ence tv the way the Republican APP
pointees ran Tue peuitentiary were
brought out by the sworn statements
OF the Republicans themselves. 1t
was shown th It Warden Nell had all
the twenty nve guards of the peni'
Tertiary boarding with him at sum
much less than they could get board
anywhere else in Frankfort and the
Senate committee could never find
WheTe he had bought pound OF any
Kind OF provisions from any store in
Frankfort for his private use, showing
couclusively shat he was running his
household on the provisions fur
nished by the State for the convicts.
Tue Republicans turned the female
department of the peni.entiary into q
laundry, and every state official eX-
cept Gov. Bradley had his washing
done IN the penitentiary. When this
was shown up the Republicans triei
to get out of it by saying they occa
sionally gave twenty five cents to the
convicts who did the washing.
AS most people know, the State has
8 large char mandatory in the pen
iLentary, employing 800 men. That
Just before the last Republican Ma
Iional convention the Albin company
of Loui,vlle offered the Republican
commissioners thirty five cents pei
day for each convict and offered t.
pay all expenses Of keeping the con
picts, aud to pay for the wear and
tear to the chair plant:. The com
anissioners before giving the Albhi
Company an answer went to the 81
Louis convention, and upon their re
larn a Republican committeeman
from Connecticut turned up in Frank
fort with a man by the name of Man
TIN, aud the commissioners made Il
contract with Martin by which Mar
tin was to have the conVicts, and pay
the State certain price for eacIl
style of chairs manufactured. Elk
perts testified that the price Martin
agreed to pay was less than the cosr
of material. There was clause in
Martins contract providing that foI
any new style of chairs other THAI
those mentioned in the contract, Mar
tin was to pay the State sum to bt
decided upon by Mr.. Chamberlain al
tmploye OF Martins. The result wa
that Martin commenced making al