The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1900-10-20
HOW THAT MONEY WENT.

Editor Roundabout:
At the opening Of the session OF
the Legislature last winter reso-
luton was introduced and adopted
inviting the ministers of the city
las is usual to open the sessions
of the General Assembly with
prayer.
The ministers complied with the
request and performed that duty
until Mr.. G.. b. Stout, the member
from Woodford county introduced
and had adopted a resolution stat
ing that only those ministers who
had voted for Goebel were wanted
to pray for that remarkable body.
OF course the ministers who had
not supported Goebel ceased to rer-
der any further service, but the
session was one-half gone.
Some days ago an appropriation
was made for the ministers for
opening the sessions Of the House
and Senate with prayer, and while
the resolution was being discussed
mention was made of the $3.50 that
was appropriated last winter for
like purpose. The warrant was
drawn in favor of Claude Desha,
chief clerk of the Senate. Claude
whispered to Carter, President OF
the Senate, and told him that the
money was paid out pro rata among
the ministers, according TO amount
of services performed.
This seemed to satisfy all con-
cerned, but some people set out on
an investigat on, and report that
this is the way the money was dis
tributed: The Rev. II. F. Taliaferro
was paid 800 of the $3.50, the Rev.
Lew G. Wallace, of the penitentiary,
was paid 800. and the ministers Of
Louisville were paid the other $50.
The Rev. r. l.. McCready, Of the
Episcopal Church; the Rev. NJ. b.
Adams, of the Baptist Church; the
Rev. VIM. Grove, jr. of the Southern
Presbyterian Church; the Rev.
George Darsie, of the Christian
Church, and Father Thos. S. Major,
of the Catholic Church, each Of
whom took an equal part in open
ing the sessions with prayer for the
first half of the session, received
not cent, nor was a cent offered
them, while Wallace. the peniten-
tiary chaplain, received 800 for
opening the session of the House
three times. He was never in the
Senate at all.
While the ministers named would
not have taken a cent of the money
had it been offered them, their
friends are justify indignant that
/ the man who received the money
and disbursed it claimed that he
had paid it out according to SER
vices rendered.
They worked in that capacity for
month and did not have a cent
offered them, while Mr.. Wallace
received 500 for praying three
times in the House.
! Clerk Desha was seen this MORN
ing and asked how he distributed
the money, but he refused to make
any statement. Senator Huff was
then seen. He said:
1.-The sum of $3.50 was appropri-
ated at the last session for the pur-
pose, and at the beginning of this
cCHSlOil II 0rhCu llOW III was
uted, and Desha said il had been
distributed pro rata among the
ministers who had opened the Leg
islature. / then visited the follow
ing minister's, all of whom had
acted, and found that none of them
had received a cent: Richard l..
McCready, George Darsie, M. b.
Adams, VIM. Grove, ir., and T. s.
Major. then visited the Rev.
Il. +. Taliaferro. He said to me
That money was distributed very
unjustly. / received 800, the Rev.
l.. G. Wallace, who conducted the
services only three times, received
800, and several ministers of Louis
vile received the other 500.
THAT'S the money goes. pop goes
the weasel"
JUSTICE.