The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-07
BAD FINANCIAL SHAPE
Beckham's Bad Management
of Kentucky Affairs
EQUALS HIS BAD PARDON RECORD
Mismsnagement Of Finances Of State
by Beekham 10 Parsileied by His
Disgusting Political Pardon Record.
inespaeity and Ex,ravasanee OF
Beekham Machine Plainly Shown
by the Figures.
From the Louisville Herald.)

from the Louisville Herald)
Governor Beckham's pardon record
is paralleled by his financial achieve
ments. At Bowling Green the gov
ernor expressed indignation that the
Republicans should claim credit for
the successful financial showing of the
Bradley administration, which left
Office with more than a million in the
treasury. Mr. Beckham said:
THAT statement would lead you TO
believe that Mr.. Bradley actually de-
livered this much money TO the Demo
Gratis. The truth IL. this money was
left to w. :. Taylor and his crowd.
During their rule of something like
two months they spent most OF this
money. and instead OF turning over
81 100. 200. TO us. as Colonel Belknap
tells you, Taylor and his associates
turned over to us sE3,0O0 say
turned over to us. but don't mean
that. They ran away and left us with
that much. do not know how they
happened to leave us with that sum.
but they left some OF us with our lives.
and we were so glad that we did not
have time TO think OF how much
money they were taking"
Governor Bradley found on taking
ONCE a floating debt of $3.50. 00Q left
him by previous Democratic admins
trations. When he retired from the
governorship the total cash balance IN
the treasury was Si.060.t25.0s. IL is
puerile to fois, on to the disturbances
arising out OF the stealing OF the gov
ernorship and other state Offices all
the blame for the incapacity and ex-
travaganee Of the Beckham mschfp<.
mad the result Of the election OF 1899 |
been loyalty accepted by the defeated !
minority the sound financial admins
tration OF the states finances inauGur-
ated by Governor Bradley would have |
been continued. The interruption In |
Republican rule has been a sad and |
costly experience for Kentueky-the
state ofices stolen from the electors.
the states money looted by adven-
turers.
There has been in three years OF ex-
clusively Beckhamistic rule. from July /
/, 1900. TO June 80. 1903. an increase In
three years OF the Bradley sdminstra-
tion. from July I, 1896, to June 80. |
1899, OF si.ll6.s735l. There was. on
the other hand. an excess OF ordinary |
receipts under Governor Bradley OF
s37S,25l.09. Taking out the sl.323,-
1895 collected by the Beckham ad-
from the United States
for interest on the war claim, 81 900 |
Of which went into the pockets OF Cap
tain Calhoun, the ordinary receipts for
three years of the Bradley admins
tration were sl3.S57 .906.4S; the or
binary receipts OF three years OF I'M
and continuous Beckham
rule. ending June 80. 1908. were sl3.-
asa, $3.50.
The financial record OF the Beckham
is one Of incompetency
and recklessness. IL shows In every
department a disregard for the public
interest; but In all respects and In
every detail betrays "A determined and
unbroken fidelity to every machine In
terest and purpose. The Beckham ad-
Is bound, hand and foot,
TO a gang Of grafters and ringsters,
who boldly deny the right OF the peo-
pie to select their own rulers. The is
sue Is plain. Shall the people OF Ken
lucky entrust their finances to gang
bent only on self-aggrandizement, or
install at Frankfort thoroughly com
petent and buslness-like adminlstra-
ton? We feel free TO admit that the
Democratic party has within Its ranks
ample material for the furnishing OF |
an able and competent state admin
istration. But the Democratic party |
has not been permitted to select its
candidates. The machine has forced |
its slate of incompetents. weaklings !
and grafters on them. and the state |
finances are to be made. unless the |
people resist. the prey for four years |
more of rapaclous hooters. Kentucky |
will prevent the perpetuation OF the |
reign of graft and looting.