The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-09-06

properly assigned to the second class
and the work so classified was paid
for under the contract at the contract
prices, no more and no less.
Democratic Officials Exonerated.
This whole question was considered
by an investigating committee, ap-
pointed by the senate of Kentucky,
composed almost entirely of men out
of harmony with the administration,
which committee after hearing all the
evidence made a report, which was
adopted by vote of "a to 4, (three
Republicans and one Democrat voting
against it,, completely generating the
printing commission from any blame,
fixing the blame, if any, upon the
terms of the law and not in its adj
ministration by members Of the board.
The committee in its report SENATE
Journal 1904, page 1915 &C. said in
part, I'VE find, first: That the con-
tracts for public printing were let By
the printing commissioners in strict
conformity with the law; that is, said
! contracts were severally let to the low
| est bidder after due advertisement,
as required by law. Second: We find
that the work performed under said
contracts has been done in substantial
compliance with the contracts and the
law relative thereto"
And again whether the work was
first or second class, was the question
presented in a suit filed by Attorney
| General Hays in the fiscal court of
the state against Mr.. Bacon to require
him to refund to the state the differ
ence between what he was paid and
| what the books would have cost if
they had been made under the con-
tract for first class printing.
The court decided as Attorney Gen
eral Pratt and the other members of
the board had previously decided, that
the work in question belonged to the
second class. Thus a Republican at
torney general legislative investi-
eating committee and a judicial de-
termination, have all upheld and sus-
tanned the printing board in paying
| JIAS Jill dOOuS nllOu TIC
in this campaign are trying to make
capital.
The amount of printing required
by the state has vastly increased in
the last eight years. Under an act of
| 1900, all the paper used for ballots in
the elections is now furnished and
paid for by the state.
The rapidly growing public business
of the state naturally increases the
amount of work in every department
of government and necessitates the
| purchase of more record books, blanks
and other matter furnished by the pub
lie printers.
And yet with all this increase of
| work, deducting the cost of ballot
paper, the average annual cost of
| printing and binding for the eight
| years of Democratic administration is
! $43,613.15, while the average cost for
four years under Republican admin
istration was S46,181.06
This shows that notwithstanding the
great increase in the amount of work
required now, the cost to the state
has been s2,567.91 a year less than
! it was under Republican administra-
tion
| If Mr.. Wilson can find any cam
paign material in these facts he is
welcome to it,
How and Why Attorneys Fees Were
Paid.
1 Annfhar cuhioof frox,,. x,,bfoI. 49, ID -
! publicans are seeking to extract polit-
, ical capital is fees paid attorneys"
+, They charge that exOrbitant fees
have been paid to attorneys to aid in
conducting the states legal business
1t has been charged that $124, 900 was
paid out of the treasury during the
| first four years of Democratic admin
istratiOn for legal services that should
have been procured for less than half
that amount. They do not tell you
that included in that amount is the
fee of ST. 900 paid Calhoun for col
| lecting from the government war
claims amounting to $1,324,000 They
have kept from you the fact that in
cluded in the $4,000 are fees con-
lIdCl6u lOT ny OOVSrUOr Brown, GOV-
ernor Bradley. Attorney General Hen
drick and Attorney General Taylor,
amounting to $4,000. These amounts
when deducted from the S124, 1000.
leaves only $50, 900 for four years, and
almost half of this amount was COM
missions upon numerous collections
made by attorneys whose compensa-
ton was, as the statute provides, a
certain per cent not to exceed 80 per
cent of the money collected and turned
into the treasury.
1t is needless to take up your time
in discussing the merits of the Cal
houn fee which amounts to almost
so per cent of the entire amount. for
in 1903. that fee was made an issue
by the Republicans, and the people
OF the state endorsed its payment
from one end OF the state to the other.
Fully Explains Architects Fee.
The employment of Architect An
draws fo furnish nIanS for ond c,Dar