Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

the CONCLUSION OF inc hcUuDlcdu Nu'
ministration, aud yet he states. IN this
I printed speech. that "the state is now
IN debit and further he says III the
present administration has increased
tho taxes for general purposes. in
creased tho value Of property and still
increases our debts il will, II oontin-
ued in office, land Kentucky in He'll
eventually"
Why should the distinguished ex-
governor deliberately make state
ment that he and every other intslIi-
gent citizen in Kentucky knows to be
! untrue? Doesn't q subject Of this i'm
portance deserve fair and honest treat
mentf Have not the people at least
a right to expect that a man who had
once held the exalted office Of gov
eruor should tell the truth about these
tifngsY Doesn't he give our people
orodit for more iRfeIligenoe thGn 60
think It possible for him aud the Othsr
ReUWEiloan candidates 70 deceive
them. IKE he and MIR. Wilson deceiv.
cd them In 1857
state Entirely out Of Debt.
Not only Is the state seatirely out Of
debt. bat with an OF INC nONey that
the administration has expended for
! it's public institutions, it's schools, col
leges and It's new capitol and other
worthy improvements. we win have in
our treasury at the close OF this ad-
ministratiOn the FIRST OF next January
the spleadid surplus Of $I,G5O. 900. 4
know that a superb showing like that
is discomforting to Governor Bradley
and the other Republican candidates.
They cannot answer H. They cannot
by iuggIery of figures escape It. But
It certainly does not Justify them in
deliberate Misrepresentation and the
peddling Of SANDERS, forgeries and
falsehoods to divert. If possible, the
minds of the people from the real
facts
He states in his speech that this
administration had only appropriated
1887, 1891. while we state that a
larger amount has been appropriated
for worthy purposes. If the gentle
man will look on Page 81 Of the
Democratic campaign handbook,
copy Of which presume he has, he
will find list of the items showing
for what purposes each appropriation
was made. amounting to S2.70t. 062.07,
all of which will have been paid by
the close OF this administration and
yet leave a surplus in the treasury as
Vel l.. Ar1s
the records, and it WIN be easy for
him to verify II If he wants to know
the truth about It, He says in his
speech. "the Republican administra,
ton was not only economical; did not
only pay of Democratic Indebtedness,
but II did many other worthy things
In Conflict With the Truth.
In the light OF the facts which l
have stated and which cannot be dis
puted. submit to the iRtesllgent vet
eFs this marvellous statement OF the
ex-governor OF the many worthy
things" Accomplished during his aa-
ministTati6n the only thing tbRt he at
tempts to show is the establishment OF
the House oc Reform. i shan quote
his exact words about that wonderful
achievement, for which he claims
credit, and then quote SeotiOA $50 N
the constitution OF the state, and let
the voters pass an opinion for them
selves upon the Veracity of the ex-
governor. Here is what he said:
"For nearly 100 years Kentucky failed
to erect any house of reform, but suf-
fered children convicted OF crime to
be associated in the penitentiary with
old and hardened criminals Il re-
manned for a Republican governor to
denOunce this outrage and urge the
building Of such an institution-and
this was accomplished during his ad-
ministration" The new constitution
of Kentucky was adopted In 1891, AMI
here is Section 252: "It shall be the
duty Of the general assembly to pro
vide Ivy law, as soon as practicable,
for the establishment and maintenance
Of an institution, or institutions, for
the detention, correction, instruction
and reformation of all persons under
the age Of eighteen years. convicted
of such felonies and such misdemeaE
ors as may be designated by law
Said institution shall be known as the
House Of Reform The Democratic
general assembly OF 1893, when was
speaker of the house OF representa-
tives. passed this law providing for
the establishment OF the House OF
Reform. The Republican general as
sembly Of 1862 had nothing to do
with e. II is evident, therefore. that
HIS statement which have quoted IS
not only in conflict with the truth but
with the constitution and laws OF the
commonwealth.
WiIlfuI misrepresentation. SD
shall refer to another deliberate
and wilIful misrepresentation OF his
in which he states that had held the
Republican administration responsible
for the entire 81 100000 of bonded in
debtedness which we found against