The Adair County news., 1907-10-02

wlIison knows the RECORD o, ns-,
and am surprised TO learn that he
thinks Myers ought to have been
chosen. If he was governor. and My
ers is his kind of architect and he Is
Myerss kind of governor. then we
might have had in Kentucky similar
experience to the Republican-bnil cap
itol of Pennsylvania
Republican Campaign One of Lies
In every campaign where have
met them. the Republican candidates
, have seemed to be actuated by the
overwhelming conviction that false
hood told to a hundred people was
the best campaign argument if only
fifty of them should ever hear the
correction of it, Defeated every time
when they have made such fight, it
is surprising therefore that they have
not profited by experience and pitched
this campaign upon a higher plane.
He and his associates have been far
back in the mountains trying TO inn
pose these well-knoWn ISLANDERS upon
the good people there. Two others
especially have they used. one about
the public printing work, and the
other about fees paid to attorneys. In
places far from the railroads. isolated
and hard to reach, they have repeated
these charges. hoping that no Demo
cratic speakers or representatives
would ever get there to correct the
false impressions.
In the mountain county of Letcher,
where it is days horseback ride
from the county seat to a railroad be
told with earnestness and vigor that
these Democrats at Frankfort had
agreed to pay the architect $4,000.
when he knew, or ought TO have
known, such to be untrue He or his
com panion candidates in an effort to
catch some Confederate voters. told
that il was a Republican member of
the General Assembly who introduced
the bill to establish the Confederate
Home. when they knew. or ought to
have known. that the records showed
such to be untrue
Many other similar distances could
ne named They have repeated the
old charge about extravaganza in the
payment of public printing bills, when
they know that Republican attorney
general approved the bill about which
they complain; that legislative in
Vestigating committee completely ex-
onerated the members OF the board
from al blame. and reported that ev-
srything had been done In accordance
An - nj
that the state fiscal court by IT'S deci-
sion had also INDICATED the action of
the boardi Owing to the large in
crease in the public business of the
state great deal more printing has
been needed under this administration
tration, and yet the average cost I'M
der that was greater than it has Nbeen
under this The annual average cost
during their term was SAC, 1S1 .06, while
the annual average under eight years
of Democratic administration, even in
Guiding the $4,000 about which they
complain, has been s43,61315, showing
$2,56791 less per year under Demo
cratic than under Republican admin
istration. At no time in its history
has the states printing been done so
cheapy as it has been under the Dem
ocratic administration. On some items
of the contracts the public printer
makes a good profit on his work; on
many others he has to dc it at loss.
1t is not fair therefore to pick out GER
tain items upon, which he makes
profit and Judge of the whole by that.
Reviewing Already Exploded Charges.
Another OF these old charges which
they have resurrected to do service
for them in this campaign is in regard
to the payment of attorneys fees
They accuse us of extravagance in the
matter and seek to mislead and de-
Gently stated at Maysville that we had
paid out $4,000 in attorneys fees.
] shall be fairer than they are and
tell them that we paid out more than
that The records show that since ]
became governor we have paid out
for that purpose $173,902.14 But to
make up that amount they have to put
in the fee he paid Captain Calhoun OF
$71, 1895 for collecting the cd Civil
war claims, amounting to S1,324. 900.
which has been explained so often and
so fully to the people that | shall not
take up time with it now. 1t has
been shown that Kentucky. through
Captain Calhoun, collected her claims
at less cost than that paid by any
other state for similar collections:
that the fee paid was little over
per cent, while no other state paid
less than 10 per cent, and some of
them as high as % per cent. So it
has been in all the collections he has
made for Kentucky or Kentucky sol
diers, his fees have been less than