The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-10-04

Frankfort, and right we'll did thew
work IN a fruitless effort to fasten
these lnsinuations of graft" upon the
officials in power. After all that
work, their campaign handbook issues.
and it can do no better than to reprint
and reproduce utterances of disgrunt-
led persons who spent as much time
as did they In seeking what could not
be found, corruption or wrong-doing by
the Democratic officials whom the
people have trusted for eight years
past. The cry of 'look at the books"
which won for them in 1895, falls fiat
this year.
The boldest attempt made in this Re-
publican campaign handbook to insti-
tute graft is in an article which the
author of the book copies from the
Frankfort Call. which it terms
Democratic newspaper" but which
was never at any time during the
period of its publication, for it is now
defunct, edited by loyal Democrat
nor did it ever pose as a Democratic
newspaper. Under the largest black
face type in the book, this article,
which is headed Graft Graft-Graft,
Capitol Graft. is printed, and the Re-
publican party thereby takes response
bility for it. At the time this article
was first published, neither the Board
of Capitol Commissioners nor the
Superintendent or others charged with
the work of building the magnificent
new capitol, paid the slightest atten-
ton to it. The paper making the
charge had no circulation except in the
mediate community in which the build
ing was being erected, and where every
person resident knew: better.than It
printed. It's editors and writer's were
known to be disgrunfled and factional
politicians, whose failure to be on the
successful side within the Democratic
party had soured them against their
successful opponent. For these reasons
those attacked in the article would not
dignity it with a response and. the tell
ing of the facts in the matter on which
the charge was based. This would not
be done at this time but for the fact
that Mr.. Wilson and hisifellow Repub-
licans father the statement and at
tempt through it to poison the minds
of the voters Of the State against the
men who have made the new Capitol
possible, Judge Hager and Governor
Beckham. Unable to bring a single
specific charge of mis-doing in the con
struction of the Capitol. or the wrong
full expenditure of single dollar. and
over seven hundred thousand dollars
has already been expended in the work
of construction, the Republicans now
rely upon scuh publication to get
votes.
The article in question goes on to
state that it is known over Frankfort
that the Superintendent in charge of
the acrhitect quit the job and publicly
gave as his reasons that 1.-THE whole
thing was rotten and ne could not
afford to risk his reputation as an
honest architect by staying longer.
The author of the Republican hand
book prints this charge but does not
print quick and prompt denial by the
Superintendent to whom it referred.
The denial is herewith printed:
Frankfort, KY, Sept. 9. 1906.
Il notice that the Call of Sept. 5th
makes certain statements which they
claim were given out bysme foSseVerai
parties with reference to thegSuperin-
tendents of the new State Capitol
building and my reasons for rendering
my resignation. l wish to absolutely
refute any knowledge of having ever
made such statements ,andEdesire to
state that my reasonss.for resigning
were purely personal matter.
A. R. COTERAL.
*%*
c. M. Fleenor, Superintendent of
Construction upon the part of the
State, and the personal representative
of the Capitol Commission of the work
of building the new Capitol like the
Commissioners, ignored the charges of