The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-10-25
BEcKHAM'S SPEECH.
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fair and reasonable to the railroads.
and encouraged their progress and
development in the state. but It has
also insisted that they shall bear their
Just portion OF taxation and be fair
and reasonable In their dealings with
the people.
The Cause Of Education.
Governor Bradley says nothing at all
about the schools and the cause of
education because he knows that moth
ing was done for them during his and
Taylor's administrations He knows
the vast good done for them under
Democratic administration, and there
fore ignores the subject He does not
even attempt TO explain the fragrant
action OF his administration in the
year 1899 IN padding the school fund
and increasing the school per capita
to $40 for its effect upon the cam
paign OF that year Nor does he an
swer the charge that this inexcusable
attempt for campaign material caused
a deficit the following year Of $4,000
in the school fund. which the Demo
cratic administration had TO make
good. and caused the per capita thar
year to fab to S245. The Democratic
administration has raised it from
S2.45 to $40. II has increased the
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months Of free tuition throughout the
commonwealth. II has established
two normal schools for our teachers.
II has given generously to the State
College and to the State Colored Nor
NAL School. II has passed the school
book bill in the face OF his and his
party's opposition. that gives TO the
school children OF the state their
school books at one-third less than
they formerly paid In the face OF
Republican promises. which can never
be relied upon. it presents facts like
these.
He complains that we have no plat
form. The record OF the Democratic
administration is a SUFFICIENT platform.
and the people consider II far prefer
able to the vain promises in the Re
publican platform. Their experience
with the Bradley and Taylor admins
trations has taught them that Repub-
lican platform promises are not worth
the paper they are written on
BY a iugglery of figures he tries TO
show that the cost of public printing
under his administration was less than
II has been under Democratic admin
istration He states what the records
prove to be untrue. for those records
show that under Democratic admins
tration there has been a much greater
amount Of public printing done than
under the Republican administration
and at s2.567s1 less cost per year.
He also says. and quote his words:
why did the party they claim TO rep
resent decline to make an appropria-
ton to advance the interest o. Ken
tncky at the St. Louis and jamestown
expOsitions? Why did they leave the
state they loved IN the humiliatiny
attitude OF having no building." On
the other hand ask why does the
ex-governor, In such a question. state
q proposition which he knows to be
untruey This administration did
make an appropriation in the general
assembly Of 1904 Of s75. 900 for an en-
hibit at the St. Louis exposition. and
everybody knows. who visited that
exposition. that Kentucky was one OF
the best represented states there.
Brazen Distortion Of Facts.
1t is impossible. with the limitations
Of time upon this address to recite
all the barefaoed and brazen distOr-
tons Of facts and perversiOns Of fig
ures in that remarkable speech Of his.
II is without parallel for inaecuracy.
Misrepresentation and deception
Long as is that speech there Is a
conspicuous absence Of any reference
to the collection of the civil war
claims by Capt Calhoun. Why has
the distinguished ex-governor nothing
to say about that important matter
which came up in his administration,
and also in mine? His associate can
didates have tried 10 make some cap
ltal out of the fee paid Capt. Calhoun
sor that work. The amount collected
was SIse24. 600. and Capt Calhou1's
fee was a little over $1,000. or a
fraction more than 5 per cent. ths
lowest fee paid by any state in the
Union for similar collections. Gov.
Bradley knew of the existence Of this
claim because he approved vouchers
for $500 for expenses for having II
investigated. In a letter signed by
his assistant adjutant general. whom
he appointed. that Official says: Il
viii state that in the year Of 1896
learned Of the decision in the New
York case. and I at once set about &c
enforce the collection OF the claim ol
Kentucky and for the purpose wen
to Washington in January. 1897. aat
collected data and decisions which
convinced me that Kentucky could re
cover something near one hundred
thousand dollars. came back Il
Frankfort and laid the whole mater
before the governor and it seemeS
little faith was placed by the stat
administration in the success OF pros
ecuting the claim and the governcl
and auditor decided that they woul;
NOT advance arDansas af, and m.