The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-27
When Officials Turned Down
Lowest Bidder and Under.
took Work.
Candidates For Judge Debate
at ROwlandt0wn.
sMEDLEy SETTLEMENT AGAIN

Candidates for the office of county
Judge addressed the voters OF Row
landtown last night. before large
representation of tax payers Thomas
y. Hazelip handled the record OF Al
ben W Barley as county attorney
without gloves and undertook To
show to the people how MIR. Barkley
had been trotting with the gang. and
was subject to every pull of the ring
through his nose.
Al the beginning of bis speech Mr.
Hazelip took up the smedley settle
ment. and showed the voters how the
tax payers had been deprived Of their
right To recover money due the conn-
" by virtue of the populations OF
Hiram Smedley. MIR. Hazehp read
from the records of the fiscal conrt,
which gave Mr.. Barkley power To
settle In full. and also read from the
motion filed In circuit court signed
by Mr. Barkley tn the effect that the
settlement included all money due
the county or that would be discoN-
cred Again he asked Mr.. Barkley
the question about what made him
in such a hurry 10 settle with the
bonding company.
Hazelip showed the figures that
the county should have received So
COO as the lowest sum for delinquent
taxes due the county. but that Mr..
n..Nl... ,...a ..uf.ut IA fnru in -
26G. when with his own figures lac
should have turned in at least "a
600. Mr. nazelip asked Mr.. Barklcy.
why the bonding company was 80
anxious to settle Tor $3.50. why II
was necessary for him To file suit
for $4,000 few weeks ago. lie
asked Mr. Barkley why he did not
settle with the bonding company for
the $4,000 too. and now not be COM
PEELED To sue. MIR. liazelip said he
had seen the receipt Mr. Barkley had
signed. and that IL released the bond
ing company from all responsibility.
with more than usual force MIR.
uazolip showed up the Smedley set
Element while many voters for the
nrst time learned some of the manip-
ulations OF the court house machine,
and how Il hushed up things. Mr..
Hazelp told of the statement that
the county Judge made about taking
the suit out OF the hands OF ". NJ.
Husbands. because they knew of
more and greater things that Hus-
bands knew nothing. Mr.. Hazelip
said he did not know whom he
meant were on the inside. but he
said Mr. Barley was asleep to the
Interest of the tax payers, because he
was In the court room, and did not
make any attempt tn Investigate.
Regarding the singing of mud and
filth in the campaign. Mr.. llazelip
said that Barley and the newspaper
supporting him had resorted To every
plan to besmirch him. Mr.. liazelip
said he had the records from the
court house and because he was goo
ing over the county and showing the
people how they had been robbed,
how their funds had been mlsman-
aged. and how the machine had been
run. that Mr.. Barkley was accusing
him of SANDER and heaping villillca-
ton upon him. MIR. Hazelip said he
admired MIR Barkley's personality,
but that he was discussing his record
and invited n discussion of his own
record as an employe of the federal
government. MIR. llazelip said
speeches were published in Mr.. Bark
ley's interest. giving statements that
he had never made on the stump, and
thus were trying to fool the people.
Records Confused.
Mr.. llazelip took up new feature
of the erection of the county SAM
tarium. and showed how the gang
had been provided for. Mr., Hazellr
said that Democratic maglstrat,
told him il cost about $4,000, Will,
Mr.. Barley said IL cost $4,000
Anyway. Mr.. Hazelip said you could
not tell how much IL or any other i'm
provement cost by consulting the
records at the court house. Mr.. Haze
lip said that bids were advertised fol
and hin a. Karnes placed in a bid fol
$I9,42O. As the lowert bidder wal
,.s an ,,,an,har nf tho Oann and thu