The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-11
Price of S4OO paid for the Su-
perintendent'S Home. at
Jeffersonvi|Ie. Regarded as
Too Steep.
EXPLANATIONS WILL
NOW BE FORTHCOMING
Such Extravaganza Is Not in
Accord With the Democrat
ic Tastes of the Executive,
1t Is Stated.
palladium Specially

Indianapolis. Feb. 11.-Governor
Marshall is all ''het up" over the fact
that the board of trustees of the JEFF
fersonville reformatory paid $i00 for a
mahogany dining set for the superin-
tendents dining room. This price is
too high TO suit the democratic tastes
of the governor and he is looking into
the thing to see why and wherefore
1t is said that the governor will ask
Superintendent Peyton to explain the
reason why such price should be-
paid for dining set. and that he will
also ask DIR. Harry s. Sharp. of this
city. the only member OF the board ap-
pointed by Governor Marshall, to make
an explanation also. The governor
does not feel like butting in on the
board any more than he has to, be-
cause he has held all along tha: he
would not interfere in the boards
management of any state institution.
but he believes the $500 dining room
set demands an inquiry.
Appointed by Hanly.
The other members of the board OF
trustees were appointed by former
Governor Hanly and Governor Mar
shall is not going to say anything TO
them. according to the story that is
being told. The members of the
board declare that the dining room
set which they purchased is not any
more expensive or any finer than
those which other boards have bought
for other state institutions. and that
they bought this one because they
wished to keep the reformaiory in
line with the other institutions Gov
ernor Marshall says. however, that he
Is not responsible for what boards did
before he came into office. but he in
dica.es that he is opposed to any ex-
travagances under his administration.
The board members declare that a
large dining room set is required at
the reformatory because of the large
size of the room and because the men,
bers of the board and of the board OF
state charities come there and eat
meals, and that they require a large
table. Further, they say that the in
creased earnings of the trade school
at the reformatory have justified the
board in making the expenditure The
trade school earned in last December
S5S595 more than in the previous De-
cember. and in January the increase
over the former January was 81 ,256.0s.
What Dr.. Sharp Says.
DIR. Sharp says the dining room set
was purchased at Jeffersonville at
cost price plus a profit OF ten percent
10 the dealer. and he says there can
not be any just criticism OF the pur-
chase.
Major Peyton, the superintendent.
declares in long typewriter state
ment which he gave out last night
that the dining room set could not be
duplicated for the price paid for it.
and that II the state does not want to
keep II he will take il off the states
hands at the price paid and store it
away. Then the board would have to
buy another set, for the dining room is
sorely in need of one
Just what will come out OF the scrap
over the 800 mahogany dining room
set cannot now be told. but il is known
that Governor Marshall is up in the
air over what he believes to be an ex-
travasaDce.