The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-04

pr1ated TO complete the work Of deco
rating the new statehouse and beau
tifying the grounds. He says there is
no hurry for some Of the things the
architect recommends. but says that
$500. 900 ought TO be provided by this
legislature for the purposes mention
ed and also to pay for some more
land adjacent to the capitol
He reminds the legislature that
there Is no use to make ann 30
lions unless some way is provided to
get the money to pay them. He says
he is not antagonistic to the majority
I'm the legislature and will gladly ap-
prove any reasonable appropriation
for things needed by the state insti-
tutions # some method to pay them
is adopted.
He urges the legislature not to
abolish the board of control, and to
let it remain bipartisan as 1t now Is,
as 1t has accomplished a great work.
He says the reports show that the
board has saved $4,000 in two years
out of the per capita income, which
sum they applied to buildings and I'm
proved machinery at the asylums.
He recommends that the peniten-
tiaries and house of reform be put
under the board of control, which
means he wants the prison commits
sion abolished.
He says the present governors
mansion is practically unfit to live In
and urges the legislature to appropri-
ate 100000 to erect a suitable man.
sion for his successor near the new
capitol, and that the present mansion
and square of ground be turned over
to the penitentiary for hospital pur-
poses.
He recommends that the buildings
and grounds of the old capitol be sold
to the highest bidder. and estimates
chat 1t will bring 100000. He says
to sell it would do away with con-
stantly recurring schemes to use 1t
for some expensive and unnecessary
institution to be created by the legis'
lature.
liz ldtl lndl oCNCl oNoNC bohhs
have failed and lost all the money OF
hundreds of widows and orphans in
the past two years has created a
strong sentiment in favor of having a
system by which state banks can be
examined every few months. as ma
tionai banks are now examined, by
expert accountants. Several bills
looking to this end have been intro
duced, and it is likely that one OF
them will be passed. The bill offered
by Senator Arnett of Jessamine, who
Is a banker himself, provides for the
ment with bank commissioner al
the head of il, with an assistant com
missioner and three bank examiners
to do the real work. This bill is ia
vored by the bankers generally, and
as it will cost the state nothing to
carry out its provisions, it is meeting
with much favor.
The increased cost of living in the
past 10 years has induced the senate
to pass bill that in a roundabout
way increases the salaries of circuit
judges from $4,000 a year to $4,000 a
year. The constitution provides that
the salary of any officer can not be
changed after he has entered upon
his duties, and as all the circuit
judges entered upon their six-year
terms on the first of this year 1t seem
ed as though they would be unable to
get any increase for six years al
least. A bill was introduced, how
ever providing that regular circuit
judges should serve as special judges
in other districts than their own when
no coSrt was in session in their own
districts, and for this extra work they
are tn he nafd an additional 81 300 q