The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-03-06
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flithfulness of Congressman Ben
johnson was written by Mr.. J.
Kelly South, a newspaper and
MAGAZINE writer Of note, and has
been printed in many of the lead
ing dailies of the country:
The people should know and
ramembar the noble fight which
Ben johnson, from the little town
of Bardstown, KY, has been
making IN /the committee and on
the floor of the house during the
past two weeks in an almost vain
effort to throttle graft and lessen
in some small degree at least the
reckless and useless expenditure
of the public money. The writer
never knew Chairman Johnson
until he saw him in the pit"
graphing single handed and
alone with the bowling treasury
hogs. Though alone and against
merciless odds, he realized his
cause to be right and his purpose
true-nor did he fail to give them
battle royal.
No better evidence of the fight
he made is to be had than from
the war-whoOps, hOwls and wells
that went up from all around and
about him. Those long accus-
toned to nursing at the public
breast beheld themselves about to
be weaned and raised a wild and
hideous wall. Others who for
years had boldly and red-handed
robbed the public treasury of the
peoples money raved against
over ardent economy" peanut
politics., anarchist" etc. etc.
Members Of JOhnson's worthy
committee. poor wcnchrS. are
whOOped into swearing they viii
resign unless he relents and per
mits nnhindered the annual ont
poor of the peoples millions with
out word or question aS to who,
why or where the recipients
thereof.
He is reminded of the fact that
BardStOwn. his home. Is but II lit
the village in the road. requiring
only few hundred dollars unuI-
ally, while the nations capital
must have her tens of millions,
but Johnson retorts that cities are
made up Of people, and those of
Bardstown are Just as worthy
and princelv as the jewellers in
any capital on earth.
Some extracts from Mr.. John
sons speech are worthy OF note.
I quote the following:
The printed report Of The
school board for this city Wash
ington) brings the delightful in
| formation that the peoples money
! is spent to teach the young men
| and Young ladies-black and
white-from to G6 .years-t1
"trip the light fantastic toe
in the District Of Columbia
! the pupils have cooking schools.
The teachers give the public
money to little children. send
| them to market and have them
] taught how to buy. When they
have had this lesson in having
they take. or have sent, what tEcy
have bought to the school. Then
! it is served in five course fcsti-
bic | recently saw one of these
menu cards. 1t had ice cream on
it. | asked the principal of Tho
school-hc was a colOred man
whether the children made the ic,
cream or bought it. He said they
bought it already frozen. but he
could not tell me how much teach
ing 1t required to have the chi
dren and their invited guests t.
/ learn how to eat it. But that i,
of little interest to your consti
tuents or mine. All they have tC
do Is work hard 16 hours of the
"a to get the money to pay fol
it all.
They teach millinery in the
public schools here. The teache,
gives instructions how to trim
. the hats. When a girl has trim
med one to suit her new dress. i
: is trimmed; it cannot be trimmed
any more; it is useless to the gov
eminent, so the girl is permitteC
Just to run along home with it
!, IF she wants to trim another. she
does so; it is of no use to Uncle
Sam, and the girl is told lust t.
run along home with it and give
it to one of the family
"A number of dentists are EN-
ployed to do dental work fol
nearly 10000 school children il
Washington. these children rang
ing in age from 8 to G6 wears
some of them unnaturalized for