The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-02-28
ECONOMY Benz
THE WATCROOG
OF us. TREASURY
There Stands a Mani"

haSdHnlc WTlleT OF nOIc, ana mas
been printed in many of the lead
ing dailies of The country:
The people should know and
remember 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-whooDs, bowls and veil ;
that went up from all around and
about him. Those long accus-
toned to nursing at the public
breast beheld themselves about to
be wcaned and raised wild and
hideous wall. Others who for
years had boldly and 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 wenches. are
whoOped into swearing thew will
resign unless he relents and per.
mits unhindered the annual out
poor of the peoples millions with
ont word or question as to who.
why or where the recipients
thereof.
He is reminded Of the fact that
BardstOwn. his home, is but a lit
the village in the road. requiring
only a few hundred dollars annu-
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 princely 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
end Young ladies-black and
white-from G to 66 years-to
"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 70 market and have Them
taught how to buy. When they
have had this lesson in buying,
they take. or have sent. what they
have bought to the school. Then
it is served in a five course 'festi-
BILE | recentlv saw one of these
menu cards. 1t had ice cream on
it. l asked the principal of the
schonl-he was a colored man
whether the children made the ice
cream or bought it. He said they
bought it already frozen, but he
could not tell me how much teach
ing it required to have the chill
dren and their invited guests to
learn how to eat it. But that is
of little interest to your constr.
tuents or mine. All they have to
do is work hard 16 hours of the
"a to get the money to pay for
it all.
"They teach millinery in the
public schools here. The teacher
gives instructions how to trim
the hats. When a girl has trim
med one to suit her new dress, it
is trimmed; it cannot be trimmed
any more; it is useless to the gov
eminent, so the girl is permitted
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 'just to
run along home with it and give
it to one of the family
"a number of dentists are EN-
pioyed to do dental work for
nearly 10000 school children in
Washington, these children rang
ing in age from 6 to Sc wears,
some of them unnaturalized for
eigners. But the people back in
Kentucky and Tennessee have
nothing to do with this out pay
- LIZ H. k.I1g I'd