Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-16

unuer tne law IN the matter or letting
printing contract. lie (Mr. Morrow
knows that the law provides for a
Printing Commission, composed Of the
Governor, the Secretary Of State. the
Auditor OF Public Accounts, the Attor-
ney General and the Treasurer, and
that all printing contracts let for the
Department OF Education have been
subjected to the scrutiny and are d.
rectiy under the control Of the State
Printing Commission. as provided by
law. He insinuates extravaganza in
the matter OF the amount OF printing
done by this Department. Mr.. Morrow
endorses in his party platform free
textbooks, free printing and a seven
months school term, and yet viciously
repudiates all Of them in his speeches.
Printing Sent to Every School In State.
During the present Administration
there have been sent free to the peo-
pie of acknowledgements and Re
I publicans alike-more than a half
million pieces Of printed matter, that
have been In nature sent to them
as free textbooks. We cite for in
stance the State Course Of Study,
which is a textbook in every school
! in Kentucky and a guide for practi-
cally every State in America. In adj
dition, to this, we cite the Arbor &
Bird Day Book, $4,000 copies of which
have been distributed this year free
to the people of Kentucky, and which
has done more for the conservation
of our natural resources and accom-
plished more in behalf of the conser-
walton of our forests than all else done
in the previous history of Kentucky.
This department has distributed free
to the people hundreds of thousands
Of pamphlets, bulletins and books, In
GLIDING the valuable History of Edu-
cation in Kentucky, and the Official
Manual of Kentucky all of which have
been gladly received by the people and
for which this department has been
most cordially commended. The cost
of these publications is but a trife
compared TO the great good received
by the people of the State We have
no apologies nor any defense to make
for any publications issued or any
| printing that has been done by this
department; we have done it for the
people; it has been paid for by the
people, and the accruing benefits have
been received by the people,
G. o. p. Printing Order.
We wish to note, however, for the
benefit of an unsuspecting public that
under the previous Republican admin.
istration, on December 6, 1911, five
days prior to the Inauguration of
James B. McCreary as Governor, as
SHOWN by the orders entered on pages
AZ and "A of the records of the Print
ing Commission, there was an order
made by the Printing Commission d.
rec6ng the Commissioner of Public
Printing to let contract for the pub
| LEGATION of nine geological bulletins
to certain parties not having the State
contract. These parties, represented by
certain individuals, were presumed to
be the Interstate Publishing Co. The
contract for the printing of these bulle-
tins was approved by George A. Lewis,
Superintendent Of Public Printing and
presented to the subsequent Democrat
ic administration for approval and
payment. This was the first informa-
tion which the new Printing Commits
sion, composed of James B. McCreary
and his associates, received of the fact
that their predecessors had authorized
the Superintendent of Public Printing
to let a contract to persons other than
the regular contractor. IL is a we'll |
| known fact that Mr. Lewis was called /,
| before the Commissioners to explain |
why the contract price Of this job of
printing was so greatly in excess Of |
the prices for work done under the |
regular State contract. The Superin- |
tendent was required to furnish an es-
innate Of this work under the regular /
State contract 1t was found that the |
Interstate Publishing Company was |
charging s1,71S.50 for what the State |
through its regular contract, would be
required to pay $1,165.7S 1t was also
found that county report No. 4, which |
under the special contract amounted |
to $1,70200, would amount to only
$1,093.00 under the State contract, as
would have been let by a Democratic
administration and Democratic
Printing Commission. The Democrat
ic Printing Commission refused to pay
under this special contract made by
Republicans with some spurious Re
publican benefciaries. and saved the
State on two items, $1.161.72. 1t is
also a notable fact that this special
contract has disappeared and can not
be found in the Office of the Superin-
tendent of Public Printing.
Turns the Light On.
Now. my friends, there is nothing
so clarifying and purifying as sun
light, anu | have taken the pains to
have before me facsimile copies and
photographs taken from the originals
OF all Of these illegal acts.
1 need NOT refer 10 the fact that