The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-17

October. 1914. Poland Taxicab
Company, Louisville, $500
One trip OF the Wizard" is shown
by Voucher No. 3 Of June, 1915. and
II is as follows:
May IA, meals en- route, Louis.
vile to Paduoah .........S 2Sf
May Is, livery. Paiucsh. 900
Same date. steaographlc service. 1.5t
Pullman fees, Paducah to Louis
vie ............... LOU
Same date, May Is. Palmer
House .................. 1880
Total ................... .$2S.6J
for one day and half. Some travel
ing and some expens, account!
give you the facts and figures of
these accounts. leave Judgment to
your common sense.
This same official paid the fancy fig
ure Of $40 for a typewriting desk
and has such n delicate taste in the
matter of drinking water that he cat
not even think OF using the filtered
and refrigerated ice water furnished
by the State to all officers, but is com.
PEELED to use, both summer and winter
ANITA" mineral water while the tax.
payer foots the bill.
In the department presided over by
the Wizard" he gave a contract to
print Trustees Registers at 90 cents
each. The same register was printed
under Superintendent Crabb for seven
and a half cents each The same
Wizard" paid $500 of the States
money for personal calendars, but was
made to refund this sum. This same
official drew an Illegal salary of $l25
per month until prevented from doing
so by an opinion of the Attorney Gen.
eral. No part of this sum has been
returned to the State. Printing done
under the control of the Wizard" by
the State printer has had phenomenal
increase. In 1912, $4,000; 1918. $22..
600; 1914, $4,000.
All of the printing in this depart.
ment was contracted for by Mr.. Ham
lett until March, 1915. when this was
stopped by an opinion Of the Attorney
General holding that. like other print
ing, ii should come under the States
general contract and the contracts go
through the Printing Board
In this same department, presided
over by the aforesaid Wizard" there
Is today $4,000 of vouchers in large
sums, issued and paid for printing.
with no invoices. no bills attached and
no way to determine for what printing
or on what contract the payments have
been made. The payments of all this
money could not have been made with
out the knowledge or willful negligence
of the States fiscal officers. In this
same department there was a balance
in the school fund in 1914 of S63S.0O0.
and yet the per capita was kept at "a
and the teachers of that year deprived
of the just and fair per capita in order
that a surplus might be built up on
which. and on the eve of the primary
and general election, to provide for
the seven months school term TO nom
mate the Wizard" for Secretary of
State and assist in his election. This
action deserves the condemnation OF
every school teacher in Kentucky. II
is political chicanery and demagogery
of the worst order The seven months
school term boasted Of in the Demo
cratic platform was declared on the
eve of an election for political advan-
nd will loot
beyond the present term.
Let us look at the Secretary Of
States Office. presided over by THE
Worlds Greatest Forgotten" who for
got the Tax and Convict Road Work
ing Amendments. Under this depart.
ment is the Automobile License De-
partment. collecting under a specific
statute a specific fund to be held and
used for road purposes. On June 30,
1913, there had been collected and was
in this special fund 100000. With
)ut warrant of law. and in violation
If law, this sum was transferred, by |
charging it off into the general ex-
fund, thus robbing the roads |
Ind highways of the State for the pur- !
bose of helping to pay salaries of new |
md useless officers. This is the same |
department whose chief officials have !
,een and some of whom are still I'M
Ter indictment and concerning which |
! grand jury reported that the State
lad been robbed. but the system of
was so wretched that ii |
ould not tell how much had been
tolen or who had stolen IT.
This is the general condition of your
states finances. so far as | now have
he time to explain it. More will come
alter. The details | have had time 10
1--WE fairly demonstrate the way in
which the public money has been han
lied and spent. Bearing in mind the
roken promises of your servants, be-
folding the failure of your lawmakers,
onscious of the useless waste of reVe
Iue, is it any wonder that every Demon
ratio candidate has again promised
economy and declared for the abolition
( useless Offices? Is il any wonder
hat the Courier-Journal proclalms the
Existence OF the House that Graft
,uilt," and asserts that the lobby has
iddan with Ionca rain and f1vinp whin |