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

my expense tunQ all0WeQ ~ the STATE
] find that he charged another s7e
cent street ,ar fare. and So cents for
porter on December 1S. and in add
tion to this, $3.50 for "presentsv and
''courteoies' to chauffeurs of various
automobiles, and on account Of "cour
tesles to guests" Next l end charge
Of rs cents for telegram, here given
verbatim: London. Kentucky, No
vember s. Missi Brown. Frank
fort, Ky. Home 1886, f. & c. Tell
Mansion. Augustus E. Wilson" On
January 10, the same official was paid
$6.44 for entertainment of visitors and
their wives at the Louisville Country
Club, which occurred on December
2l0, prior to this date. April IS, 1911
$4,000 paid to the Capital Motor Car
Company for one trip. January "a
1911, $3.50 for one funeral design and
express charges. They not only divert
the school funds of Kentucky and dis.
burse them through an undertaken, but
use the general expenditure fund for
the purchase of a funeral design to
be placed upon the graves of the dead
/ do not have to make charges, but
merely to state the facts as I am doing.
II give you the facts and figures of
these accounts; | leave judgment to
your common sense"
Mr.. Morrow made mention of type.
| writer desk bought by the Department
OF Education for $40, which was a
duplicate Of a certain similar type OF
| desk bought at the same price from
the original contractor and made to
order. Now, | want to give you some
more fgures in regard to this question
of the purchase of furniture.
luxuries Purchased by Republicans.
| find that they bought for the AID.
| jutant Generals Office a typewriter
desk for Sis; for the Insurance De.
partment they paid $235O0 for another
one. They paid $3.50 for three easy
chairs in the Prison Commission Office
In the office Of the Superintendent OF
Public Instruction they paid as fol
lows One desk, s177; one desk, $3.50;
one small revolving book case, $50;
one easy chair. $50; one soft-cushioned
| sofa, $125; one umbrella rack, SIG. In
the Office Of DR.. Bruner, the Secretary
OF State, two desks. 1854; one clothes
rack. $50; one plain oak desk, Depart,
ment of Agriculture, 500. The Gov.
| ernor's office: One flat-top desk, $3.50 ;
one sofa. $3.50; one revolving book
case. $50; one hat rack, $34; one UNI.
brella stand, $34 one plain book case,
$685. one typewriter desk. $217
Again, in the Office of Secretary OF
State, one flat-top desk, $175; one type.
writer desk. $217; one soft-cushioned
sofa, $40. am emitting items
amounting to thousands OF dollars, fol-
lack of time and space to mention
them. I do find again for Dr. Burners
Office two more typewriter desks, S344
not listed separately. and one wardrobe
for this Secretary of State, $40. For
the Assistant Secretary OF State l find
typewriter desk. $172. and one UNI.
brella rack. $95. One wooden bench
for the lobby OF the Auditors office
$4750 In the Treasurer's Office, one
fat-top desk, $500; one roll-top desk
1892; one easy chair. s1S5. and many
other costly and expensive items.
find a desk for the Librarians offic,
for SLIT. find three easy chairs a
$500. and a great many of what they
style as side chairs. that amount t
, thousands of dollars. I do not know
what side chairs are intended for, but
, doubt if there is sufficient space in
, the entire State Capitol to afford stor
age room for all of the side chairs
bought and paid for under this Re,
publican administration. Expensive
luxuries. contracted for by Republic
cans and paid for by Uncle 81 and
John Jones, who earn their bread by
the sweat of their brow, pulling the
pillow line over Lie through hot sum-
mer days.
Such figures are a record of service
to the people, comparable to that eX-
hibited in the famous Pennsylvania
State Capitol graft disclosure l find
that these Republicans bought a num-
Der Of chairs at a most exorbltant
price Tor pages in the Senate Chamber.
Evidently they were preparing for the
extra help charged to the Democrats
at the present time, and | find another
item of 1876 for easy chairs that are
never used on any occasion, and four
more sofas amounting to $3.50. / find
an item of s1,700 for an unnamed num-
Der Of oak chairs and any amount Of
money expended for more side chairs,
etc.
Mr.. Morrow has referred to an item
Of drinking water. The Republican
Administration preceding the present
administration. installed at approx
mately 100000. a plant, a part of which
was for the purpose Of furnishing to
the Offices in the State Capitol re-
frigerated water, filtered and refrig-
Grated. 1t is a well-known fact, Mr..
Morrow and his associates know, that
this plant, built by his own party, was
and is yet an absolute failure. and
that that never was supplied by this
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