The Adair County news., 1915-10-27

/ peHulIure OF money, ana truthful OF
results of which the State today is
proud. On account of a call and a
summons from the Livingston County
Circuit Court, demanding the service
of your humble servant and the speak
er, in case involving the prosecution
of County Superintendent of Schools,
alleged to have embezzled the school
funds of the State and county; and
the money was recovered.
More G. o. p. Extravaganza.
| / want to speak briefly of some lit
tie expense matters incurred under the
Republican Administration. In 1910
there was passed an Act at the instance
of the Republican Governor, allowing
this Governor $4,000 for the entertain
ment of National Governors Confer
| ence at Frankfort, but on account of
| some joker left in the bill, this ex-
pense was decided to be a permanent
| appropriation. However, 1 believe that
that is all right and have no criticism
to make of it, but let us see how the
funds were expended by Republicans:
On June %, 1910, there was charged
to the State $1,000 for one trip to
Lexington and return; June 29, $5712
for trip to see Mr.. Roosevelt in Louis
vile, and there is an item of $23.4O
for meals on car, baggage, cab porter
age, and an item of one five cent street
car fare. / find on October 20 an item
of $21.62 for trip from Louisville to
Bowling Green, for the purpose of MAX
! ing speech before the Normal School
l notice in this same item of the Bowl
| ing Green trip that this Republican
Governor paid SO for one lunch and
that he paid $3.50 for one supper.
pass over many items similar to
this, including some large sums, all
of which were paid on what l con-
ceive and what l feel the present Gov
ernOr James B. McCreary would con-
teive to be business of a purely per-
sonal nature, and not chargeable to
any expense fund allowed by the State.
l find that he charged another five
cent street car fare, and IS cents for
porter on December 13, and in addi-
ton to this, $3.50 for presents" and
"courtesiee" to chauffeurs of various
automobiles, and on account of "cour-
tssies to guests" Next find charge
of 25 cents for a telegram, here given
verbatim: London, Kentucky, No
vember 5. Miss Nora Brown, Frank
fort, Ky. Home 1885, F. G. G. Tell
Mansion. Augustus E. Wilson" On
January 10, the same official was paid
1914 for entertainment of visitors and
their wives at the Louisville Country
Club, which occurred on December
2-1O, prior to this date. April Is, 1911,
$4,000 paid to the Capital Motor Car
Company for one trip. January 81,
1911, $25.75 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 funeral design to
be placed upon the graves of the dead
do not have to make charges, but
merely to state the facts as am doing
II give you the facts and figures of
these accounts; l leave judgment to
your common sense"
Mr.. Morrow made mention of type
writer desk bought by the Department
of Education for $110, 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, 1 want to give you some
more figures in regard to this question
Of the purchase of furniture.
Luxuries Purchased by Republicans.
l find that they bought for the Ad-
jutanC Generals Office a typewriter
desk for $118; for the Insurance De-
partment they paid $235.00 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, SLIT; 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, 800. 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, |
$235; one typewriter desk, $21T. |
Again, in the Office of Secretary of
State, one f1at-top desk, $175; one type |
writer desk, $217; one soft-cushioned
sofa, $40. 1 am emitting items
amounting to thousands of dollars, for
lack of time and space to mention
them. 1 do find again for DR.. Burners
Office two more typewriter desks, $344,
not listed separately, and one wardrobe !
for this Secretary of State, $79. For |