The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-10-20
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"courtesies" to chauffeurs of various
automobiles, and on account of "cour-
tesies to guests" Next find a charge
Of rs cents for telegram, here given
verbatim: London, Kentucky, No
lvember 5. Miss Nora Brown, Frank
\ fort, Ky. Home 1885, f. G c. Tell
Mansion. Augustus II. Wilson" On
January 10, the same official was paid
$644 for entertainment OF visitors and
their wives at the Louisville Country
Club, which occurred on December
2-10, 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
5urse 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.
I do not have to make charges, but
merely to state the facts as I am doing.
81 give you the facts and figures OF
these accounts; | leave judgment to
your common sense"
| Mr.. Morrow made mention Of a 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, I want to give you some
more figures in regard to this question
Of the purchase of furniture,
Luxuries Purchased by Republicans.
find that they bought for the Ad-
jutanl Generals Office a typewriter
desk for Sis; for the Insurance De-
partment they paid $4,000 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, SIT; one desk. $3.50;
one small revolving book case, $50;
one easy chair. $780, one soft-cushioned
sofa, $125; one umbrella rack. SIS 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 fiat-top desk, $3.50;
one sofa. $50; one revolving book
brella stand, s34; one plain book case,
1926; one typewriter desk, $217.
Again. in the office of Secretary Of
State. one flat-top desk, $175; one type
writer desk, S217; one soft-cushioned
sofa, $40. am emitting items
amounting to thousands of dollars. for
lack of time and space to mention
hem. 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 ] find
typewriter desk. Sl72 and one UNI
bfella rack, s95. One wooden bench
for the lobby of the Auditors Office,
S4750 In the Treasurer's office. one
nat-top desk, 1920; one roll-top desk,
1882; one easy chair, $lS5, and many
other costly and expensive items.
find a desk for the Librarians office
for $177 I find three easy chairs at
$500. and great many of what they
style as side chairs. that amount to
thousands of dollars. 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
Injuries, contracted for by Republi-
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. find
that these Republicans bought a num-
Der of chairs at most exorbitant
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 1916 for easy chairs that are
never used on any occasion. and four
more sofas amounting to $500 ] find
an item of $500 for an unnamed mum.
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.
nately $4,000, plant, part of which
was for the purpose OF furnishing to
the offices in the State Capitol re.
lfrieerated water. filtered and refrig
Grated II is 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
expensively built plant either filtered
or refrigerated water to any Depart
ment in the State House ! consider
II just as much my right under the
law to provide myself and my asso.
ciates with pure water on hot summer
days when serving the people between
the hours OF 700 A. NJ. and 1900 a,
midnight. as any other Department In
the State Capitol and state that It
has been customary among most of the
offices 10 purchase and DrOVide drink.