The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-21

sonsl nature. and not chargeable IA
any expense fund allowed BY the State
find that he charged another eve
cent street car fare, and 65 cents for
porter on December 10. and In add
tion TO this, $3.50 for presents" and
"eourtesles" 10 chauffeurs OF various
automobiles, aud on account OF "eour.
tesies to guests" Next I find a charge
OF % cents for a telegram. here given
verbatim: London, Kentucky. No.
vember 5. Miss Nora Brown. Frank
fort. Ky. Home 1885, r. a c. Tell
Mansion. Augustus T.. Wilson" on
January 10. the same Official was paid
s644 for entertainment Of visitors and
their wives at the Louisville Country
Club, which occurred on December
2-lQ. prior to this date April rs, 1911,
$4,000 paid to the Capital Motor Car
Company for one trip. January %.
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 funeral design to
be placed upon the graves OF the dead.
l 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 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. want to give you some
more figures In regard to this question
OF the purchase OF furniture.
lusuries Purchased by Republicans.
! find that they bought for the Ad-
jutant Generals Office a typewriter
desk for Sis; for the Insurance De
partment they paid s235.OO 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, SIPS; 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-;op desk, $3.50;
one sofa, $3.50: one revolving book
case, $50; one hat rack, s3i: one UNI
brella stand. S34; one plain book case,
$685.; one typewriter desk. s217.
Again, in the Office OF Secretary OF
State. one fat-top desk. SITS; one type
writer desk. s2l7; one soft-cushioned
sofa, sl40. am emitting items
amounting to thousands OF dollars. for
lack Of time and space to mention
them. I do find again for DR.. Burners
office two more typewriter desks. s34i.
not listed separately. and one wardrobe
for this Secretary OF State. $40. For
the Assistant Secretary OF State find
a typewriter desk, sl72. and one UNI
brella rack. s95. One wooden bench
for the lobby OF the Auditors Office.
s47.5o. In the Treasurer's Office. one
iat-top desk, $3.50; one roll-top desk.
s1s2; one easy chair. sls5. and many
other costly and expensive items. +
find a desk for the Librarians Office
for s177. | find three easy chairs at
$500, and a 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 II 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 Republi. |
cans and paid for by Uncle 81 and
John Jones, who earn their bread by
The sweat OF their brow. pulling the
plow line over Lie through hot sum-
mer days.
Such figures are a record OF service /
70 the people. comparable TO that ex.
iibited In the famous Pennsylvania
State Capitol graft disclosure. find
hat these Republicans bought a mum.
Der OF chairs at a most exorbitant
price Ior pages in the Senate Chamber.
Evidently they were preparing for the
,xtra help charged to the Democrats
Il the present time. and 7 find another
TEN Of 1916 for easy chairs that are
lever used on any occasion. and four
more sofas amounting TO $3.50. | find
IN item OF s1,700 for an unnamed mum.
Yer OF oak chairs and any amount Of
money expended for more side chairs,
&c.
Mr.. Morrow has referred TO an item
4 drinking water. The Republican
preceding the present
administration. installed at approx.
nately $4,000, a plant, part of which
'as for the purpose OF furnishing to
he Offices in the State Capitol re-
rigerated water. filtered and refrig-
rated. II is well-known fact, Mr..
borrow and his associates know, that
his plant, built by his own party was
nd is yet an absolute failure, and ,
hat that never was supplied by this
xpersively built plant either filtered
T refrigerated water TO any Depart. |
tent In the State House. | consider
just as much my right under the ,
Nv TO provide myself and my asso- ;
ates with pure water on hot summer /
avs when serving the people between !
lie hours Of TOO A. NJ. and 1900 at I
idnight. as any other Department in
lie State Capitol. and ! state that It
As been customary among most OF the
ices to purchase and provide drink.
g water just as they have purchased
ID provided fee and other small ne.
ssities incident to the conduct OF
ese Offices at the expense OF the State.
Printing Placed by a Commission.
Mr.. Morrow refers TO printing bills .