The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-10-20
STANLEY COMING
TO DEFENSE OF HIS
Administration
Kentucky Senator to Speak In Ken
lucky This Week as Aid TO Black
Embarrassing Questions
May BE Asked Him.

The members OF the Democratic
state ticket, at a meeting In Louisville
just before the latform convention,
agreed that Senator Stanley and his
record as governor should be kept in
the background during the present
campaign
1t was remarked at the time that
their ability to carry out this happy
program would depend largely upon
the attitude of two somewhat eminent
Kentuckys, A. o. Stanley, who never
has been fond of the background, and
Edwin p Morrow, who was eagerly
awaiting an opportunity to tell the
people what had become of their
money.
Developments have jstifled this COM
ment. Driven from their untenable
position by the telling arguments of
Mr.. Morrow, and the reception given
them by the people, Democratic ora
tors are making a strenuous though
belated effort to whitewash Governor
Stanley and all his works. Governor
Black is devoting his speeches almost
entirely to a defense of the admins
tration of which he was a part.
ElOquence to Aid Black
Not dollar has been wasted, not
single useless officer has been on the
payrolls, the employment of special
attorneys in the Bingham case was
necessary, and the members of the
Textbook Commission were upright,
citizens" who simply misconstrued the
law according to Governor Black.
This week Governor Black will have
eloquent assistance in plying the
whitewash brush, Senator Stanley has
found the background unpleasant, and
will devote all of this week to speech
making in Kentucky. Presumably, his
speeches will follow the line Of the
one he delivered at Pikeville recently,
when he praised DR.. Heizers Physio-
| logy as an excellent work, although
admitting IL wss marred by grammati
cal idiosyncraies.
| In the meantime, the managers of
the Republican camaign are wall
; pleased. They have succeeded in put
ting che opposition entirely upon the
defensive. The Democratic subter
| fuge of evading an expression upon
the Stanley administration in their
platform has proved unavaiiing, They
| have been compelled to attempt Il de-
Tense OF the indefensible.
Can't Bepy Single Charge
Thus far, the Democrats have not
been able to refute a sihgse count in
the long indictment brought by Mr..
Morrow He has proved that millions
of dollars OF the peoples tax money
have been squandered. He has proved
that the administration tailed to col
lect millions of dollars in taxes which
should have been collected.
Mr.. Morrow charges that the ad-
| ministration, by gross incapacity, lost
more than $3,500,00O by compromising
the states claims for taxes on the vast
Hardness estate, Governor Blacks
only answer is that he will try to
have the compromise set aside.
Answer Is Another Boast
Mr.. Morrow charges that the ad
| ministration failed to collect taxes
amounting to about $4,000 on more
than 100000 gallons of rectified
spirits. Thus far, Governor Black has
not even attempted to answer this.
Mr.. Morrow charges that the ex-
penditure of $4,000 for the grotesque
"Anti-kissing book" published by
Superintendent Gilbert was merely to
make pie" for the public printer.
Governor Black has not attempted an
1nswer, other tnap to boast that the
Textbook Commission didn't adopt
hat other and equally famous product
If DR.. Heizer's pen-the Physiology.
Mr.. Morrow charges that the Text
book Commission, on its second effort,
changed so per ceht, of the school
books, the cost being increased in
many Instances; that three-fourias of
he school children of Kentucky today
are without textbooks as direct re-
suit of the textbook situation; and that
he children of Kentucky arc aging
.hirty cents more per volume for thsir
biographies than the children of In
Llama are paying for the same geogra-
)hies. Governor Black answers that
he members OF the Textbook Com
mission were upright" and that he
couldn't remove them, anyway.
"Mr. Morrow doesn't do anything
out criticise. Anybody can criticise."
That is the burden of Governor
Blacks defense. But audiences ali
over Kentucky are evidencing their
thorough agreement with that criti-
cism.
Advice Might Aid Governor
IAN active correspondence with rel
atives and friends is not wise. You
may write one letter a day, II your
fever is not high, but II you wish
% write more, ask the doctor"
How unfortunate II is that DR..
Heizler's Health and Sanitation"
rom which the foregoing excerpt IL