The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-10-17
POLITICAL NEWS
in STATE RACE

In regard to Morrow's blanket charg-
ee OF graft at Frankfort Governor
Black made this fair propositions:
IL ask him to tell the people of Ken
lucky who Is a CRATER at Frankfort
| The man who makes such charges
ought to know who the guilty men are.
say to Mr.. Morrow that IL he will
start an investigation of any mans
conduct, the grand juries and petit
juries are ready to do their duty, and
as long as am governor no state Of
fetal fairly convicted viii be pardon
ed by me.
Again Governor Black challenged
Morrow to tell whether he opposed the
ratification of the peace treaty and the
League OF Nations"
Gov. Black says:-"Mr. Morrow says
there are 314 names on the state pay
roll that ought not to be there. II that
Is true, those employees should be done
away with. / am entitled to know,
and you taxpayers are entitled to know
who these s14 are. Mr.. Morrow, II you
can't name them all. give us the names
Of dozen Of them"
The statement OF Increased expen-
ditures by the last Democratic admin
istration, compared with Wilson's, is
intended to fool the voters. II does
not explain that a State aid road law
was passed by the Legislature Just af-
ter Wilson'S torn closed and that
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars have
been properly spent on the roads. II
doesn't explain that departments abb
solutely necessary to Kentucky's de-
velopment have been established and
no Republican administration would
dare abolish them. It doesn't explain
that the cost OF supplies In every de-
partment has doubled. just the same
as supplies used in the homo and in
every line of business, because of the
war.
The Gus Wilson administration
spent more than the Beckham admin
istration. or the Bradley regime, or any
other administration previous TO that
The State Is making some progress all
the time and unless we want to drop
entirely behind the procession we must
expect expenses to increase. There
should be no graft-and nobody In
pointing out any. The practice of
hinhihB BohoioA ShaA 6oo Va ehiS Aiuu 10
as old as the game of politics. Ken
lucky has an Office of State Examin-
er and Inspector, filled during the past
eight years by high class men. They
work continuously examining all de-
partments and looking for graft and
They work under oath
and heavy bond. II is almost impos-
sible to put anything over on them. So
it will be found that charges OF graft
are not worth listening to.
A. T Hert elected Republican set
OF officials in Louisville less than two
years ago and Is the boss of the city
His administration is costing the tax
payers 100000 more this year than the
year 1917 cost under the Democratic
administration. Mr.. Ballard. the mil
lionaire partner OF millionaire Hert,
nd candida.e for Lieutenant Cover
nor on the Republican ticket, has been
charging Kentuoby people s1.10 moro
per barrel for -four than he charged
for the same kind in Louisiana and
paid the freight all the way down there
Some toll II these twins get to be
the bosses OF Kentucky do you believe
they will worry about the interests OF
the great common people of Kentuc-
ky? Their millions attest that they
have taken heavy toll along their ca
reers.
by THE COMMITTEE.