The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-24

but will include in his house cleaning
program at the capitol the removal OF
the entire State Board Of Penal and
Charitable Institutions, the discharge
Of the three attorneys employed by
Governor Stanley in the Bingham tax
case, and the refusal to appoint Rob-
ert l.. Greene, present State>Auditor
to a position on the State Tax Com.
mmission, according to a Frankfort
Democrat and supporter Of Governor
Black, who says that the information
came directly from him. According tC
his story, the Governor believes he
cannot remove the Text Book Com
mission for not following the law, be-
cause it had the right to interpret it
but that he has found cause for the re-
moval of the Prison Board in the &C.
tivities of two of the members.
A charge in the personnel of the
State Tax Commission is also immi-
nent, as the term of Ben D. Ringo, who
is serving out the unexpired term of
NJ. M. Logan, former chairman, will
expire next month. He will be re-
appointed for the term of four years,
according to the Stanley program, 1t
is said, but Auditor r. l.. Greene, who
was scheduled to resign and accept a
position on the commission July l, ac-
cording to we'll informed politicians
will be disappointed, it is said. VIII
Montgomery, Elizabethtown banker, is
tipped for appointment to the place
which will be vacant in another week.
The chairman, James A. Scott, was ap-
pointed as the Republican member OF
the commission, was reappointed by
Governor Stanley this year, and Is
now serving on a recess appointment,
so that Governor Black would have
the precedent of Governor Stanley for
removing him on the ground that he is
a defacto officer and has no appoint
ment. as it has not been confirmed by
the Senate.
Others in the same position are the
members of the Prison Board, said to
be slated for removal. They are Hen
nv Hines, Bowling Green, chairman;
F. Thomas, Herbert Carr, Fulton; For
rest Butts, Carrolton, and Judge Johh
A. Burton, Lebanon. No Senate has
been in session since their appoint
ment It was in making a place FOR
Mr.. Hatcher on the board that Cover
nor Stanley promulgated his unique
doctrine regarding unconfirmed ap-
pointments, when he succeeded IN re-
moving from the board Henry Law
renee, of Cadiz, on the ground that he
held office only at the pleasure OF the
governor.
The resignation of James Garne't'
one of the special attorneys IN the
Bingham tax case, is said to be al
ready in the hands of Governor Black
who is expected soon to indicate to the
other two, Hite Huffaker and Robert
G. Gordon, that theirs would be ae-
ceptable. =.
Governor Blacks 81. & n" letter is
still, claiming the attention of the
State papers, who have given up nope
that he will attempt to explain or JUS
tifv it. The Mt. Sterling Sentinel
Democrat goes so far as to call upon
the Governor to withdraw from MS
race for the nomination on that ac-
count, asking:
"Conceding the purity Of his motives
when he wrote the letter; conceding
that it was only an unfortunate eX-
preston; conceding that it was proper
for him while Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral to continue to represent the l.. &
N. in litigation entrusted to him before
he became Assistant Attorney General
can his warmest friend honestly say
that it does not seriously affect his
availability as the head OF our ticket
at time when we can afford to take
no chances?'
It calls upon every Democrat to
read the letter and decide whether IL
destroys or impairs the availability
of Black as a candidate, and says that
the Governor should be broughta to a
that his candidacy under
such a cloud is danger to his party
and to success in the State and nation
al elections.
In speaking of the Governors OPP
portunity for reforms, the Louisville
Post says: Governor Blacks future
Is in his own hands, and by an inexor-
able chain of events the opportunity
to do something for Kentucky that
will arouse this State from one end to
the other rests with the man who has
recently taken the oath as Governor
of Kentucky.'s'' There are number
of men now holding political offices in
the State who should be separated
from these Offices. There are old pol
icies that should be abandoned and
new policies that should be inaugur-
ated and penal and charitable institu-
tions that need the touch Of a new
hand. '''' The Governor should act
and act quickly"
Louisville and Jefferson county
Democrats who have been making des-