Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-05-27
PRAISE FOR BOGGS
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which to construct this primary
system of roads. They have
dore splendid work and are to
be congratulated for their won
derfui results they have obtain
ed.
''In 1921 when the decision
was handed down declaring ts.s
whisky tax unconstitutional, the
men in Kentucky who had been
following closely road building,
realized that with funds availat;c
it would take from twenty tc
twenty-five years to construct
that State system. Of course,
you understand that not all of
the 100000 was or is availabs
for road building, due to the fact
that under the state aid plan t :
state pledged itself to repay I"
the counties a certain portion d
cost of the, roads constructed az
had incurred a debt of approx
mately $2,50O,000, to be pa Il
back to thu counties, so again =
study was made of the situate
in other states. 1t was found
that the states that had cor
structed their state roads haG.
without exception, done SO by 4
state bond issue.
1T was determined. to submit
to the legislature of Kentucky :,
bond issue for roads. According
ly bill was prepared by the
best attorneys of the state, IN
connection with the best bond TT
torneys of New York and Cl.,-
cago. 1t was Immediately As
sailed on tie ground that it
would absolutely wreck the state
that taxes would be increased
and that the money would DC
stolen or wasted.
"There were two objections IL
the bill introduced that in my
opinion were good ones. Or
was that there was no guaran-
tee to any county that the roads
in that particular county would
ever be built. In order to meet
this it was provided Dv amend
ment to the bill that the NOR,
should be pro-rated among tx.
counties, one-tllird on popu!a
ton and one-third on mileage ::
and it was further provided that
these bonds were to be ten nil
lion dollars per year for 5 years,
THE objection was that if the
election was held in 1922 that the
present administration at Frank
fort could, if they desired, let
contracts for fifty million dcl-
lars worth of roads in 1923 ami
have the expenditure of pract.;,
ally tie entire proceeds of the
bond issue.
Il am not in favor Of letting
either political party spend an
road fund II Kentucky. We cai,-
not build democratic or repu5li
can roads but we must bui'i
roads Tor the whole people.
"What is needed in Kentucky
is not less politics, but cleaner
politics and less partisanship IN
banding the irnj, ortan+ aflrrs &
the state. What is needed Is
state 1nindedness in supc antine
party-mird2dness, narro .v-minG
edneSs and shallow-minIedness
"Of course | was gre4tly dis |
over TIE defeat of the
bond issue hut the pioneer work
had TO be done, and therefore,
while disappointed, we will ca
ry on the hght until all of the
vi tllS olIlN dl Z AOIlllAA
ed by hard surfaced roads.
'f"1 Jelievs that the bond issue
for roads will be the paramount
ssue in the campaign of 1928 and'|
| am firmly convinced that the
party that dominates for its can
flidate a man who will go before
the people of the state and adj
bond issue for roads
will be overwhelmingly elected
Governor in 1923, and it. is going
to be Fart Of my business to see
to it that men are nominated for
The legislature who will agree tol
submit the bond issue to the
vote of the people. Of course,
you realize that the legislature
can only submit the bond issue
to the people for its ratification
DR. rejection and no one should |