Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-11-02
A STATEMENT BY
some CITIZENS

In a recent article in the Rich
mond Daily Register it was
made to appear that those who
compose the new ticket for the
! Board of Education. namely: !
Hale Dean, Miss Lucia Burnam,
w. S. Broaddus and Henry Cos
by were not candidates for
places on the Board, but had
been urged to allow their names
to be used, and had put them
selves in the hands Of their
friends, while at the same time
It was made to appear THAI
those who compose the old tick
ct, viz: John holland, J. c. Che
vault. D. B. Mckinney and Mrs.
Ada Dunn, were open, ,avowe !!
and aggressive candidates for re-
election. Here are the facts
The petition q the new ticket
has s;xty-four names eli it.
while that of the old ticket has
207. This means that O. people
have petitioned the new ticket
to run, while 207 people have
petitioned the old ticket to run.
The present members OF the
Board. whose terms expire, are
not candidates for reelection in
the sense that they are seeking
a job. They preferred to with
draw and have others accept the
responsibility for administering
the business of the City Schools
But they have passed through
during the last two years the
most trying, the most taxing
and the most challenging period
in the history of our schools.
A great calamity. in the form OF
a fire, which completely destroy
ed the Caldwell Building, opened
up the question Of the location
and knt of tie new plant. L
took great courage to do what
they conscientouSly thought was
the right thing to do, because it
involved the expenditure OF
more money than other propos-
ed plans. Yet, they had a vision
that what they had done was
the only wise thing TO do-that
it would mean much more for
Richtnond's children than any
thing else they could do. They
pursued that vision until now it
is nearly a completed program.
1t can be seen on the Madison
Hell by any citizen and inspect
ed at any time. 1t is the con
crete evidence Of where the mo-
ney las gone. The citizens are
invited to visit it and pass judg-
ment upon its beauty, its utility
and its cost. The contract price
was $99,450.OO. Does the City
get its moneys worth? It isl
rot the role of men to retire
under fire. The old ticket de-
sires, before it retires from pub
lie Sevice, to have the endorse
ment of its fellow-men. The
members of the old ticket will
not take the field in any rabble-
rousing campaign. The evidence
Of their works is about them.
They shall regard the election
as a silent referendum on the.r
actions and policies.
The new ticket announces on
4 platform OF economy. We want
to ask on what can it econo-
inize? The building is built !
The extras have been adjusted (
The addition to the colored +
school will be completed before
he new ticket can come into Of
ice. The contracts for the fur
liture and equipment have been
ct. Where is there any oppor-
unity for economy? We can see
none, unless it is in teachers
salaries. The salaries Of Rich
nond's teachers are already be-
ow the average for the blue
grass cities. OF course, it will
DC able to lower taxes. But, .
would not any Board be able to
substantially reduce the school
AK This seems self-evident,
IS the materials for which the
leavy tax was levied have been
purchased and paid for. No
3oard will deserve any credit,
N the basis of economy, for
owerirg taxes next year, be-
:ause the needs of the schools,
which created the high tax, will
ave been supplied. +
Much has been said about the .
'roken promise of the present
BOARD not to raise the school