Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-02
ISOLONS PLAN Big
CUTS IN EXPENSES
Managements of Prisons and
Asylums Say They Are
ALARMED" at Proposition
CBy Associated Prcss)


ment through pairing down Of
appropriations OF institutions,
departments and boards which
receive large funds will be at
tempted by coterie OF members
of the Kentucky House OF Rep
resentatiyes when the state bud
get bills are taken up again, it is
announced. The budget bills
have been made a special order
for Friday. March ;.
The. House considered the
budget bills for two days as
committee of the whole. They
had not finished the first bill, the
largest OF the two. when it was
decided to lay the budget aside
and attempt to get all democra-
tic party measures available thrr
the House and into the Senate
in order that they might be pass
ell by the end Of the week,
During consideration Of the.
first budget bill determined ef-
fort was maze TO prevent increaS
ing the appropriation OF the
State Board of Charities and Cor
rections. which. with its receipts
from the penal and other institu-
tions had approximately two mil
lion dollars to spend each year.
during the past TO years. The
budget commission composed of
the Governor. Attorney General
and the chairman Of the Stat,
lax Commission. had cut the ap-I
preparation for this department
to Sl.25O.OOO plus receipts c>ti-I
mated at approximately S4OO.O00I
a year. This would be approXi-
matelv 100000 cut into the ap-
preparation Of the board from
that OF the previous year. 1t
was found after the report hal
been made that items totalline
100000 had been orcflo, Lc,
and the governor wrote to men
bers OF the legislature aSkinEI
this be added. The members 'oi
The board also wrote to the leg
islature asking at least thi, much
and explaining how the institu-
tiouS would be affected.
The board, however. Is un-
popular with some member, of I
Inc legislature and bccausc OF .
the troubles at the Frankfort .
prison during the early part ot.
the past eighteen HIouthS has
lccu under fire. An investigation
.umlnittcc has S:bccu Quizzin@ Of B
icials Of the board at intervals
Tor the past month.
When the appropriation was
brought up in the House an
was offered by Rep
esentative Arch Hamilton To in
.rease the appropriation $500
100. This brought forth an at
ack on the board by Rcpresen-
alive g.. l.. Drurv. spokesman
or the investigating committee.
nd number cf other opponents
# the board an the extra appro-
,iiation was voted down.
After the House had adjourn
d last Friday. W. u. Wheeler. %
Warren county. an admitted can
idate for Auditor of Public Ac-
cunts. called a meeting OF dem
crats at local hotel and an
ounced that he would reopen
he fight on the Board OF Chari-'
les and Corrections in an effort
, cut its appropriation further.
Ie also announced that he pro-
ably would attempt to have the
ppropriation for the University ,
{ Kentucky at Lexington cut /
eavily and the Tax Commission
mt from $4,000 TO $4,000. :
The budget commission. in
laking up its report to the legis-
lture, from which the budget ,
ills were drawn. cut the funds !
f the University $4,000. and
ne Tax Commission $1,000. {
his. according to officials, is the +,
NIT these institutions can stand, :
nd still be kept in operation 7
The statement OF Mr.. Wheeleri
egarding his intentions has cauS
hackers of the assailed insti- v
itions TO prepare to counteract a
lie move. University hackers A
/ the House have been lining up :
ieir support to defeat the move t
nd add %5.0C0 to the building K
ind while Chairman +. 5. Tao e
All of the State Board of Chari- @
es and Corrections. stated to ;
ewspapermen that the attitude Il
Mr.. Wheeler was alarming" '
lie said he did not see how the ?
-ork OF the board could be pro- Il
erly done on the sum allowed. Il
What steps would be taken to l.
eep within the budget OF the b