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
done splendid work and are tc
be congratulated for their won
derful results they have obtain
ed.
Gin 1921 when the decision
was handed down declaring TIL
whisky tax unconstitutional, the
! men in Kentucky who had been
| following closely road building,
realized that with funds availaL;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 availabls
for road building, due to the fact
that under the state aid plan t :
state pledged itself to repay 70
the counties a certain portion d
cost of the roads constructed al
| had incurred a debt of approx
mately $2,50O,0O0, to be pa i
/ back to thu counties, so again =
study was made of the situate )
in other states. 1t was fouHh
that the states that had cor
structed their state roads had.
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 a bill was prepared by the
best attorneys of the state, IN
connection with the best bond IT.
torneys of New York and CI.l-
cago. 1t was Immediately As,
sailed on the 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 i"
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 BY amend
ment to the bill that the mor*;;'
should be pro-rated among the
counties, one-tllird on popula-
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 year,'
THE objection was that if the
election was held in 1922 that the
present administration at Frank
fort could, if they desired, lei
contracts for fifty million del
lars worth of roads in 1923 ami
have the expenditure of practc-
ally tie entire proceeds of the
bond issue.
II am not in favor of letting
either political party spend an
road fund If Kentucky. We cant
not build democratic or repu1li-
can roads but we must bull
roads Tor the whole people.
What is needed in Kentucky
is not less politics, but cleaner
politics and less partisans'.ip IN
handing the i'm ortan+ aillta 4
the state. What is needed Is
state lnindedness in supc antirc
party-mind2dness, narro v-mind
edneSs and shallow-minIedness
"Of course [ was greltly 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 t,ght until all of the
counties of the state are Connect-
ed by hard surfaced roads.
: 81 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 eau
didate a man who will go before
the people of the state and adj
vocate bond issue for roads
will be overwhelmingly elected
Governor in 1923, and ii. is going
TO be Fart of my business to see
to it that men are nominated foc
the legislature who will agree to
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
or rejection. and no one should
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