The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-07-31
To the Voters Of Ohio County.

sion. Oh, We generation of Vipers.
To the Voters Of Ohio County.
Since becoming candidate for the
Legislature, have RETAINED from the
Use of cards, circulars, and everything
of the kind, as electioneering engines :;
and have not even caused to be put in
the county papers, one article or card.
| have gone with my competitions
among the people and have attempted
to discuss the ISSUES of the day, with
fairness and courtesy, never for once at
lacking the records of either gentlemen,
unless in self-defense. The Ohio COun-
ty Netcs has been throwing its slurs and
slang at me all through the canvass, and
even before | was the Democratic NOM
nee, to which have paid no attention,
except simply to refer to the epithets
and pet names which have been at
tached to my name, in some of my
speeches. But it reserved its charges
for the last issue of the paper. and then
even held back the paper i'm the office
until the time before the election Wa
too short for refutations to he circu-
lated, which shows tiuud and tdlsehOod
on its face.
Now, fellow-citizens, submit to the
good sense and fairness of all, the propo-
sition, that this holding hack of the is
sue of the paper upon the eve of the
election, is II sufficient refutation of the
whole.
pronounce those charges false, i'm let
ter and in spirit.
l. I'm the first place, he says | voted
800 to Tom Petit for one days SER
vices. The facts are these In cOnse-
quence of the death of the Clerk, and
under the law, Tom Petit was the only
man authorized to organize the Lower
House, and he was busy at Washington
engaged ~ Reading Clerk in Congress,
and had to leave his position and come
to Frankfort and remain several days
And every thinking man knows that
his lawful mileage would have amount
ell to more than 800 from Washington
to Frankfort and return.
He says voted for three daily news
papers for each member. This is false
On the other hand, voted emphatical-
ly against them.
He says | voted for Leslie and then
was for Williams, but McHenry got me
into convention. This is too con-
temptible for notice. will say, how
ever, that | voted for Leslie, and every
man who knew anything about it,
knows | never was for Williams. AZ
for McHenry getting me into conven-
ton, | presume the people of this coun-
ty know Mr. McHenry too well to pay
attention to such contemplate insinu-
atoms. He had nothing to do in get
ting me into II convention. There
were no members outside of the con-
vcntion except about IL Republicans.
Gen. Williams himself, was i'm the con-
vention.
Again, he says | voted 81 800 for II
monument to our Ex-Governor. Gen
tlemen, you know that from the organ
ization of the State, it has been the GUS
tom to appropriate n reasonable amount
to build monuments over the graves of
the dead Governors of the State; and
certainly this vote of mine was not
more Objectionable than the one of DIR.
Meador, for 5000 for II monument to
an ex-Confederate General, who had
not been Governor; see page 762,
House Journal of 1873. We also find
that Feland and other Republicans
voted $4,000 for the same purpose.
He says voted 81 20 per day, for
pages. This was to decrease from s. to
81 80. Another artful insinuation to
mislead the people.
He says / voted 500 to n Democrat,
for cOntesting seat in the Legislature.