The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-10-26
To The Public.
Dry RlpeE. Ky

Dry RIDGE, Ky.
I have been eensured by the Re.
publican party for the position 1
have taken against the Hon. Il, c.
Mcclure. Therefore wish to
briefly state to the public through
the columns OF the News, my reas-
ons for being so bitterly opposed to
Crooks as our next County Judge.
In the first place | will say that |
am Republican from tie ground
up, born and bred a Republican
and expect to rcmaina Republican.
And when Crooks made the race
for County Supt. of Schools | sup
ported him with all my might, wet
and dsy, day and night, and | know
we all remember how hard it rained
all day on Saturday and Saturday
night. and how high the water was
on Sunday before the first Mon
Iiay in Aug, 1886. remember it
well and Tor good reason, too, for |
was in the rain all day Saturday
and Saturday night. | swan the
creek on my horse from bank to
bank Sunday morning TO meet the
committee, and rode all day Sun.
day and was out all night Sunday
night before the election, and |
was at the polls early and late and
we elected Crooks "by the skin OF
the teeth" | was interested in
Crooks election from two motives
one was that he was big fine look
ing young Republican and We (the
Republican partly could not af-
ford to have him beaten on the
first race, for the party expected
by and by to make one Of the big
white kind" out of him. The 9th
or was that / was school teacher
at the time and reasonably expect
some little favor if there vas any
favor to be shown, and here is the
kind OF favor | received held an
honorable certificate to teach in
the common schools and he
! (Crooks) revoked it. | engaged
the school in my home district of
near 100 scholars(9S | believe)an
submitted to 0 new examination
ant board of examiners gave me
general average of75 per cent. and
Crooks would not issue me GER
tificate until otter the trustees had
employed another teacher in my
place, live 10 miles from Louisa
and | rode to town twice after the
examination and back, which made
a distance Of 40 miles, and | me:
Crooks ON the street in 40 steps OF
his office and asked him TO 60 to his
office and issue my. certificate and
he said Il have started TO my din
ner. You wait right here till Il
come back" | waited and waited
without dinner flor | had gone in
a hurry and expected to be back
soon and had taken no money! till
4 o'clock p. IN. before he came, and
| asked him to 90 and issue my
certificate and he said 81 have to
go to see a sick child at--Mc-
lClure's in w. Va, and | am already
late and | just can't" or course,
knowing him 10 be doctor(2 )and
the child sick, could not insist.
See how thin his oxcuse). He
said he would send it by mail and
| left him and came home IN very
bad humor. And when told the
trustees that | got no certificate
they employed Mr.. Lafayette Car
ter, to whom they had promised
the school in case failed to get
certificate. | have reasons Tor
believing That Crooks held my GER
tifcate with intention to favor LATE,
WHO'S a good Democrat, thinking
he would gain q Democratic vote
when he wanted Office again, and
! tie Lord knows he will need it
bad enough bu. he is like the dog
that was crossing the stream with
a bone in his mouth and and seeing
his shadow in the water and taking
it for another dog with bone in
his mouth made a grab e. it 10 get
both bones and lost the one he had /.
LATE says he will not vote for him,
and when he dropped me in the
stream to catch Lafe's vote the cur.
rent of resentment has drifted mo,
together with dozen Republican
votes, clear beyond his reach. But
to finish my tale. In about week
after lost my school Crooks sent
me a certificate through the mail
with my general average reduced
to Go per cent. Why he assumed
the authority to reduce my grade
from what the record shows has
been mystery. wore pair OF
"bran new" cottonade breeches to
1.-The examination and | attribute il
to that. However, sought anolh.
er school with the lowest possible
class of certificate that showed
nothing but Sd class, 65 per cent
general average; showed no pei