The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1899-10-27
Who Hit Mr.. "WringO."

Uuder the head 81 Honest ELECTIONS
Mr.. Ben D. Ringo. Secretary County
Board Of Election Commissioners
rushes frantically into print in the
Hartford Herald this week and at
tcmpts to defend the Goebel Election
Law, with all OF its viciousuess, and
makes some strong assertions against
some honest people Of Ohio county,
which are unbecoming a christian
gentleman, smscks very strong after
Goebelism, in all of its pernieious
forms. He says:
1.-THE people have been told that
Mr.. Goe5el has had an election com.
mission appointed to count him in
and others out, &c" and then goes on
and refers to sections OF the law and
in his quotation he is as far off as he
was in drawing his notice OF contest
against Circuit Clerk Anderson In
1897. The Senate Journal In report
ing the Goebel Election Law says the
decision OF the Board OF Contest shall
be final and conclusive Do you deny
this? Can you account for the change
after the bill had been enrolled? And
the next section OF the bill says that
County Boards shall have like powers
as those mentioned in the foregoing
sections, which means in county con.
tests the decision of the County Board
shall he final. What say you to this,
brother Am misquoting it or have
you "gone wrong" as usual. Maybe
Brer Ringo is in the same condition
that he was in 1896. making speeches
in one county advocating one thing
and lending his influence in another
county advocating another thing.
He prates and bowls about his hon
esty in appointing officers in this
county, and all because he has done
his duty. We have always said we
would have a fair election in this
county as we have always had. Mr.
Ringo to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, because a Democratic court said
so. But how have the Republicans
Jared in other counties. Look at
Fayette county. franklin county,
the home of South Trimble, who said
1--WE must have unreliable Republican
officers, "and asked his friend toTesigu
from the election board. Look at Bar
rem county. and see how things are
conducted there; you can see from the
following dispatch:
Glasgow, KY. Oct % The elecs
ton commissioners for this county
had their final meeting here to day to
select precinct election officers. The
Republican election commissioner says
his recommendation were almost al
together ignored He first submitted
a list oi names OF Republicans, only
about FIVE OF which we're accepted by
the two Goebelite commissioners He
then submitted a list OF true Demo-
Gratis and Gotbelites and only one OF
them was accepted.
THE Goebelite commissioners did
not tail by any means to exercise the
power OF discretion granted them nm
der tie Goebel election law, that Is for
the Goebelites to say who are Repub
Leans and who are not, and yet one OF
these very men was claiming a few
day. ago that the Goebel law was just
as fair as the Ohio law. Some OF the
Republicans who were named are too
old to make good election officers
How's this for a sample Of the fairs
ness OF your laUl Do you endorse IN
Would you favor such law In the
hands Of the Republican partyl Nay
veril, There Is something radically
wrong with a law when Eve political
parties out OF six condemn 1t in their
platform and only one party endorses
II, and then the author steals the
nomination OF his party ard walks of
as a candidate for Governor. Do you
endorse this actiorl
Il Is a we'll known fact that the Re-
publieans only have one representative
ON the election boards in the counties
Of Kentucky and IN some counties
have no repress NATIVE at all. II you
war ted to be fair about this matter,
Why didn't you make an equal divis
ION in each county or give the Repub-
licaus a maj ,riiy IN one-halfthe eoun'
ties Away with your halfshearted
cry OF fairness while your man for
Governor Is sporting his diamonds
and paTading Kentucky saying the
Democrats will be there 10 do the
counting"
Again In Madison county We call
your attention TO the division Of Off
Gers. as follows;
Richmond. KY, Oct. Alt Is the