The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1901-05-03

sssssals -4.sss % s-s u i-t-l - ssi1sil
usei % more y.opular eandida;e-one sho-e
r.-ord ras not tsini~d siih The 'topsiiss'
-. Sn,hou. u b. = matter e iari that HE
r.iaarai rus sttemYtsd Tbs RePuhbosn
Manager sssusd a. tank that IN fhi- puy
ih.r oould Jlsaafe the INDIGNANT voter auo
uats amends for The outraE-ous top-lins
game several prominent Republicans q
Hartford ~.re approached on The suhlsst by
emmi-sarss- q The Court House Ring and
asked shat thsy thought q the removal q
NJ. Eosers one q ths-e seutlsmeu, 10 rslai-
ar n. erpsrienoe 70 . party q irieuds. -aid
BE- tod he qusstioBsr that - for him-sii. BE-
didn't carr o0rtin-ntal Whistler NJ. Rogsrs
uss taken Or or lefi On The traek-shat BE-
didnr sEs-sci 10 rsts the ,oT-lins iieksi. any
hop.
The mattsr va uldiv broached 20 Nr.
RoEers and il i sid h. took the proposition
With a. air O. oenancs and wrath. 10 hot
language b. told his rouid-bs remover that
b. ~as in the rsoe 20 stay and uoulA DOT
withdrar In favor Of anybody. He seamed
20 b. vsry inoepen6eni and wa quite surs
that the -top-iins' would in no sl-s iuterisrs
uiib he slsction. Tbs Democrats almost
h.id Their breath. They were fearful ls<t the
EepubIioaB bos-ss should suoos-d in getting
NJ RoEsrs to withdraw. The instiEat0rs q
this morsrBent. however. finally gave ~ their
undertaking.. evidently resolved 10 make the
tss, q bed STATE q sssirs and try 10 yin.
although heavily Handicapped BY The odium
81 the top-line.
Every true Republican in Hartford
and in Ohio county knows that The
shove is malicious lie OF "a. G.
Benton" origin. No Republican ever
asked or suggested TO Mr.. Rogers that
he withdraw from the race. The re-
novel Of Mr.. Rogers was never die
rnssed by the Republicans and wai
never heard OF until Mr. Matthews,
lbe author of "a. G. Benton" sug-
gested il in ihe Herald. DEMOCRATS
ALNOsT HELD THEIR BREATH. THEY
WE'RE FEARFUL LEST TIE REPUBLIcAR
bosses SHOULD SUCCEED IN GETIISG
Mr.. ROGERS TO WITHDRAW" This l.
What" Benton" says about it after Mr..
Rogers Is the nominee Of the party.
But this was not said IN good faith
BE knows that il il q islsebood, and
knew it when be told it. Before the
primary election every partizan Dem
ocrat fought Mr.. Rogers. They
talked about him, worked against
him on the day Of The election. The
Heralds SCRIBE was not satisfed
vi b msligniDg the character and
standing Of Mr.. Rogers over the name
Of Heber MATHEWS, be thought that
some thing else might be aid or done
that would be very damaging TO The
man be hated, hence be formed e
rabkliDg coalition. with the imsginA-
~ "a. g. Benton and one ". II.
Holt, to sttsck the character Of Mr..
Rogers from the retreat, which "A.
G. Benton offered In the name Of
this Hypothetical creature they con-
jointly brought personal charges
against this young mans character,
charges which were calculated 10 do
him incslculable injury, charges, If
true, would have defeated and blasted
his h'pes; charges, which tbese men
refused to subscribe their names 70,
and signed that Of "a. G. BebioB, E
man whom God bAs never created
TIE position assumed, by the lead
ere # the Democratic psTiY, in the
Republican primary against The nom
insiioD Of NJ. Rogers and The eeospi-
rscy Of Matthews and Holt 10 black
sn toe character Of this young mar
aud defeat him, as they hoped 10 do,
brands every inference Of the above
article as false. The sctiOns Of TIE
Heoid and the parry II speaks for, DO
not warrant any Of the assertions
above quoted.