The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-27

nominee for secretary OF state, will
speak in Paducah Wednesday night,
and people of all political parties are
anxiously awaiting the arrival Of the
man who oornered Governor Beckham
on the Sam CLARK pardon graft.
Mr.. Speight is Just out in some ad-
ditionai questions propounded to Gov
ernor Beckhsm and Mr.. 8. A Norman
the latter Of Msyneld. While in
Louisville Sunday he said in answer
to Herald reporters question II he
had anything to say about Governor
Beckham's treatment of his charges
concerning the release Of Sam CLARK
from the penitentiary in return for
contributions to the campaign fund:
Eyes, saw the governors attempt
cd denial several days after he made
it, I was ct the time In the extreme
eastern part of the Eleventh dissrict.
and had no opportunity to make reply
through the press. Bot I did give as-
tention to Il in speeches. I had been
waiting for . month to hear what the
governor had to say about that trans.
action, and 1t seems to me his ct
tempted denial comes rather late.
az am entirely indifferent ~ to what
the governor may think or say Of me
personally. He 10 more successful In
vituperasion than in refusing the
truth of the charge. He says each .
charge could onl, emanate from . per-
son like me. But, O. . matter Of fact,
the charge did not emanase from me,
and he has denied something entirely
different from the charge made"
while you are on the subject,
continued Mr.. Speighs. II will write
you out some questions that you may
ask the governor for me-"
Mr.. spe,sht then wrote out the fol-
lowing:
81. Did you, governor. have q con-
versation with &. A. Norman. in the
city Of May field. while you were
cand idate before the Democratic pri.
mary last spring, and claim hts sup
port on the ground that yon had been
instrumental In securing Clark's re-
lease from the penitentsiry And did
not Norman claim in that souversa-
,ion that you had agreed TO pardon
Clark And did you not say to him
that you never agreed to pardon CLARK,
but had agreed to get him out and
then said to Norman. He 10 out, isn't
he?'
"2. Did you LOT, in 1900, say to
Norman that o certain party or parties
had authority To represent you In the
matter Of promisssisg Clark's release p?
81 also ask g. A. Norman II he did
nss pay 900 into tie Democratic cam
paign fund OF 1900 on the assurance
frSm q party, or parties, claiming to
represent Governor Beckhsm, that
Olark would be pardened; and did not
the governor tell them such party or
payties had authority to represent him
in that matter?
"Did not Governor Beckham claim
yoar support in the Democratic pri-
mary last spring on the ground that
he had been instrumental in securing
C,ark's release?"
"NOw," continued Mr. Speight,
''As to, the governors charge that
have changed my party utilization.
that is a matter entirely foreign to the
quest ion at issue. I was not for free
silver in 1895 ana 1895. and frankly
said so. The voters in the district
rep resented were not deceived by my
act ION.
Governor Beokham pretended to be
for free silver and Mr.. Bryan, while
hO believed such profession would help
him politically. But now we find
b i'm throwing Mr.. Bryan overheard,
and he will not SO much a. mention
the distinguished Nebraskan in his
speeches or allow him to come into
the state to make speech during this
campaign. The governor Is training
with the men who in 1898 denounced
Mr.. Brsyn az . fater and an anarchist.
1T 10 true I have not lived as Il ng
in one place, perhaps. a. the governor
mas. but it 10 also true that, wish all
my moving. have never been found
in possession Of an office that didn't
belong to me-"
DEEDS.
r. 7. Lightfoot and wife deed to