The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-04-17

Gu 10 vote the uSmOCrdJIC UlCK6L DuL
once in his life. and that was in 1897.
when he said he was too i'll to go to
the polls" A few days afterward he
was confronted with the record,
which showed beyond contradiction
that he had voted in that year (1S9O
and that stub No. Il on the poll-book
in his precinct proved that he had
voted. Now, how did he vote? II he
voted in accordance with the prin-
ciples he announced in these resolu-
lions which he wrote,-and any one
would suppose he did,-then he voted
for Hindman, and is now trying to
practice a deception upon the people
Of Kentucky when he says he never
scratched a democratic ticket" If he
voted for the democratic nominee.
then he was guilty Of gross hypocrisy
in writing those resolutions, denounc-
ing in bitter terms the democratic or
ganization, just as he Is now denounc-
ing the same organization. Which
horn of the dilemma will Mr.. Hendrick
take? He is compelled to choose be-
tween them, for even the benevolence
of the secret ballot can not protect
him from his predicament. II he voted
for Mr. Hindman. and If he voted as
he now talks and writes, he voted for
the democratic nominee What O. won.
derful invention the secret ballot is!
The genius which conceived its beau
ties and projections must have had in
mind Mr.. Hendrick, and was trying to
relieve him, II possible, from the ea-
barrassment of some OF his political
Contortions.
do not like to open the skeleton
closet Of this political acrobat any
further, but as he is now going about
the state seeking to take from me that
which value above everything else,-
my good name,-I must proceed in
showing the people what manner of
man he is, and how little credit he is
entitled to when he attempts to de-
fame honest men. He has written a
letter and sent it broadcast over the
state, saying that he was my attorney
during the contest here three years
ago, and that he acted without fee or
reward from me. The statement is
very unfair. Mr.. Hendrick was not
my attorney. My attorneys were Nc
Quown and Bradburn, Of Bowling
Green, and Mr.. Maxwell, Of Cincin-
natl. I paid them for their services.
Mr.. Hendrick was employed by the
candidates for the minor offices, and
he was paid for his few weeks serv-
ices during that time about which he
now talks so much, the substantial
fee Of $4,000. He now tries to make 1t
appear that his services then were
purely "disinterested and unrenumer-
ated." But he was well paid for all
he did by this sum. l have gone into
these matters solely for the purpose
Of showing the methods he has used
in attacking me everywhere he has
been.
l am not criticising those who saw
1T to leave our party in 1896 and in
subsequent years. l know that many
good men left us in those years, be-
cause they did not agree with US upon
some matters OF party policy Most
Of those who left then have come
back, and no one extends to them a
more cordial hand than do upon their
return to the party ranks. am glad
to see them with us again, and I
cheerfully accord to them sincere re-
spect for the honesty Of their views.
But I do criticise those who seek to
deny their position then, and now ask
for the highest honors within the gift
Of the party
While my opponents have been out
abusing me, I have been faithfully at
tending to the duties of my Office, and
since they began their attacks upon
me l have succeeded in having paid
into the state treasury 1888, 1895,
NOllORfn6 al
ment upon claims arising from money
furnished by the state to the govern
ment Of the United States during the
civil war. Within the last two weeks,
we have used some of that money in
paying off the state debt and burning
up its bonds. Our debt when I came
into Office was $1,000, 600. We have
already paid off S954,00O, leaving a
debt of only $4,000 which will soon
be paid off with some of the same
money, and still leave us out of the
fund about 100000 My work in the
matter has been one of the reasons
why I have not been able to meet my
worthy opponents on the stump, and
explains why I could not show a more
active interest in my campaign.
Some complaint has been made
about the fee paid the state agent,
Capt. Calhoun, for the collection of
these claims. No such complaint
would ever be heard Of if it was not
for the fact that l am candidate,
and political capital is sought to be
made out Of 1t. My enemies do not
want me to have the slightest credit
for this collection, although no at
tempt had been made to collect it in
rs years, until l undertook it. They
say it was only a piece of clerical
work, and any OF our representatives
in congress could have gotten It. Mr..
Hendrick was in congress two years
from the First district of Kentucky.
Why didn't he collect it while he was
in Washington? Or, at least. why
didn't he tell something about 1t. so
that others could undertake It? The
claim was due while he was there. He
criticises Capt Calhoun's fee, and yet
it Is matter of fact which he can not
dispute that Kentucky has collected
this vast sum from the government at
less cost than ever paid by any state
for ot10h Iaiy Nork P0~