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

equaled since the desperate and SLAM
derous campaign waged upon my la
mented predecessor. William Goebol,
who was charged at times even with
the crime Of beating his wife! l
have not myself escaped calumny and
Misrepresentation from disappointed
Ofhce-seekers, from disappointed par
dOn-brokers, and from those grafters
who met with no cheer in my office,
and whose presence in politics Is for
the purpose OF plundering a campaign
fund or sandbagging a corporation I'M
der some threat Of legislative or fran
chise-tax punishment. They could not
control me, and they are therefore
fighting me with a malevolence born
of hate and despair.
l have no word Of criticism for the
majority Of those who oppose my
nomination. If they doubt the wisdom
of my election l accord to them every
possible respect for their views, and
/ know that just as great many good
democrats three years ago honestly
and sincerely thought it best not to
nominate me then, so there are some
good democrats who now oppose my
candidacy. l have no quarrel with
them, and / would not for any consid-
GRAFTON utter a harsh word against
them. have respect for the man who
honestly differs from me, and all
ask is that he accord me the same re-
spect
have always had feelings Of kind
ness and friendship for my two op-
ponents-Judge Breckenridge and Mr.
Hendrick. For Judge Breckenridge
must say, that while he seems to have
Joined in with my other opponent In
the general fight on me. his campaign
so far has been dignifed and courteous
towards me, and that he has refrained
from any cowardly personal attacks
upon me or upon my administration.
! have no word OF criticism against
him whatever, except that must say
do not think the Judge seriously
wants the Office of governor, except to
put himself in line for higher honors
II he should be nominated and elected
governor, he would let some fellow
come along and take the office away
from him and then run as a martyr
candidate for the presidency Of the
United States.
Mr.. Hendrick has made personal
attacks upon me, which I shall not
let pass without showing that he has
grossly misreprese nted me. and shown
a reckless disregard for the truth I'M
worthy Of any man who aspires to a
public office. 1t has been my desire
to let him make his race on his
own merits, without ever making
the slightest attack on him, but
as he has seen fit to pitch his cam
paign on the one issue Of abusing me,
and has sought by various statements
and insinuatiOns to reflect upon my
honor, | propose to lift him up before
the eyes of the people of Kentucky,
that they may have good look at him
and see if they think he is the man
to be trusted with the banner of
democracy in the coming state cam
paign:
From the character of the speeches
Mr. Hendrick Is making, 1t is evident
that he has not the slightest hope of
winning the nomination, and it is evil
dent that it is his purpose to bolt the
partys ticket just as he has done before
Beginning in 1894, he served one term
IN congress from the First district,
and he was Overwhelmingly defeated
for denomination in democratic pri-
mary, in 1895, by Hon. Charles K
Wheeler. He refused to make any
speeches for the ticket or his success
ful opponent, and II he supported the
democratic ticket at all that year he
is the only living man who knows It,
for no word Of aid or comfort ever
came from his mouth In that cam
paign, and his vote was protected by
the sanctity Of the secret ballot. In
the following year (18s7) he bolted
the ticket openly, and was the leader
in his (Livingston) county convention,
which selected delegates to the state
convention at Louisville to nominate
q candidate for clerk of the court Of
appeals, against the regular democrat
ic nominee for that Office. Mr.. Hen
drick was made a delegate to that con-
vention. In his county convention he
was the chairman of the committee on
resolutions, and drew up those reso-
buttons himself. Let us see what he
said of the democratic party. Here
is one Of them, written by Mr.. Hen
drick. 1t is not necessary to give
them all:
Resolved. That we unqualifiedly
condemn the Chicago platform and the
resolutions Of the so-called democrat
ic state convention held at Frankfort
IN 1897 as being un-demOcratic, re-
voluntary and inimical to the inter-
est of the American people, and
fraught with evil to the principles Of
republican government, and as being
promulgated by designing men for the
purpose of securing the spoils of Of
fee without regard to the rights and
interest OF the people.
Resolved, That we reindorse the In
dianapolis platform of 1896 and point
to it as the only refuge Of patriotic
men who desire the welfare Of our
common country"
Notwithstanding he admitted having
written these resolutions and having
been selected delegate to the Hind
nan convention, he made the state
ment in his speech at Georgetown .
-. .1see aao that he had Reyar fail