The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-30
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wa te s1 1Iintess--.l y spa teh., ~
2e The co!,-5
now held sby
James b. cCrcary has inde rsoile,
very considerable change within the last
few days. When Governor
,nounccd his candidacy. after la wing Sc Sc.
cured The Calling Of the primary 70 select
the Democratic nominees s. he seemed to
Ihayo decidedly the betterBo Of the 81 tuat lon.
He had the prestige Of being the head oti
thu party organization and llayl 10 only
recently defeated Senator blackburn With
Judge SPnytlters as Ills candid ate. " "a
The cal ling Of the prin,ai'y2at ~ aifle
time as the stonal elec ~ = g
vernber,s a year In nd yar nee Of the elec-
tionf Of ID con PIE TEL Sta to ticket and the
Legislature that will elect d Senator
was an unusual proc eding which WAS
generally sregardcd Z ms "A a AZ mo vcment IN
the interest OF Becliham' s candid Tor e
Senator, and tile b eckhnnl slate for the
various State officers from e8 Governor
the Governor ana his friends seemed to
be united In the control of the party
sorganiza ton. and harmonious In their
r,s for the conduct Of the carnDni gn.5IE
Row in Beckham Camp.
I'll Differences have arisen IN the dis tril'll--
ton the state officers Three MEMBERS
Of the present admir- strntion re * an :,
ming for the inrportnntsso Office a OF Sta to
Auditor and two are candi dat esi for tho
8office| 81 Secretary Of State. The present
Auditor s. w. " E1ager, ) IS a candidate for8
Governor, and at the ginning Of the !
contest was regarded as on the admin Ms.
Stration slate The opposition candidate Ats
Attorney General II lays, who has anita go-S
Erized the admin STRAIT ions during prac IL
{cally @all Ibis term In office. Two 10 the
tnen who are supposed to be- fe mac Inc
candidates, flag 1or. Cove OF, and
Hines for Audit tor, claim to hay SNyo n the
party committees from th eli. allegi'ance
to the Governor, and their friends NO w
assert that they. ra Their than the Gov
$ernor are the bosses Of the s to teg m AZ
chine. This row In rs the ccl1,laim Icamnk
naturally tends to encourage the d friends
OF Senator q Creary, and & the an ti-InR-,
chine sentiment which has not been e q N
gfessive sheret ofore, seems to be ga1ther-
3int, force In practical Ny every county,
Ken tue l1y .3s 3 3s x &
IN The CrearY{ sup porters have eft ectetl
an organization with an executive conf
mittee, with a Representatives. from II each
congressional y district in the y State, and
an aggressive campaign against the ma
chine has been planne d. TT he \ McCreary
Organization will support II for g oy v;
ernor,2 and Il the Attorney Gene raj is g -i
ready on the stump, speaking to 81 some
court day crowd every week: He Is lvso r--s
iously aasailing the record OF the Beck
ham adkninistra ion, and appealing TO tho:
people to break the power /, Of the ma a
schine by. defeating tn entire ma chine
sla te. & The Cove rnor, Il pdeavoring toS
enforce the Sunday losing law In III Cow
la
antagontsm OF the mon who control the
party In those cities It! seems to be
conceded now that Louisville will cast
her vote IN n the y Urinary for McC reary.s
Besides the Imposition Of the retail a quorS
trade the, Govern or n is also opposed by
the big rectir ers because OF the legislit--
tion taxing rectified whiskey. sa55 sS3
n Persons we'll Informed as to the sitlia-l
ton In Covington say that gMcCreary will
carry Kenton county by at least 1000
majority over b cham 3s .S
# McCreary has always been strong In
Central Kentucky, but It was be lieYed3
two weeks ago that Beckham had made
shis fences SO secure tina g lle 2woul ID GER
:tainly.S carry Lexingt ton and Fayetteo3
counties. II But It is now charged that
after making the poll tcians and p eopes
OF this section Of the State believe that
he would appoint an agricultural conl-5
mission that would locate the State Fair
In Licking ton. he appointed a board that
located the fair in louisville, and made
one OF his friends and toWnsnen secre-3
atary OF tho fair at q good salary It Is
touch With the people throughout Gem
trail Kentucky, that McCreary will carry
every county in the Seventh and Eighth
Congressional Districts by hnndsom ma
S1orities, The ndications are that Hays;
for Governor, will have lpracticall 4 the g
Same strength as McCrearyt for Senator,
and 1t begins to ! ok + now as II there rs
good chance for the entire State ma
chine to be defeated is,s.,
Looking to James,
The one chance for Beckhamg to re-
trieye the position he has lost within
the past two weeks y is 4 in an alliance
with a candidate for Goyerno or, who has!
mot hitherto been identified with the
ot the First District, is now looked to-
}by the Beckham followers as sc ono
Moses who can lead them gu Z o ~ their
nrosent difficulties al lilo Is In Europe, but
is expected to return home shortly. "a He
may announce! his candidacy, for Cow
iernor. and receive the support Of tho
7Beckham organizations; He - an en- c-
Tive man on the stump. ana strong IN
the western counties, which always give
big Democratic maJorities. He would gun-
doibtedly add great strength to Beckham
in that part OF the State, q locality
where the Governor Is now regarded as
weak. Western Kentucky Democratic
have always been radical Bryanites and
great admirers Of Blackburn, Blackburn
was defeated by the Beckhan. machine.
and all of the Blackburn men are now
lined up for McCreary. II 4. n
Richmonders in New Y ork.
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