The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-11-01
Rum Ored That Their Assess
ment this yearis $50, 900
The Gangs Malicious Charges
Against Wilson Fade Into In
significance in Comparison

The efforts of a few small Demo
cratic stump speakers 10 ALLEVIATE the
vote of the tobacco growers from Mr.
Wilson, because he once represented the
trust in suit against a railroad Co.,
has fallen flat just as II should have.
However, it has served to bring out
the fact that Mr.. Hager, the present
Democratic candidate for Governor,
received the sum of $4,000 from the
American Tobacco Co., not as a law
yer's fee, but gift pure and simple.
This is not Republican charge. 1t
was brought out by the Democrats
themselves, in a Senate Investigation.
How any farmer,a grower of tobacco,
a member of the A. s. of E.. can vote
for this man, with this charge unde-
MED, is more than we can compre-
bend. Last week We published an
extract from the Georgetown Times,
making this same charge. Now, read
what the Frankfort Call asys:
"BECKHAM AND THE FARMERS.
ct is heralded over this county
that Gov. Beckham is the best friend
we ever had. We admit that he did
not oppose the Capitol appropriation,
but If any one of the many things
said about his administration in re-
gard to contributions received (rather
tribute exacted from nnblic con-
tractors) be true De he ia
vored the Appropriation IN order to
have another large contractor whoI
could,if he felt disposed 10 contribute TO |
his campaigr> But let us look at the
Governors record as n friend OF The
farmer. 1t was shown by an inves-
tigation of the Senate that the great
Tobacco Trust, called American Tobac-
co Co., contributed fifteen thousand
Q5,0O0) dollars to Gov. eBckhams
expenses. We do not know
they thought they had prom
did but it is plain that the only law that
was ever on the Statute books that
favored the tobacco grower, the Nc
Cain law, was repealed by onYof the
Governors legislatures. Strange that
in all his speeches the Governor has
never once referrd TO his position on
that law or on the Tobacco Trust, a
subject that is alive just now. The
farmers and tobacco growers should
remember this contribution and The
repeal of the law that followed, when
hey are reminded of the many things
he Governor has done"
1t has been proven not only by Dem {
,crat papers but by live Democrats {
namely: Trey Woodson and Senator
Jantrill that the Democrats received a q
of $4,000 from The tobac- g
% trust in 1903. IT, seems that there Z
5 no less an authority than the Demo- O
ratio national committeeman of Ken +
ucky for the statement that the con- O
was made by the tobacco n
rust and was received by the Demo- II
ratio campaign committee. The state r
lents by the national committeeman n
yere made to Collector E. T. Franks, G
{ Ownesboro, concerning which Mr.. I,
ranks has given the following in IL
erview: II
about one year ago." said Mr.. d
ranks, II was in the greensboro Mes :,
,nger office talking to Mr.. Woodson
bout the campaign. between Beckham
nd McCreary, when Mr.. Woodson
,ked me why it was that the Re- n
lblican speakers had never charged p,
r. Beckham and Mr.. Hager with hav- o.
e received a contribution from the -
Tobacco company In the ~
4mpaign of 1908. l said to him that
didn't know that they had received -,
ch a Contribution. Mr.. Woodson
id there was no doubt about the ~
campaign committees re- ~
living $4,000 from the American To- &c
eco company to be used for Beck "
m and Hager in that campaign, and on
r. Woodson gave me the name of the :"
who went to New York and 50
ceived the money from the Dukes. III
lie name mentioned by Mr.. Woodson
that gentleman as having received a.
9 money will also be on the Off
Il ballot, under the rooster, to be
ted for on the 9Th day of November.
There was also present another TIN
mocrat who holds an official posi- thu
n at Frankfort, and is now draw o'c
) his pay from the state treasury BET
d who verified each and every state wa
mt made by MT. Woodson. but whose