The Hartford republican., 1907-09-20
HON. AUGUSTUS
E. WILSON
Again Points Out Wrongs
Done by Democrats.
Republican Candidate for Govern
or Speaks at 0wingsyllle and
Makes Impressive Appeal.

from his conquest of the mountains
and with the sails of the Republican
ship drawing full Augustus h. Will
son, the peoples candidate for Gov
ernor. moved on the Bluegrass Fri
day and stormed the citadel OF Bath
county. with his eloquence and earnest
ness until the hundreds OF Democrats
in his vast audience were forced 10
capitulate before his plea for honest
government and a newer and better
Kentucky free from the yoke of a
state political machine and holding
out the hand of fellowship 10 all IT'S
people regardless OF party prejudice or
partisan affiliation.
His proposal "let MS wipe the slate
clean and begin anew met win IN
stant favor and promised a new tease
of life of the Democrats mere. VINO
have endured long and patiently the
outrages of the state machine upon
their ballots and their suffrage. Bath
county did itself proud to-day in nom
or of the visit of the Republican lead
er. and the pretty Courthouse AT tnlS
place was TANNED to It's capacity
when he rose to address his audience.
After he had been Introduced by
former county judge Wallace Gudgel
the Republican nominee told his audi
ence earnestly and forceiully that ne
was not there to ask for votes on his
own account. He only came. he de-
clared. to present business PROPOSE
ton 10 thinking men and women, 70
talk simply and honestly 10 men,
an TO appeal to their intelligence and
their rescue.
There we're times,h ,he exclaimed. when
certain men who had been guilty OF
the wrongs must be brought up with
a sharp turn, and there were also
times when flesh and blood and honor
would stand no more. lie believed
that time OF eKntucky, whose MANHOOD
had been outraged by infamous crime
and fraud perpetrated by a small
combination OF men who posed in the
guisc of Democracy
There is a thing parading in De-
mocracy's breeches in Kentucky 20
day" he said, that never has known
the first elements of Democracy and
would have no use for such knowledge
1t is a li,tle private corporation nam
ed Beckham.
Mr. Wilson then told of the wave
of retribution against the machine
which was sweeping from one end
of Kentucky to the other, and which
already had engulfed the eleventh Con-
gressioual district, which had been
disfranchised by unfair disuc'ing.
AS surely as the sun will rise to-
morrow" he declared, this wave VIII
sweep out of office those VINO nave
wronged YOU. and when J am Govern
or. if see the thing at Frankfort
that's growing up now, I'll smash the
whole business if it's the only thing
! do. and when my term of office has
expired I'll also prophesy that III
have done more for Kentucky for good
real temperance, than all the Beck
hams and Haeers YOU ever heard Of.
With all earnestness that was un-
mislakable and the sincerely which
has characterized all Of his talks TO
the people, Mr. Wilson declared that
if Le was elected Governor he would
know no personal friendship, and go
about his duty without fear or IA
yor.
Let no Republican come 70 me, .
he said. and ask me to pardon a
guilty man because he's d Republican.
Mr. Hagcr saw fit, the other day, 10
20 into The back counties and tell the
voters hat ne never mentioned the
name or Powers in his Lexington
speech. Don't you know What he
mean. ,hough, you honest Democrats
when he said chat he would not par
don I'm assassin? I'm not afraid 20
mention names and don't eQuiyo-
cate.
"r. Powers and all the others
charged with crime will have a fair
trial If ! have anything 10 say about
il. and if they are found guilty full
punishment will be meted out to them
The rowcr Of pardon is not the Gov
ernors but the peoples.
Pm a KenWckian and 50 are you
KentucHans," AIr Wilson continued,
yet | never saw the day I'd vote for
a dishonorable Republican. You have
plenty Of proof of dishonesty ami
fraud in the Democratic State machine
and most of il from Democrats.and !
leave II with you to make the decision
which viii have to be made on cleo
ton day"
Delying deep into the record of the
Democratic machine in the temperance
question Mr. Wilson gave mis- audi
ence many things to think about. lie
read them the record of the Senate
Journal during the last Legislature,
which enlightened them considerably