Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

crime than did Governor Bradley, the
friend aud attorney Of Taylor in his
violent and inhammatory utteranges.
In his sworn testimony as a wilD&S
In one OF the Goebel assasslnadon I
cases he admitted that he had been in
formed several times Of the plot 20
murder William Goebel, and yet, al.
though Goebel had once signally be-
friended him, he failed to go and
warn him OF his danger. He cannot
excuse his failure to do so b. saying
that two or three of the fellows who
were in the plot came and told him
there was nothing in 1t. He cannot
excuse it now by denouncing that as
sassination as an infamous outrage,
With the information which he receive
ed. and which subsequent develop
ments have shown to be correct, he
might have averted that calamity ana
saved the life of the man who had
once done him such great favor. He
was In the convention, his friend,
Mr. Wilson, and other Republican
candidates were in that same Repub-
Hcan convention which Endorsed,
without reserve the resolute and patri'
otto conduct of w. 8. Taylor"
He bewaiis the fact that Democrat
lc leaders In this campaign refer at
all to the events of that dark and
bloody period. We Democrats regret
that it is necessary to refer to them,
but we would be recreant to our duty
to the people if we failed to call at
tention to these matters that happened
less than eight years ago, and which
illustrate more than words can pic
ture. the character and results OF Re
publican administration in this state.
I state fact that every citizen knows
to be true, that the period from Dr..
cember. 1895, when Bradley becameB
governor, to February, 1900, when
Taylor was unseated, was the blacklist
and gloomiest in the history of the
state, with the possible exception OF
the Civil war. The record of that ad-
ministration is as barren as desert.
There was not a single good deed In
it, nor a single event that marked
advancement and progress for our
people. From the gloom Of such
disastrous record it is natural that
these Republican candidates should
turn in dismay and seek by a resur-
rection of exploded ISLANDERS, forgeries
and falsehoods, to mislead the minc
of the people. and prevent them from
considering the real issues of the
campaign If time would permit me
/ could show in many instances where
the candidates of the Republican state
ticket, including Mr. Wilson, hayY'
pursued the same policy as GOVERNOR
Bradley did in this speech. and have
deliberately misrepresented the facts
and stated things which they knew to
be untrue. In my campaign from one
end of the state to the other l have
been amazed at the extent to which
some of these men have gone in their
perversion of facts.
Tho Temperanco Question.
Governor Bradley in his speeche
tries to belittle the temperance Ques-
ton in this contest, and says ''proba-
bly, the people at large would have
more confidence in the professions OF 4
Beckham and Hager If they could
show any act in favor of temperance
during their Official career" That
means that the ex-governor states that
nothing has been done for the tenn
perance cause during this administra-
ton. The record Of the laws passed
and enforced by us is a complete ref
utation of this statement. There is
no fair-minded, non-partisan temper
ance advocate in Kentucky who does
not say that under this administra-
ton, and with it's assistance Kentucky
has obtained some of the wisest and
best temperance laws that can be
found in any state in the Union.
These facts are so well known to our
people that it is unnecessary to ad-
duce further proof to show the falsity
OF his statement. Judge Hager and
the Democratic candidates can point to
the record of the Democratic admin
istration upon this question as guar
antee of their sincerity and position
on it. There is nothing palmer in this
campaign than the effort OF Mr.. Will
son to dodge. or straddle, this ques-
ton They cannot attac!; cur posi-
ton by the use OF Slander ana cal
jimmy. The bitterness and unfairness
OF the distinguished ex-governor y
toward us can be accounted for to
some extent by the fact that much of
this temperance legislation which we
have passed is distasteful TO some of
his best clients. Consequently, when
he discusses this issue in the cam
paign we are unable to tell whether he
is most representing these clients or
the Republican ticket. But he should
not allow his earnestness as an at
toney to cause him to lose his tenn
per and provoke him to make such
vicious and unwarranted attacks upon
us. The Democratic party has no
apologies to make for its record upon /,
this question, and confidently trusts