The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-01-25

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lor, etc. The people remember that
all that trouble started about the
stealing of some State offices by
those who had not been elected to
them and who a Democratic State
Election Board said had not been
elected. You started the reign of
lawlessness, if such condition exist
ed by your revolutionary methods of
usurpation, and you are estopped
from complaining, at this late day.
of the results of your own acts.
o! you say 1T makes a difference
whose OK is gored." What an un-
fortunate quotation tor you. IN
deed 1t does make difference.
What difference in the trial of the
Powers OK, and the Hargis OK. One
OK goes to Jail seven, years, with
out bail, the other is allowed to roam
the fields of Breathitt county at
will, seeking new victims and in
timidating witnesses, with his broth
er on his bond. The Breathitt
county COX" is a wealthy member
of the Democratic State Central
Committee. The former is a poor
Republican boy, whose Office was
usurped by another, under the
forms of laW." What prompted
you to. mention the "gored OK, "
anyway? Do you mean to admit
that in the Courts of Kentucky,
all men. of whatever politics or
creed may not be administered even
handed justice? Or do we mean to
convey the idea that the OK will be
dealt with according to his brand,
"Old Hickory" or &c. o. Pr? In a
court of justice, where all men are
given the same opportunity before
the law, there is no chance for any
OK to be gored. Let the special
Judges, appointed by the Governor,
apply the same rules in the trial of
Powers in Scott county, as those
used in the trial of Hargis in
Breathitt county. The law of Ken
lucky is supposed to be the same in
all Judicial districts, and counties.
Stop the packing of juries with po-
litical enemies in one case, and the
political and personal friends in the
other. Give every man the benefit
of doubt, under the same rules of
evidence, and then let the guilty be
punished to the fullest extent. That
is what the editors of this paper
believe in. However, as long as
your Court of Appeals has to inter
fere in one case, to compel the spe-
cial Judge to conform to the plain
rules of law to protect a Republican
defendant, and then is compelled to
cite a special Judge and compel
him, in behalf of the Commonwealth,
to conform to plain law in the trial
of a Democrat. no fair minded"
person will believe that Taylor
could get a fair trial in Kentucky at
present. Notwithstanding the Hart
ford Herald declares in a half col
umn of misrepresentation and
abuse of Taylor, that political
prejudice has almost subsidized"
The spirit and temper Of that arti-
Gle bellies the statement.
You ask if Taylor should be
brought back would we prefer that
ne be tried under the usual forms
Of law" Under the usual forms
Of law" is a good expression. 1t
fits the case admirably. What crimes
have been committed under the
forms Of law? The Saviour Of man.
kind was tried and crucifed under
the forms Of LdlC. Robert Emmett,
the great Irish patriot, was tried
and put to death under the forms
Of law, and so were thousands of
others, through all the ages. Who
will be heard nOW to say it was right
or just? 1t was under the forms of
law that the State offices were taken
from those whom a majority of the
people had chosen, and given to the
defeated. The forms of law may be,
and have been made, the vehicle for
the preparation of the most cruel
and unjust acts in all lands and all
times. No one objects to the forms
of just law, when administered
through honest, unprecedented
agents, measured the same in all
cases. But, we submit in the name
of all that Is fair and right, that
the rules of law in our beloved
State should be construed the same
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