The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-04
DEAL IS TO BE WORKED FOR
COMBLNA TON OF L. HARPER
AND EUGENE Ora YES TUESDAY
Glenn Whittemore is Here in
Interest of Candidate for
Legislature and the News-
Democrat Crowd Would Pull
City Attorney Out of the
Burning.

saturday night closed the camna;o,,
80 tar as surface demonstration arc
concerned, but the politicians na,ar
cease their labors until the votes s,,
counted and the count certified No.
morrow viii discover some serious af
lUr's 10 thwart the peoples will By
vines unheard of in Paducah.
interest in the local municira1
campaign has monopolzed attention
III Faducah, except as the presence
ana conduct of Glenn Whittemore n.
frankfort and Graves county baa
given a state flavor to home a,fai,g
us hot fight from one end of the
ticket to another.
The afidavits of members q, N.
nrm OF 'Englert & Bryant published
IN The Sun Saturday caused a genoa
'ion L. the city. as furnishing con-
crete evidence of what the people had
suspected all along. The grocery
business OF the city, besides contracts
Tor institutions, for which bids should
De considered, includes the trade ~
hremen and policemen. II Is assumed
People were astonished also IN ona
the News Democrat at the close of
the campaign. after calling The SIM
iiar, indulging in editorials on cleo
tricity and disease, under the sting
OF the elaborate exposure and the am.
davits OF the grocers that Harrison,s
principal aide had offered them
contract to furnish groceries to the
city Tor their support of Harrison
1or mayor. There are two reasons
ior the News-Democrat's silence on
the subject. One is, there wasn't
anything left to be said: and the
otner Is that the News-Democrat
crowd doesn't really like Tom Harri-
'on any better than they ever did.
rhey had to take him to get A l..
harper, and they have defended Har-
isoh just enough to bolster ND the
Whole ticket in the hope of pulling
Harper through.
Why are they for Harper? For
ust the same reason that they fell
ut with Tom Harrison. 1t is all
bout the city printing The News.
'emocrat crowd threw their interests
'ith Harrison to pull Harper through
ecause Harper has already consum-
lated a deal with the paper for the
ty printing, and John G. Miller, Jr..
as idealist enough to believe that
lie race for city attorney should be
lade on merits. and declined to bribe
lie News-Democrat with an offer of
ltronage. Therefore they beat Mr..
iller.
VI John G. Miller. Jr., had been
ia9inated for city attorney, he would
nd had no opposition.
ash She Combination.
a ltp Whittemore is here primarily
dlat Eugene Graves to the lees-
GrATh Inconsistency Of Eugene
terSnning on ticket in the IN.
y EugdGovernor Beckham made
coAkndldacy rather dificuh Of
:, BecthA In the first place. he is
- smith Noiee, because Mr. ID.
80 dyyiHe nSn the place in the Ed
:, for MIN, Mary. a place created
N candidacy as he amounted his
"a position to nomination in OBJ
do ham has been Governor Beck
vocate. vccalA Temperance adj
gene Graves iAthe idea of Fo-
date for the eAosan as candi-
of the governof al the beksst
that. while the ga im,rassfon
TO the temperanee Awas talking
1T lectlng legislative = he was Sc
ny people Graves insAse other
heiW. j. Naylor. and hisNe psg
he clare his attitude towarA 70 de-
m issues adds certainty to\n6wn
ion. \pic.
SO Glenn was sent here, %
structions were to employ "
tricks known to Percy HaiA
complish his ends. He has
re- frequent trips TO Louisville to n
,b- and get instructions. The local a
ell paign is being managed from LoA
Use vile, all the money for the can
M paign comes through Clem's hands
lge and this Is how It has been made POI
I'VE sible for Glen to manipulate thine
to suit himself. without mourning tn
open hostility of the McCracke
county machine.
The News-Democrat crowd Jul
now is riding the organization an
IL they want their man Harper electe'
Consequently. Glen had only to mai
H. deal with that crowd to gain Il
I'm support of the organization. and u
,Il little fellows can kick all they wis
co. They don't dare talk too loud, lie
he they be accused of disloyalty.
Tharo will ha troltn. fop,orro,