The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-16

violent ana lnnammat0ry utterRnceS.
In his sworn testimony as witness
In one of the Goebel assassination
cases he admitted that he had been In
formed several times of the plot to
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 by saying
that two OF three of the fellows who
were in the plot came and told him
there was nothing in 1t. He cannot
excuse 1t now by denouncing that as
sassination as an infamous outrage.
With the information which he receiv-
ed, and which subsequent develop
ments have shown to be correct, he
might have averted that calamity and
saved the life of the man who had
once done him such a great favor. He
was in the convention, his friend,
Mr.. Wilson, and other Republican
candidates were in that same Repub-
lican convention which Endorsed,
without reserve the resolute and patri.
otto conduct of W. S. Taylor"
He bewails the fact that Democrat
ic 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.
/ state a fact that every citizen knows
to be true that the period from De-
cember, 1895, when Bradley became
governor, to February, 1900, when
Taylor was unseated, Wa blacklist
and gloomiest in the --.s,ory of the
state, with the possible exception of
the Civil war. The record of that ID
ministration is as barren as d
There was not single good deed
it, nor single event that markell
advancement and progress for or
people. From the gloom of such i
disastrous record it is natural Il 1t
these Republican candidates should
turn in dismay and seek, by resdr-
rection of exploded ISLANDERS, forgeries
and falsehoods, to mislead the minds
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, have
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 temperance Question.
Governor Bradley in his speech
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
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 tem-o
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 we'll known to our
people that 1t 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 1t. There is nothing palmer In this
campaign than the effort of Mr.: Will
son to dodge, or straddle, this ques-
ton. They cannot attack our posi-
ton by the use of SANDER and cal
umny. The bitterness and unfairness
of the distinguished ex-governor
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 s'e unable to tell whether he
is most representing these clients or
the Republican ticket. But he should
not allow his earaestness as an at
torney to cause him to lose his tenn
per and provoke him to make suchie
vicious and unwarranted attacks upon
us. The Democratic party has no
apologies to make for its record upon
this question, and confidently trusts
that the people Of the state will not
be misled by the character of cam
paign waged upon Its candidates by
Governor Bradley and his satellites
The issue is so clear that those who
run may read. 1t is choice between