The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-10-17
Fine Address on Political Issues and
Schools Given by Candidate for
Superintendent.

J. @. Crabbe. the Republican can
didate for State Superintendent Of
Schools. spoke in Berea last Saturday,
and received the hearty endorsement
OF the town and many of the college
teachers. After the meeting it was
said by almost all who heard him,
that II he could only show himself to
all the voters In the state there would
be no doubt Of his election. His
speech was one of the best heard in
these parts this year, and proved
strong vote getter.
For some reason or other the speak
! ing had not been so well advertised as
the importance of the speaker and of
his subject deserved. and as result
the crowd attending was small at
first, and at no time grew to the
size II would have been if it had been
more widely known. Nevertheless It
was good audience. and it more
than made up in enthusiasm what it
lacked In numbers.
Mr.. Crabbe's welcome in town also
was enthusiastic. He was escorted to /
points of interest by reception com
mittee during the morning, and was
cordially greeted everywhere. When
the time for the meeting came he was
met by the college band and a small
crowd of enthusiastic voters, aud was
escorted to the chapel where the au-
dience had gathered. The reception
committee for the occasion, included
w. j. Tatum. j. w. Stevens, Prof J.
w. DiDsmore. r. II. Chrisman, b. II.
Gabbard, W. G. Nicely, and ]. w.
Fowler.
President Frost of the College in
introducing Mr.. Crabbe declared that
Republicans would have great pleas
ure in voting for both candidates and
a platform which command respect
and enthusiasm. He spoke Of the need
of good schools, then turned to the
Democrats present and, after de-
nouncing as dishonest. unfair and dis
honorable the present state govern
ment, the election methods and the
districting Of the state, appealed to-
the Democrats who would be honest
In personal affairs to be honest in pol
itics. He made an appeal for fair
ness by both parties in all election af-
fairs, and showed that the present
leaders of the Democratic party were
such that the better members of the
party were no longer prominent in it. |
He drew an effective parallel between
the Republican platform and the DEM
ocratic lack of principle. and then
endorsed the Republican candidates,
closing with a prediction that Mr..
Crabbe would be elected whoever
might lose, an exposition of the i'm
portance of the office and fine trib-
ute to the man.
Mr.. Crabbe's strong address was d.
vided into two parts, one dealing with
the general political issues, the other
with the school question, showing his
thoro mastery of the things dealt with
by the office to which he seeks cleo
ton. He appealed strongly for the
absolute elimination of all politics in
school affairs, and in all his address
directed his attack against the DEM
oeratic ring. not the Democratic party
In his effective appeal to the Demo-
cratic voters ne referred with great
force to the example of Secretary Taft
in turning on and defeating the cor
rupt Republican ring in his own state,
and his argument that what is patriot
ic on one side of the river is patriotic
on the other, met with enthusiastic
applause.
Beginning with the passage Of the
Infamous Goebel law. and the steal
ing of the Taylor-Goebel election, and
following the chain of crime and
fraud by the ringsters down to the
present day. he proved by the testimo-
ny Of leading Democrats the unfitness
of the present rulers of the state to
govern. and the deep corruption which
has stained the state.
The Bailey precinct, the Princeton
frauds and the Louisville scandal each
scored a point. His arraignment of
the premature primary OF last year,
and the frauds against Democrats APP
pealed to the Democrats with even
more force. and each exposure OF
graft in financial affairs hit the nail
on the head.
Mr.. Crabbe then took up mis- own
particular platform. and told what he
would do II in charge Of the public
school. There were many teachers in
the audience-experts in the subject
discussed, and the marked approval
with which they received his remarks
showed that they endorsed his ideas.
Not less marked was the approval of
the fathers and mothers in the audi
ence and as the meeting closed the
prediction that Crabbe would win
whether the rest of the ticket did or
N of Was fraalv heard and shOWpd that