The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-29
THE DREYFUS OF AMERICA.
"The mills OF the gods grind slow;
but they grind exceeding fine"

have been watching with profound
interest concerning the preparations
Of fraud, the miscarriage Of justice
and political revenge, through appoint
ments recently made by our dear gov
ernor In the city Of Louisville and in
the feuds growing out of Breathitt
county, Kentucky. The very idea Of
appointing such men as Judge Moody
and others to go forth in discharge Of
their duty and instruct "the jury to
find the defendant not guilty and
hold some in jail through appointment
because Of HIS political affiliations, is
amply sufficient to put the Devil to
shame Il is surely not my purpose
10 throw dirt at anybody. but / think
the better class Of people OF all parties
think as I think that the conduct Of
some of the so-called political leaders
has spotted the great state Of Ken
lucky with such stains that she win
never out-live. And in my opinion
the leaders of this mighty machine
working for power Of the so-called
democratic party must bear the blame.
This is the same machine that clipped
the gray hairs from the noble and
much distinguished Jas. B. McCreary's
head (And McCreary, you remember,
is one OF the most honored OF the old
school democrats). want the good
people Of Kentucky to answer this
charge at the polls this fall.
To prove to Kentucky's people and
to the world the absolute inconsis-
tency on the part Of the oligarchy yet
in power, go with me to Georgetown,
kentucky.
Here we find a young man OF brill
liant attainments and high ideals, who
has languished behind prison bars in
the state OF Kentucky for nearly eight
long years. charged with completely in
the murder OF Senator Goebel in 1900.
Without going into the details of the
case. It is sufficient to say that Caleb
Powers has gone through with three
prolonged trials during these many
years of Incarceration, before both
judge aud juries of opposite political
faith, strictly partisan in the hands Of
the friends of the deceased William Il.
Goebel. So flagrantly partisan has
been the conduct of the officers in
charge OF the prosecution that the
Kentucky Court of Appeals has re-
versed each decision Of the lower
courts and awarded him another trial.
While Caleb Powers is a republican,
he is a citizen of the commonwealth,
and is entitled to what President
Roosevelt styles a Square Deal" and
such a deal we are thoroughly
convinced he has never had nor never
will IL he be tried by forty juries, in
forty years.
I have kept close tab on this famou
case from the beginning and want to
say and will say that the only way
Caleb Powers will ever be indicated
is through that pardon issued to him
by Gov. Taylor. IL II can be clearly
demonstrated that Mr.. w. S. Taylor
was the duly elected Governor or that
he had his certificate from the COM
missioners on file and did work while
as governor of the state Of Kentucky
that was recognized as governor of
said state, and some power had been
placed in his hands that he has seen
fit to issue a pardon for him and We
all clearly know that Mr.. Goehel new
err did take the oath Of office, Caleb
Powers ought to be set free and this
is the only way he will ever get his
freedom.
There is nothing politically right
that Is morally wrong" While we
are all sorry that Mr.. Goebel came TO
his death in the manner he did, the