The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-26
FROM HIS OLD
KENTUCKY HOME
Harry Robinson Tells OF His
Run for State
Senate.
Louisville, KY. Nov. II. 1907.

| candidacy for state Senator in Ken
| lucky, and I know you at all times
/ take an interest in those who have
| been residents of Honolulu, and think
state of affairs here at the present
time, am sending you the follow
( ing item:
Never since the Civil War, now
! about forty-five years past, have the
Republicans had so exclusive control
| of the State as at the present day.
| True. about seven years ago, Ken
lucky went Republican as far as the
| geyernorship was concerned, at which
time the lamentable assassination of
William Goebel, the Democratic as
pirant, occurred.
While his killing was one of the
most dastardly and foul ever perpet-
rated in a civilized community, he
was unquestionably beaten by a man
named Taylor, but Goebel and his
friends went to our State capital in
an endeavor to steal the election. At
this time hordes Of our mountaineers,
who have gone SO far toward giving
Kentucky a black name in the civiliz-
ed world, collected in Frankfort and
Goebel was shot in the back presum-
ably from some window in the court
house, where Taylor. the Republican
Governer-elect. and his army of noun
taineers were collected.
During the confusion, Taylor fed to
Indiana where he is now. and two Re-
publican governors of Indiana have
H.
back to Kentucky, although he was
indicted for having a part in the as
sassination of Goebel.
Three men were caught and indicted
as participants in the crime. One,
Henry E. Youtsey, was convicted and
sentenced for life; another, Jim How
ard, a mountaineer, was also given a
life sentence; and the other, Caleb
Powers. has been tried three times.
The first two trials resulted in a YER
diet for life and the last, about two
years ago, in conviction of murder in
the first degree and sentence to be
hanged. In each case, however, he Sc
cured a new trial and his fourth trial
begins today.
The Legislature at that time being
overwhelmingly Democratic, declared
J. c. B. Beckham who ran with
Goebel as, Lieutenant Governor, as the
Governor of Kentucky, who filled out
his unexpired term and was again
elected Governor. OF him 1 will speak
later.
Since the time of GoebePs assassina-
ton, Kentucky has always been Demo-
cratic, and while many predicted a
oil in he of
Vile as we'll as in the State, the most |
sanguine Republican never dreamed |
of such a landslide as struck the DEM |
ocrats last Tuesday. and I happened |
to be one of their number.
The Republican Mayor and every /
single Republican candidate in the
city of Louisville was elected with the
exception of one Democrat for the Leg
islature, and the city in the Governor
and Mayors race went about five
thousand Republican. when we have
generally counted on ten thousand
Democratic. I was fortunate enough
to run about thirty-three and one
third per cent ahead of my ticket, but
was nevertheless defeated, and Wilson,
against Hager, Democrat,
for Governor, carried the State BY
about eighteen thousand majority.
In 1906, ]. C. w. Beckham, who was
hen as now our Governor, worked up
snap primary for the United States
senator against McCreary, one of our
resent senator's, whose term will
hortly expire. II
McCreary is greatly beloved by ev-
rybody in Kentucky and has a most
nviable record in Washington; never
heless Beckham, holding the whip
andle over the Democratic party in
kentucky. worked it so dexterously as
o gain a small vote over McCreary
nd had himself declared the Demo-
ratio nominee for United States Sem
tor, but in doing this with many
Their acts, in which he was loudly con- /.
emned by both Republicans and
Democrats, he created great discord
n the State, and to him alone our t
overwhelming defeat is largely due as L
many of our best known Democrats
ere in Louisville voted THE straight b
republican ticket in an effort to beat c
i'm.
In this I believe they have been t
thoroughly successful. True, we have o
Many hold-overs in the Senate and 2
louise. but the majority of these are n
bitter toward Beckham, as G
7ell as a few new senators and repre-
who were elected a few DAYS b
ince, and ii appears now that Beck t
am will be disastrously defeated when t.
he two houses meet in January, as the V
democratic members claim that they
FIJI not be bound by what they allege {
'as a fake primary, and shall vote i
or man of their choice, and while V
reat changes may occur before they f
Meet, they seem practically united on t
enator AcCreary. n
The Republicans will not have |
nough in either house to elect a. Re T
uolican Senator and it is believed T
hat many of them will unite, If nee s
ssary' in electing McCreary over b
and the Democrats feeling a
luch aggrieved over many things that t
'eckham has done to advance his own s
interest and to the detriment of his f
arty' will be only too glad to see him il
ent back TO political oblivion.
Wnile 1 regret, of course, the defeat 81
T the Democratic party, and especial a
IN the city of Louisville, 1 cannot "
ks