The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-10-25
Speech Abounded With Con-
4, vincing Facts Throughout
Denounced as Utterly false the
Statement that he is Regu-
lar Attorney For Tobacco Co.

: Last Friday was great day for Re-
publicanism in Ohio county. Hartford
without regard to party or creed ,donned
her dress of patriotic colors, the ele-
ments smiled through most lovely day
and the people from every point in the
county, irrespective of party affilia-
ton, turned out to greet the Hon. Au-
gustus E. Wilson, the peoples candi-
date and to be the peoples Governor.
Mr.. Wilson was met at Beaver Dam
by a reception committee consisting Of
Messrs. E. P. Taylor, r. r. Wedding,
j. M. DeWeese, NJ. G. Cook, +. M.
Woodward, C. M. Barnett, M. S. Rag
land, s. A. Anderson, j. b. Dennis,
E. G.. Barrass, Sam w. Leach, c. E.
Smith and DR.. ]. A. Duff, besides hun
dreds of other enthusiastic Republicans
and Wilson Democrats. The Fords-
vile band headed the delegation and
furnished splendid music for the Occa-
sion.
After dinner, which was served by
Mr.. Ed Taylor, Proprietor of the Aus
tin House, the party started for Hart
ford, where they arrived few min
utes after 1 o'clock. A crowd of more
than $500 people eagerly awaited the
arrival of the party, and cheered loud
ly when the carriage bearing Mr. Will
son was sighted.
Within few minutes after his ar
rival Mr.. Wilson mounted the platform
in the court house yard, from which
he spoke, amid a great demonstration
and enthusiastic outburst.
Following his introduction by Editor
c. NJ. Barnett, of the Hartford Repub-
lican, Mr.. Wilson spoke for nearly Two
hours frequently interrupted by great
outbursts of applause as he dissected
one after one the weak arguments OF
the machine candidates and told how
the great revolution of the pople for
good government and honest elections
was daily growing mighiter.
He told in dispassionate, yet con-
vincing way, how the inmates of the
insane Asylums had been maltreated
and murdered and how. the Asylums
themselves are being used as meeting
places for machine politicians; how the
people were held up for more than a
million dollars a year under the pres
ent administration in excess of any
previous period; how Beckham, Ha
ger, Haley and the rest of the gang
had opposed the county unit liquor
law until they saw one had TO pass
then had the large cities excluded, thus
giving local option to the country peo
pie, and liquor to the cities how
Beckham, Hager & Co., have
squandered the peoples money IL
their extravaganza in the construction
of the new State capitol, liberal pay
ment of excessive fees to young ant
experienced attorneys, pets of Beck
ham, and their wasteful extravaganza
in having the States printing done
one small item of which, the teachers
record books, cost the State $2S,OO'
when the work would have been done
by hundreds of responsible printers
of the State for $4,000; how the ma
chine gang has created new offices
and raised the salaries of the Others
SO than an additional 100000 yearly
of the peoples money is thus squan
dered; how the old line Democrat
have been rooted out and sent to the
rear by Beckham, Hager and the res
of the gang, thus displacing, McCrear!
by Beckham, Hayes by Hager, Fuqu;
by Winfrey and on down the lin
every old time Democrat being dis
placed by Haley. Hines and sucf
others as Mott Ayers, Henry Lawrenc
& Harry Tandey, Ruby Laffoon, etc t.
no body knows where. Mr.. Wilson
substantiated all these points by pub
lished utterances of Democratic speak
ers or Democratic newspapers thu
it was not a reckless harangue sucl
as his opponents employ, but schol
arly high toned, gentlemanly address
supported by the testament of Demo
! Gratis.
In Mr.. Wilson's Audience were man
members of the American Society o
Equity, and he took occasion to refe
to the Chinn-Stanley SANDER whicl
was launched last week In a last des
perate effort to stem the tide of pub
lie sentiment, which is carrying him a
almost breakneck speed toward cleo
ton.
He explained his connection with tn
;. American Tobacco Company In detail