The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-07-10
READY FOR THE FRAY
Democratic Party United
And Confident.
sketch OF JUDGE S. ". HAGER
And His Brilliant Work in
Office-A Sound Tenn
perance Man.

Since the Republican party of Ken
lucky has acted in the matter of
placing a ticket for State offices in
the field, and adopted and promul
gated its platform, the issues of the
campaign are made, and the Demo-
cratic nominees and party leaders
yRra ready for the contest before the
people of Kentucky. In no campaign
of late years have the prospects for
Democratic, success been more flat
tering, or the campaigners of the
party more ready to go upon the
stump as the champions of their
nominees Since making nominations
the Democrats have been impatiently
awaiting the action of the opposition
party, the selection of their candidates
and especially their party platform.
This meaningless document, silent
and a dodger of the most important
question of the day in Kentucky, that
of temperance and law enforcement,
will put thousands of Independent citi-
zens In the Democratic columns in
November. The Democratic party
needs no written platform to meet
1t, and would not even were it more
strongly written, for the Democratic
platform is written on the pub
lie records of the Common
lee Eynn fxn
its Assembly Acts, its Court Opinions,
and in the management of its fiscal
affairs for the past seven years. From
these records the orators Of the party
Will draw their inspiration in cam
paigning this year, and with this rec
ord put before the people of the
State, there can be no doubt as to
the result at the polls in November.It
has nothing to fear from the closest
scrutiny of the public records in the
matter of money expenditures, and,
throwing down the gauntlet to the
Republicans, it has placed at the
head of it's State ticket Judge S. w
Hager, the man who since 1900 has
had direct charge and control of the
fiscal affairs ofthe State government.
This man, whose every political eff
fort has been crowned with success,
both at the hands of his party and
the people at the polls, it is to be
pittled against a man, who as the
Republican nominee for Governor,
has never known success in pOliti-
cal battle, and who is known not on
~ in his party but to all who take
an interest in public affairs as a good
man to carry the party banner when
there is no hope of being successful
in the fight,
Something of Judge Hageer, the
Democratic nominee for GoverOr and
head of the State ticket, will be of
especial interest to the people of the
State at this time when the picture
of this opponent is being heralded
in the Republican press of the State.
AS stated above, he has the first
time to know defeat in a political
campaign. Coming into State poll
tics about eight years ago from the
office of County Judge of the most
progressive county of Eastern Ken
ttfcky Boyd, whose fiscal affairs he
won the party nomination for Treas
urer of Kentucky. Filling that office
for four years, he early attracted the
attention of his associates In the
other State Departments as a man of
affairs, and he had not served half
his term before his name was being
urged by those who knew his worth
for the more important office of
Auditor of Public Accounts. Entering
that race he easily took the lead |
for the nomination, and added
strength to the ticket upon which
he was placed as the Democratic NOM
'inee. The record which he has made
as Auditor is known to every bust
ness man in Kentucky who has had
occasion to come in contact with
him in a business way, and, as the
party candidate for Governor, he is
most willing that his every act while
i'm that office shall be weighed by
the people in ascertaining his fit
ness and especial qualifications for
the office of Chief Executive of the
State. In nominating him, the Dem
ocratic party feels that he has es-
pecial fitness to be the chief officer
of the Commonwealth because of his
long service in the fiscal depart
ment which has acquainted him with
every department of the government,
it's conditions and its needs and be-
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