The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-09-13
'MISREPRESENIED
WILSON SPEAKING
Did C0urier,lO Journal in Re-
porting Kager Rally.
Universal Condemnation of The
License Tax Grabbing
Law.

The following article appeared in
: Tuesdays Louisville Herald as letter
! to the editor from Pikesville, KY:
We notice i'm the Courier-Journal of
the 9Th, an article written from Pike
vile with reference to the reception of
Judge Hager, in Pikeyille, and con-
trasting 1t to that of, Mr.. Wilson who
spoke here on the 26th of August. The
article deals at length with what is
claimed to be factional fights in the
Republican ranks in Pike county, and
the Stumbling of the Reception Com
mittee by Mr.. Wilson.
In response TO this, we wish to say
that the Republicans in Pike county
are as unit for Mr. Wilson. If
there is any Republican in Pike coun-
ty who will vote against Wilson we
would not know where to find him.
The Republicans, it is true, are, to
some extent, divided, possibly, on
some matters, but not on any party
measure or men, and are all work
ing harmoniously TO give Mr.. Wilson
and the ticket the largest majority
in the history of the county.
In this fight many Democrats have
signified their Willingness to help us.
Some of the old timers" have even
said they would willingly get on their
horses and go among the people to
help retire to private life the Frank
fort gang. There are so many OBJ
jectionable features of the new rev
enue bill forced through the legisla-
ture by Beckham, Hager, ct al, that
many Democrats cannot longer assist
them to say in power. Some OF them
claim that to make poor man pay
a tax of $40 per year to run hack
over the rough roads and heavy noun
tains of this section is not Democrat
ic, and to collect tax from the small
merchant who has a meager stock of
goods in a country store, and who
DESIRES to keep a bottle of pop or
cold drink of lemonade to cool the
to pay tax for this privilege.
Another class, who are men of
moderate means, desire to travel and
sell sowing machines, do not believe
that their Democratic brethren should
have required them to pay license
tax to sell such articles. And, again,
such taxes as this come straight home
to the consumer, because the license
tax increases the price, and they do
not believe, either, that because some
neighbours eyesight has failed him
that the seller of a pair of specta-
cles should have to pay a tax on
them. And above all things that is
obnoxious to the people of Eastern
Kentucky Is the fact that Democrat
ic Legislature should so far forget
themselves as to even tax the dog
and in this way seek to raise a large
revenue to cover up the many wrongs
of their party. They say this is not
Democratic; that the old-time Demo-
crat has always preached-the doctrine
that the dog especially was. the friend
of the poor man and should ever re-
main on the free list. Therefore, they
don't understand this new Democracy
and Mr.. Hager and others will find
it out when he hears from the re-
turns of the mountain counties
AS to the Reception Committee
there was a slight Misunderstanding
as to certain matters in the program,
but this was not caused by Mr.. Will
son, and no one blames him with it,
in fact the matter was all adjusted,
and not vote will be lost on ac-
count of it. In fact it is not worthy OF
notice. The report that 1000 people
met Mr.. Hager at the depot is untrue
There was by actual count about $50
men, from out in the county, who
came to hear the speaking, and in
GLIDING the town, people about $50 vo-
tiers attended the speaking about one
fifth being Republicans. The court
house was we'll filled, the crowd be-
ing made up of about $50 voters, and
the remainder women and children.
These are facts and our Democratic
friends here know it. Yours truly,
REPUBLICAN.