The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-09-13
- COMPROMISE With Crime
His Slogan.
Points Ont Fav0ritism Shown
Hargis and His Clan in
Their Trials.

Jackson, KY, Sept. 9.-"No com
promise with anything opposed to law
and order If / am elected Governor OF
Kentucky" was the slogan started
to-day by Augustus f. Wilson, the
Republican nominee, who was given
a rousing reception by Rreathitt coun-
ty citizens in the yard of the Breath
EFT county courthouse, made memora-
BILE as the scene of the Marcum MUIR
der, wher Mr.. Wilson made the most
earnest plea of his campaign for good
government in Kentucky.
He was accorded the same earnest
considerate attention which has char
aeterized all his meetings, and the
temper of his audience indicated that
the. impetus of the political revolution
in the state was being felt most strong
ly in old Breathitt, where so many
in the State was being felt most
strongly in old Breathitt, where SO
many deplorable things have happen
ed, and about which SO much has
been written.
Mr.. Wilson made an instantaneous
hit to-day when he put plainly and
simply to the large number of Demo-
Gratis in his audience the same ques-
ton which he addressed to the old
Confederate veterans last week. us
there anything that | stand for or
anything in my platform that does
not meet your approval?" he asked
them. IF there is | want you to tell
me; let us be perfectly frank about
it and get down to business
Defeating applaus, which re-echoed
through the surrounding hills, was
the only response to his question, and
as an evidence that his appeal found
marked favor, his audience elbowed
each other vigorously in their efforts
to grasp his hand heartily after he
had finished his address. ,
With his characteristic simplicity,
he told them of the great faith he had
in the common people, whom, he said,
Had always been equal to the emer-
gency when they saw fit to assert
\ themselves in the full splendor of their
power and manhood and womanhood.
"a serious line of dissatisfaction
with the present State administration,
which we see no hope of being chang
ed under the Democratic nominations
for successors, is the favoritism shown
al d
ers, and in other counties where cases
are tried, of judgeship to men, great
many of whom were grossly unscrupu-
lous and>incompetent.
His favoritism to Calhoun, which
cost the State a great many thousands
of dollars, when Calhoun was under
salary and had no right to extra COM
pensation, has excited just complaint
and criticism.
HE conspired with the committee,
and compelled the Democratic party
TO hold a primary election year and
a half before the public election, to
nominate a State ticket, and pushed
upon it also nomination for sena-
tor, were there was no law and no
custom for nominating Senators in
this way and the whole purpose was
to compel his own selection, while he
was enjoying the power Of Governor
and controller of a great many places
and persons, and in this way he has
secured his own choice for. successor
and his own indorsemen for Senator
by making gifts of places or by arous-
ing hopes of gifts of places to bribe
small politicians all over the State
to help him or to keep still, and in
this way he has killed off Blackburn
And McCreary, and instituted the reign
of small potatoes and. few In hill,
though when the hills are at Frank
fort, there is very large bag of small
potatoes.
Democracy has always plumed it.
self on a fair fight, but call this
people to witness that this politician,
Governor and schemer has played all
: he tricks known to politics, and in
Vented some new ones and used all
these tricks and all the influence en-
trusted to him by the people for their
I, benefit, to keep himself and his crowd
in power.
s"I charge that he got his place by
fraud; that he knew he was not elect
ed that all his people knew that he
was not elected; that even solidly
democratic board, counting the re-
turns, decided and knew that he was
not elected, and that he took office
with his eyes open and knowing what