The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-26


Citizen reaches It's readers most OF tn
campaign in the eth. District VIII
be over. All the evidence viii be in
and the voters will be making up
their minds-if they have not done
so already. II is time TO stop and
see what has been proved on each
side.
We will give Mr.. Lewis the first
chance. He has made a campaign In
which he has thrown more mud and
made more charges which have been
I roved untrue, and which he must
have known were untrue, than
has ever been seen In this part Of
the state before. To be sure he has
found and attacked some real faults
In the Judge-every man has his
faults and Mr. Faulkner is human
but Mr.. Lewis's proved charges have
all been very old.
Hs proved that Mr. Faulkner play
ed cards eight years ago-that he has
taken a drink now and then, and so
forth. He has not shown that Faux
ner was ever under the influence of
liquor. or that he has played cards
ia recent years. There have been
few mistakes in court rulings and a
few cases where the Judge has lost
his temper or said unnecessarily
sharp things proven. but II is greatly
60 the credit Of the judge that un-
der all this flre-at a time when his
opponents have used every method
and stopped TO any dirt which they
thought might hurt him. they have
not been able 20 prove any thing
more serious than this. They have
had TO fall back on the charge that
Mr.. Faulkner is a hypocrite-that he
acts right but his heart is wrong
that he drinks when nobody can see
him. and plays cards when no one IS
around.
These charges cannot be answered.
they cannot be proved and they have
been thrown out entirely in hopes
that they will fool a few voters. No
man can tell what another man thinks
no man can tell what another will
do when alone-and for our part We
are willing to trust the man who acts
right In public and with the public,
and who does his whole duty by the
people, rather than the man who is
openly wicked and corrupt, and tries
to make II appear that he is virtuous
because he does not deny the vices
which he cannot hide. Faulkner may
be bad. but ne acts right That is
all Lewis has proved.
On the other side the attack has
been much more effective-several
things have been proved which Mr..
Lewis has not tried TO deny-and
some things which he has denied are
known to be true. The Citizen
started out with the idea that Mr.
Lewis was a pretty good man in bad
company. We have had TO change our
opinion. II he is good he hides It
pretty we'll
The first thing proven was that he
is atill a heavy drinker lie told the
editor OF The Citizen last September
that he had not had drink in four
years. Wen, he has been drinking
pretty steadily ever since. And when
accused OF IL he said In a public speech
that he had always drunk all he
wanted 20. when he wanted TO. and
whenever he wanted to, and he hoped
every other man would do the same.
or course he was pretty full and in
whislxey country or he would not have
said that, but he did say It. and it
does not seem quite the right thing
for a man TO say who is looking for
a chance to enforce the laws against
the use OF whlskey.
The second point was his defalca-
ton as sheriff OF Leslie County. That
Is well known TO have been caused
by drink. AS 1t took place long
time ago II might have been easily
overlooked II Lewis were sober now.
but his conduct in, this campaign has
shown that the bottle has as great
hold over him as ever. for he has not
been able TO let It alone even during
the few weeks OF the canvass, when IL
meant so much to him to be able 10
stay sober.
The third point he made against Mr.
Lewis has not been made by Faulk-
ner, but by Lewis himself. Lewis has
not made either a consistent or a clean
canvass. He has told one story In one
place and another elsewhere. Moth
ing could have been stronger for tenn
perance than his speech at the Mckee
court-but he is an open whiskoy man
in Knox County. He may either for
or against whiskey, but which ever he
is, ne has been trying to fool large