The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-10-01

biggest court days held here In years
occurred yesterday, when all the can
didates In the primary of District o
we're present. and there was almost
continuous oratory from ten In the
morning TIL five at night.
The most dramatic feature OF the
day was the set to between II. +.
Farmer and Capt. Golden, candidates
for Commemorative Attorney. Mr..
Golden was To speak at ten but
agreed TO divide his time with otner
candidates, leaving the afternoon Tree
Tor the Judgeship race. Messrs. Boyd
of London, ana Cioyd of Manchester
spoke, and then Mr.. Farmer OF Man
chester, made his speech. which was
A most violent attack on Capt. Gold
en-. lie charged him with almost every
imaginable crime. public and private.
In bitter and specific terms.
Il was about eleven o'clock when
Capt Golden took the floor to reply.
The court room was crowded. pro-
badly four hundred men being p,es-
ent. lie began by defending himself
specifically against each charge with
great force and effect lie then went
on to larger questions taking up
the duties OF voters In the race-the
responsibilities OF citizenship and the
need OF honesty, fearlessness and
a high sense OF Christian citizenship
In performing the functions OF fran
chlse. lie talked for two hours and
a half, yet kept great crowd quiet
except when applause interrupted him,
The scene when Mr.. Golden closed
was most dramatic. lie had invited
all who approved his stand to come
up and shake hands with him, and in
stantly, from all over the room. hun
dreds OF men crowded forward. Gold
en- became the center Of a mob. shout
ing. cheering. some with tears On
their cheeks. all enthusiastic and az
fected TO the very soul by the great
speech. Il was a triumph OF oratory
OF which any man might be proud. il
may not have made Notes.-The ques-
ton OF the campaign had dropped out
OF sight-but Il made friends that will
last. and Il was mighty stroke for
good government
4 In hf
day MIR. Cloyd declaring that Clay
County was entitled 20 the Common
wealth's Attorneys place this year,
proposed that the voters then pres
ent should vote on a question wheth-
or he or Farmer should withdraw from
the race Mr.. Farmer accepted and
at the close OF Mr.. Golden's speech
there was a line up In the yard. Mr..
Cloyd won 226 10 206 and Mr. Farm
or will now turn In and stump the
district for Cloyd.
The crowd then went OFF for a late
dinner. and did not get back TN
nearly three o'clock when Faulkner
began 90 speak. There were hardly
two hundred men In the room when
he began. In ten minutes the room
was fairly full. tho never so full as
in the morning Judge Faulkner spoke
for about an hour. beginning with an
explanation OF the early primary
making no complaint but showing why
II was necessary for him to have
special judges appointed and go On
the stump. Then he came to the
main point OF his speech-the charges
which MIR. Lewis Is making against
him. These charges had few OF them
been made specific, the Judge said,
ana he wished Mr. Lewis would ex-
plain whether certain intimations he
has made in his letters and card
meant anything or not. Mr.. Lewis's
friends had been using these inti-
nations as arguments. and he wanted
an explicit statement. He then took
up a few OF the charges which had
bttn oDttiAtt ahu ahcNtAt0
them. and finally In closing after a
strong argument for pure elections
appealed to the voters to consider
his record and judge him on II.
Mr. Lewis In reply. said that he
was not like the Judge, and had
nothing to complain" OF. He gave
his side Of the early primary ques-
ton. but did not seem to feel called
on to attack the Judge for taking
the stump as he has done before. He
then read the card to which Faulkner
had referred. and declared that there
was nothing In II which would offend
any man who did not have sore
spot" He told the old story about
the hit dog yelling. but utterly failed
to make openly the charges which he
has limited at and which his friends
have been using. When the crowd saw
this Il began to break up and a