The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-26
JUDGES RACE
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JUUUL . MAUI
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part of the district. And Lewis has
made many charges on the authority
of some one else, and many that he
knew were false.
Mr.. Lewis has also proved that he
does not do what he himself knows is
right. He has told in several of his
speeches all the evils of bribery at
elections. He has declared also that
IL any money is used for him he will
know It. And now anybody who is
awake can satisfy himself that Lewis
money-thousand Of dollars is actual
ia I'm the hands of his workers We
heard of it in Clay first and then
along the railroad. On his own state
ment he is responsible for this.
One other thing-Mr. Lewis knows
who owns The Citizen, and that it
is not controlled by Berea College, or
President Frost. 1t has been and still
is very friendly to both, and the col
lege-fs its largest and best paying adj
vertiser and receives and gives many
favors. The paper is in thoro sympa-
thy with the college. and does all 1t
can, not only to help the college, but
to aid the general aims of that insti-
tuition. which are to advance the cause
of education, and the interests of the
mountain people. But the college doe
not control the paper, and could not
make it print an editorial or prevent
its printing one unless the whole man
agement should change. Lewis knows
these facts fully and therefore his at
tacks on Berea College and its pres
ident have not only been needless, but
he knew them to be false. The edi-
tor of the paper has decided what pol
icy it would pursue. and is entirely
responsible for what it has said This
explanation is made in justice to the
College, and not to the paper, for
The Citizen is proud to be in any way
identified with the College.
Mckee, KY, Nov. %, 19OS-This
county is getting warmer and warmer
in the Circuit Judges race.-in fact
it is about red hot II has been a
peculiar race from the beginning.
Lewis started off with a dash of speed
which so encouraged his followers
that they at once began to claim the
earth-especially all that part of it
in jackson County. Faulkner wait
ed for the sober second thought Of
the people, and got it. Then he be-
gan to run better and has been run
ming better ever since. II was al
ways a question of what the average
good citizen would do. If he stop
ped to think he was apt to fall on
Faulkner's side-if he did not Lewis
got him; but the principle advantage
on Lewis side from the beginning
was the consolidation Of practically
the entire lawless element of the
county; that he was sure of and that
ne seems likely TO keep.
The writer has been very much in
the position Of a spectator in this
fight-rather neutral; therefore he
cannot say as yet which will carry the
county. Faulkner has been gaining
steadily from the beginning and he
seems rarely ever to lose a vote when
once it declares for him. If this keeps
up until the election and it shows
signs of doing so he will probably get
the majority In fact the writer is of
the opinion that he will do So You
can scarcely find a school district in
the county at present where the vote
is not about equally divided. If one
inclines for Lewis, another inclines for
Faulkner. This being the case it is
more than an even chance that Faulk
ner will carry the county.
Mr.. Lewis's complaint of The Citi-
zen is not doing any good in Jackson.
The people of Jackson as a whole be-
lieve that The Citizen ought to take
sides for the right, not only in this
race but in everything else. Its ar
guments are unanswerable. They can
only be met by abuse and insinua-
tions,--two things In which Mr.. Lew
is and some of his friends are experts.
The Citizen has a large circulation in
this county and it is increasing. The
London Sentinel which is abusing The
Citizen so much has no circulation in
the county except complimentary cop
les furnished by Mr.. Lewis for cam
paign purposes. The line of abuse
INDUCED in by Mr.. Lewis through that
paper is not doing him any good: but
he does not know It.
The writer is satisfied from the
expressions he hears among the peo-
pie that good citizens OF the county
viii not believe any outrageous SLAM