The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-10-27
yOLUME XVIII.
A Communication From Sidney
6. Clay.
r. the Democrats of Bourbon county:

~ tho Democrats of Bourbon county:
JfooI II my duty to myself, as well
tbo rood Democrats before whom
a. " heen laying my claims as can
,. I"so for the Legislature, to make
dlu"tt tpment. especially SO since my
tno ms lend and worthy opponent, Mr..
guy ys for whom Individually have
Gol'iiE ,;ndest words and the kindliest
the ,;n ~ has positively denied what L
leen"S eoid and covered his retreat by
Hacking ar my political record. want
20 do no man an injustice and desire no
80 " secured by misrepresentation or
r uO;n nv exciting unfair prejudice.
told some of my Democratic friends
.bat # was reported that Mr.. Collins
Inao AGAINST Mr.. Bryan in 1896;
WA VIA others that it was reported that
W ~ -,oted against Mr.. Goebel In 1899. L
l n1 handed the following article which
'nonid like Mr.. Collins to explain. 1t
- cIinned from the Paris Gazette
nonor edited by Judge Harmon Stitt-
e Sopptonoher 14th, 1899, nearly ten years
oCp bv a Democrat so staunch IN his
Hon,orracv that he has guarded 1t for
4Soso many years for fear that some of
the members of this club would ask for
ofcoc of the hands of the Democrats
Of Rourbon county, whom they betray-
ed in 1899. C.u: - Al
rota AGAINST Mr.. Goebel? II his
oUsryo~ Is in the negative-as no doubt
if will be-why should he have permit
ted his name to appear. unchalienged,
as violently opposed to his party noml-
nee? Would it not have been better
and truer and more honest TO have
GONE TO the polls and voted as ne talk
Cd and thought, and was quoted. than
10 use his influence one way, allowing
mis- name to appear in the public press
DC q member of an anti-Goebel Club,
handing Mr.. Goebel, the nominee OF
his own Marty than whom no truer or
nohIer Democrat ever lived-as THE
RTGGFST LIAR AND MOST CON
SIIMMATE SCOUNDREL THAT
EVER STUMPED THE STATE" and
then 90 to the polls where no one could
see his ballot, when his vote only
counted as one, and cast 1t for MI.
Goebel. in an Australian voting booth,
protected from the gaze OF his party
adherents and the vigilance OF all good
Democrats, atone for the injury done
the nominee of his party in his race for
Governor. by his public utterdnces
against him? Does it make him a bet
ter Democrat?
This article has been written these
ten years; read and discussed at the
time and not denial or a protestatlon
until now, when an office is sought.
There was no incentive at the time to
distort the facts or prevent the truth,
as no member of this so-calied Brown
Club of North Middletown, fifty good
and true men," was an asplrant Tor an
Office. He denies that he voted against
Mr.. BRYAN an 1896. If his Democ-I
racy was so questionable and his party
af6liation so Iukewarm in 1899, is 1T
not reasonable to supposed that IN 1896
he was a Gold-bug as he was Brown
bug in 1899?
He accuses me of voting for Judge
Howard for County Judge IN 1884.
thereby contributing to the defeat OF
Judge Mann, and his supporters ana
friends have circulated this malicious
salsehood from one end of the county
to the other. | heard this last week
dilu lIuuiEGldJSly 6lObS ~
Virginia, where attended college, for
the affidavit appearing below. was
not of age at the time mentioned, Eor
was in the State. have the orig
inal of both the Gazette clipping and
the affidavit referred to, which L Will
he glad to show to anyone desiring TO
see them. | became of age Novebmef
"a, 1894, and cast my first vote In the
good old precinct of ClintonvllleE
where was born and reared--fore Viii
liam Jennings Bryan, IN 1896, and have
voted the Democratic ticket ever since,
keeping clean and untarnished pollt,,
zeal record which | have faithfully and
jealOusly guarded since by majority.
tender this to the good people or
Bourbon county TO substantiate all that
| have said to them, as, above all
things, | want their confidence and
good will Respectfully,
SIDNEY G. CLAY.
Oct. 26, 1908.