The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-14
DEPTH OF INFAMY .
[SOUNDED BY BARRY
AFTER CONVENTION
Says He Did Not Know Facts
- When He Promised
Support.
Quotes Other Papers Of Dis.
trict About il.
THAT SENATORIAL ARGUMENT.

Hon. y. Barry returns to the at
tack In this weeks issue OF the
Tribune-Democrat, offers TO furnish
affldavits to back up his assertion
that the Second senatorial district
convention was bought up and quotes
from the Mayfleld Messenger, Smith
land Banner. Galloway Times. Clin-
ton Gazette. Arlington Courier and
Carlisle County News In support Of
his accusations.
He says editorialiy:
The News-Democrat OF May made
q few brief remarks" In a labored
effort, covering two columns OF space.
made a lame and weak effort to cover
up some Of the rottenness OF the re-
cent senatorial. so-called, convention.
In all that two columns OF labored
EFFORT We can And only one truth ex-
pressed therein = and that was, that
Barry publicly expressed himself for
Eaton, at the close OF the convention.
We will say that at that time Barry
did not know the depth. the height.
the width nor length OF the Infamous
damnable tricks resorted TO TO bring
about the nomination. No man, who
has any self-respect whatever. could
do less than be has done. especially
after the false statements were made
by the Nsws-DemocTat as to the rea-
sons OF his defeat. The statement
that the only delegates that were
drunk were Barry delegates" is a
falsehood out OF whole cloth, as the
writer OF that article well knows.
But he rays that Barry should know
that political conventions are not con-
Quoted after the manner OF Sunday
schools" This. TO the mind OF the
News-Democrat editor Is sufficient ex-
cuse for any and all treachery. cor
rupt use OF money and whisky. But
what better moral code could be ex-
pected from such a source7 AS 10 the
mysterious and unauthentic accounts
OF bribery. or attempted bribery
we will say that We are prepared with
written aud signed statements to
make very specific statements when
the right time comes. As 10 waiting
a week. before making the state
ments, In answer 10 the News-Demo-
Gratis falsehoods. printed the next
mopalng after the convention. We
simply say that Barry publishes a
weekly paper and not a daily. The
News-Democrat contrasts Barry's po-
sition with that OF Wyatt and Moore.
and SAYS that they are both perfectly
satisfied. Why should they not be
satisfied They helped 10 accomplish
what they were procured to do Ac-
cordIng to the News-Democrat. John
NJ. Moore was largely instrumental in
bringing about the result: and we
know ]. u. Wyatt had as much OF
more to do with bringing about the
nomination OF Mr.. Eaton than did
Mr.. Moore. AS to the little slurs OF
the News-Democrat at Barry about
being sore" and a sulker, we VIII
only say that he. In common with
thousands OF the best Democrats OF
the district. Is indignant, and refuses
to become a party to this corrupt and
degrading transaction. Mr.. Eaton is
not the Democratic nominee of the
Second district. but is the nominee OF
the whisky interests OF Paducah.
There is not a Democratic paper In
the district that has not denounced
that so-called convention as a fraud
and stencil In the nostrils of all de-
cent people. OF course. the whisky
organ OF Paducah stands by its on
spring; but that sheet has no politics
OF any kind; as II ia only run In the
interest OF the wholesale whisky peo-
pie and saloons OF Paducah. Read
what the Arlington Courier, Carlisle
County News, Clinton Gazette, Liv-
ingston Banner. Mayfield Messenger
and Galloway Times have TO say
about your convention. They have
no cause to be sore or disappointed
These good papers are only inter-
ested In decency and the success of
the Democratic party. All these
good Democratic papers have lined up
with the Tribune-Democrat. and some
OF them have denounced that in
famous force in more scathing terms
than has this paper. SO far as poor
Jack Fisher is concerned. we only
reiterate, we are only sorry for Jack.
Arlington Courier.
The Arlington Courier OF May I. a
week after the convention, has the
following editorial. written by the
editor. who was present during the
whole proceedings OF the conventions:
People are fools. We get some
crazy Idea into our heads and hold to
It like a niger to a superstition. We
let people rob US and then tell 'em