The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-06-14
MS. CANTR|LL's REPLY
To Burnley Tobacco Society
ResoIutious---fiis Statement
Regarding the New Castle
Meeting.

! Congressman j. Campbell Cantril
was in Lexington Thursday and CAV
out the following in answer to the reso
lutions adopted Wednesday by the Dis
trict Board of the Burley Tobacco So
ciety:
| ''To the Democratic Voters of tn,
Seventh Congressional District: You
have, no doubt. read the resolutions
adopted b, the District Board of thu
Burley Tobacco Society denouncing me
for taking stand which, in my judg
ment, is for the interest of every grow
er. At the very outset desire to cal
attention to each and every man from
the Seventh District who drafted those
resolutions of denunciation. They were
''Mr. A. L. Ferguson of Scott county
who, as executive committeeman OF
the Burley Society, draws salary OF
81, 900 per year, and / understand has
recently in creased it to $4,000.
''Mr. P. S. Head of Oldham county,
who as chairman of that County Board
draws salary of $500 per year.
Mr.. John Larue of Bourbon county,
who has drawn salary for his services
from the Burley Society.
''Mr. w. T. Lee of Franklin county,
who as Chairman of that County Board
draws $500 per year.
MIR. A. N. Slaughter of Owen coun-
ty, who draws salary as executive
committeeman of ~, 900 per year.
''Mr. Lister Witherspoon of Wood
/ ford county, who draws salary OF
81, 600 per year for himself and whose
son, understand, is in the Burley Of
fees and draws 81, 500 per year.
'|Mr. Charles Marvin of Scott coun-
ty, who draws $500 per year as chair
man for Scott county and who foI
years fought the pool and was elected
chairman as soon as he pooled his to-
baccO last year.
These ale the gentlemen who as
committeeman denounce me for max.
ing fight in behalf of the tobacco
growers. Who is paying their salaries!
! am for one and every tobacco grower
who has tobacco in the pool. We pay
those men to handle our tobacco anC
not to dictate to Democratic nominees.
They call me demagogue. If an
! am not making the tobacco growers
pay for my demagogery.
They fly into fury and denounce me
before the world and it has been only
two days since they offered to with
draw their candidate and support me
even though they call me demagogue
if ] would support their pooling con
tract. Such inconsistency can only be
Explained by the fear of losing thei
jobs. 1t should be borne in mind tina
these gentlemen do not give all of thei
time to the tobacco growers for thei
salaries, but carry on their regula
business as before.
''lf their salaries were cut off thei
enthusiasm for the poor tobacco grow
would soon cease. Think of calling to
gether fifty-four county chairmen "a
$500 per chairman, nine execu
tive committeeman at 1900 per com
mitteeman, SIS, 900 president and
%, 500 secretary and other officials too
numerous to mention for the sole pur
pose of denOuncing one poor red-head
ed demagOgue!
1T should be remembered that tn,
tobacco grower must, in addition t,
salaries, pay all expenses like hote
bills, car fare, etc., when these might
dictators assemble. What a glorious
work they are doing for the down
trodden farmer when they burn up hi.
who, if he had not given all of hi
energy for three years to the cause
not single one of them today would
have society from which to draw
salary.
IF / am a demagogue certainly de
not belong to the expensive class t.
which my detractors belong. / would
like to ask how many speeches my dis
tinguished opponent has made for the
Burley pool this year. Not a single
one. He demands election to Congress.
on the Burley pledge and yet in his owl
county of Bourbon practically no to
bacco is pooled and he knows that hi
cannot pool 20 per cent of Bourbon
county under the present contract
'+In his own Senatorial District Mont
gomery county has demanded the Z;
per cent clause, the same as | demand
and | am sure Clarke county would de
the same. 1t strikes me that my dis
tinguished opponent should gather
Clark and Montgomery counties under
the protecting wing Of Brother LeBu:
before jumping into Congress on thi:
platform in the Seventh.
'tIt has only been eight months since
they elected him TO fOur-year term in
the State Senate and / suspect that il
he were elected to Congress he would
never take his seat, and he would be toe
busy running for Governor.
THE charges that have been made
against me by my opponent are alleged
to have occurred three years ago Ii
my campaign two years ago Mr.
Thomas heard these same charges
He did not believe them then because
he loyalty supported me and was or
my delegation from Bourbon county
He processes to believe them now
simply because he is candidate.
As party man have always beer
loyal, striving as hard as | could fol
party success. During the stormy
scenes at Frankfort in the midst OF
the Goebel-raylor contest | riskeC
my life for weeks and was in the thick
OF the fight at all times. | was ready
to lose all in defense of my party.
When the Legislature disbanded
was one of the five who stayed or
the ground to the last to hold tog ether
the members CT that General Assem-.
bly,. My distinguished opponent never
came in sight of the battle ground OF
! Democracy at that time if my reccl
lecricn serves me Alright.
Two years ago my distinguished