The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-07-27
CONTEST FOR
GOVERNORSH|P
Appears to Lie Between
Two Men.
JOHNSON THE LEADER IN RACE
Is a Young Man and Full
Of the Requisite Zeal
And Ambition.
a FAIR STATEMENT OF CASE

There are some indications that
Hon. Ben Johnson will not have OPP
position for the race for Governor.
This may seem strange, but it is not.
Mayor Head, of Louisville, will cut
but small figure in the fight, as he
has no following outside the limits
of the city, and not unanimous fol-
lowing there, though he is a good
man and the people want him to re-
main Mayor. Adams, the Cynth-
lana candidate, is also a worthy gen.
tleman, but he is only local candi-
date, figuring in the returns from
only the surrounding counties. Sen
ator McCreary is an announced can
didate, but it is not sure by any
means that ne will make a strong
fight against Johnson, and that is the
only kind of a fight that will answer
the purpose.
Senator McCreary should not enter
the fight. He has held Offices all his
life and he has never held one that
was not creditably filled. He has
been Governor and he made a good
one. He was then promoted to the
Office of United States Senator. In
other words he went up stairs from
the Governors Office to that of Sen
ator. He has received all the honors,
from that of magistrate through the
line of Governor to Senator. Now to
ask him to step down stairs to the Of
fee OF Governor is a request that his
friends should not demand of him,
and which would be requiring him
to accept an Office in which he could
not naturally take much pride. He
has already enjoyed that honor, and
although an able and conscientious
man. he could not put into his work,
while acting as Governor, the same
vigor and determination as would
one like Ben Johnson, who wants to
be Governor in order that it can be
said in history that he was once Gov
ernor and was as good a Governor
as the State ever had. Gov. Nc
Creary has already made record as
Governor; he has no record to make,
no place in history to secure for his
name.
The two men are well known by
the people. Neither has one word
to say against the ability and homes
ty of the other. No one can say it.
One has heaped up political honors
until there are no honors in the gift
of the people of Kentucky to bestow
upon him. The other looks to the
future, not to the past. Johnson is
to live in the new Kentucky for
many years yet. He is in the prime
of his young manhood, as it were.
He can, as Governor, create condi-
tions that will be a benefit to the
State and that will win for him a
name that is the object of his ambi-
ton. Give him what he wants and
he will give Kentucky what she
needs.
We would not say that McCreary
would be a fossil as Governor; far
from it. But we do not believe he
would put forth more than the pas
sive energy that would be incumbent
upon him by sense of duty. He
would not be actuated by the same
motives that would younger man
attempting to climb the political hills
that Mr.. McCreary has already as
cended. Mr.. Johnson has all the
ability that any man in the State
has; he has had experience; he has
keen judgment, and he has the ambi-
ton which in the past has made him
a determined, active official in what
ever capacity he has filled.
Another feature is that Senator
McCreary enters the race, his friends
say, by being implored to make the
race, and If nominated he would ex-
pect the party to elect him. He
would say, 81 accepted the nomina-