The Bourbon news., 1910-06-24
[From the Lexington Herald, June 20. ]
VIM. P. WALTON'S WRITINGS.
GUILTY OF EVERY CHARGE IN
THE INDICTMENT.

Let's see. Campbell Cantrill, mem
Der of Congress ana candidate for re-
nomination on the Democratic ticket,
has been charged with failure to sup
port the Democratic ticket of 1907. Of
this he has made no denial and the
charge must be taken as confessed.
Those who say he was Senator Brad
ley ablest lieutenant when he was
elected over Governor ]. &. w. Beck
ham for the United States Senate al
though the latter was the regular
nominee of the Democratic party. 1t
has been charged and never denied by
Mr.. Cantrill or any one else that he
delivered the four rufians of IT,
Democratic party To Bradley" This
charge too must be taken as confessed.
1t has been charged that he manip-
ulated the school Book Bill in the in
terest of the American Book Company,
thereby costing the parents of the
State more than hundred thousand
dollars. In this he flew directly in the
face of democratic sentiment and
against democratic measure. This
charge cannot be denied any more than
the others. The record is against it
and the verdict is guilty as charged
1t is further charged and cannot be
denied that Mr.. CantrIll defeated the
bill to maze rectIieis pay small pro-
portion of the burden OF taxation. caus-
g Governor Beckham to recon0ene
the Legislature into extra session at
cost of many thousands of dollars TO
secure that for which there should
have been no question. To thls inuict-
ment the gentleman of Scott Is bound
to plead guilty.
The direct charge is made by Cover
nor Bee khan in mis- State journal, that
Mr.. Csntrili caused the State an extra
expenditure Of over SO, 600 py delay
ing the bill to change the location of
the new capitol from the old site to
another to be selected Dy the Commits
sioners. There are other charges, in
this connection. but the one directly
made is sufficient. Mr.. Cantrill is as
guilty of it as jury of those who
know the facts can make him by a
verdict. There was bill before the
Legislature whose passage was great
ly desired by the farmers to protect
their interests. 1t was known as the
McCord bill. Mr.. Cantrill, for reas-
ons of his own, helped to defeat it.
There can be no other plea to this
count but guilty.
After mis- term in the Senate had
expired Mr.. Cantrill's energies, did
not cease. He was an active and
open lobbyist for the leading trusts,
including the American Tobacco Com
pany in whose interests the Burlev
Society charges that he is still work
ing.
That such an indictment can be SO
fully maintained against man row
asking for Democratic support is a
re fectiUn on the party As well as an
evidence of the sublime assurance OF !
the man. How he can appeal 10
Democrats to support him after his
tortuous course can be accounted for
only by the presumption that he re-
CARDS them as lot of idiots who can
be caught with any sort of bait.
Leaving out of account the moral
and official turpirude that this recital
proves, can those Democrats who i
believe in regularity. support such a
man? The question answers itself. No .
Democrat VINO believes in official and
party rectitude can vote for Mr.. Can
trll without stultifying himself.
In this discussion We have left out
the charges of the Burley Tobacco /
Society tnat Mr. Canttill has betray ed |
it Dto the hands of the trust and
would further tie them hand and foot
by making only Is per cent pol
binding. Colonel John r. Allen has
very ably shown bow such provision
would destroy the object for which a
pool is made 1t is in direct accord
with the interests of the American To-
l,ooor> Coyonopn ho foo 0f ouoru bo, 1
est toiier in the tobacco fields. The
Society mas made other and damaging
against Mr.. Cantrill. but those
mentioned are sufficient to make every
tobacco producer work against him,
who knows his own interest.
We have endeavored to show that no
Democrat with proper appreciation
Of Democratic principles and ties lean
vote for Mr.. Cantrill and we believe
that no tobacco man will who : :r-