The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-10-21
GADDIE SPEAKS
AT HARTFORD
Many Hear Candidates for
Congress and Judge.
indications Point to Large Ma
jorities for Both Republican
Nominees in Ohio Co.


Last Monday afternoon DR.. G. w.
Gaddie of I.arue County, Republican
nominee for Congress In this dis
trict addressed large gathering OF
the voters at the courthouse at one
o'clock D. m, Judge Birkhead having
adjourned court to give the candidates
an opportunity to be heard. Judge J.
Allen Dean, of Greensboro, Republican
nominee for Judge of the Court OF
Appeals in this district was also
present and address the people.
Both speeches were well received by
the large audience and there was
every evidence that both candidates
will receive more than the full Re-
publican vote. Mr.. E. G. Austin
Socialist candidate. was granted an
opportunity to present his cause, but
instead of doing so he made an ats
tempt to belittle the speech of DR..
Gaddie which fell very flat with the
audience. He accused DR.. Gaddie of
not presenting any REMEDY or line of
action which he would pursue II
elected to Congress, but laid him
self open to the same charge even to
a greater extent, by not even men-
tioning what the Socialists propos-
ed to do If given control of things.
He contented himself by criticising
present conditions and distributed a
large number of copies of Socialist
paper called Appeal to Reason"
Upon being introduced by Hon. NJ.
L. Heavrin. DIR. Gaddie spoke as fol-
lows:
MY FELLOW CITIZENS:-I meet
you and greet you with an unusual
degree of pleasure. come to you not
as a stranger knocking at your door,
but as one who has addressed you
on former occasions. Two years ago
Ohio County gave me a very hand
some majority, when / was the Re-
publican nominee for Congress. At
that time a Presidential Election call
ed out a full vote, and party lines
were very closely drawn. To-day We
have no election of a President. In
fact the two parties have only the
nominees for Congress and Judge OF
the Court of Appeals on the ballot
This applies to only four counties
in the fourth Congressional District
In the other nine counties the race
is for Congress alone. am a call
didate for Congress. | have no other
political ambition. My opponsnt. the
Democratic nominee Is an announced
candidate for Congress this fall. and
for Governor next fall. AS Yet he
has not announced that he is can
didate for United States Senator the
following year. His friends are said
to be looking for this announcement
soon. His political ambitions seem
to cover the entire territory occupi-
ed by the American Eagle who stretch
es his wings from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. dips his bill in the Arctic
Ocean. and daps his tail in the Gulf
of Mexico.
believe that a public office Is q
public trust, and that an officer elect
ed by the people Is, the servant. not
the master of the people. 4 am not
In sympathy with the idea chat the
people can be tossed about by an
official. as a boy losses ball. A
man who seelzs election at the hands
OF the voters should deal seriously
with them. He should be. willing and
ready to serve the term to which he
expects to be elected, or else he
should step aside and let someone
have the place w.o will. How about
Mr.. Johnson. the Democratic nnmi-
meet According to his own announce
ment he does not expect to serve the
people one hour. while congress Ia
in session. II you elect him. II elect
ed ON the 9Th Of November. he would
take the oath of office on the 4th of
March, 1911. The day Congress must.
in obedience to the Constitution. ad-
journ 10 meet no more till the first
Monday In December 1911. nkne months
after qualifying. s<
During all that time he would be
behind his bank counter In Bards-
town counting out money and inves-
ting his spaisry. or else out In the