The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-06-28


on either side and every foot of the
way! Hoop-la!
But enough of this. Turning from
the Democrats. sweet and smiling
even in their combats, to the Repub-
licans, what do we see? The same
old hardscrabble betwixt the coon
and the billygoatl The same old
pull Dick, pull Devil, the full choir
( red-nosed angels and wooly-head
d cherubs singing:
Heap a sight O. trouble
On de ole mans min.
Up went de price oh votes"
The same, the self-same Niger
n-the-Woodpile!
How could 1t be otherwise? Re-
pubiicanism, so-caiied in Kentucky
where it is not a purely fungus
growth-is alien to the soil and cli-
mate. For a long time the one is
sue was to keep things in shape and
line for the federal appointments to
effice. Latterly the Democrats, by
their continued follies, made things
easy for the Republicans. With the
end OF Democratic factionism the
Republicans will have to face two
ways-ride two horses going in OPP
posite directions-and, even with
the agility of an O'Rear and the
persuasive powers of a Bradley, this
will be found hard to do six days
in the week, impossible on Sundays!
The row going on in the Repub-
lican camp is as sawdusty as a boss
show and rather funnier than a cir
Gus tragedy. With each it is a case
of "bedam If do" and "bedam If
don't!" Which recalls a story. 'T'll
shoot him!" says Binks. why"
says links. Because he insulted
me-" says Binks. what did he call
your" says links. "He called me
a Son-of-a-gun, says Binks. Hold
on" says links. don't be rash.
What are the facts?"
O'Rear looks to a gentleman up a
tree to be in the lead. He deserves
to be. He is a type of the political
gamester of the time. He plays
like a professional. Something of
a night rider, with Prohibition lean
ings, he embodies the spirit of the
Paternalist, along with the disre-
gard for law characteristic of the
Centralizationist, illustrated by the
steel trust, the sugar trust and the
tobacco trust, the most signal crea-
lions of latter-day Republicanism.
His friends argue that Judge
.O'Rear can catch the people both
ways, a-coming and a-going. He
can, they assure us, rip with old
Euripides and cant with old Canther-
ides. 1t seems that some of the
whisky Republicans-there are
such-are opposing judge O'Rear,
the Prohibition
issue which they mean to project
(they are a projecky set into the
canvass-Judge O'Rear's body
guard are whooping things on the
Carrie O'Nation basis. Poor old
Carrie! They won't let her rest,
even in her grave! Truly, it is won
derful how we apples swim when
the other fellows OK is gored!
ANYHOW the Courier-Journal is
for o'Rear. It does love straight
fight. What we expect to do to him
when the time comes will vitalize a
wooden Injun or a door post and
cause food of foam to flow from
an empty keg of soda water! Yet
gently Jones, gently The wise re-
porter never blabs his items. Suf-
ficient unto the day. and don't let
1t be too long between smokes!
Seriously. and of a verify, and
for a fact, we are so sure of carry
ing all before us in the coming fall
election, no matter whom the Re-
publicans put up, that the Courier
Journal has ordered her low neck
and short-sleeves for the Democrat
ic inaugural ball at Frankfort.
Dancel It will be good for sore
eyes to see that old girl shake her
skirtsl This is going to be DEM
ocratic year, prelude to next year.
when in the nation Democracy will
come to its own again. Kentucky
is, and always has been, Demo-
cratic State. Neither of the two
trials which, through Democratic