The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-09-01
JUDGE o'REAR's INsINcERITY.

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Editor Jim Richardson, of the Glas
Cow Times, who above all of the
country editors can cut closer to the
bone than any in getting to the meat
of subject, has this to say of
Judge ORcar's sincerity"
The burden Of Judge O'Rear's song
is the lack of sincerity" on the
part of the Democrats. He condemns
them for putting a "countv unit"
plank into their platform, because
he does not believe they were "sin-
cere" when they did il. The popular
definition of the word "sincere" is
to be in earnest. II does not lie
in Judge O'Rear's mouth to truthful
" say that, when a majority of the
Democratic delegates at the Louis-
vile convention voted to commit
their party to the extension of To-
cal option, so that the people of
every county in the state should set
tie that vexed problem for them
selves they were not entirely in
earnest" and moved to take that
course IN all sincerity of purpose
How easy it would have been for
them to have taken the broader road.
where big campaign fund beckoned
aid to which some distinguished lead
ers attempted to lure them. Had
they been lacking in sincerity" they
would not have cast their lot with
the forces of temperance, but would
have hardened to the call of the
beer and whisky trust. The cppor-
tunity for going astrav was not want
ing. Weaker men than Gov. Ne
Creary and his associates would
have fallen by the wavside. They de-
serve infinite credit for doing their
duty resolutely and sincerely, des-
pite Judge O'Rear's sneering con-
demnation.
BY the way. what license has the
Republican nominee TO question the
sincerity" of other men. when his
political utterances are as notified
as snake and as iortuous as its
track pursued in shadow and in dark
nessf Al Lexington he broadly hint
ed that an investigation would reveal
the scandal that taints Bradley's
title as United States Senator. As
the beneficiary of Bradley's favor,
and eager to gain MS support. he
stood in the Louisville convention
and with uplifted hands. proclaimed
that pet of the beer and Whisky
trust as "the greatest living Ken
tnckian, without a stain upon his
title" Does any sane man believe
that Judge ORear was "sincere"
when that flood of revolving compli-
ment spewed from his lipsl If he
has the intelligence to retain his
place on the appellate bench and
sufficient information to entitle him
to aspire to the govvernorship. Judge
ORear must know that Bradley
swan to the senatorship through an
ocean of scandals; that its depths
were marked by bouys of beer kegs
and whisky barrels each weighted
with corruption fund, that its sur
face was greasy with ooze and slime
the eyudings of the dirty lobby that
bounded Beckham to defeat.
Even on his high place on the
bench, swathed in the ermine of pur-
ity, he must have heard the yelps OF
JOY when treacheious Democrats at
;hcir bidding. voted Bradley into
the senate. Although blind as a bat,
and deaf as post, lie could not but
have seen this saturnalia of corrup-
ton, and have heard its echoes, and
have inhaled its asphyxiating odors
And vet, this self-anointed leader,
proclaiming himself prrer than all
others. sits in judgment on his fellow
men and questions their sincerity,
When evidences of fraud and malice
and wrong were piled mountain high
yet he walked through il and about
it daily and neither saw. nor heard
nor stnelled. .tj
If Judge O'Rear was sincere him
self, he would not trade his reputa-
ton for Intelligence and backbone
for such a mess of pottage as Brad
ley's support, but, rising to the full
heights Of his manhood, would de-
Dounce him for what he is-the com
placement beneficiary of the con-
spiracies and corruption Of the wills
ky people, whom Judge O'Rear so
affects to despise.
Every turn of the wheel of fate,
shows Judge O'Rear more and more
in the light of an insincere politician
rather than as statesman.