The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-06-16

8ver to Mr.. Franks contention con
corning the improperly OF Juag
ORear's speeches in the Socsnd Con
zressional Districts
Dir. K. T. Franks OF 0wensboro, on
of the candidates for thu Republics
nomination for Governor, fresh iron
n conference at the Victoria Hote
In Louisville with Lieutenant Cover
nor w. II. Cox, Secretary Of stat
Ben l.. Bruner, Collector Of In,erna
Revenue Lawson RsDo of the Owens
boro district and several Others, a
which the newspapers say II was de-
cided to combine all the opposins
elemen in an anything-to-bsai
O'Rear campaign, made a 'stand-pat'
speech at Barbourvills last Monday
that would If it represented the real
sentiment of The Republican party in
Kentucky doom it DO overwhelming de
feat next November as it has be5n
defeated in every Stats in which such
leadership has prevailed.
Mr.. Franks is an excellent stump
speaker, one of the best campaign
ers in Kentucky, and like Senator
Blackburn he is at his BEST in ad-
dressing an altra partisan audience
of his own political faith, stirring
his auditors with panegyrics on the
grand old party" and it's glorious
history" favorite terms with old time
orators, Republican or Democrat, who
were at their best when announcing
the opposition whether within or with
out the party, as thieves and mar
derers," and appealing to the boys
IN the trenches" to "up and at EN-
Indeed one OF our most distinguish
sd Eastern Kentucky friends made
the remark the other day that ed
Franks made a regular Joe Black
burn speech"
A omcparison of Senator Blackburns
speech at Owensboro and Mr. Franks
speech at Banbouryille confirms this
Our Jo" is a bourbon
Democrat and Ed is a standpat
Republican and both terms are prae-
tically synonymous IN the politics of
to-day. A bourbon" or a stand
patter" is a man who lives and glO-
rie5 In the past, who does not change
or progress with the times, who de-
clares that whatever is right" and
who is ready to read cut of his party
those who refuse to blindly follow
the traditions and teachings of 9TH
er days.
Senator Black burn at Greensboro de-
nounced Caleb Powers as an "un-
hung assassin and abused thu Repub
licans OF the mountains in his old
time style, and declared that the
State ought TO be redistricted so that
ths Republican party could elect but
one member of Congress.
Mr.. Franks at BarbourYille in equal.
ly yituperative language denounced
Judge O'Rear as an apOlogist for law
a consort of lawbreakers and
the candidate of night riders, whose
for Govgnor would Strike
"A blow at the very cornerstone of
civil liberty etc,
Mr.. Franks bitter TRADE against
Judge O'Rear, his vehement denunci-
alton OF him as the enemy of law ard
ord r, thedsfender OF lawlessns.s and
the abetOr OF night riders, will hurt
no one In Kentucky 50 much as 1t
will Mr. Franks. Such an intemper-
Derate speech should make the nom
ination OF Mr. FraHks impossible If
every other present candidate Were 10
and no one knows that
better than our good friend from 0w-
ensboro.
We have heard a great DIAL Of dis |
,nssion of the motive for that speech,
and coming 50 soon after the Louis
vile conference at which it was |
lgroed that the situation demanded /
an "anythiDg-to-beat O'Rear" cam
paign the more plausible and gener-
ihy accepted yiew We have heard Is /
hat Mr.. Franks was delegated to go |
put after Judge o'Rear, involve him
% imperative personal controversy 1
hat should disgust Republicans to
.he point OF eXchalming "a plague on
10Th your hOuses" and make the nom
nation OF either impossible or unwise
which would create a situation Ia
lorable 10 the nomination OF Mr.. |
COX, a clsan and clover gentleman,
sho happily for himself in the carry
ng out OF such a program Is without
ne "fatal gut OF oratOry" which has
,iayed havoc with the caRdidats from
greensboro and therefore has not felt
himself called upon to announce his
,lationn or declare his Views on moot
"a pablo questions.