The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-20

knoweth not what ne sayeth! or
words to that effect.
You speak as man who is sim
cere, as an editor who believes in
the integrity of the party and of
the candidate, when you utter these
fine words: THE great mass of
Kentucky voters expected-yes,
DEMANDED-that the Democracy
of the State should keep its record
and advance along the same line by
the adoption of a county unit plank
in its platform. 1t would have been
an open violation of confidence to
have done otherwise!"
Those words are worthy of you
or of any sincere man. They are
the words | used last February and
last June to induce Senator Nc
Creary to spare me and other tenn
perance Democrats the disagreed
BILE duty of leaving him II he did
not, before everlastingly too late,
speak out as a statesman, as a
sincere" man, as a brave and in
spring leader and tell where he
stood and where the Democratic
party should stand upon the Coun-
ty Unit question. You, Mr.. Editor,
very properly say the people de
manded" such an advanced posi-
ton; but Mr.. McCreary, with
characteristic cowardicec, or trick
cry, or political sagacity, If
you choose so to term such
conduct, stuck to his usual course
of addition, division and silence!"
The State stood aghast at his non
committal policy, even to the day of
the platform convention. when that
body with difficulty slid a county
unit plank under his feet, with
Beckham's aid and despite Waiter
sons protest.
] say to you that that course was
of itself enough to turn sincere"
men of all parties away from Mr..
But in my own case,
which is now under discussion, it,
only added the last straw that
broke the camel's back. Here
briefly is the story. and | challenge
any man who calls himself a pat
riot before he is a partisan, a Sin
cere" man before he is a sycophant
or a moral coward, to debate the
issue with me anywhere in Ken
tucky-"Why McCreary's Temper
ance Record is a Myth"
First-Mr. McCreary has had
three chances in fourteen years to
vote wet or dry in Richmond, and
failed each time to discharge the
plain duties of citizenship.
Second-He was supported by the
combined liquor interests of Ken
lucky four short years ago for U.
S. Senator against Gov. Beckham,
and the latter publicly declared
Every saloon in the State is a Nc
Creary headquarters"
Third-Mr. McCreary publicly
denounced Gov. Beckham for re-
away from a local option
election in Bardstown Sept. 1, 1906,
within five months there
after, and again last March, 1911,
and again in 1897. Mr.. McCreary
lodged the same issue in Richmond,
when his neighbors were struggling
% vote out the saloons!
Tell me that your candidate for
Governor is a sincere. courageous,
'r inspiring leader? God deliver
IS from one who has the voice of
Jacob but whose hand is the hand
If Esau!
Z And why do feel so deeply upon
his subject of electing or defeating
ny fellow townsman? Because
ought through three heartbreaking
emperance contests at Richmond,
land-to-hand with the saloons, the |
'reweries and distilling interests,
nd their hired preachers, lawyers |
nd debauchees, and l vowed | |
would forfeit $1,000 if I as Mayor
allied to enforce the local option
aw. / rlsked my life, / gave my
ime, my salary, my thought and
ny personal and political welfare
yer to the completest test of the
aw, and | have the unanimous en-
orsement of friend and foe alike of
he temperance cause that | dellv-
red the goods in my official and
rivate capacity.
The once blood-stained city of
richmond, stagnated by drink and
by saloon domination,
J to-day the model law-enforced
Ity of Kentucky, with over a mil
on of dollars increased wealth,
rime reduced to minimum, con-
eminent and prosperity alike
mong white and black, and with
lture as fair as any community in
II Kentucky. What part in that
rand achievement had Mr.. Nc
reary? Where was he when thosa