The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-04-05
For Democratic Nominal
ton for Governor.
DECLARES HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
Was III AdviSed-HaS Little
Inclination for Political
Preferment.
is GRATEFUL TO HIS FRIENDS

In his declination to make the
race for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Kentucky, Judge
William Reed, of Paducah, has issu-
ed a card, which is self-explanatory
His card declining to make the race
was a surprise and is as follows:
"A few days ago, while in the city
of Mayfeld, and acting as special
Judge of the Graves county Circuit
Court, | was induced by the urgent
solicitation of numerous Democrats
from different parts of the State. and
by hundreds of my home people, to
consent to my announcement as
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor.
"At the time l did so my every
moment of time was being consum-
ed by my court duties, and I could
not and did not give to the question
that calm consideration it deserved
hence, after mature deliberation,
have reached the conclusion that the
step then hastily taken by me was
ill-advised.
81 am a judicial officer and have
but slight, if any, inclination for po-
litical preferment or to enter politi-
cal life. have not the pleasure or
the advantage, if it be one, of any
extended acquaintance over the
State, and the time is so limited in
which to canvass the State that I
must of necessity neglect the duties
which have been confided to me by
the good people of this judicial dis
trict, unless attempt to draw upon
the favors Of the already hard-work-
ed Circuit Judges of the State, by
reason of the law known as the
Special Judge law" I do not feel
that it would be just to do so, or
that I have any right to do so.
feel that my first and highest duty
is to those who have intrusted me
with the duties of an important Of
fee, and that I should not neglect
it's duties to seek another.
81 do not believe am unreasona-
bic in assuming from the encour-
agement l have received from Dem
ocrats all over the State, that
stand a most excellent chance of
winning the Democratic NOM
ination for Governor, but for
the reasons above stated and the
additional reasons that the personal
sacrifice I will be compelled to make
and the duties l owe to those near
and dear to me, and whose interest,
comfort and happiness rise above
any political ambition of mine, be-
sides the worry and bother of a long
and tedious campaign, constrain me
with regret to reconsider my hasty
action in announcing my candidacy.
In doing so l am not unmindful of
the fact that Democrats, as we'll as
the people generally. do not like "a
gutter and that my action in so
doing does and perhaps ought to and
will in the future eliminate me from
State politics and bar me from flu
ture promotion or preferment,
whether desired or deserved, but for
these reasons as well as other CO.
gent reasons in which the public will
feel no interest, have determined
to withdraw from the race, though
It may subject me to harsh criticism
or even to ridicule.
Begging, however, to assure all
those who have evidenced an inter-
est in my candidacy that l am and
always will be profoundly and sim
cerely grateful to them, and that no
one on this earth can regret more
than I do the embarrassing situation
in which this, my action, places me,
as we'll as them,
every respectfully,
"WILLIAM REED"
PAINTER Asks REELECTION.