Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1911-05-26

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4 couid.n0t or would not suppress them.
do YOU mean 10 saw thai he soldiers
could not change their ideas from
those of mob members to those Of
neaccfuI citizens? They were killing
people. they were burning homes. they
. were destroying depuls. they were
laying cities I'm ashes. they were ter
rorizing whole communities, they were
driving men from the State. These
mon were being threatened. and no
one else Was thrcatcned-an yet the
nudge saws that You could not push
an idea through their heads with a
bavouct And again he SAYS:
"Tf however any opponent, Demo
crat or Republican, cares 10 take up
the other side, ! am prepared to meet
him on the subject"
| will take the other side and make
my aruCal to the lava ilinc people
W Kentucky I am willir TO abide
by their decision, even IN his state
mont made at Hopkinsville. and ie-
more his statement at Frankfort, that
he waited three years 10 explain. ans
which he did not then explain until
he became q candidate for Governor
OF course the Democrats are not
going 10 fcht Judge ORear now.
They want him nominated and VIII
hold their fire until af or the nomna-
lions are made But here aud now
enter my solemn protest against the
nomination nv the Republican party
~ candidate for Governor holding
the views ON law and order that have
been expressed publicly by Judge
O,Rcar Whenever the Republican
marty the party Of lincoln, OF Grant.
Garfield. Harrison. Mckinley. Roose-
yCIt and TAFT, fOrsakes the principles
rf Law and order and winks AZ moNs
and mob yiu,euyes Il should GO iO;C
exile and never again boast ~ more
than half a century of the cvCa'c>i
achievements known 10 UoIi'iCa. RS.
tory
Judge ORCar may have though. -
was right when he ma O. tina; >,S.c
uent. and Il the people think be- >a'1
the right thing or the ih'~c 'lat
ought 70 have been said a tha. time.
everything else hoiuC equal, he should
re nom mated. but when Won do nom
mate him. II you do. Won have struck
blow az the very cornerstone OF
civil liberty Nuu should think wei
before making yuur decision.
The conf renee tu which Judge
OE,ar g'lu'yS was called 10y the GOV
rruur inst after The night riders had
pm the torch 10 Princeton. Hopkins
ytuo ami Rua.chu'e. and about the
time That Hiram Hedges was muir
.o~.T no cold blood 10y the night rid
OPS I'm the presence Of his wife and
babies and I'm his own home. II was
at this time that lovers Of law and
order should have had their wits
about them. They should have said
and done he right thing at the right
time The ewes of The world We're on
Kentucky. and she cried. is there
mo- balm I'm GiIead2 Is there no Physi-
clan ihDTp2 Then why IS not the
health o' the daughter of my people
rou0EorpGH"
We an agree that the trust was do
ing wrong. and for that wrong they
0u-n- TO have been punished. but
there was a way and a place. They
should have been taken to the proper
forum. where the weak and the strong
meet upon a common level. Chapter
1u-. Kentucky Statutes, beginning
with Section 1915, provides way,
and no one was better prepared than
..
procedure. That statute fixes a fine
of from $500 TO $1,000. or six months
TO twelve months in the county jail, .
or the court may so fine and imprison
at the discretion Of the jury. Pro /
ceodiuEs could have been brought by I
any one of 1l9 County Attorneys or
by any one of thirty-four Common. /.
wealth Attorneys. The courts are /
open always. and Judge O'Rear, sit /
ting I'm The court Of last resort, could .
have seen 10 it hat justice was given
them If the cases ever got to his court. /.
Why did he not advise what line to .
pursue instead Of saying:
"N0V can not push an idea through
an Au-.oSaNOu's head with a bayo- T.
net"
There is no place in this land Of
the free and home Of the brave for
mOhs and the mob spirit | think .
that every man at that peace confer
euce should have said that law and
order must reign and that peace must
he established. and those in that con
ference should have met mob violence
with that -orn determination thai
would have convinced all that law
breakers could find no announcement
~ the state Capitol, and especially
none from a member Of the Court Of
Appeals of the State. But, instead
Judge ORear threw a bombshell into
the camp of Law and order that
Eindled more fire in the breasts OF the
night riders and mob sympathizers
than an the speeches and all the ed
uCri9ls that had gone before. Why?
Because az that time he was a mem
her of the Court Of Appeals of the
state, the court OF last resort. If
am not mistaken, he was Chief JUS
t.ce of that court, the man Of all men
who should have cOunseled obedience
10 the law.
The lawhreakers had a right to
think that if the Chief Justice Of the
Court Of Appeals should feel that way
about their acts they had not to fear
any trouble from the inferior courts
)r from officers clothed with less
power That very speech gave Judge /
O'Rear the sympathy Of every night f.
rider In Kentucky. It was carried I.
from heighborhOOd to neighborhood, T.
from county TO county wherever