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

fifty thousand voters in Kentucky
who regularly sell their votes. This
voluminous article of Mr.. Woods
was, after being put in type. neces-
sarily crowded out of our last is
sue, as plainly explained last week.
To anyone who cares to wade
through his wearisome article, 1t
will be seen that Mr.. Woods lodges
the main question almost entirely.
Instead of accepting The Herald's
invitation with the law attached)
and substantiating the charge of
himself and his Republican leader
with some afidavits and material
proof, exposing at least a few hum
bred guilty parties out of the many
thousands estimated, he skips over
this subject lightly and enters into
a long TRADE of elimination and
abuse of Governor McCreary, the
charges of which have no connection
with the subject at hand.
AS W WHAT pclSOhdi grievance
Mr.. Woods has against Mr.. McCre-
airy, we know nothing and care, If
possible. less. That is a matter as
between man and man. Mr.. Woods
seems to have taken advantage of
The Herald's kind offer to allow
him space to reply to our article
about VOTE SELLING with a vol
luminous document which takes up
nearly a page of our space and in
which he uses nearly every sentence
to excoriate Mr.. McCreary for some
real or fancied offense, but whose
candidacy or acts have
nothing whatever TO do with the
subject at hand-the charge of a
yenal suffrage. He lodges the is
Sue entirely.
MIR. Woods brags that as Mayor
Of Richmond, he delivered the
goods" and made that city the mod
Ell municipality for law and temper
ance. We know knothing about
this, but if he did, why was he not
reelected at a subsequent election?
Why is he not Mayor yet?
Mr.. Woods says: "Notwithstand-
ing his colorless temperance record, /
urged Mr.. McCreary last Febru-
AIRY to come out like a leader and
utter one word to nerve temperance
Democrats, but he refused TO tell !
me, his consistent supporter" etc. !
Further along Mr.. Woods says, in |
speaking of Mr.. McCreary: HE |
has a record while Governor before,
that ought to be told to the new
voters oS to-day, who are asked to
believe McCreary was a model Gov
ernor, and that he will give us a
respectable administration" Why
did Mr.. Woods follow Mr.. McCreary
so long, as a consistent supporter"
when he doubted, as inferred by his
language, that the Ex-Governor
would give a respectable admins
tration" to anything? Why didn't
he bolt such an "ornery" creature
sooner? Still further along Mr..
Woods says: "At Bowling Green
finally crawled out on the
county unit plank" but even then,
after complying with the main and
crucial demand of Mr.. Woods, this
gentleman continues his abuse of
candidate for Govern
or, and he vents his animus with
continued ordinations. 1t is evil
dent that Mr.. McCreary could not
pleese Richmonds ex-Mayor by
he might do. i
We have seen the like of Mr..
Woods before. He seems to have
been recruited into the ranks of
that species of political fanatic
who, having strenuous and arbi-
trary views upon certain subjects,
must perforce demand of a candi-
date whom he already dislikes. that
he conform in act, deed and princi-
pie to his peculiar views before suf-
frage is vouchsafed. I Evidently,
from the import of his article, he
has done this with Mr.. McCreary,
and that gentleman, not caring to
conform his entire personality to-
Mr.. Woods demands, politely turn
ed him away. 1t is unfortunate
that party colleagues cannot al
ways agree as touching personal
conduct.
Again Mr.. Woods oversteps the
bounds OF newspaper ethics and
propriety and from the columns of
the Hartford Republican last Fri
day he belched forth his tiresome
TRADE against Mr.. McCreary-the
same article which we print TO-DAY.
which was crowded out last week
and which was evidently furnish
ed the Republican In advance.
With this sort OF guerilla warfare
The Herald will. have nothing to do.
1t smacks too much Of sensational
ism, notoriety and disrespect. II