The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-10-18

to-day that / indorse every section
Of the Democratic platform, adopt
ed at the State convention at
Louisville on the 18th day of Aug
ust, 1911, but will say now speci-
fically, l am in favor of the extern
sion Of the present local option law,
as applied to the sale of liquors, so
that the citizens of each and every
county in the State may determine
for themselves whether spirituous,
vinous or malt liquors may be sold
therein. These are the exact words
of the State Democratic platform.
81 came to this conclusion some
time ago, when the question of the
extension of the county unit law
became prominent, and / regard It
as the best plan to settle an i'm
portant question.
"If Judge O'Rear had read ON the
day of the State Democratic conven-
ton the published account of the
State Democratic candidates for
office, he would have known that
and all the other candidates for
State Offices were in favor of ex-
tending the county unit law.
"As far back as 1874, when was
member of the Kentucky legisla-
ture and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, cast my first vote
for the local option law then enact
cd, and which believe was the first
law of that kind ever passed in Ken
lucky.
Judge O'Rear also in his speech
at Warsaw referred to the four men
who bolted Beckham and said they
voted a number of times for Nc
Creary. They also voted for vari-
Gus other Democrats of Kentucky.
81 did not in any way seek the
votes of these four men, or either
of them, by letter o. otherwise.
81 was not in Kentucky during
the long-draw-out contest between
Beckham and Bradley for United
States Senator, but I was in Wash
ington attending to my duties as
United States Senator, and now l
have a letter in my possession from
the Hon. Gus Richardson, represen-
tative from Meade county, in which
he eays:'T wrote you after a number
of the ballots had been taken, and
it was evident to me that Beckham
could not be elected, and asked per-
mission to nominate you If any
break should come. In your reply
you said positively that you would
not permit the use of your name,
and that you did not want any rep
resentative or senator to vote for
you under any circumstances as
long as Gov. Beckham was a candi-
date
81 also have a letter in my pos
session from the Hon. George T.
Farris, in which he says: You re-
quested me to ask the Democrats in
person and privately not to vote for
you, as under no circumstances
could you accept the Office II elect
ed, while Gov. Beckham was a can
didate l complied with your re-
quest and went to Mr.. Mcknight
and stated your request to him, and
the other men who would not vote
for Beckham you and l had no in
fuence with. l asked Mcknight to
see them, and neither of them voted
for you after that day And the
Hon. ]. R. Mount, a member OF the
Legislature, said: When you made
speech to the people Of Garrard
county in the last campaign for
State Offices your admonition to the
people and representatives of Gar
rard county was to stand by the
nominees, from Beckham to the
smallest Office.
81 did not preserve copies Of the
letters l wrote the Hon. Gus Rich
ardson and Hon. George Farris, and
since reference was made to these
matters, l wrote to each of them,
and they sent me the statements to
which 1 have referred"