The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
JUDGE o'REAR, Mr.. WOODS AND
THOSE "TIcATERS.n


Received the letter following below,
signed by Mr.. Clarence K. Woods,
"ex-Mayor and Democrat" of Rich
InOnd, Ky. We we're not surprised
at the import of it's contents. for we
had heard that Mr.. Woods, whom
We have known for twenty years,
having met him at the various meet
ings Of the Kentucky Press Associa-
ton, had abandoned for the nonce
the good old Democratic way and
proffered his warm personal sup
port to Judge Z. c. O'Rear in the
present race for State Office. We
were a little surprised, however,
when we opened the Hartford Re-
publican Friday morning and saw
the identical letter which Mr..
Woods addressed to US (barring the
first line or two OF address, on the
local page of said paper.
II looked a little bad-for Mr..
Woods. 1t looked like Mr.. WOODS,
who still claims to be a Democrat,
had gone into the Republican camp
body and breeches, and being fear
full his precious letter would be ig-
nored by The Herald, had chosen a
Republican stronghold from which
to fire his broadsides at The Herald.
Does not the very affair itself-the
circumstances-pro It?
We have the very highest person.
al regard for Mr.. Woods. He is a
scholar and a gentleman in all
those terms imply. But wouldn't
it have been treating The Herald
with a little more respect as a news
paper and an old friend, to have
given us a chance TO print and re-
ply to his letter "a thing which we
had already planned to do before
establishing headquarters in the
citadel of the enemy? Calling him
self yet a Democrat, wouldn't it
have looked better for him to have
raised his voice entirely within the
political lodge hall rather than to
have yelled in at the window?
But to the aforementioned letter.
Here it is:
Richmond, KY, Aug. 20, 1911.
Editors Hartford Herald
note your disagreement with Judge
O'Rear's charge that there are TO-
900 voters over Kentucky who will
sell their suffrage in the market"
Your righteous indignation is
aroused over this charge, and you
think this untrue statement should
be resented by all parties
81 was astonished at Judge
O'Rear's bold allegation as above
described. which he made in his
Elizabethtown speech. But, my
dear brother editors, after a little
reflection I am astonished he did
not say there were 10000 float
ers' in Kentucky. In my own coun-
ty Of Madison. the home OF candi-
date McCreary, / have often heard
II stated by officers of the county
who had the very best reason for
knowing, that there were fifteen
hundred U,500) 'loaters' in that
Bluegrass county. That is % per
cent OF its total voting strength! As
there are. I believe, as many good
people in my county as in the next
best county in Kentucky-and you
know there are 119 counties in all
just multiply the same by 1900
and you have the appalling sum OF
17s,50O men on the market in
AS Madison is above
the average in size. we might scale
the figures down to 10000 or 1885,
300. but It is absolutely a most con-
figure which Judge o'Rear
names as the sum total Of our pur-
,hasable citizenshhip! You are at
liberty to write TO any official OF
Madison county for veri6cation OF
he figures given BY me. But sup