The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-20
0'REAR PRAISES
{. ]. MeDERM0TT
Admits Strength of Dem.
ocratic Candidate.
NEW RICHMOND IN THE FIELD
Says Endorsement of Taft
and Administration
Doesn't Count.
ARTFUL DODGE OF A QUESTION

AhIFI IL DODOE UT n QOEollON
Flemingsburg, KY, Sept. 10
Judge E. c. O'Rear, in his speech
delivered in the courthouse here
yesterday afternoon, said that the
Endorsement by the Republican
State Convention of President Taft
and the Republican administration
at Washington was only the ordin-
airy custom of tossing bouquets, and
told his, hearers they might disre-
gard the eulogies of the party, as
they did not amount to anything
He prefaced a discussion of the
Republican State platform with
these words:
"You can lay aside the eulogies
upon the party that don't amount
to anything. That's like a fellow
Dragging on his children, or his
dog, or his shotgun. 1t is permit
ted as one of the incidents, Lay that
aside and come down To what you
are talking about going to try the
next four years .
Judge O'Rear spoke for an hour
and a half and devoted much of his
speech to a consideration of the adj
dress made at Stanford yesterday
by the Hon. K. j. McDermott, DEM
ocratic nominee for Lieutenant Gov
ernor After asserting that Sena-
tor McCreary had criticised no part
Of the Republican platform except
that indorsing the national admin
istration, Judge O'Rear said:
But there is a new Richmond in
the field in the person of my
doughty friend, Edward j. McDer-
mott. He is one of the most cul-
tured and able men in Kentucky.
Before a German society in Coving-
ton a few days ago he indicated
that after finishing schools here,
he went through the University of
Dublin, and another university
somewhere in Germany and can
speak at least two modern Ian
guages. He ought to be able to eX-
press any opinions he might have.
Yesterday he spoke at Stanford
His speech was written out and ad-
vanced sheets were handed to the
press. 1t is a good speech, the best
speech made on that side in this
campaign. venture to say 1t is the
best that will be made. Ed McDer-
mott, in my humble opinion-mean-
ing no disrespect to his associates
is decidedly the classiest man in
the bunch. Because he was too in
dependent, too thoughtful and be-
lieved too much in clean politics,
he was for long time kept in to-
tai eclipse by the machine. Why
did they let him out? l assume
that everybody knows that it was
not because of his independence,
but in spite of it, and not because
of his education, but disregarding
it, and because it was believed that
owing to peculiar conditions in Ken
lucky at this time, he could get a
bigger number of votes than any
other man.
"Mr. McDermott is making good
as a campaigner. He showed strik-
ing familiarity with the tricks of
the trade. He takes me to task be-
cause I decline to enter into a con-
troversy over national politics, init
mating that l am afraid and unable
to defend the national policies of
the Republican party"
Judge O'Rear said he was asked
by someone in Carlisle yesterday IL
he approved of certain Republican
conduct at Washington, and said he
replied by saying:
81 indorse everything in it that's
right. and I am against everything
that is wrong"