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


Taylor and former County Judge ].
p. Miller, who presided over the
meeting and introduced the visitors.
Ohio county being in the Fourth
ongressionalD District. Representative
Johnson was asked to speak first
and outline the platform on which
the Democrats on the State ticket
are running. and while Mr.. Johnson
was still suffering from the attack
of lumbago with which he was
stricken several days ago, he devot-
ed an hour addressing his constit-
uents, part of which time he spent
in dwelling upon the record OF Sem
ator McCreary during his political
career of forty-odd years, and urg-
ing the voters to rally to the banner
of Democracy in November and help
wrest the State from Republican
misrule. Congressman johnson al
so discussed the attitude Of Judge
O'Rear in the campaign, and said
that 1t had been shown by O'Rear
himself that he was insincere and
that his campaign was one of mis-
representation. He said the worst
mistake, in his opinion, that had
been made by the Republican can
didate for Governor was when he
formed an alliance with the head of
the Whiskey Trust in Kentucky to
control the vote of that element
throughout the State, but that the
exposure OF thatSabbath-day confer
ence at Paducah by the Democrats
had been sufficient to sound the po-
litical deathknell of Judge O'Rear.
He said that against the record of
insincerity of Judge O'Rear was pitt
ted the clear and able record of SEN
ator McCreary, and that in his judg-
ment no one would falter on No
vember when they entered the
polls to cast their vote. He said
that a majority of the Democrats of
the State, by primary, had sur
rounded Senator McCreary with
set of men capable of conducting
the Government of Kentucky, and
that there was no comparison be-
tween the candidates on the two
tickets, those composing the Demo-
cratic ticket being far superior, in
his opinion, to any set OF men ever
named for Office in Kentucky.
The meeting to-day was the first
time Senator McCreary and Repre-
sentative Johnson have met on the
same platform during the campaign
and their arrival at the fair grounds
this morning together was the sig
nal for great applause from the as
sembled crowd, which had been
waiting for the speakers for more
than an hour. That the people of
Ohio county, irrespective of politics,
are loyal to Representative Johnson
was shown in his race last year,
when he was given a majority OF
close to 200 in a county which usu-
ally gives a Republican majority of
from 400 to 500, and every mention
of his name by Senator McCreary
to-day was the signal for applause
from the big crowd. In referring
to the Fourth District Congressman.
Senator McCreary said he had not
only been honored by the people OF
his district, but by Representatives
from congressional districts through
out the country when he was made
chairman of the Committe of the
District of Columbia, one of the
most important Offices under the
Jurisdiction OF the House of Repre-
sentatives.
In dealing with the issues of the
campaign in his speech to-day Sena-
tor McCreary reviewed the records
of the Democratic and Republican
parties in the State in the past,
showing what had been accomplish
ed under Democratic administra-
tions and the promises that had
been made by the Republicans, but
which had gone unfulfilled when the
opportunity had been given them by
the people of the State.
Representative Stanley and form
err Representative Rhea discussed
both State and national issues dur
ing the afternoon and the attention
shown these two speakers was as
close as had been given the two
, speakers in the forenoon. 1t was
the prediction of those in charge of
the rally that the presence of the
four Democratic leaders here to-day
would be the means of again plac-
ing Ohio county in the Democratic
column in November.