The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-04-25
PAINTER SHOWS UP
OLLIE JAMES
LOOKS LIKE BIG CONGRESSMAN
HAS wILFuLLY mIsREPRE-
sENTEp HIS sENA.
ToRlAL oPPo-
NENT.

record In new uncertain terms Ias,
week. and the big boy from the nrst
district will have to come again A
sra..t many people deprecate the plane
upon which James has pitched hts
campaign. and declare thai his atti'
tuds Is not in harmony with the dig
nifty ut the high offlce to which he
aspires
Cot. ". p. Walton OF the Lexington
Herald In discussing Senator Payn'
tcrs reply says-and everyone IN tile
sts,e knows there 10 no iairer man
any where than Editor Walton:
The gcntlemanly response Of sena
tor Paynter to MIR. Ollie James reck-
less charges made IN speech at Mich
oias,ille makes them fall very flat In
public estimation. II II rather un-
fortunate that the circumstances IN
explained would give grounds for the
accusations Of Mr.. James. but h.
should not have taken advantage Of
them. knowing as he must have done
tue true state OF affairs.
Mr.. James declared that Senator
paynter failed 10 vote on a number OF
important items In the tariff law and
that he voted three times with Sena-
tor Aldrioh. The reason OF this fat
ure 10 vote was not stated by Mr..
LANES. though he must have known II
vas on account OF illness. Al tho
lime those votes were taken OF
which he spoke Senator Paynter was
IN the hospital at Washington. and
was Tor several weeks. according -
his physician near unto death His
votes with Aldrich were those In
which mo-, TeuoC .ats io.ned because
the measures unt consideration
were in n line with democratic rTin'
ciplcs. II Nj James knew the facts,
~ he must have known them, It. was
an unfair advantage to tale OF an op.
ponent Such tactics cannot hart
Senator Paynter hall rs much as they
viii Mr.. James when the truth Is
Known. senator Paynter charges that
the Congressman knowingly and ma.
nclously falsiied IN order tn advance
his own cause
The pair with Senator GugseEheim
In satisfactorily explained lie ana
senator Paynter entered Congress e..
gcther and had seats adjoining thoy
we're opposed on nearly every ques.
tom. and the pair was greatly to the
advantage OF Senator Paynter and De.
mooraoy. since he was 10 often fore
ed To be absent by sickness and other
causes from the Chamber.
The Lorimer vote is disposed 'of as
in his speech at Washington. The
Senator heard the evidence and found
-. .....o.. fro,,, 4. 40 ,,naaat tina IIinoi
san. He was acting as a sworn Judge
In the matter and he would not 80
counter TO the testimony to respond
20 the clamor TO unse.t Lorimer.
which he did not believe was just.
Senator Paynters friends are great
~ elsted over his strong manly and
honest statement. and they think the
Ian who is charged with deliberate
intention TO misrepresent him win
pay dearly for 1t. The Senator is a
gentleman, a democrat. and a man OF
the highest integrity, lie is used 10
polite debate and does not therefore
can his opponent liar in 50 many
words. though he apparently proves
that he knowingly preyaricated and
Tor purpose.
We are surprised mat Mr.. James
should have laid himself so wide open
to criticism and the charge OF I'M
iairness and injustice to his opponent.
IL is bound to hurt him Wherever his
speech is read and Paynter's reply is
given publicity. Consequently Payn'
ter's stock has risen long way
above par. and Mr.. James is faiiing
Off in like ratio. The people general
ti.e ,nat D. isyc "a "