The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-12-01
RESULTS OF
The ELECTION
Comments by the Lexing-
ton Leader.
Democrats made Deal With
Liquor Interests at Last Mo-
ment Says Former Official.

The Lexington Leader ihlst Sunday |
contained the following editorial:
The Laadr has received possibly |
score of letters from Republican
leaders throughout the State COM
menting upon our full page arfcls
two wseks ago on the CAUSES Of the
Result in Kentucky" The general
expression is one of agrssmsnt with
our views of the remarkable reversal
of conditions beuws:m the announce
ment of Judge O'Rsar's candidacy in
the Spring and THE election i'm dhe
FALL, with occasional side Nights or
new aight ON phases of the campaign.
From several sources We dpave be1n
advised that in the hast pwo or uhrEe
days before the election 500 talagTtnms
were ssnt out of Louisville to men
INTENSIFIED i'm the liquor traffic Lsll-
ing thsm to do all in their power for
Senator McCraary and the Democratic
ticket, as everything had be;n mr.
ranged OF course THE telegrams were
guarded i'm their Language, but thg
were ssnt to men who lQnEiw what wv =
intended and how ITO respond. There
is crcumstantial evidence that this
leading liquor people h5ld off until
1.-The last f5w days bafors showing
their hands, as men who had bsel
dormant became suddenly active al
the eleventh hour
The Leader laarns that The liquor
interests expects Gov.rnor McCreary
b nscommend The passage Cd the Coun-
ty Unit bill in his massage 10 rtihe Gen
eral Assembly, but will be satisfied
if he l-Ihs the latter drop dhsne. Af1sr
the DmocIa and Republicans
declared for the County Unit bill n
th dr. pla forms the liquor psaUl5 wsera
-'batwaen the davil and the de.p blua
ssa," but when Judge O'RFnr empha-
sized his platfonm by saying he would
l0eap the Gsncral Assembly in conilnn
Gus ss.ion until DIT passed such a
bill thay acsdad THAT it Tas AL over
in that direction The sory goes
that in hhair dllama thy agreed to
suppcrt tha Democratic ticket ais body
if thoy We're assured that MO extra
: session would be callad if this I,egisla-
ture failad to pass the county Unit
bill ait the regular session. This
pledge is said TO have bean gdvanand
the liquor people a. once 'sheAlad Omt"
an enormous campaign fund and t5le-
graphad all over the State TO thar
fnisnds telling to gat busy
1t is a matter of common talk nj
political circl1s That Tremendous
fund was tulmad loOs by the Dom
crafts din the closing days of 'ha cam
paign, and 1T is credAted to the III
quor init rea.s. the Am rtcan Tobacco
Co. the railway corpora doris and the
Eastern Kentucky and Wet V.ng.nSa
mllloncdras wdo are pr Gsntng 90 ex-
pot the pa5ornces Of .he mcnnain
section of The Safe and want m m
in power WHO ana fri mildly TO uh.fr
inieres.s.
In Kenl.mcky the general experdenca
Of boh panl a. has beon chat thu cam
pa gn conlmi Ices have b en- bAs fged
with apeals for financial asda19uci in
the dhstnlcis and ccuA.ids arld the
Struggle has boento cfvida the mcGsy
ON hand in such a way as 10 make it
80 as far as possible wlthou. actually
turning anybody down. This year. ac-
oorddng TO the gossip Of the innor
political circl;e. the DsmocnatAc com
mithfe had such unldmdted fmnds that
the locaA committees in the counties
open TO business 'wSgs emily asked
how much can you use?" and lahe
amount was forthcoming.
1t ds notorious hat vot IS wsC'efoueht
upon a scale nsvr bafors mciAm in
KenMcky and The nepor*s of whons-
sale traffic in registration ceriificalo
led Governor Wilson TO issue q proc-
lanlation befone the n'acnlon offering
a pardon to amy ONE who boughI. ol
sold csr.ificaae who would turn
States evidence ON the o1har party
NO the transaction.
VI An exceptionally keen staldent OF
polbtdes in KSntuclxy foumer high
official. who knows the Safe 'kk's o
.hool<v and who was ON the SUNNI