The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-07-26
To GIVE TICKET
WARM SUPPORT
Congressman BenJOhnSOr
Issues Statement.
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ratio ticket must be elected"
This sentence euitoni--s p STIR
ring call voiced to-day by nopr,-
sentative Bon Johnson. Of tae
Fourth district, fo~ the success OF
Kentucky Democrats next tali MI
johnson uttered it TO show what
stock he takes in current political
stories that former Senator McCroa-
ry is seeking to defeat him for TO-
nomination in the Fourth district
and to indicate to those Republic
ans who are spreading such stories
that they cannot divert either Mr..
Johnson or any of his friends. Al
though Johnson was candidate
against McCreary for the guberna-
torial nomination and withdrew
from the race amid circumstances
not entirely harmonious. he said to-
day that he had never scratched a
Democratic ticket in his life nor
does he now intend to.
johnson Issues Statement.
Mr.. Johnson issued his statement
after reading some of the stories
about him current in a Louisville
evening newspaper He said:
81 have read the article in the
Louisville Evening Post saying that
the McCreary men are after my po-
litical scalp. In my opinion this is
nothing more and nothing less than
an attempt upon the part of the Re-
publicans to array my friends in the
Fourth Congressional District
against McCreary and the rest of the
Democratic nominees on the State
ticket. This scheme cannot be
worked to the detriment of the DEM
ocratic ticket by The Republicans.
no matter who may permit the use
of his name as q candidate for Con-
gress against me, to further its ac-
complishment.
MY friends did carry the Fourth
District for Mr.. Adams in the
recent primary, and my friends
in the Fourth district will carry
that district next November for Mr..
McCreary and the rest of the Demo-
cratic ticket AS for myself have
not scratched a ticket of Democrat
ic candidates, and my friends in the
Fourth district are the same kind
of loyal party men.
81 know full well that Mr.. Me
Creary has no sort of sympathy for
the spirit of the article in the Post,
and | know just as certainly that he
is not conniving with others to de-
feat me for reelection TO Congress.
and besides, he entertains no doubt
that l and my Democratic friends
in the Fourth district will carrv
that district for him and the whole
ticket, If it is possible to do so.
THAT kentucky is in Republican
hands is now a regret and rlisfor-
tune. Kentucky in the hands of
Republicans next year might endan-
ger the election of a Democratic
President, which seems now abso-
lutely certain. Ollie James must
be sent to the United States Senate;
Mr.. McCreary must be made Cover
nor; all the rest OF the Democratic
ticket must be elected. Democracy
must not take a backward step.
The Republicans are disorganiz-
ed and have no hope of victory
except by making inroads into Dem
ocratic ranks. They can make no
headway with me and my friends
by telling me that McCreary wants
to defeat me for Congress. In the
first place he could notdo so II he
wanted to, but he does not want to;
and, II he wanted to and could do
so, he could not drive me out of the
party by doing so. have al
ways had my choice In Democratic
primaries, and many, many of these
. choices have been defeated there
in, but have always made the par
ty choice my choice at the general
election thereafter.
$50 let that end the mention Of
the matter insofar as myself and my