The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-10-26
Large Crowd Hears Hendren a
barboursville

Large Crowd Hears He,dren a
jacksonville
Speaker Shows How 6osworth Go,
His Nomination From the New
South Brewing Co. at Middlssboro.
Declares that the One Issue ID
Whether the Saloons shall Domi.
nate the District and the State Thru
Bosworth. . Fine impres.
sion.
Barbourville, KY, Oct. A.-Special
Correspondence--Dr. ]. Harry Hem
dren. independent Republican candi-
GATE for State Senator against Joe
Bosworth. spoke here on last Sat
urday night to the largest crowd that
has assembled at . public speaking
here since the present campaign
opened. The court house was partly
filled an hour before the speaker ap-
peared. Many women were present,
representing the churches and clubs,
and there were many people from
miles In the country.
The Doctor spoke for two hours
and not a man or woman left the
hous- except one or two politicians
ON whose toes the speaker tramped
pretty heavily when describing in
detail the methods Mr.. Bosworth
used In securing his two nominations
at the hands of the Republican party
In the 18th District. He was given q
most careful hearing and was hearth
ly applauded.
The Doctor is q fine speaker and
is making good impression wher-
ever he is heard. He makes q clean
speech, a manly speech. and one that
is free from personal abuse or APP
peals to party bias and prejudice
He makes a convincing speech be-
cause he has facts and not fiction
upon which to speak. AS some one
very aptly expressed it, his speech
here Saturday night was "a vote
getting speech" The general impress
sion seemed to be that II the Doctor
could make this speech in every vot-
ing precinct in the district he would
win by an overwhelming majority.
The speech here Saturday night
was a revelation to many who heard
II. But few of the voters knew that
after the last Senate had been
organized and the Speaker. Lieut..
Gov. Cox. had been deprived of the
power of appointing the standing
committees and that power had been
given to the Committee on Rules,
headed by Mr.. Conn Linn. that this
committee of Rules placed the same
seven or eight men on the fifteen
most important committees and that
Mr.. Bosworth was selected by this
Democratic committee as a member
on all these committees, thus show
ing beyond any shadow of a doubt
the faith that the Democrats and the
whiskey element had in Mr.. Bosworth
The record of the last Senate shows.
as the speaker pointed out, that
Mr.. Bosworth was true to his Demo-
cratic friends, and voted with them
and the whiskey party on all import
ant matters. He had made many
speeches in this district before his
nomination and election in which he
had declared he would support the
County Unit Bill II 1t was put before
the Legislature, but the Journal of the
Senate shows that when the vote OF
that body stood IA to Is against the
measure Mr.. Bosworth. instead Of vot
ing for the bill and thus tying the
vote and giving Mr.. Cox a chance to
vote for It. voted for its defeat. in
the face of all his promises and de-
clarations before election, and admit
ted to advocates of the measure that
he voted wrong. Not only this. but
he voted to have q similar bill re-
ferred to his committee Of Religion
and Morals" which had tried to
suppress the first measure proposed.
At the time the District Committee
met last spring to declare Mr.. Bos-
worth the nominee Of the party. af-
ter he had crowded all opposition