The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-13

EDITORS.
FRANK L. FELIX, Pub. and Prop'r.
Entered at the Hartford post-oface
a. mail matter of the second class.
And about the best part of 1t all
was that so many Democrats had a
hand in it with their hard-earned
dollars and little twenty-fve-cen'
pieces!
The original Wilson men in Ken
lucky are now coming in for hon.
orable mention. And they deserve
all the kindly things being said
about them.
No, son. 1t doesn't take any pro-
fessional taxidermist to fix up a
Thanksgiving turkey. Most any
good housewife can beat the pro-
fessional and not half try.
But almost the hardest blow of
all was the defeat of Uncle Joe Can
non. Iroquois county, the largest
county in Mr.. Cannon's district,
went against him f0r the first time
in many years.
Strayed Away-One Presidential
candidate recently elected. Says
he's going to stay hid for several
DAYS and get a rest. His recent OPP
ponents have little trouble in avoid
ing the reporters.
Poor old elephant-every year he
looks about ten years older than
he did just after the last Presiden-
tial lelection, but this year he looks
clear down and out. with little or
no hope of recuperation.
For the first time in many years,
Trigg county gave Republican
majority Of GO at the election last
week. The Cadiz Record says it
was the stay-at-home vote that did
il. which is no doubt correct.
The one blot on hentucky's
splendid election record is the fact
that Caleb Powers is returned to
Congress. Otherwise the AFFAIR is
so glorious. however, that We can
in a measure overlook this discrep-
ancy.
The Bull Moose was all right as
a fine specimen OF the hunters de-
light. but like most OF his species,
he got ratified at the supreme mo-
ment and Immediately there was a
stampede. Everybody knows the
rest.
Mr.. Bryan has declined to dis
cuss the secretaryship of State in
Gov. Wilson's cabinet. Mr.. Bryan
is not pretty, but he has a long
head Perhaps the Nebraskan
nurses 1916 ambitions - who
knows?
We have an idea that the pie
hunters might as we'll curb their
appetites for awhile yet. Presi-
dent-elect Wilson is a very conser-
vative sort of fellow and he will not
be rash in either promising or dish
ing out political pie in all of which
he will show his wisdom.
Even up to the very eve of the
election we heard Bull Moosers and
Republicans bemoaning the great
blunder made by the Democrats in
nominating Woodrow Wilson. Seems
like they felt something coming
but didn't know just what it was.
At Benton. KY, Thursday morn
ing when Postmaster w. S. Grifith
arrived at the ppst-office, he was
startled by finding real live roos.
ter sitting quietly in the post-offce
door. Editor Cross does not at
tempt to explain, but We suppose
he takes this incident as a matter
of course.
Ii seems strange that as long as
the people have been voting by Sc
cret ballot and as much instruc-
ton as they have had on the sub
ject, that they should continue &c
make blunders. About 20 ballots
in this county were stamped with
the cross opposite one of the cleo,
tors. The best plan is to stamp be-
meath a device, within the circle.
There was perhaps never a cam
paign in the history of the country
carried on with less anxiety along
financial and business lines. Not 8
ripple in the business stream indi
Gated that anything out of the or
binary was transpiring. The con.
fidence in Gov. Wilson's business