The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-11-08

or to be rendered, bribery or intimi
/ dation, but never before has the state
county or city been given what it was
! rightfully entitled to.
The eight suits that have been
| brought against the state must be
fought through all federal and state
courts, and are of vital Importance to
our people. They involve for the state
| $3S2,SS9, and for the county and city
taxing districts $823,396, or a total,
annually, Of $1,205,785.
The railroad companies, realizing
the magnitude of this fight and anx-
ious to win out, not alone from a finan-
cial standpoint, but to prevent the
great public announcement that is
| bound to come in the wake of a vic.
tory for the state, are calling up the
wonderful array Of legal talent that is
at their command through the power
and influence that comes of the ire
mendous amount Of money represented
in their combined capitalization of ap-
proximately one billion dollars.
Master Legal Minds.
Among the master legal minds that
are already engaged in preparing the
defense of the. suing corporations are
Trabue, Dolan & Cox, of Louisville. for
the Illinois Central Railroad Company;
Calvin & Calvin. of Cincinnati, for the
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pa.
cific Railroad Company; John T. Shell
by & Son, of Lexington. for the Chesa.
peake & Ohio Railroad Company; Col.
Henry L., Stone, Helm. Bruce, c. H.
Norman, r. A. Colston, of Louisville,
and Browder & Browder, of Russell
vile, for the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company; Beckham &, Nc
Quown, of Frankfort, and Ernst, Cas-
satt & Cottle, Of Cincinnati, for the
South Covington & Cincinnati Street
Railway Company and the Union
Light, Heat and Power Company; Max.
well, Ramsey & Graydon, of Cincinnati,
for the Adams Express Company and
for the Southern Express Company.
In addition to this galaxy of legal
talent, the suing corporations have a
vast army of busy workers who never
appear in the limelight or in the court
room, and they may be described as
research lawyers, accountants and
statistieians, who are a mighty sup.
portive element to the men who vii!
present the cases and make the pleas
and arguments.
Without detracting one iota from
the splendid ability and known loyalty
10 the states interests possessed by
the attorney general, James Garrett.
and his three assistants, the common.
wealth's legal force, as compared with
| that of the corporations, must seem
inadequate, indeed; and when it ie
taken into consideration that the at.
torney generals Office has a multi.
plicity of cases and matters Of state
to fully employ their attention, and
, that the present situation comes in
the nature Of an emergency unfore.
seen and unprecedented in the states
history, the urgent necessity for the
employment of other able lawyers as
supportive force. to the attorney gen.
eral becomes quite apparent.
! Ability, known loyalty to the cause.
and assured freedom from corporation
faint should be the gauge to govern
ia tine selection of attorneys to assist
in the defense Of the states interests.
9ustus eoehefs interest
My interest in the work Just com.
pleted by the board was. and Is, diff.
| ferent from, and greater than, that of
any man in Kentucky or elsewhere
even though he may have been con.
nected with the work. Love of my
state and love for and memory of my
assassinated brother, whose hsaip.
work constructed and whose blood
stained the statutes Which made II
possible to az What the Board of valu.
ALTON and Assessment has Just com.
pleted, have compelled of me the serv.
Ice have rendered in the matter, and,
without official duty resting on me, ]
have given untiringly and almost con
stantly more than five months Of ti1a
energy and study to these Assessment,
in the interest Of tie state and 70 moo
| als. ts the exclusion Of every other
interest-hh::ssiness and personal.
Therefore, with such an interest and
with the knowledge that ] have gain
ed through my laPors, ! feel that ] am
qualified, amply qualified, to make an
appeal, in the name of the 0,00Q tag
payers Of the state who furnish seyea
Fights of the revenue for the states
government, and who for many Year,
have withsteed the burden of unequal
taxation, to the administrative and
legislative officers Of the state to sup
port the governor with unlimited