The record., 1912-11-07

or to be rendered, bribery or intimi
dation, but never before has the state
county or city been given what it was
rishtfully 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
s3S2,3S9, and for the county and city
taxing districts SS23,396, or a total
annually, of s1,2O5,7S5.
The railroad companies, realizing
the magnitude OF this fight and anx-
ious TO win out, NOT alone from finan-
cial standpoint, but to prevent the
great public announcement that Is
bound to come in the wake of vic.
tory for the state, are calling up the
wonderful array of legal talent that is
at their command through the power
mendous amount of money represented
IN their combined capitalization of ap-
proXimately one billion doliars.
Master Legal Minds.
Among the master legal minds that
are already engaged in preparing the
defense of the suing corporations are
TrabGe, Dolan & Cox, of Louisyille, fer
the Illinois Central Railroad Company;
Calvin Calvin, of Cincinnati. for the
Cincinnati. New Orleans Il Texas Ia
cific Railroad Company; John T. Shell
by a Son, of Lexington. for the Chesa
peake & Ohio Railroad Company; Col
Henry l.. Stone, Helm Bruce, c. IL
Moorman, II. \. COlston. of Louisville,
ana BrowaeF & Browder, Of Russell
vile. for the Louisville 4 Nashyiie
Railroad Company; Bechham L. Nc.
Quo1n, of Frankfort, and Ernst, Cas-
satt & Cottle, of Cincinnati, for the
South CovingtCn & 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.
ln 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
statisticians, who are a mighty sup
portive element to the men who will
present the cases and make the pleas
and arguments.
Without Getracting one iota from
the splendid ability ana knewn loyalty
TO the states interests possessed by
the attorney general, James Garnett,
and his three assistants, the common
weath's legal force, as compared with
that of the corporations, must seem
inadequate, indeed; and when it is
taken into consideration thar the sl-
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
4 supportiye force to the attorney gen.
<ral becomes gnite apparent.
Ability, known loyalty to the cause,
and assured freedom from corporation
taint should be the gauge to govern
in the selection OF attorneys to assist
the defense Of the states interests.
Justus Goebei's Interest.
My interest in the work just com
Dleted by the board was, and is, diff
'erent from, and greater than, that of
Any man in Kentucky or elsewhere
even though he may have been con-
lected with the work. Love of my
state and love for and memory of my
assassinated brother, whose brain
YORK constructed and whose blood
stained the statutes which made 1t
possible TO do what the Board or Nalu-
atioA aaa Assessment has jnst COM
,leted, have compelled of me the serv-
&C have rendered in the matter, and.
without Official duty resting on me, l
nave given untiringly ard almost con-
stantly more than five months of time,
mercy and study 10 these assessments
u the interest of the state and its peo-
pie, to the exclusion of every other
nterest-business and personal.
Therefore, With such an interest and
with the knowlcdge that | have gain
d through my lahors, | feel that am
qualified, amply qualified, to make an
appeal, in the name of the 100000 tax
payers of the state who furnish seven
2i5hts OF The revenue for the states
government, and who FOR many years
lave WithstoOd the burden OF unequal
aXatlcn, to the administrative and
legislative officers os the state to sup
port the governor with unlimited