The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-11-01
SPEAKING
At CfN7ER7OWN
BY Advocates of William
| Taft.
Compared With Funeral Per.
suaded a few to Hear Them
In Old Store House.

Centertowm. Kentucky, October 29.-The
speaking at Centertown was more
life "a funeral than political speak
ing. 1t was previously largely advertised
with big posters for Saturday, Oct. %
at 1 O'Clock p. IN. The speaker. Mr.. Pen
tecost, was promptly on hand and was
accompanied by Mr.. Otto Martin. Tho
day was beautiful. the roads In excel
lent condition and theme was a large
number of people in town; some came
to do trading, others Cor leisure and
past time. but seemingly none came TO
hear the speaking.
Mr. Martin and Mr.. Pentecost tried
hard to get hearers to follow them,
a short distance. to the school hail,
where the speaking was intended 70 be
held but when they rad gone a part Of
the way to the hall they found that
they were only followed by two men ami
at some distance in the rear. They
waited till these two came UP. held a
long consultation and returned to the
business part of town. where by the po-
Of hearers were persuaded to follow the
two Taft advocates into delapidated
and vacant store house. whose owner
had gone bankrupt under tiis same
Taft's administration. Here Mr.. Martin
took the floor and talked real nice for
some time and said 1t was right for
men OF vote for whom they Thought best
Sometimes he wore the expression P"f
a lawyer pleading hopeless case cor
his client, then he would appear as II
talking at a funeral and lastly he told
a joke which only brought . forced smile
from two or three of tile dozen and a
half or two dozen men and boys present
He appeared to fully realize that the
old parties are dead.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Martins talk
Mr.. Pentecost took the floor and begun
by saying that Mr.. Martin had made
half his speech. Mr.. Pentecost voise
and what he said was much like nian
talking In his sleep. He presumed
greatly on the ignorance of his list en-
ers or he himself did not know. After
saying that Mr.. ,Mantin Made hall Ills
speech, he proceeded to tell of the first
settlements and the organisation of tae
colonies In America and mentioned soms
other things as related in the HISTORY
Of the United States and said that the
United States was the greatest Ma
ton ON earth and said in substance
that tile Republican panty had maA'e
and was the owner of this great Nation.
He seemed to have very imperfect
that the Republican rarty was not or-
ganized or did not come intp existence
until 1856.
He said he bought corn for twenty-one
cents a bushel to feed his horse and
that Grover Cleveland was the cause Of
corn being 70 low. He seemed to not
know that the amount of any kind Of
farm product grown influences the price,
or 10 think that the president couli
Influence the growing crop season. EIe
said he had been to McIlenry ana Other
places and people did mt come to helr
speakings but were doing their own
thinking. His speech did not create any
Interest or COMMENT and even the little
boys who yell SO much for Teddy each
day. were quiet Through respect to
the memory of the two old dead parties
Yes, people are thinking for Themselves
they no longer look ON the political
parties and presidential candidates 10
be something more Ahan human. The
people realize that the Democratic AMI
Republican parties are the same ami
have the same Object In view and that
Is to favor aud serve the money kings Of
Wall street as their agents 10 moe
than double their many million dollars
and at the expense of the common peo-
pie. The people realize that the Dear
ocrats have old doc" Wilson, who is
backed by Wall street millionaire men
and Is bound to favor them and dp just
what they say DO. The people have
learned that old DOC" has spent all
his life In Colleges and libraries ami
In Teaching those Jmillionaires children.
He has not been with the common people
and I've don't know, nor car. thing
about the wants Of the common people.
Acting now as Governor OF New jersey
old DOC" will not interfere with ting
many trusts of hi. state and it follows