The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-04-10
CHAMP C[ARK'S !
BOOM IS GAINING
I'm Kentucky, Especially in
the Bluegrass.
WILSON SEEMS ON THE WANE
And Harmon Not Making
Any Headway-Bryan
Against Latter.
a CLARK MAN FOR CHAIRMAN

developments in the Central Ken
tncRy counties in the last few day.
III IL clearly evident that the Demo
craes of this section are warming
10 rbe candidacy of Speaker ChamI
Clark. and that the booms in the
HlDegrass for Gov. Woodrow Will
sOn and Gov. Judson Harmon have
reached their crest, and from now
ON until the National Convention
the stock of Speaker Clark will rap
IDLY advance.
4 test of the strength of the RI
val candidates will come at the DEM
Ocratic State Convention, the time
and place for holding which will be
deSided on by the Democratic State
ENsrutive Committee, called to
rnes,t in Louisville, April 90. Judge
Frank A. Bullock, of this city, one
Of the recognized party leaders of
the State, who is known to be an
aNDwed Clark man, is. strongly tip
ped for the chairmanship of the
Kentucky Presidential Campaign
Committee. He is being backed by
Congressman J. Campbell Cantrill,
OF this district. and other promi-
nent party leaders, who are friend
~ 10 the candidacy of Clark, and if
Bullock is elected chairman, it will
InCan "A big boost for the distin-
s,uished Missourian in his native
State. Already a number of coun-
ties in Central Kentucky have or
ganized Clark Campaign Clubs, and
"a does not take a very shrewd po-
IItical prognosticator to see that the
trend of Democratic sentiment in
Kentucky is rapidly moving toward
Clark.
The Woodrow Wilson organiza-
tion has been quite active the past
asePk- particularly in Central Ken
tur.ky. but in the counties where an
attempt has been made to organize
Wilson Clubs the attendance has
been small and the enthusiasm not
very pronounced. At Richmond,
she home of Gov McCreary, Secre-
rary Henry S. Breckenridge, of the
Wilson organization in Kentucky,
organized a Wilson Club of only
about seventy-five charter MEM
hers, and this in the face of the
fact that there was a large court
day crowd in town. Richmond is
the hume of two former Governors
OF Missouri, Francis and Stone. and
a strong sentiment for Speaker
Clark is known to exist there. In
Bourbon county, another large and
pOpulous Central Kentucky county,
n meeting scheduled for organizing
a Wilson Club was postponed for
Want al interest among the voters,
ana an absence OF speakers. These
are straws showing which way the
pOIitical wind is blowing in this
section of the State.
While Gov. Judson Harmon has
numerous warm supporters in Cen
trail and Northern Kentucky, his
managers are not making any sat
isfactory Roadway in securing the
of the State for their
The opposition manifest
I'd against Harmon by William ].
Bryan in his recent editorial ut
terances in The Commoner has had ,
it's effect on Bryan Democrats in
Central Kentucky, who are numer-
GUS, and they are throwing cold |
water on the Harmon boom when |
ever possible. One of the strong
est Harmon Clubs in the State is
here en this city, and at its last
meeting, held a few days ago, there
-Sere not corporal's guard pres
slni. and despite the fact that Har- I
mon workers have been appointed
in many of the precincts OF the
comfy, little interest is being man
Tested by the rank and file of the
voters in the candidacy Of the Ohio
man