Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-06-07


There were nincty.thrce Republican
members and eighty.eieht Demo
cratic ones The Republicans had
nominated Sheriff. vane. The Demo
cratic candidate was James Brown
Az the Republicans had a majority Of
ave Il was expected that their candi-
date would be elected on the frst
ballot But when the Republicans
met IN caucus and chose their candi-
date. Ave Of the younger members Of
the party rebelled. refused to support
Sheriff. vane and demanded the
election Of George Allerton.
Alierton had never been afflliated
with either party. He was the lead
ing lawyer OF the state, n man Of In
corruptible honor and national fame.
The Ave insurgents openly declared
their hostility to Sheriff. vane, the
Republican candidate, and announced
that the deadlock would remain until
George Allerton was elected. The
leader Of the insurgents was Doane
Carter
Around the insurgent band ragged
the political battle. The Republican
party used every weapon and every
strategy at their command to compel
the Ave to support the party candi.
date. The Democrats fought as fierce
ly to win them for the Democratic
candidate. Day after day for many
weeks the ballot remained the same:
Sheriff. vane, So; James Brown, SS;
George Allerton, 8.
One morning Katherine vane sat
in the gallery Of the house Of repre-
sentatives. The balloting began.
Amidst the widest bedlam the old hall
had ever held. George Allerton re-
celved the vote Of the entire Demo
cratic faction and Of the insurgent
band and was declared the successful
candidate for the senate.
Katherine pushed her way through
the crowd toward the elevator. A
hand touched her arm. Doane Car
ter, the leader OF the insurgent band,
almost as great a hero In that hour
as the man whose election he had
secured, stood beside her. He drew
her into a committee room and closed
the door against ciamoring mob Of
admirers.
You know now why l could not
come to see you" His voice was
cold. He spoke hurriedly as If In
haste to dispose Of an unpleasant
was using every means to secure
those Ave votes. The Democratic
candidate was also doing his best to
get them. Both men are grafters
and bribers. We Ave stood out to
elect a good man. was made chair
man Of our band. Every act of mine
was watched by the spies of each
side. Had 1t been known that l was
going to Benton, Sheriff. Vane's
home, to see his niece should have
been suspected OF secretly favoring
his candidacy, could not have made
any one understand that he and your
father are bitter enemies because
your father desplses his political
methods. My connection with his
family would have made my men sus-
picious of my sincerity and they
might have been won by one or the
other faction.
There was more at stake than a
little glory for ourselves. We were
fighting to compel the assembly to
elect a great man instead of a hood
Ter. Last night the Democratic lead
ers agreed, since they could not elect
their candidate, to share with us the
honor Of electing Allerton.
Now you understand my reason.
When refused to tell you and you
refused to trust me, the candidates
had not been nominated. and our
plans to refuse to support Vane. II he
should be nominated, we're still Sc
cret. could not In honor tell you
the plans Of my associates"
81 understand, Doane, and am
sorry-I can't tell you how sorry l
am-how much l regret my unkind-
ness. II you were to ask me again to
trust you"
81 shall not. Since have been
proved honorable you are willing to
trust me. have given you the ex-
PLANTATION promised you. do not
ask you to love me. What sort OF
wife would you be? A woman who
would have no confidence in her hus-
band, who would not believe his word
of honor unless it was supported by
afidavits." He opened the door to
allow her to pass out. Good morn
ing" he said curtly.
In the rotunda she met her uncle,
the defeated candidate. For the first
time In her life he spoke to her.
"Doane Carter sold out for price"
he said deliberately. His price was