The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-01


for that purpose.
Judge Dundon makes the point that
this fight is against him and not
against the Magistrates; that the
Magistrates are good men. We
heartily agree with him that the fight
| is against him and not against the
Magistrates, because he is the one to
be held accountable for his admins
tration and not the Magistrates under
him. These same Magistrates, with
the right kind of County Judge who
would properly aattend to the duties of
his office would give the people a sue
cessful administration. No better ar
gument need be adduced that the law
as we'll as the public holds Judge Dun
don responsible for the condition of
the pixies than his own admission that
the people are fighting him, not the
Magistrates under him.
He says that nobody would under
take to build the road in the Clinton
vile precinct. Why, the fact is that
competent and reliable contractor
did put in a bid to puild the road and
wanted to build it, but he wasn't one
of the Judges favorites and of course
didn't get the job.
About not building new Cotton
Town bridge. If that means the loss
OF votes, it is the Magistrates, not
Judge Dundon. If he can curry favor
with voter by referring to the fact
that no bridge has been built, then it
is Judge Dundon, not the Fiscal Court?
So, when it comes to the Fiscal Court,
the things which the Fiscal Court has
done that will make votes are labeled
1--WE did it," And things that the
Fiscal Court has done which loses
votes are labeled, 1.-THE Magistrates
did it,"
The Judge has much to say about his
desire for clean and fair elections. But
in the long article he wrote we fail
to find any explanation of how that
game was played and that unfairness
practiced which consisted of five
names for Dundon and O'Brien being
certified to Frankfort last August from
which an Election Commissioner was
to be and was selected resulted in a
partisan of Dundon and O'Brien get
ting the position of Democratic Elec-
ton Commissioner and enabling him,
along with the Republican Commits
sioner, who was hostile to Hinton and
Mcmillan putting in partisans of Dun
don and O'Brien in the various voting
booths. This scheme has been a mat
ter public discussion havig appeared
IN the papers Tin plenty of time for
Judge Dundon to have answered IT'D
but not one word in this lengthy ar
t1cle do we find on this subject-not
even an attempted explanation. Again.
II he is so much in favor of fair cleo
lions, why did Dundon and O'Brien
take hasty trip together to Frank
fort to prevent this scheme from being
upset by the appointment of some dis
interested Democratic Commissioner
If the Judge is so exceedingly fair
why did he want this political trick
to stand? Why was he willing to Ar.
cept the unjust advantage which that
job worked in his favor? Again
this automobile trip with O'Brien to
frankfort has been discussed publicly
and printed in the News time and
again Tin plenty of time for Judge
Dundon to reply thereto, or to explain
IT. but for reasons best known to him.
self, ne does not in his lengthy arti-
Gle of last Wednesday say one word
about it.
No, Judge, nobody knows better than
you that it is easier to talk fair cleo
tons than it is to explain these thinos.
about which you are silent.
AS to hte Election Commissions
which met last Thursday, the Judge
says Their acts were so fair and sat
lsfactory that the News published the
list of officers without comment"
Thls may be the best way of answering
our editorial on the subject in last
Tuesdays issue wherein we called at |
tention to the fact that this Demo-
cratic County Commissioner, parti- |
san of Dundon and O'Brien, publicly
admitted that he had joined hand with |
he Republican Commissioner, who was
hostile to Hinton and Mcmillan in the |
selection of officers for the various /
voting booths next Saturday. Judge |
Oundon knows better than anyone else
whether it was good policy to try to
answer that charge He knows bet
'er than anyone else why it was adyis-