The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-10-22
Ordinary Docket.

Ordinary Docket.
TUESDAY, cd DAY.. w. Coop
err VS.. K v. Williams, &C., Swift G.
Co. vs.. T.. F. Austin. j. ". Glass
cock VS.. I. c. r. r. Co.
WEDNESDAY, Sd DAY-w. L.
White VS., John A. Reitz & Sons, Til
ford Aldridge VS.. Same, Jno. A.
Reitz e. Sons VS.. S. NJ. Taylor, &C.
Extracts from Mr.. Ringo's instruc-
ton to the grand jury;
Gentlemen of the grand jury, there
are just some matters of much i'm
portance that want to speak to you
about.
That the public in advance may
understand what they are going up
against | want to say these few
things to you good men. know
this county as well as any man, and
know the good people who live here
want to do the right thing. The
people of Ohio county do not want
: to violate the law, and the majority
are good, law-abiding citizens: but a
long time ago there grew up in this
county tendency to use money in
! elections. Some of you older men
! remember. That was an evil day
for us all. During my residence in
this county took an active interest
! in politics-more than | ought to
have taken, because we are all one
race and one blood, and love our
country and her government the
same. And the lineup with the
parties is just an effort to get what
the good people consider best for
the public welfare. There are men
who line up with the different par
ties just to get the dollar. but the
good men of Ohio county do not do
that YOU know tfat and do. But
there were some good men around
here who made up their minds they
could influence the election by put
ting out some dollars. That put out
the poison, and ever since that time
we have reaped the results After
that some men got into their minds
that public election was just pri-
! just what they could get out of it.
That went on until it finally got SO
these men around this court house
could not win an election without it,
taking three years of salary TO pay
the expenses of the election. These
, men are honest men; but sometime
men of other kinds get into office
but | never knew a dirty dollar to
. pass the hands of any officer of Ohio
county. But when a man has 10
spend the hard-earned money OF
, many years labor TO get into Office
; it takes hard fight not to fall to
, the temptation of getting it back
when he had to spend it getting his
office.
In the beginning many thought II
was all right to pay a man for hi.
| time in going to the election, wher
he worked at a sawmill, or some
|, thing. it was all right to pay some
, one to work in his place when he
went and voted, and s. on the side
, but that has grown into such pro
: portions that we see now the evil o
this and know the custom SHOULD
, never have been established The
public knows this is wrong, and 20,
and | know ii is wrong, and tn,
! thing to be done is to suppress it.
am not speaking on account of any
+ body's party, but on my own respon
sibility. | am not representing any
, body's party. do not belong to any
party. 1t is true affiliate with one
party, as you know, but | am no
going to permit myself to be led b!
any political party; but speaking 70
the State of Kentucky, which | rep
resent, | want to say to you that tn,
last bit of power that the Stat
which l represent has, is 90
ing to be used in an effor
> to have an honest election il
Ohio county. We have a clean Sc
of men around this court house an,
many around here have said w
don't want this business | have re
ferred to any more; and the Com
monwealth of Kentucky is going I,
help them have clean election thi
time. I'll read to you the Statute
pertaining TO This matter which tn,
> law-making power of this State ha
made. (The Statutes relative I,
bribery We're read.)
That means that any man convict
ed under that statute shall not onl,
be fined and sent to jail but shall b,
disfranchised. That statute is goin;
to be enforced in Ohio county, be-