The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-10-07
GREAT CONTRAST
As TO NOMINEES
Now Running For United
States Senator.
THEIR RECORDS WELL KNOWN
One Was An Official Failure
The Other Was 0p.
pOsite Character.
VOTERS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN

Ex-Governor J. c. W. Beckham
is the Democratic nominee for Unit
ed States Senator: Ex-Governor Au-
gustus Z. Wilson is the Republic
an nominee. Both have been the
Chief Executive OF Kentucky and
they now seek the same Office II is
proper that their public careers
( should be reviewed and that their
respective ability should be measur-
ed
As Governor. Wilson was COM
plete failure. When he came into
Office he found 100000 in the
Treasury; when he went out of Of
Z fee he left the cash box empty and
the State 81 100000 in debt. So
much for Gus Wilson as a fnancier
He had no constructive ability.
/ There is no law on the statute book
that bears the imprint of his hand
or brain. Instead OF advocating
wise legislation that would improve
the State. he wasted his energies in
the furtherance OF petty political
schemes in an effort to discredit the
Democracy.
so little attention did he pay to
the affairs OF his Office. and so fire.
quent we're his transforming tours
through other States, speaking
wherever a gong sounded or a ban
quet was spread, that he became
known as the Wandering Voice. II
is a matter of record that during his
term the Lieutenant Governor drew
over $1,000 in salary for acting
Governor during Wilson's absence
from the State.
When the night-rider troubles
We're at their heighth his irresolu-
ton, timidity and bad judgment en-
cOurased the disorder instead OF
abating it, Hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars were thrown away in
needless calling out of the State Mi
;itia. The grave question settled it
self while Wilson was torn between
his alleged love for the people aIC
his well proved affection for the To-
bacco Trust, whose attorney he had
been before he became Governor.
There is not room in this brief
recital for the blunders that mark
ed ev,ry step in his expensive. in
consequential and ridiculous admin
istraiIon. II registers high-water
mark in the food-tide of incapacity
which has followed every Republic
an Governor that has sat in Frank
fort.
This is the same Wilson who rat
tied around in the Executive Chair,
the sport OF press and public. who
now asks this brave. intelligent and
discriminating electorate to send
him to the United States Senate,
where he promises to prove thorn
IN the side of President Wilson.
whose ability he derides and whose
policies he is anxious to oppose.
II will take a separate article TO
recount the wise. progressive and
economical administration of Gov
ernor Beckham. He was Cove 'Aorl
of Kentucky for seven years end
throughout that period, when the
existence of his party and the very
life Of the State was at stake, he
proved himself a patriot and a
statesman Among the hundred ex-
cellent things he furthered was Ken
tucky's magnificent Capitol. built
without a cent of graft, or leaving
dollar of indebtedness.
When Governor Beckham Went
ont of office, he left this new Capt.
tol without a superior in beauty or
worth on the continent, and mil
lion dollars in cash in the Treasury.
Governor Wilson succeeded him
and not only spent this 81 900, 900.
but left the State impoverishe and
a million dollars in debt when he
retire from office.
The Republican party selects Gus
Wilson as its beloved leader ne
is a hopeless. hide-bound reaction
airy, the friend and follower of Ta;s.
the enemy of all prcgress-narrow
vindiriiye and ben'slt6d.
The Democratic ! arty selects Gay