The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-03-06

TALK IS THE NOISE
At THE CAPITAL
Confident Beckhan Forces
Casting About for a Suit
able Candidate.
|JCANTRILL MAY
ENTER CONTEST
Number of Prospects for Con
gressional Honors Are
| Mentioned

been in session at Frankfort some
very lively political talk has been 60
| ing on, and just now the Senatorial
race OF the year and the gubernato-
rial contest of next year have the cen
ter OF the stage and the spotlight is
playing upon little elsewhere.
There was some gossip last week in
connection with the gubernatorial
race which is engaging the attention
of few of the Seventh district poll
ticians. The Beckham forces, it is
said are feeling very comfortable over
the outlook for the success of their
candidate, and are beginning to cast
about for candidate for Governor.
Among those mentioned in the list
OF guberntorial possibilities is Hon.
Campbell Cantrill, Congressman
from the Seventh Kentucky district.
Mr.. Cantrill, it is said, when he was
last nominated for Congress, strongly
intimated, if he did not positively
promise as some assert that he would
not again be candidate for Congress
and that he would not object to some
day running for Governor of Ken
| lucky. AS matter of fact, during his
| political career Mr.. Cantrill has ac-
cumulated lot of political enemies in
this district, and should he secure the
gubernatoral nomination it would be
only after a bitter contest.
The Cantrill talk is by no means to
| be- taken as evidence that there are
not other candidates or possibilities.
Here are few gentlemen who are
| either nominally in the race for Gov
ernor or who have friends who may
endeavor to induce them to get into
the race: j. H. Hazelrigg, of Frank
fort, ex-Judge of the Court of Appeals
bench; j. w. Newman, of Versailles.
Commissioner of Agriculture; James
Garnett, Attorney-General; Lieuten-
ant-Governor E. J. McDermott, of LOU
isville; Henry Bosworth, of Fayette.
Auditor; j. N. Camden, of Woodford
county, and j. c. c. Mayo, of Paints
vile.
commissioner Newman may be re-
garded as an out-and-out candidate.
Judge Hazelrigg has taken very little
interest in politics of late and for that
reason is regarded as a safe quantity
in times like these
There are some strong undercur-
rents favorable to both Messrs. Cam
den and Mayo. Neither can be regard
ed as IN any sense a candidate for
Office, but MANY of tt1ir acts and utter
ances, especially in the case of Mr..
Camden, have given them pleasant
publicity, and attracted favorable at
tentlon to them as men of means who
could be of service to the State and to
their party.
The Seventh district Congressional
situation is of more local interest
than is gossip with reference to the
race for Governor.
OF course even should Mr.. Cantrill
decide to go after the Governorship
it would not necessarily mean that
he would not be a candidate for the
nomination for Congress. He could
be reelected to Congress this fall and
also run for Governor next year, but
as he has stated, it is believed by
many that If he intends to run for
Governor he will sidestep the Con-
gressional fight for various reasons.
With Mr.. Cantrill out of the race
for Congress number of names at
once suggest themselves. Promi-
nently at the head of the list is ex-
Representative Preston Kimball. of
Lexington. His friends would almost
certainly bring him out and urge his
nomination. He has been spoken of
as a probable candidate for Circuit
Judge. but in all probability he would
look upon the other prize with more
favor.
Other timber is made I'D of Circuit
Judge r. E. Stout, of Franklin coun-
ty: Claude Thomas, banker and far
mer. OF Bourbon county; Judge GAYLE.
of Owen. who filled out the unexpired
term of Representative Evan Settle:
John T. Hinton. Mavor of Paris: Har-
~ Shoberth. of Woodford who has
before soueht the nomination: w. o.
Davis. of Versailles: "Boh" Franklin.
now member of the Favette bar.
Judge j. M. BENTON of Clark. who will
probably stick to the bench. and John
NJ. Stenherson. also of Clark. and FL
wood Hamilton. member of the Leg
stature from Franklin county.
Will Davis. of Versailles. ie or.te
well thouaht Of az p possible Copgros-
SIGNAL candidate hut he has given 10
evidence of ambitions in that direc-
ton