The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-10-23
A. {. Wilson
ADVISES BOLT
Wrote Letter Telling Why
He Voted Democratic.
Letter Was Used By Louisville
Democrats Against City
and County Ticket.

The following letter was written
in response to an inquiry from a
well-known young Republican in
Louisville. who. being uncertain as to
his duty as a citizen. sought the ad-
vice OF Mr.. A. f. Wilson as the
highest authority OF the party in
the city:
Louisville. Ky. Sept. Dear
Sir: After giving the matter careful
consideration I have decided to vote
for Mr.. Weaver and against Mr.. Todd
for Mayor of Louisville. and believe
that in so voting shall do the Re-
publican party. to which I belong.
and for which I have worked for so
many years. a benefit and not an in
jury, for I believe that the kind of
victory which results in the election
of a candidate like Todd as the candi-
date of a party is a greater injury
than any political defeat.
A great many occurrences have
the most dangerous and unscrupu-
lous men that ever seized upon party
machinery in a city; that he has be-
come SO affected by the political man
ia that he has no longer the power
to decide between right and wrong or
good and bad. but considers every
means justifiable which will secure
the ends for which he strives.
The notorious and scandalous in
cidents of his first election by the
Council with the subsequent devel-
opments resulting in criminal indict-
ments against several members of
the Council. which show the char
acter OF many members Of that
Council and corroborated the gen.
-eral impressions of the bribery and
corruption of his original election
as Mayor by that Council; the con-
duct Of Mr.. Todd and those to whom
ne intrusted his campaigns in the
two Republican primaries succeed
ing that election. with their notori-
Gus instances of promises of Office.
purchases of votes. manufacture of
lists Of voters who had not voted.
stuffing the primary ballot box and
false counts: his active cooperation
in the political confidence game
which had for its object the election
of DIR. Hunter for Senator, a man
who was exposed in corrupt PROPOSE
ton to the Popuiists and is under
serious criminal charges: his ex-
posture in the apparently earnest in
dorsement of four or five different
men for Surveyor of the Port at
Louisville. with the special request
to the President to appoint each of
them to the same Office. besides at
least two more similar letters to
different men for the same office:
and, lastly. his manifest Sesponsi-
bility for the bad names on the tick
ct which is to be placed under the
Republican design this fall, several
candidates on which are VIGOROUSLY
unfit, corrupt and fashionable men.
forced upon a ticket with some of
our best representative men. ought
60 be evidence, enough to any fair
mind that neither his morals. the
character of his association nor his
mental caliber is such that his cleo
tion could bring anything but dis
grace and harm to the Republican
party. His opponent. Mr.. Weaver, has
a creditable record as Alderman. a
very fine record as postmaster. is
one of the most agreeable and pro-
gressive of the younger men of Lou
isville, a man of good education, of
upright character. from whom We
have every reason to expect a sensi-
BILE, publc-spirited, honorable ad-
ministration. and think Il my duty
to vote for the better man of the
two. and that 1t is as much my duty
as a Republican as 1t is as citizen
of Louisville. I do not think that any
fair-minded man. who considers
these two candidates with any reas-
enable amount Of knowledge of the
men and their characters can hesi-
tate in reaching the conclusion that
Weaver is by far the better man;
and. while q good Republican would
naturally prefer to vote the Repub-