The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-07-09
HON. 40. STANLEY
MAKES TELLING SPEECH
To Immense Audience In Louisville.

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spoke to $500 interested listeners o.
that occasion. and of that number ther
was perhaps not rs from outside tn
city of Louisville.
Mr.. Stanley's effort is conceded b
press and people to be the best of hi
campaign and one of the ablest speech
es ever heard in Louisville. There i
scant doubt in the minds of any o
those who heard him but that his speed
will be prolific of much good to hi
cause.
He paid his respects to Ex-Gov
Beckham, one of his opponents, Percy
Haley and Sam Shackelford, his follow
ers. and Edi tor Dick Knott of the Posi-
without the mincing of words, charac
terizing the latter as "a political rem
egade and harlot who eXerted con.
terminating influence politically, socially
and morally, and whose relentless hate
| wear as a badge of honor"
He deeply censured Beckham for his
alliance with Knott, whom he charged
with condoning the ASSASSINATION of Will
liam Goebel, and holding up copy of
the Post exclaimed land this is the
vile sheet that has the impudence to
dictate to the people of Kentucky whom
they shall choose as their Senator.
He charged Beckham with cowardice
upon the liquor question in that he
played both ends against the middle as
the time and the exigencies of the oc
casion demanded, with being temper
ance man out in the state where such
a position best suited his cause and
then catering to the whiskey element
in the city of Louisville.
We give below few extracts of the
arrangement of Mr.. Beckham:-
Now Mr.. Knott and Mr.. Summers
assure the people of Louisville that Mr.
Beckeam is the avowed and capable
foe of State wide prohibition; that ii
was to him and to him alone the dis
tillers of Kentucky owe their escape
from wholesale destruction; and it is
suggested with an implied and sinister
menace, that if Mr.. Beckhan is moi
nominated to the Senate that Their
business shall pay the forfeit, not be.
cause of any injury to the public. but
to satisfy the baff1ed rage of a disap.
pointed politician.
'1n recent issue of this same Eliz.
abethtown News Mr. Somme-s says
Some of the liquor people are trying
to hold Beckham responsible for the
Legislature. Then they ought to give
him credit for defeating Statewide
prohibition
''Mr. Beckham's sponsors boast that
he controlled the Senate, controlled it,
l am told, two to one, and vet that
Senate put the klbosh, to Statewide
prohibition.
WAS the defeat of Statewide pro-
hibition made the price of the support
of the liquor interests of Louisville?
Under which king do you serve.
Bezonian? Speak or die! Are yov wet
or dry, Mr.. Beckham? Are you for or
against the Hobson resolution? Will
you, if elected to the Senate, espouse
or oppose national prohibition? Did
you aid or did you assassinate State
wide prohibition for Kentucky?
Which Beckham is to go to the Sem
ate-the DR.. Jekyl of Harry Sommers
and Dick Knott in the cities, of the Mr.
Hyde of inveterate and implacable hos.
tility to the liqur interests in the dry
counties?
Whether majority of the people
of Kentucky are prepared to abolish or
to tolerate the manufacture of intoxicat-
ing liquor within the bounds of the
Commonwealth, do not know. 1t is
difficult to determine the trend of
public opinion until the public have
spoken. Just how wet or just how dry
is the State of Kentucky do not pre-
tend to say. but this l do know
Ker tuckians wet and Kentuckians dry
alike adore candor and courage. AT
one time they have followed the standard
of prohibition and another they have
demanded the highest measure of in
dividual and personal liberty. This
much do know: differ as they may
upon moralissue, Kentuckians never
have and never will rally to the stand
ard of cowardl
"Mr. Beckham, in double deal and
playing dual role, has at this hour
lost the confidence of the advocates of
temperance and the respect of the OPP
ponents of prohibition"
Mr.. Stanleys speech was loudly ap-
plauded throughout its length, and
there was everything to indicate than
his remarks were having a telling eff
feet. The crowd which was conceded
to be one of the most representative
which ever greeted political speaker
in Louisville, was remarkable from the
fact that not fifty people left the Nat
ional Theater building, where the
speaking was held, fully an hour and
thirty minutes.
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