The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-07-07

heard other members say tue s""N
thing We did once speak TO Gov
B,ckham with regard to our presiden-
tial primary bill, which passed the
house. and did not get To a vote IN
the senate. and lie said to Us tina, while
he favored such measure, he had
been so busy in his law office, during
the session, that he had not KEEP, ~
touch with what the legislature was do
inc except in general way through
the newspapers.
80 this - the domination aud con-
troll oi the legislature on the part oi
friends oi Mr. Bcckhan to- which Hun
aker So greatly oblcc's. tie calls at
It,r,t,r IN his letter to the insurance
laws. and the other more ur less iana'-
| zeal and unconstitutional legislation
and goes on to say that he was among
those who cndcaVorrd as best they
could. to defeat such objectionable
legislation 80 wvic W. hu; our opiu
ION of what was Objectionable lcgiSla
lion and the opinion OF senator HUFF
akcr did not always coincide. tic says
that ION account oi pressure brought
by state officials and politicians IN con
troll OF both branches OF IN legislature.
our efforts wvir cd uo avail Wei.
those awful state officials and puliti-
clans didn't Try to bring any pressure
on Us to vote against the peoples IN
tcrcStS but perhaps some may have
considered the senior senator from the
city OF Louisville. made OF triilc
more plastic material than some OF Us
country fellows.
Md he asserts that It was the friends
OF Beckham Who sought to exert th,s
pcrniciuus domination and control
over tine members. Hufiaker voted
against the insurance bill, and 50 did
We and we a5e inst as much friend
nj Beckham as llufakcr is his enemy
and perhaps more So. Yet IT Is well
known fact that the man who intruduc-
ed in the House, this much discussed
measure, which IIuiiaker thinks Is Sc
Dad, was one of the bittcrc,t enemies
B,ckham has in politics today \ num-
We ui Bcckham's warm friends voted
Tor ii. hut he should not be held any
more responsible ior their votes than
he should for our vote and the vote ot
many other oi hi, friends against 1t.
VIII lluhaker dare to say that Beck
ham should he censured and held re
spun>iblc IN his race Tor the |. ;. sen
ate. because we. and others OF IN,
warm friends voted for a two-ccnt rail
road rate law. because we voted
against every large appropriation de
signed To take more money out ot az
already depleted public treasury; he.
cause We voted for tie amended county
unit bin winch will enable a ldrg,
number OF counties IN Kentucky to yot,
nut saloons :. or >hruli he be ccusurcd
nccau>c We and others 81 his friends
voted against an incrca>, IN the tax
rate. hccau>c We thpu M the farmer
are already paying too much ta>c~ P
These are some OF the things that We
and other members who happen To- be
friends OF Mr. B'ckharl supported and
most OF which Mr. Huiiakcr an eucm,
OF Beckham opposed H. ON.
Hufiakcr's letter and his insldious
charges are well understood by tho>,
who know him and his connections.
The whole thing is a Stanley scheme t.
/ attempt to discredit 9cckham in an I'M
demanded way and will fail most ig-
nomriously, for the people OF ia,
state. as a whole know the history OF
the last legislature. They know how
the liquor and ot1c predatory inter
cstS, with Mr.. Hufiaker as their Chief
spokesman and champion IN tie sen
ate. were whipped cut at almost ever
point by men who were friends OF
Beckham-not at Beckham'S dictation
but because these members OF the Gen
erai Assembly had sense enough them.
selves To realize the character OF tn
| whole fight and stood for what they be
lieved was right in these and other
matters. without domination or con
troll from any mar o. set OF men.
And so IT is n the senatorial rae,
today: whipped to a stsndstill III tn
recent legislature, liscrcdited and al
most kicked ont OF the state. some q.
the liquor leaders. are making las
desperate stand in an effort t. elec.
Mr.. Stanley United States Senator
and with this letter of HulIdkcr's ar,
rushing to the front, using the sam,
plant tool who was their mou,hpiocc
and served them 50 faithfully and vel
in the General Assembly These ~
tercsts escaped state wide prohibition
by a hairs breadth in the recent Sc,
sion. Let them continue these tactic,
defeat Beckham for the United State
Senate il they can, and they'll get it tn.
next time so fast, they'Il think the,
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