Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-01
HOW SERIES
OF Circumstances Shot New.
man out of GubernatOrial
Race.
(By Thomas Cromwell.)

Lexington, KY, June 30.-The
withdrawal last week CT Commission
err Of Agriculture John WesleyNew-
man from the race for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor was
not wholly unexpected and OCCASION
ed little surprise in Kentucky's polit.
zeal circles, as because of circum.
stances over which he had no control
he practically had been eliminated as
factor in the fight.
First, the foot and mouth disease
among the cattle of the state, and
next the action Of the Beckham. Hsly
organization and the Anti-Saloon
league in combining and bringing
out Harry V. McChesney on the state
wide prohibition plank took from
Newman thousands of votes.
Newman's was the first announce
ment to include a statement in favor
of the submission of statewide pro-
hibition to a vote of the people, and
on that announcement he was assur-
ed by Mrs. Frances E. Beauchamp
that he should have the support Of
the Kentucky W. c. T. u. of which
she is president, and that endorse.
ment was regarded by the ultra dry
element as a big asset for Newman
until the McChesney machine began
its mining operations on the claim
that Newman had staked off for
himself.
Mrs. Beauchamp Stood By Him.
Mrs. Beauchamp, however, con-
tinued loyal to the gentleman from
Woodford county, and only the 9th.
er day she sounded a warning to the
temperance forces to have nothing
to do with the gubernatorial candi-
date who has the support of Senator
]. c. w. Beckham and Gen. Percy
Haly. declaring that they could have
caused at the last session os tie gen.
eral assembly the passage of an
amendment to the constitution SUBJ
hitting the question of statewide
prohibition to vete of the people
had they not been afraid that it
would endanger Senator Beckhsm's
chances for the office he won last
fall. g.
Persons who are we'll acquainted
with Mrs. Beauchamp say it is not
likely that she will change her mind.
even though Commissioner Newman
is out of the race, and McChesney is
the only candidate for governor in
the Democratic household who is ad-
vocating statewide prohibition.
However, it is presented as logical
that the ultra drys who were for
Newman will go to McChcsney. COM
psratively few though they may have
been, and wi h equal logic it is con-
tended that the conservatives.
especially the farmers who were for
Newman. will give their support to
one of the candidates advocating en-
forcement of the county unit law.
Farmers Don't See Dryness in State.
Wide,
1t is argued that the bulk of New
mans support would have come from
men who had taken fancy to him
during his connection with the state
fair and the department of agricul.
ture. and il is said by sagacious poll
ticians and men who travel among
the farmers and stockmen that they /
are taking the ground that since the
Webb-Kenyon laS does not. under
the decision of the supreme court.
prohibit the shipment Of liquor into
from Ohio or Indiana or
any wet territory. there is no guar.
antee that Kentucky's saloonles
counties will be any dryer under
prohibition than they are
now under the county unit law. and
that under such circumstances they
are not will ng to vote an extra tax
upon their lands and stock to support
the enforcement of statewide prohi-
,ition and 10 make up for revenues
ost through its adoption.
Ii may have been this sentiment
that was most responsible for New
mans decision to withdraw, though
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