The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-06-30
JOINT SPEAKING At
UTICA AND REQ hill
BY Candidates For Circuit Judge
Judge W. W. Owen Pre-.
sided As Chairman.

| n. Birkhead met in joint debate at
Utica, Daviess county, Kentucky,
Saturday afternoon. June 26th, and
also at Red Hill schoolhouse at
night Each spoke in behalf of his
candidacy for the Democratic nom
nation for Circuit Judge in this
district
About $50 voters attended the
speaking at Utica, Judge w. w.
owen. of Owensboro. Kentucky, pre-
sided as chairman of the meeting at
Utica and introduced each OF the
speakers. He paid a nice compli-
ment to our fellow townsman, Judge
Glenn. and to the Democrats of Ohio
county. He said that they had stood
by Daviess county's candidates for
this Office Loyalty in the past and
predicted that Judge Glenn would
find the Democrats of Daviess coun-
ty in this contest equally as gener-
GUS and that majority of them
would support him in his race for
this nomination. Some 80 or more
voters attended the meeting at Red
Hill at night. At each of the places
mentioned both speakers We're ac-
corded a respectful hearing but Il
was manifest that a large majority
of those present were favorable to
Judge Glenn.
At each of the meetings Judge
Glenn put number of pointed
questions to Judge Birkhead and !
called on him to answer them in his
speech One of the questions was,
whether or not he, Judge Birk- |
head did not promise the people !
that if he were elected by them to |
the Office of Circuit Judge for two
terms he would not be-
come a candidate for this Office for
the third term. This particular
question seemed to cause Judge
Birkhead much embarrassment as
did the other questions propounded
to him. He eyaded the question by
saying that he did not remember all
that he promised the people on the
occasion of his being a candidate
for this office; that speaking figura-
lively he was then like hungry
calf on the outside of a fertile pas
lure bawling to get in; that then he
was on the outside looking in but
that now he is on the inside looking !
out. Judge Glenn in reply stated
that he thought the calf referred tot
by Judge Birkhead needed a change
Of pasture and that twelve success
;ive years grazing in one fertile field
ought to be enough.
Judge Birkhead also stated that
ne thought experience better quail
led one for the office of Circuit
Judge and that for this reason the
Democrats in this district ought to
give him the nomination for this Of
ice. Judge Glenn met this argu-
nent by saying that sometimes it is
he case that one long continued in
he same office, becomes more or
ess careless and Indifferent to the
iuties of the office, and that the
work sometimes grows monotonous
md irksome; that he fails to give .
he 7anle care aud consideration TO
lis work as when first indicted into
he Office. He said further that in
he instant case the record discloses
hat during the first twelve months
then the cases decided by Judge
3irkhead were first passed upon by
he Court of Appeals that 4S.39% .
If the cases decided by Judge Birk-
read We're affirmed while 51.61% ,
we're reversed and that during the ,
last six months of the present year ,
'nly S6.40% of the cases decided by ,
Judge Birkhead and passed on by .
he Court of Appeals We're affirmed t,
While 63.6O% of the cases decided
~ him during this time We're re-
'ersed by that Court.
A number of Judge Glenn's /
riends from this place, some of his /
riends from greensboro and other v
Joints attended the speaking at /
Utica. He returned home Saturday /
light after the speaking at Red Hill. \
lie left this place Monday morning e
or Greensboro and arrangements s
will be made for other speaking APP
'ointments in Daviess county for
he present week to all of which, We
re Informed, Judge Birkhead viii
'e invited.
NEWMAN
N