The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-10-15
Unto the glass will probably
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that the editor of the Herald is
wearing the same political bonnet
which he has worn for the last forty
years. 1t is tied with the same old
worn and seedy ribbon. and the same
old black bow adorns its front. with
never a care for thee hanging styles.
The styles of millinery may come
and go as the years go by. but the
political bonnet of the editor of the
Herald remains the same forever II
is a free. trade bonnet. a tariff for
revenue bonnet. free silver bonnet
a gold standard bonnet. All anti
third term bonnet, athird term
fbonnet. 1t never gets on upside
down or hind-part afore, because the
old lady sleeps in this ancient nom-
I, nee-or-bust bonnet.
1t tries to discredit the editor of
this paper because he has heretofore
shown some independence in politics.
Just how it expects to do this, it
alone can tell. Ii We had always
been hide-bound Republican, sup
porting whomsoever was put up for
JUS without any reference to the
ways and means, surely the Herald
b would then say we could have no
Influence with Democrats. with in
dependent thought and minds of their
own. The Herald forgets that Pres
ident Wilson refused to vote for Mr.
Bryan in 1896; that the present
Lieut.. Governor. Mr.. McDermott, not
only refused to vote for him but
made speeches against him. 1t also
doubtless forgets that there arc bua-
dreds. even thousands of Democrats
in Kentucky who voted for John
Young Brown for Governor. in 1898.
/ Even in our own town there are
quite a number OF Democrats who
voted for Palmer and Buckner and
who voted for John Young Brown.
We recall an instance, reiated to us
by prominent and highly respected
old Democratic citizen of Hartford.
who says that he was approached be-
fore the primary by Mr.. Ringo and
requested to vote, for him against
Mr.. Tanner, because Tanner had sup
| ported John Young Brown against
the regular Democratic nominee.
Said this old Democrat: Mr.. Ringo
did not know that l had voted. for
John Young Brown, and I let him
go on his way without christening
him upon the subject" What do
these. people think of a-newspaper
(which. in order to discredit its OPP
ponent in debate, will ridicule him
flor doing the self-same thing which
they have done and which they did
through a high sense of duty to their
Country and State?
! The editor of the Herald has for
some time shown strong DISPOSE
tion to get out of the uncomfortable
mess which it got into by butting in
to a defense or an attempted de-
tense, for its candidates for Circuit
Judge and Commonwealth Attor-
! ney. making gallant charge, but
in the midst of the enemy finding
itself without either arms or amuni-
ton, However, We hardly expected
it to back out through a millinery
store, not being willing to publish the
question when requested to do 90. 1t
might have, at least, left the field
with some degree of honor instead of
trying to palm of upon its readers
the childish twaddle contained in it's
article this week. 1t will not believe
Hon. Frank b. Posey. editor of the
Greensboro News. because he halls
from the City of Evansville. Ind. II,
even says that. the charges contained
in his paper are beneath notice and
that they are merely the publications
of campaign sheet" 1t dismisses
the editor of this paper, who merely
re-published some of thee harges and
offered space to Judge Birkhead to
make. a denial because ii says we
have changed our politics.
AS final shake of the bush. il
turns away from the unanswered
and disgraceful charges made against
its candidates in, the judicial race,
and asks us to turn to State issues
and tell what the Republican Party
has done to build up the State, etc.
Well. the Herald knows that the Re
publicans have never been id pow'
in Kentucky in all its history,
every law good or bad has
placed upon the statute book n
| Democratic party in the II u :. :, nv
Even the law which ir ..sssIat \
salaries of Circuit Jud' erased,
thousand to 'fonE. tn z e <tsg1srnn Il