The bee., 1915-10-05
NJ M'CHESNEY'S
DEFEAT DUE
TO FRAUD
SAYS DIR. N. A. PALMER IN A
SPEECH BEFORE THE METH
ODIsT CONFERENCE AT
HARTFORD, KY.
MAN BEATEN
AT The ELEVENTH HOUR

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Hartford, KY, October 2.--That
Harry v. McChesney, Of Frankfort,
Statewide Prohibition advocate,
would have been the Democratic
nominee for Governor had, be been
aceOEded an honest count at the re-
cent primAriear Was the sensational 81
aSasrtiOn, made today by DE- N. A.
Palmer, superlntendent Of the Ken
tneky, Anti-SAloOnl ,Leagaa. DIR.
Palmer made thea statements before
members, Of the Louisville Confer
enoe Of the NJ. e. Church, South,
, now In session here. The speaker
charged that the Democratic .pri-
mary was ,debauched, and thatuhe
persSnSlly knew of participation In
the primary by voters of . different
party Af1llRtiOn. 's4 rIIas g5c..t
Persons who have interested them
selves in the claimA made by Nc
Chesney adherents that the Frank
fort man would have won the nomi.
nation had he been given . fair
count, profess to see in DIR. Palmer'S
remarks confirmation of the rumors
heard since the primary that the IL
quor interests in Kentucky spent
almost $35O,OOO to defeat McChes-
ney. There is much indignation.
W. G. T. o. Indorsed
The report of the Committee on
Temperance was presented by the
chairman, Rev. J. r. Savage, of
Owensboro. The report says in
part: "Tne work OF redeeming the
State from runs rule of ruin is as
delicate and divine as the work of
leading souls to Christ and requires
the same divine guidance and
power"
Endorsement is then given the
work done during the past year by
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union, by the Anti.Ssloou League,
and the efforts put forth by the su-
perintendent, DR.. N. A. Palmer, of
Louisville. The report says:
"The Board of Trustees, the Hoad-
quarters Committee and DR.. N. A.
Palmer, of the Anti-Saloon League,
have been confronted this year with
a most complex and trying situa-
ton, but they dealt with it in mas
terful manner"
DIR. Palmer was invited to address
the conference and was granted ten
minutes in which to speak. He said:
II do not know II you ministers
take the right view of results in the
late Democratic primary. 1 want
to tell you that there were 49, 1873
more votes cast for Governor than
for any other State office. In this
fact, think. may be found the So
luton of the matter. No one who
has thought rightly can differ from
me in my contention that an honest
count and An honest vote would
have nominated Harry V. McChes.
ney, the man that made Statewide
prohibition look like a certainty.
Money and Whisky Used
II think there is no question about
this-that on Saturday before the
primary, If vote had been taken,
McChesney would have been nOmi-
mated. Two weeks after the pri-
mary sent out letters to represen-
tative men all over the State and
|, asked them what cansed the slump
from McChesney. II all of the men
to whom 1 addressed letters had
gotten together before receiving my
letters, their answers could not have
been more unanimous than when
, they assured me that for two or
three days preceding the primary
there was general debauchery with
money aud whiskev.
II know personally of one precinct
in which forty voters who were not
! Democrats voted for the successful
candidate in the primary"