Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-07-02
NEWMAN WITHDRAWs FROM
GOVERNORS RACE.

Frankfort, KY, June 25. 1s15.-(Spe-
cial Correspondence.)- THE with
drawal of Commissioner OF Agriculture
]. w. Newman from the race for Gov
ernor was somewhat Of a surprise to
many, althorqh 1t was conceded that
Harry McChesney, backed as he Is by
the Anti-Saloon League and General
Percy Haley. had much the larger fol-
lowing among the extra drys." as Mr..
Newman expresses IL. Evidently Mr..
Newman realized that he could not
make much Roadway as a state-wider
against the candidate selected by DR..
Palmer, the Anti-SalOOn League super
intendent, ana o. KID by Senator
Beckham and General Haley.
Although Mr.. Newman was the first
candidate to announce for Governor
on a statewide prohibition platform,
and had the endorsement Of the w. c.
T. u, the pioneer temperance organi-
cation of the state, the powers that
were to direct the campaign did not
look with favor on his candidacy. Mr..
McChesney was selected as the stand
ard bearer of the prohibitionists. His
headquarters are busy, with a large
force of clerks, and ample funds to
make an aggressive campaign.
In his card Of withdrawal Mr.. New
man says he has canvassed and
spoken in more than forty counties,
and has concluded that there are only
two candidates for Governor who are
seriously considered in the race.
Though he did not mention names, 1t
Is conceded that he meant Stanley and
McChesney. Furthermore, he says the
Democratic party is facing a crisis
that may endanger it's success, unless
harmony is restored and all unite for
victory in November, which he pledges
himself to aid In accomplishing. The
harmony and unanimity of the Repub-
lican platform convention at Lexing-
ton this month, at which they reaffirm-
ed the County Unit Law, and declined
to take any statewide Gin their'n,"
with Judge O'Rear and DR.. Bruner
pledging their support to the Repub-
lican ticket, was a distinct warning
that the Republicans are to be in the
running this fall, ready and anxious
to take advantage of any Democratic
mistakes. They believe that a state
wide prohibition Democracy will as
sure Republican victory this fall For
that reason Mr.. McChesney is the
prime favorite Of Republicans, from
Ed Morrow, the sure-thing nominee for
Governor, down to the boys In the
trenches who hope to get jobs under
a Republican administration.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Newman declares,
like the good Democrat he Ia, The
Democrats will continue in power in
Kentucky, and indicate to the world
that Kentucky is behind the National
Democratic administration, and in line
for the presidential election In 1915"
Some say that Mr.. Newman feels
that President Wilson's opinion that
local option, and not statewide prohi-
bition, is the proper method of con-
trolling the liquor question, meets the
approval Of Kentucky Democrats, who
are enthusiastically behind the Presi-
dent in all his great policies.
Mr.. Newman Is a Democrat OF the
truest type. and as Commissioner OF
Agriculture has accomplished greater
results for the development Of the
farming interests OF the. state than all
his predecessors combined. He is a
tireless, fearless worker. and has done
things worth while since he has been
In Office.