The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-07-20

in this County and the Alexander case in Lincoln County
are all they have against will discuss them let me
tell you about the Alexander case
wilson Alexander is young man, farmer in Lincoln
county and he was for for the nomination bcfore and
ne Is for me for the nomination today He all right The
thing he accused of doing DONE if done at ALL in
1910 two before ran you know where that report
was fledfed in the Clerks Office of Lincoln County and
fled under the of my fIend W. s. Brch the County
Attorney and don't know whether Judge Owsey or Judge
Bailey Judge 6 Lincoln County at that time when that
filed
(Mr. Owsley-It was Judge Baley)
Inc thing was there and they knew and they could have
found out all about it, and it their duty to find out all
about 1.-THE duty of the County ATTORNEY and the County
Judge to know if there had been anything wrong done If
that report false, as they claimed it was and
the County Attorney knew it, and the County Judge knew it.
1t was their duty and they had every opportunity in the
world to investigate it and find out the wrong It ran ON
down-the Primary Election on in 1912 Alexander
has some klhspeOpe up there-the Rankns-who are as
good people as anywhere III the world who for me- and
che Lincoln County bunch up there can't handle them They
stood on their hind legs and howedand they couldn't con-
troll them They went in three later and indicted the
young man Tor false swearing before the County Judge
nave made it rule in office and shall continue to do so
m the future because believe is right try to get
any man indicted and not to try to keep any man from
being indicted my conception of the duty of the Common
weaths Attorney is that shall draw the indictment after
the grand jury returns it. and that shall draw the ndict-
me1a for the thing the grand jury finds for the grand Jury
IS the accusatory branch of the government That is nv
duty in these matters. know that beneath the Alexander
indictment the wsousness of the crowd that wanted
to punish him for being for drew the hdictfnent
Tor the tnmg Tor Which Vt was returned. 1t came I'D
before Judge Hardin and demurrer. was fled and the
Court sustained the demurrer not because had not drawn
it right but the law didn't require the statement that they
claimed Alexander had signed to be to- 1t didn't re-
qre that he be TO it and they had indicted HRS for
false swearing They had indicted him for false swearing
to paper that not required to be to and the
Court sustained demurrer to the indictment didn't re-
refer it, that true. have apologies for not doing So
1t had siumbered beneath the vgiant eye of the County
Attorney and County Jsdge of Lincoln County for three
years and they discovered that oense had been
committed until they wanted to punish somebody and
didn't any in my lending myself to their prosecu
tons further than doing nay duty, and didn't So much
for the Alexander case.
Now, as to the Clayton Board case: ddnt have the
opportunity of knowing what friend the Judge here
going to say and had thought he would take the
tack he has would have Investigated the records of that
want to say this, though that Clayton Board and
the thing his business stands for-at the CLAYTON Board
crowd against in Mercer County today Jake Board
against today and is high in the counses of Judge Ows
ley in this race. have got deals with them didn't
know that the motion for trial in that ease had been
fixed supposed that the judgment had been superseded
long There this much about it you go out on
the streets, go to the who know know how
they line and who they stand with and every time ysu
find who oafs around your town. drinking whiskey
and that sort of thing you find against me-that is
true. (Applause)
You people who have the conditions here in this
County everywhere-you know that that is true. II