The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-07-23
SPEAKS TO
SPLENDID AUDIENCE
Cour shouse is Packed and Jamned
Wednesday Night To Hear Tenn.
persnee Candidate for Governor

The 'jnes and most rcpresentativ,
audience that has gathered ~ the
Lincoln county SORT house nuns
10 OF years was present on Wedncs.
day night when Hen. VI. V. McChes
|ncy, Of Frankfort, spoke herp on be.
hall - his candidacy for the dem.
Ocrpic nomination for governor
| Every seat in the house was filed
both il the main auditorium and the
main gallery, and standing room was
at a premium. The judges rostrum
was crowded with chairs and about
a hundred were standing arosnd the
main door and in the aisles unable
to get seats. II was truly "a spleHdid
audience and n great tribute TO tAe
man and the cause for which he Is
waglng.
The audience was made up Of lead
ing democrats, too, from every sec
ton Of this and neighborkng coun-
tlcs. About "a dozen automobiles
were parked In front Of the court
house during the speaking. Delc
I cations were here froD all over Lin
colncoln, three auto loads from
/ Waynesburg. several from Huston
Vile and Crab Orchard Col. James
|. Hamilton lead delegation ovee
/ from Lancaster. while Ernest Frank
and bunch of Boyle county demo-
Gratis came over from Danville. It
was a great crowd in every way and
a worthy and deserved tribute to the
man.
| Although he had arten at four
| o'clock Wednesday morning TO
catch a train out of Bussside, and
! had made three speeches that day,
Mr.. McChesney was b. fine fettle and
made one of the strongest and most
convincing arguments ever heard
| from a public rostrum IN this city.
He pitched his main theme on his
demand that the people be given the
right to vote on statewide prohfbi-
| tion, and made telling address
from start TO finish. Nealy every
man who heard him, whether he was
for him or not, admitted that he
made an argument thai was abso-
lutely unanswerable, and one that
Smade him votes and friends wherever
he might appear. Many who heard
him and who were not for him de
clared that with such man and
such an issue, there isn't the slight
est chance in the world to defeat him
in August for the democratic nomi-
nation and that he will win over the
republican nominee in November by
10000 votes.
Mr.. J. c. McClary introduced Mr..
McChesney with a few well chosen
a. 10 hA q
ting that this prominent business man
and superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday School Of Stanford should in
troduce the man who is the super
intendent Of the Baptist Sunday
School at Frankfort. Mr.. McChes-
Iney spoke for ever an hour and a
half and at the conclusion of his
speech. shook hands with scores VINO
pledged him their hearty support.
he came TO Stan-oi-. after hard
days campaigning. He got to Nc
Kinney early Wednesday morning
and when news got about that hust-
ling lstle city that he was there,
about a hundred and fifty citizens
Gathered and insisted that he make
them a speech. He readily complied.
L
dress there. He was introduced at
Mckinney by Mr.. f. NJ Ware. a
prominent business man Of Mckinney.
state Senator Charles +. Nontgom-
cry. 3f III erty, met McChcSNey NJ
Mckinney and took him to Libert.
where he spoke at half past one
o'clock. He was introduced at Lib
crty by the aged Rev. J. Q. Mont
~omery, one of the best known Chris
tian ministers in the state. The
courthouse NJ Liberty was filed al
most TO the limit with a splendid au-
dience. aud he was given an enthu-
siastic reception there. Afterward
Senator Montgomery mOtored Me
'hesney TO Middleburg where he was
erected by a crowd of about $50
and after he was again introduced by
Rev. Montgomery. made n telling ad-
dress. then motoring to Hustonville.
where Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Jones and
ar. s. II. Baughman met him with a
car and brought him on TO Stanford.
Mr.. +. VI. Ware, of Mckinney made
he trim into Casey with the distin-
guished visitor and came on to Stan
ford and heard him again at NIGHT.
From Stanford Mr.. McChesney went
10 Mt. Vernon where he spoke TO q
fine crowd on Thursday afternoon.
A feature Of the speaking here
Wednesday night vds the voluntary
music offered by the Mckinney band.
number of the "boys" who are en-
thusiastic McChesney men got togeth-
or, and joined here by others. enliv-
al. 4 l.
before and after the addresses.
Mr.. McChesney spoke TO a good
crowd at Mt. Vernon yesterday after
noon and last night to large one
nj Crab Orchard He was introduced
by Mr.. II. G.. Skiles, cashier Of the
Crab Orchard Banking Company. at
the latter place. Reports are that he
impressed his hearers very much.