The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-09-26
Well Known Jurist De-
cides to Enter the
Race.
IS COUNTIES IN THE DISTRICT
State Papers Have Expressed
Favorable Comments
Already.

ihN iichuCISOu NledltI, JuuBe
Henson's home paper, has this to
say of his candidacy:
Hon. J. w. Hensen will make the
race for Judge of the Court of Ap-
peals for the Second district
This announcement of great i'm
portance to the people of sixteen
counties in Western Kentucky, is
duly authorized by Judge Hensen
himself, and it goes without saying
that this will be a piece of political
news OF general State interest.
The official announcement from
Judge Henson does not come until
favorable expression to the Hender-
son man had been made by practic-
ally every newspaper in the district,
not excepting newspapers in Judge
Settles portion of the district. Mr..
Settle is the present judge and he
seeks a third term at the hands of
the voters of this district. Without
impungning the ability or efficiency
of Judge Settle, leaders in the sew
eral counties of the district take the
position that there are other good
men in the Second district who
should not die of old age waiting for
chance for recognition.
These men have turned to Judge j.
w. Hensen, of Henderson, in recOg-
milton of a Distinguished and spotlass
record on the circuit bench and Judge
Henson has decided to make the race
only after repeated personal and
published assurances of support.
Clean and Able.
Few men stand higher in Kentucky
than j. w. Hensen. Farm-rased,
self-educated and STRENGTHENING,
none begrudge him the success that
he has already achieved and all will
meet his announcement with "Sure,
Judge, we're for you. It's coming
to vou."
Twelve years Judge Henson served
the good people of this circuit. How
we'll? Well enough that when his
first term expired he was reelected
without opposition in primary or
election. His popularity was not
with one class but with all classes,
for he held the scales of justice fair
ly and delicately balanced between
capital and labor.
He comes before the Democratic
voters now in the full prime of life
3D. years-neither retired nor an
ofTice-seeker, but the active partner
of one of the strongest law firms in
Kentucky-Henson & Taylor.
Hard work and grave responsible
tiles have not kept Judge Henson
from doing his bit as friend and
as will be certified by the
records of such lodges as the Masons,
Woodmen, Elks and Knights of
Pythias, where he is a respected and
active member.
Judge Henson is a tme-tried and
fire-tested Democrat He is thor
oughly grounded in the tenets of the
great Democratic party and knows
how to convince others that the
Democratic party is THE party. His
splendid education, his natural abili-
ty as a speaker, his Christian char
acter, his poise of mind and morals
make him pre-eminently the candi-
date to meet the call of the people
for an able man to succeed Judge
Settle, who has held the place for
sixteen years, besides having the of
flee of circuit judge for IL years,
% years in office.
The counties of the district over
which J. w. Henson will be elected
to preside are Daviess, Henderson,
Mclean, Hancock, Ohio, Brecken-
ridge, Meade, Grayson, Butler, Ed
monson, Warren, Allen, Simpson,
Logan, Todd and Monroe.
1t is a privilege and a pleasure for
us to assist in carrying the banner
of Judge ]. w. Henson to the sue
cess that surely awaits him in this
paca