The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-05-22
TO THE DEMOCRATS
OF LINCOLN COUNTY:

In the last issue of the Interior
Journal Mr.. Hill set forth at length
his position on the liquor question
and asserted that he worked and vot.
ed for Mr. McChesney. 1t may be a
fact that he voted for Mr.. McChes-
ney but he first declared himself for
Mr.. Cherry and after his withdrawal
he became supporter of Mr.. Bos-
worth and only a few days before the
election did publicly announce that
he would vote for Mr.. McChesney.
AS to his connection with the re-
cent closing of the hop joints in
Stanford the following are the facts
Police Judge r. L. Dawson ferreted
out the evidence, secured the taking
out of the warrant, hunted up the
law and I am informed by those who
attended the trial that my friend Mr..
Hill was so feeble and tenderfooted
i'm the prosecution that the Police
Judge, himself, took an active part
in the prosecution and often prevent
ed incompetent proof from going
before the jury without any objec-
lions on the part of Mr.. Hill and af-
ter all the trial only resulted in a
hung jury. The real truth in the mat
ter is that the hop business had be-
come so dull that the proprietors
voluntary offered to quit, provided
their licenses were refunded.
Now Mr.. Hill has been city attor-
ney for about one year and a half,
and it was believed by the good citi-
zens of the city that he would put
Hops out of business. The same
law has been on the statute books all
the time and had Mr. Hill used the
proper efforts and energy he could
easily have prevented the hop joints
from taking out license or if he fail
ed in that he could have easily Sc
cured the proper prosecution and
would have long since freed the city
of same. The whole truth of the mat
ter is that the Police Judge is en-
titled to the entire credit for trying
to stop the "nuisances" here in the
city.
In regard to holding courts of in
curry. Mr.. Hill has been acting as
Mr.. Burch's assistant for over year
and he has had plenty of opportuni-
ty (while the county has been pay
ing two salaries) to have made the
Investigations and put out the hop
joints which he says exist in various
parts of the county and which he so
vehemently promises that he will do
if elected but has failed and refused
to do so.
My friend, Mr.. Hill, fails to COM
prehend that the road question is
one of the vital issues in this contest
and remains silent in regard to it
possibly due to the fact that he was
so closely aligned with Mr.. Burch in
conducting the affairs of the county
during the past year.
The people of this county have
school houses and churches but a
great many of the roads over which
they have to travel to get to them
have been sadly neglected and some
of them are almost impossible. Thew
have paid their taxes and all of 1T
has been spent on few miles of
road and the greater portion of their
roads have been absolutely neglected
and the tax payers are vitality inter
ested in the manner in which their
road fund has been spent. ! assert
and contend that too much eXtrava-
gance has been INDUCED in and that
only a few miles froad have receiy-
ed any benefit and this too by ex-
ceeding the revenue of the county.
repeat again that | am violently OPP
posed to State Aid system because of
too many salaries and of too great re-
ouirements in order to secure the
State Aid and because it is unfair to
those roads which are prohibited by
law from receiving State aid, and /
shall oppose with all my power the
of such a system.
War, pestilence and famine NAV
come but taxation goes on forever
and my motto will be. "An equal,
fair and Just division, by the fiscal
court of the road fund, throughout
the county in order to benefit as
many people as possible"
Our county's finances are some
what impaired at present and it will
take good Management to conserve
the best interests of the county and
repair the roads.
/ am making this race of my own
Neither the "wet" nor the
dry" faction solicited me to run and
want the votes of all the good citi-
zens who are interested in the well
fare of their county. | shall, if elect
ed endeavor not only to assist the
fiscal court in looking after the finan-.
.ial interests of the county. but will
vigorously prosecute "all violations"
IF the law to the best of my ability
without fear or favor.
Trusting that nv friends will use
every honorable effort in my behalf.