The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-09-30

Pie daughter discloses' runs into The NH
lions Upon ctnsine TO be tho jefferson
state. lie brought his political methods
with him.
"Intend To Smoke Him Out"
For while after coming into pows
Mt Hert sroomed himself tor the Unite,
2tnteS Senate, but four OF wat Olllt
James would say about him on the stunt
Grove him % cover. Now he nights benin~
The lines We Int, nd to smoke him out
, IN lall, Mr. hert, through his LOUIS.
vhie Republican committee, nominated q
hanu. picked ticket .Jr the city ana cUun'
" officials. IL ran as a reform ticket
LIS piauorfd was 10 refer the city SOW
ernment especially the pc lice force, fire
department. and city hospital. The people
Ct Lodisville and lucliirss visitors fron
out In the state can bear testimony to tn
KIND Of reform those city department
nave been trc4ted with. DC the people o.
NE state oFant that sort Of reform Ia
Mayor smith appointed Mr. Herts
former secretary. LOUIS Johnson, us chair
man Of the Botrd Of Saiely, ana his for.
aicr cashier at his headquarters in Cmc,t.
20 as city comptroller. Mr.. Durham,
ms broiher-in-law ana business partner,
was appointed to the SINKING tnnd am
later on the water buard.
"lhe ciay ana cOUhty tax boards owe
.nclr trpo niinenis 10 AIR Heft. VI ] ma
xJeoas rom tor 10 bctloni IN Inc mott o.,
lis W tnls stat,e. lOJ. have seen enOUs, a
70 knew now ar. Hert drives wnen lie
sets ln,O power,
what would happen in this state il
( MORROW. Bcliard ana the millionaire Re-
/ publican slate she nld be elected? con.in-
| ueu Mr. tsnea. ilu morrow and every
| canuiuate on the Republican ticket owe
/ Nd Hert personal oest OF grdutLde fUT
their nominations.
Organized Convention.
"Hert organized the Lexington conven-
/ ton. 1t was his practical lnuian eye ana
| bi~in mat conceived the idea OF nullify M:
/ the stage primary law. his hand put II
/ INTO execution, OF he was the chief figure
ON the floor OF the convention hall by dds
/ and in the hobby OF the hotels by night.
He named only candidates VINO here
after would do his bidding For has chair
/ man OF the Republican state Campaign
! Committee he named Chesley Searcy, at
| torney for Joe Doe, now in the state peni-
tentiary, whose bond was reduced and
| who fed the state and later was cap
tured. Mr. Searcy Is also attorney fOI
many other crooks and hvld-up men, and
/ through the poiice department he and MS
brother Roscoe get All cases where theirs
is fit fee.
THAT the Hert State Republican nomi-
nees would follow the course of theil
| Louisville brethren, IL elected, and kiss
that night follows day. That Mr.. Hert
| first act would be t. name the State Tan
commission from among his persona
chairman, is a foregone conclusion.
"Mr. Morrow and products of the Re.
publican convention at Lexington are as
completely under domination OF Mr.. Herr
as are Asyor Smith, Louisville, and tltt
| license board chairman.
1T helps business tc he political boss
1t helps still more to be a financial boss
and a political boss combined. His iniiu
ence- reaches out in all directions. 1T APP
| pears where YOU least expect 1t, and wher
you least expect it. He is the silent part
ner in many big enterprises. comrade il
arms of Democratic and Republican finan-
ciers alike. Millions know no party lines
The Indiana politician of yesterday is thu
ruler Of Louisville today, ard he has more
widespread power in Kentucky that any
other man or group of men in the state
Ballard and Business. a
! 81 have nothing unkind to say of Thrus
| ton Ballard. the Republican nominee fo
Lieutenant Governor, a .multi-millionalre
and naturally a close personal and bust
ness friend of Mr.. Bert
! Mr., Ballard is an able business man
4 He has accumula tea large fortune buy
ing wheat from the farmers at low price
and it is u strange thing, out when Mr.
Ballard gets through grading the farmer.
| wheat, II is of the lowest grade, and the!
receive the smallest price for 1t, but thu
| same wheat which Mr.. Ballard calls low
grade through some marvellous 'hocus
I s,oous al the Ballard mills Is turned int
the finest Obelisk -four.
MY Ballard tells how he loves TIN
State of Kentucky and its people, but i
! is very strange how ne sells his -four il
| New Orleans for S1.10 a barrel less thai
| he sells 1t to the people of Kentucky
| whom he Processes to love so Well.
by his own statement he admits he II
| a profiteer OF the worst Kind. His defcDS,
that he sells this flour for cash at New
| Orleans is slap at the people of Ken
| lucky and his lnsinuation that the pco
pie of Kentucky can't pay cash Is in Lint
With his profteering. Between safe 10
! margin of profit that will save him from
want the rest of his life.
"A vote for Morrow tor Governor ant
Ballard for Lieutenant Governor is a vot,
Ii is vote to enthrone millions. 1t is
vote to make the state capitol an anne,
to the city hall Behind Morrow,s voic,
as barrage, behind Billiards. aristocrt
| cy and proiiteering in necessities of liz
as "a camoufiaRe, A. T. Hert commands
along the whole line.
| lucky what his old friends. Quay am
| PenIose, have done for Pennsylvania
what Plat and Barnes have done TO
! New York, what Thompson aud LorinIe
have done for Illinois win the good citi
zens of Kentucky stand for it? 1t is no
| the oath that make us believe the man
It's the man who makes US believe th'
Points To State Progress.
Admitting that Democrats have spen
more money than Republicans did unde
Gov. Wilson, Mr. RLea called attention Il
the fact. that during the last six year
l,750 miles of road have been built II
| kentucky. Under Gov. Wilson, he said
there were 5000 schoolhouses in the state
| Now there are Is, 200. Democrats, he SAID
have spent $1,0O0.000 more a year 70
| schools than did the Republicans.
| In the last eight years, Mr.. Rhea said
| Democrats have paid out in Confederate
pensions 81, 1853, 900, and during the Stan
| ley administration S35S.000 was expendt,
| on the agricultural experimental station
Mr. Rhea charged that Republicans. /
they could. would not dare undo thes'
| things.
-Four years ago, Mr.. Rhea said, Mr.
Morrow and A. D. Stanley, as opposing
candidates for Governor, declared In IA
| yor of new tax laws. After Mr.. Morrow
defeat however, he went to Frankfort
Mr.. Rheat charged. and. calling Jack oil
| yer, Allen county, into conference. tuls
| him that the Republicans in the legisla
| ture must hold off on the tax laws unit
they had been promised certain shar'
| OF the patronage. As result, Mr.. Rhes
char ged. Mr. divers friend. MIR. Cook. u
| Allen. Is drawing g. 400 n year from tn,
state and Tom Spurrier. another Repub
| lican, is drawing $1,000 year. A rel,l
| tive OF Mr.. Morrow is also on the stat.
payroll, Mr.. Rhea charged.
Compares Pardon Records.
Regarding the criticisms aimed at Stan
ley beesu use OF his psrsoning record. Mr.
Rhea said the records would show tina
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