The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-10-22
MORROW DEMANDS
EXPLANATION FROM
GOVERNOR BLACK
Great Throng Greet Republican Can
didate For Governor at Nicholas
County Capital Yesterday.

Carlisle, KY, October 81. - In a
statement given out here this after
noon, Edwin p Morrow, Republican
candidate for Governor demands Gov
ernor James d. Black to state who
he refers to in a speech reported In
the press as having been delivered at
Glasgow Monday afternoon, In which
the Governor is credited with saying:
Neither have l any respect for man
who won't pay his debts, and who Is
willing to allow check to go to pro-
test"
The statement was given out by Mr..
Morrow at the close of his speech here
this afternoon delivered before a
crowd that taxed the capacity of the
Nicholas county Court House. Altho
brief it was to the point and demands
plain statement on the subject by
Governor Black who is reported as
having made reference to someone
failing to pay their debts and allowing
checks to go to protest, in the course
of his speech delivered at Glasgow
Monday afternoon.
| Mr.. Morrow's attention was call
ed to the statement as carried in the
press he Immediately issued the fol-
lowing statement: "My attention has
been called to an article in the Lex
ington Herald reporting Governor
Blacks speech at Glasgow, KY, on Oc-
| tober Goth. In this article Governor
Black Is reported as having said:
Neither have I any respect for a
man who won't pay his debts, and who
is willing to allow check to go to
protest"
"In this statement Mr.. Morrow
makes no direct charge. ask Mr..
Black now to state whether or not he
intended by this statement to charge
that l am a man who won't pay my
debts, and who allows my checks to
go to protest. want and demand a
plain statement on this subject, and
Mr.. Black must make It,"
The statement was reported as hav-
| ing been made by Mr.. Black in connec-
ton with another statement made in
commenting on Mr.. Morrow an
nounced purpose in event of his cleo
ton as Governor to refuse payment of
attorneys employed in the Bingham
tax suit Mr.. Black is said to have
taken the position that the contract
entered into with the attorneys in this
case was a sacred and binding obliga-
ton and that he had no respect for a
man who would attempt to evade or
break it.
In his speech here this afternoon
Mr.. Morrow reiterated his former
| statement that in event of his cleo
| ton as Governor he would refuse pay
ment of attorneys employed in the
Bingham case and said further that
he did not believe jury of twelve
Kentuckians would give these men the
enormous fee which they have been
promised.
Despite the fact that a rain began
falling early this morning and con-
tinued all day, the crowd which heard
Mr.. Morrow this afternoon, was said
| by many to have been the largest at
tending a public speaking here in
three years. The crowd was said by
| Rev. S. B. Lander, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church to have been al
most twice as large as the crowd that
heard Governor Black when he spoke
| here several days ago. At that time
the speaking was held at night and
fair weather prevailed and the Court
House was not anything like filed
while today the rain continued every
minute of the time and the Court
House was filed to overlooking with
many standing In the isles and in the
hall.