The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1919-10-02

shall Mr. fiert, with the aid Of Thrus
ii" a cand ia s" on the ' Rspubican
ticket, be allowed to take over the STATE
Government outrieht3 Behind Mr. Nor
row. booming voice Il the cunning hand md
the hand y that 81 Lsau- Shall bert
build q bridge from the louisville CITY
Louisville Republican machine extend It's
sway ut Frankfort
''Mr. Hert halls from Indiana. He 10
n %sn tns c N Ms ssa 70 s
the richest man in the state He IL
suave and practical. a financial ana po-
liticai genius He comeins. politics With
business tc a marvellous degree. Until
recently he was an Indiana politician and
ofhceholder. He was schooled " the
practical politics OF that state. He was
VIE psnitenpary. He was q podftios'
isnant OF the late Senator Fairbsnl
.ifu. .na, whose estate. a will Oontest
~ daughter dscicses runs late ,d The mil
vile warden. MIR. liert moved to this
with him.
"intend To Smoke Him Out"
"For a while after coming into power
Mr.. iaert groomed himself TOR the United
States Senate. but fear OF what Ollie
James would say about him on the stump
the lines. We intend to smoke him out.
In 1917, Mr. Hert. through his Louis
vile Republican committee, nominated "a
hand picked ticket FOR the city and ceun-
II officials II run as 'reiorp, ticket
Its Platform WAS TO rcfcrm the city gov
eminent. especially the pt lice force. fire
department and city hospital The people
OF Louisville and luckless visitors from
out In the state can bear testimony to the
kind OF reform those city departments
have been treated with. DO the people OF
n q M fhAf ~ m rat
Frankfort?
Mayor Smith appointed Mr.. Hert's
former secretary, Louis Johnson. as chair
mer cashier at his hesdauartvrs in Chica-
go as city comptroller. Mr.. Durham.
his brother-in-law and business partner,
was appointed To the sinking fund and
Ia ter on the water board.
The city and county tax boards owe
their appointments to Mr.. Hert. II had
time l would show how his strangle hold
from TOP to bottom I'm the mctrop-
oils of this state. You have seen enough
TO know how Mr. Hert drives when he
gets into power.
What would happen In this state II
Morrow. Ballard ana the millionaire Re-
publican slate hculd be electrd?' contin-
ued Mr.. Rhea. ED. Morrow and every
candidate on the Republican ticket owe
AIR. Hert personal debt OF gratitude for
their nominations.
Organized Convention.
''Hert organized the Lexington conven-
tion. IL was his pilctical indian eye and
brain that conceived the idea OF multiplying
the state primary law. His hand put 1t
into execution, Oh he was the chief figure
on the floor of the convention hall by day
and In the lobby OF the hotels by night.
He named only candidates who here
after would do his bidding. For his chair
man OF the Republican state Campaign
Committee he named Cheslcy 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. MIR. Searcy is also attorney fur
many other crooks and hvld-up men, and
through the police department he and MS
brother Roscoe get All cases whore there
That tho Hert State Republican nomi-
nees would follow the course Of their
Louisville brethren, IL elected. and kiss
the hane that fec them y as certain as
first act would be Il name the state Tax
Commission from among his personal
friends. with chesley Searcy probably AZ
mr.. Morrow and products Of the Re-
publican convention at Lexington are as
completely under do,nipation Of Mr.. Hert
~ are Mayor smith. Louisville. and the
license board chairman
1T helps business 10 be q political boss.
II helps still more to DO a financial boss
and political boss combined. His infiu
ence reaches out In all directions. IL APP
pears where you least expect It. and when
you least expect II. He 10 the silent part
ner In many big enterprises comrade In
arms Of Democratic and Republican hnan-
ciers alike. Millions know no party lines.
The Indiana politician or yesterday Is the
ruler Of Louisville today, and he has more
other man or sroup OF men in the state.
Ballard and Business.
II have nothing unkind to say Of Thrus-
ton Ballard. the Republican nominee for
Lieutenant Governor. multi millionaire.
ana naturally close personal and busi-
ness friend OF Mr.. Bert.
Mr. Ballard In AN able business man.
lie has accumulated "A large fortune buy
INK wheat from the farmers at low price
and II s a strange thing, put when Mr..
Ballard gets through grading the farmers
wheat. II Is OF the lowest grade. and they
receive the smallest price for It, but the
same wheat which Mr.. lsahard calls low
grade through some marvellous 'hocus-
pocus at the Ballard mills IL turned into
the finest Obelisk -four.
"Mr Ballard tells how he loves the
State OF Kentucky and Its people. but II
New Orleans for sl.lO a barrel less than
he sells IL 10 the people OF Kentucky
whom he Processes TO love so well.
by his own statement he admits he IL
q prohteer OF the worst kind. His defense
that he sells this nour for cash AT New
Orleans is a slap al the people of Ken
lucky, and his insinuation that the poo
pie OF Kentucky can't pay cash Is In line
with his pronteering. Between sale for
wheat ana $l4 tor Hour there II a goodly
margin OF pront that VIII save him from
want the rest OF his life.
"A vote for Morrow tor Governor and
Ballard for Lieutenant Governor In a vote
to make A. T. Hert supreme In Kentucky.
It. 10 a vote To enthrone millions. IL is n
vote 10 make the state capitol AN annex
to the city hall Behind Morrow's voice
a. = barrage. behind Ballads aristocrs-
cy aud profteering In NECESSITIES OF life
~ canounase, A. 4. Hert commands
along the whole line.
He plans 20 do for the politics OF Ken.
Penrose, hav~ done fur Pennsylvania.
what Platt and Barnes have done for
New York. what Thompson aud J.orinier
have done for Illinois. VIM the good clti-
xens OF Kentucky stand foi a.? IL II not
the oath that make us believe the man.
It's the man who makes us believe the
Points To state Progress.
Admitting that Democrats nave spent
more money than Republicans did under
Gov. Wilson. Mr.. Rhsd called attention to
the lacl thai NurlnA the lAsl llx NeaIa