Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-02-04
TWO CANDIDATES
HAVE RELATIVES HERE
Interest In Race For Democratic
Nomination For Governor Increases
With Others Mentioned"

been aroused in the next race for gov
ernor of Kentucky, by reason of the
fact that two candidates for the dem
ocratic nomination have many relas
tives in Madison county. AS is well
known Lieut.. Gov. James d. Black,
who has generally been considered
the leading candidate for the nomina-
ton, is a brother to Mr.. Alex Black,
of this city, and is here quite fire.
quently with him.
Informal announcement has been
made for some time that Col. George
T. Smith, commander of the old Sec
ond Kentucky regiment and now in
France, will also be a candidate, and
now cards have appeared here with
his picture on them and declaring him
candidate. Col. Smith is former
resident of Beattyville, Lee county,
and is nephew of Hon. w B. Smith,
of Richmond, and has other prominent
relatives here. Many of the soldier
boys are said to be distributing his
cards. Mrs. Smith, wife of the Colo
mel, said in Lexington the other day,
where she makes her home, that he
will be candidate.
According to Mrs. Smith, Colonel
Smith has asked for his discharge
with view of returning to this coun-
try in the spring, so that he can fix
up his fences for the democratic pri-
mary.
Col. Smith saw service in the Span
lish-American war. He moved to Lex
ington from Beattyville where he was
postmaster.
Col. Smith wa schairman of the Lee
County Democratic Committee; made
the race for the legislature in four
counties that were republican, and
was defeated by the narrow margin
of SO votes. He is a dentist by pro-
fession.
A special dispatch from Louisville
to Lexington paper contained some
gossip about gubernatorial candidates
which is interesting. It was to the
effect that Congressman Cantrill, Eli
Fl. Brown, and Judge John NJ. Lassing
held a conference to boost the candi-
dacy Of Judge John D. Carroll, Of
Henry county, for governor. Judge
Carroll, who is on the Court of Ap-
peals bench from this district, an
I nounced a short time ago that Con-
gresham Cantrill, Judge Lassing and
former Attorney General Mills NJ.
5 Logan, would manage his campaign,
and the addition of the famous Eli Fl.
Brown to his group of campaign man
ayers is interesting, to say the least.
). 1t has been reported that Seldom H.
Glenn, secretary of the Democratic
State Committee, will manage the
campaign of Prof. H. H. Cherry, OF
5 Bowling Green. The dispatch from
4 Louisville also said:
4 Another Soldier May Run.
Reports from the same source are
Ito the effect that General Percy, ,Haly
will not enter the race for Governor
1t is further said that the Beckham-
Haly forces are likely to line up solid
S ly behind Colonel n. n. Denhardt, OF
Bowling Green, if he announces fol
e the nomination, as he is expected tc
e do, and that thousands of the Stanley
d Iadherents will fall in line for the sol.
= der who won his promotion on Tho
= battlefieids of France.
ell One well-informed democrat saiG
y today that if Colonel Denhardt start.
r ed he would sweep the state. He i.
n a speaker of no mean ability and q
= there is to be speaking campaign Che
d democrats will have to put a man o,
u ability to match Ed Morrow on the
y lstump.
u Down in the western part of dc
= state, the newspapers are ALREADY
). boosting Col. Denhardt's prospective
g candidacy. The Russellville Messen-
o ger said the other day: -
III. Col .Denharsit has made good cove,
y there" as he did while serving h
Il County Judge Of Warren county tbl
n eight years. When the call came IN
e the mobilization Of troops at tie lfsx.
$ lean border he was County Judgs a
l1l Warren county, and an ;snhiouukesed
5 Icandidate for the democratic nomii,a-
: Ition for Congress in the Third distrfef
& He went to Us bordef "a thei .
! France 8 MAJOR DAhaSdg I'D sbn