Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-10-28
|DR. ALEXANDER CONES
| OUT FOR GOV. BLACK

IN .---
temperance Leader Tells Whv
He win Supper& HimEIarty
70 Speak Sllnes1ay
This is the last week Of the STATE
campaign, and both parties are strain
ing every effort to get out full vote
next Tuesday. The democrats sre
IecnAdent that Gov Black will be elect
Ied Il the members Of that party come
to the polls. On the other hand tie
republicans say they are confident.
but just what they have to base their
confidence on outside Of Boss Hert,s
money, is hard to ascertain. Gov.
Black is many thousand votes strong
er than Stanley was in 1915, aad
there isn't doubt in the world but
that Ed Morrow is far weaker q
candidate than he was in 1916.
There will be speaking at various
points in the county this week. We'd
nesday night Congressman Rufus
Hardy, of Texas will speak for the
democratic ticket. Hardy is said to
be a rattling good stump speaker,
one of the kind that stirs up the BOYS
and fills them full of enthusiasm. He
speaks at 1880 o'clock, and a good
crowd is expected to hear him. On
Monday next, the day before the
election. and county court day, u. s.
Senator j. G. w. Beckham, and Hon.
w. H.. Shanks, democratic nominee
for lieutenant governor, will speak in
Richmond. Monday is court day here
and a great crowd is expected in to
hear them.
Temperance Leader for Black
"A development of the greatest i'm
p6rtance in the campaign for Gov
ernor in Kentucky came today when
DR.. A. J. A. Alexander, of Woodford
county, chairman of the Kentucky
Forward League and the admitted
leader Of all the temperance forces in
Kentucky, came out in a strong inter-
view urging the people Of Kentucky to
vote for Governor James D. Black at
the polls week from Tuesday.
The announcement Of DIR. Alexand-
er will, it is believed, have influence in
every part of the State, as few men
who live in Kentucky are trusted by
as many people or have a larger in
fiuence. It is known that DR.. Alex
ander did not decide to make a public
announcement until he had carefully
gone oyer the whole situation and con-
sidered every issue in the campaign.
His declaration will, it is believed,
solidffy the temperance vote of the
State for Governor Black.
DIR. Alexander said in part:
"I believe for. many reasons that it
would be best for the State of Kerr
lucky that Gov. James D. Black should
be elected Governor of this State for
a full term of four years. / shall not
attempt to give them all, but will con-
tent myself with mentioning a few.
"In the first place, Mr.. Black is the
unquestioned choice of his party, and
was nominated at an untrammeled
primary. Mr.. Morrow was selected,
on the other hand, by small coterie
of men, and other men who might
have sought the nomination were
warned off.
"There is a great principle in
volved here. In supporting Gov
ernor Black we support the principle
that free people are entitled to
rule themselves, and not be ruled by
a small group of party bosses or
leaders," al
In the next place am for Governor
Black because he is a sincere pro-
hibitionist. He stood for that principle
long before it was accepted by ma
jority Of the people Of this state. He
believes in prohibition in practice as
well as in theory. Mr.. Morrow is a
recent convert to prohibition, and
there are many who doubt how deeply
he will adhere to his new convictions,
and these doubters are not confined to
the ranks of the prohibitionists. If
Mr.. Black is elected we will have a
real enforcement of the prohibition
laws, which I believe and hope our
people will make possible at the polls
by approving the Statewide amend
ment.
DR.. Alexander then mentioned the
fact that liquor is being openly sold
in the city of Louisville, and that the
saloonkeepers who have been breaking
the law, or many of them, are avow-
ed and active supporters of Mr.. Nor
row and vehement opponents of Gov
ernor Black.
He then continues: "I am also for
Gov. Black because / believe that, if
he is elected, he will be the Governor
and will be responsible to the people
of the State for what he does. l am
impressed by the fact that supporters
of Mr.. Morrow dwell so largely up
on the advisers or adviser that will
be behind Mr.. Morrow in the event
the latter is elected Governor. But
why, if Mr.. Morrow's operations are
to be SO governed, did this great un-
known himself not take the Repubi-
can nomination for Governor and Of
fer himself as candidate instead of
putting forward proxy?"
~ earnestly hope the people of Ken
lucky will elect James d. Black Gov
ernor. 1t is undoubtedly in the inter-
ests of the State of Kentucky that
this be done, and / appeal to the peo-
pie Of Kentucky, who wish to see our
state go forward, our schools inn
proved and our laws enforced, to vote
for Gov. Black"
iDr. Alexander also noted the fact
that it is possible that the man to be