The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-07-25
BLACKS POLITICAL RECORD.

ing Governor Black With Loaning
Caleb Powers So, 10000 and Bolt
ing the Democratic Ticket, Fol-
lowing His Defeat For Governor in
1908.
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF KEN
lucky:
My attention has been called to
the fact that within the past few
weeks, certain followers of Governor
Black, especially the small Office
holding and off1ce-seeking class are
industriously circulating over the
State several varieties of campaign
gossip, which they think will injure
Chief Justice John D. Carroll, all of
which is untrue.
One of the campaign stories in
circulation is that Judge Carroll
bolted Goebel The facts in this
case 1 am glad to give to the public
1t will be remembered that several
years before his race for the Cover
norship in 1899, William Goebel had
the misfortune to kill man named
John Sanford. Judge Carrolls wife,
as is well known in Central Ken
lucky, was a Miss Sanford, a cousin
of the man slain by Goebel. At
the election that year, Judge Car
roll refrain from voting for Mr..
Goebel, voting the remainder of the
Democratic ticket. He did not vote
for Goebel's Republican opponent and
has never voted for Republican in
his life. A few years later, with
|, all the facts known, he was unani-
mously elected Appellate Court Com
missioner by Democratic Court.
When Judge Cantrill, who had tried
the assassins of Goebel, resigned as
a member of the Court Of Appeals on
account of ill health he made a per-
sonal request of Gov. Beckham, Mr..
Goebeps successor, that Judge Car
roll be appointed in his place. Gov.
Beckham complied with this request
and the Commission issued by him to
Judge Carroll was delivered by
the Commemorative Attorney, r.
B. Franklin, who had prosecuted the
Goebel assassins. / might add that
Judge Carroll had no more enthusi-
astic supporters than the Hon. South
Trimble, who was Speaker of the
House when Goebel was declared
Governor and who was chased
through the streets of Frankfort by
the Taylor and Powers Army"
In view of the circulation of these
reports, deem it not improper that
the Democrats of Kentucky should be
made acquainted with the political
record of Gov. James D. Black. 1t is
sad record, indeed. Black was a
candidate for the Democratic nOmi-
nation for Governor in 1900; he
made a creditable race, but was de-
feated by Governor Beckham. In
1902, he again "shied his castor into
the ring" but in December of that
year, in an impassioned card he with
drew from the race. The next we
hear from him appears in the Cour-
ier-Journal of June II, 1908, in the
/ following news item:
John A. Black, who secured the
nomination for Treasurer, is also a
lawyer. He comes from Knox
county of the Eleventh Dis
trict. He is a typical mountain man
and speaks with the drawl of the men
of that region. Mr.. Black is a
brother of James d. Black, who was
a candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for Governor. Judge Black
is now a follower of the Republican
ticket and was a delegate to the Con
vention."
No denial of the statement has
ever been made, but in order tc
show that the Courier-Journal re-
porter was correct, / refer you to ar
editorial which appeared on July Fl
l19O3, just four days after the Re
publican State Convention, in the
Somerset Journal, which at that time
was the only Democratic paper pub
lished in Judge Blacks Congress
sional District, edited by the late
IF. J. Campbell The editorial read:
as follows:
Judge James D. Black is late
topper into the Republican rank:
and was a delegate to the Louisville
Convention. He has always been
lmuch over-rated man, whose asplra
tions the Journal refused to support
on that account, and we are glad o.
it. The deadweights of the Demo
cratic party, such as Beckner, Black
lOwens. Sweeney Sharp, Franz
Barbour and a few lesser lights have
finally lit into the Republican rank:
where they will soon kick, up a fus:
and further contribute to the dlsln
tegration of the G. o. P. With thu
happy radiance we ought now tt
have smooth sailing and peace, a.
we imagine there was in the Upper
Regions when the old scratch wa
cast out
From that time on Gov. Black wa
never heard of in the ranks of tn
Democratic party until he was ap