The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-09-27
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IA campaign involving control o.
all our State Offices for asperiod o.
four yearsEwas opened at Hopkins
vile, the chief speaker being Cover
nor James D. Black, the party nomi-
nee for Governor, and Mr.. Thomas
S. Rhea, the chairman Of the Demo
cratic Campaign Committee.
Governor Black spoke chiefly on
the questions that have arisen in the
Governors races for which office he
is candidate, He replied to the
speech of publican Opponent,
Mr.. MorrowiS undertook tate
what he would 90 Il re-elsetst Sfr.
Rhea undertook to state. what ne
considered all the vital issues Of the
campaign, and in doing so made it
plain that he considered one of the
most important issues, perl APPS the
most important issue, to be the ac-
tivity inside the Republican camp OF
Mr.. A. 7, Hert, of Louisville.
In the first place, it must be re-
membered that Mr.. Rhca speaks as
the Democratic candidates. He was
selected as campaign chairman at a
State convention, upon the recon-
mendation of the State candidates.
In undertaking to present an issue
it is clear that he does so with the
concurrence of the men whose CAM
paign he is conducting and that he
speaks with the authority of a State
convention behind him.
We make this plain because our
neighbor, the Courier-Journal, this
morning singles Mr.. 'Rhea out for at
tack, undertakes as a supporter of
Governor Black" to repudiate Mr..
Rhea and to rebike him for criti-
cising Mr.. Hert and Mr.. Thurston
Ballard, the Republican nominee for
Lieutenant Governor. The Courier
Journal says that men will hold their
noses" when they read Mr. Rhea's
speech and it makes defenseRf the
politicians Mr.. Rhea
seeks to bring into the campaign.
The Evening Post cannot agree
with The Courier-J ournal and feels
incumbent to say so. In the first
place, we can not see why Republi-
cans should claim for themselves the
exclusive right to criticise. Repub-
lican leaders whose cause the Courier
Journal so strongly espouses have
themselves been very free in their
criticism of Democrats and things
Democratic. They have been wi
Imperative" in discussing the leaders
Of the Democratic party in Kentucky
and in Louisville, and we suppose
intend to continue doing so. Nor is
this all. Even in the midst OF a
great war they arraigned the Presi-
dent of the United States with a
shot temper" that we think was a
mistake. Surely if Republican lead
ers can criticise President Wilson,
personally as well as officially, as
they feel justified in doing, they
have no cause for complaint when
the leaders of the Democratic party
in Kentucky criticise them in a state
campaign in which they are taking
part.
The Courier-Journal, moreover,
deplores criticism of Mr.. Hert, be-
cause it puts him in the same cate
CORY with the professional politi-
clan"
Mr.. Hert, if not professional pol
itician, is more concerned in the de-
tails of politics than most profess
sional politicians are. Everyone
knows that he selected the Republi-
can city ticket in Louisville two
years ago and, in large measure,
this Republican State ticket this
year. After Mr.. Smith was elected,
Mr.. Hert placed in the city Offices
number of his former employees
He has had "the say" not only about