The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-07-31
PLEDGES
"House-cleaning' In
Frankfort.
SPOKE HERE LAST SATURDAY.


"A very gO0C crowd came out last
Saturday afternoon to hear Judge
John d. Carroll make his first speech
in Garrard county in the interest Of
his race for the nomination for Gov
ernor, at the primary Saturday.
He was introduced by Hon. J. r.
Mount, one of our local merchants,
and an old friend Of Judge Carroll,
having known him from young man
hood.
Judge Carroll began by urging
every Democrat in Garrard county to
come to the polls next Saturday and
vote for Judge Charles A. Hardin, for
Congress. insisting that no more i'm
portant race was ever held in Ken
lucky than this one.
In speaking of his own race, Judge
Carroll reiterated his charge that
Governor Black was in the clutches Of
the office holders of the State. and
by reason of that fact can not give
the business-like administration. that
one with his hands free could give.
He said that in defense of himself.
in connection with the charge that
the office holders of Kentucky were
riding" him, Gov. Black, in his
speech at Mayfeld, gave the names Of
five ofrice-holGers, charging that they
were for Carroll
Two Of them | know are for me.
but IS to the remaining three have
no information" Judge Carroll said
Accepting as true, however, the
statement that the entire five named
by GOV. Black aie Carroll men, Judge
Carroll said that would leave about
295 office-holders for Gov. Black. the
Chief Justice pointing out thai there
are about 400 office-holders in the
State.
In his speech here SATURDAY. Judge
Carol said:
IA the closing days of tins cam
aiIn good many trivial charges
have been made against me by Gov
Back and his managers but [ have
not publicly noticed any Of tnen. en-
cept on one occasion, and then
against my own judgment
IL invited in the opening a most
careful scrutiny of my public and pri-
vate record, and ] am glad to be able
to confidently state at this late day
that, although my opponents have
vigilanly searched both. neither they
or anyone else have been able to find
a single thing that would lose me a
vote in the November election, if
was the nominee, or that would cause
me or any other Democrat to spend a
moment in defending explaining or
apologizing for anything that | had
ever said or done.
Pass Letter Up Again.
On the other hand, Gov. Black is
everywhere and every place confront
ed by that ugly and discriminating
railroad letter. In every speech he
spends half of his time in pettifog-
ging way attempting to defend. ex-
plain and apologize for that indefen-
sible and inexplainable thing. If he
is the nominee it will stare at people
from every telephone pole, billboard
and public place in the State. and no
Democratic speaker of responsibility,
save and except Gov. Black. will have
the effrontery to stand before any
audience ana undertake to defend il.
again ask, would it be safe or pru-
dent thing for the Democrats, with
the experience of four years ago be-
fore them, to nominate as the head of
the ticket Gov. Black, in this crisis
in our party affairs?
Il am told that in a recent speech
Gov. Black said he called on me to
state if | would vote for him if he
was the nominee. This small inquiry
is in strict keeping with many other
parts Of his speeches. OF course
will vote for him. voted for Ham
lett, as did thousands of other regu-
lar Democrats, but he went down in
defeat and seriously crippled the
ticket because Of an indefensible pub
lie record that he had made that cost
him the support of many thousands
Of independent Democratic voters.
aside from this railroad letter,
which is a public record and a vital
and legitimate issue in this race,
brought into il by Gov. Black him
self. ! have not in any speech or pu0-
lie statement mentioned any matter
of personal nature concerning Gov.
Places
Want Business Administration.
II have "a notion that the body OF
the Democrats of the State are more
concerned in big things than they are
in little things, and that they are
more concerned about whaJ the Gov
crnor viii do if elected chan hey are
about the petty personal charges that
are being banded around. They want