The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1919-07-16
Gov. Jas. D. Black.

have come out in the last few weeks
strongly advocating the nomination
of Gov Jas. D Black. The following
is what the Stanford Journal has to
say:
1t will be remembered by every man
who takes as much as passing inter-
est in things political, that the Dem
ocratic party came very near being de-
feated in the last State races. The
Interior Journal, being always alert
and interested in the success OF Dem
ocratic nominees, weighed long, and
we believe well, the situation before
taking a stand in the present contest
for the nomination for governor. 1t
had reason for waiting, 1t wanted
to be sure that whatever influence it
may have, should be directed for the
man who was most acceptable to the
masses, and who therefore would be
the strongest in the final count.
As our readers know, this paper is
supporting Gov. James D. Black and
for the reason just stated above. 1t
is always an easy matter to make an
assertion, but it is not always easy to
prove it. In this instance, however,
The pioof comes as easy as the asser-
tion.
From the time it was known that
Gov. Black would be ia the race for
chief executive, the Republicans have
been fighting him. Why they are
are doing this is easy to answer. The
governor halls from the rock ribbed
Republican Gibraltar-the 18th Dis
trict. A glance at the figures will
show that when he ran for Lieuten-
ant Governor, he cut the Republican
majority down far below normal
Some years ago he was the Democrat
ic nominee for Representative in Knox
and the county adjoining. 1t seemed
like madness to attempt to overcome
the $500 Republican majority in
those two counties, yet Black accom-
plished the seeming impossible. Can
any man say the governor isn't strong
where he is best known? Isn't it the
natural and logical sequence of reason
that if Gov. Black was able to draw so
heavily from the Republican vote
then that he can do so again? An
other and perhaps stronger reason
why the governor should be nominat-
ed now is furnished by the fact that
the Republican nominee is an 18th
District man and Black is the only
candidate who can Offset Morrow's
strength there. That the Republi-
cans are afraid of Black is shown sby
the fact that the leaders of that party
are lighting him They pretend that
Carroll is the man we should nomi-
nate. Has 1t come TO the pretty pass
that we must receive our guidance
and counsel from the enemy? We
think not.
1t has been said and perhaps wisely,
that betting is FOOLS argument, but
one of the surest ways to sound the
sincerity Of mans statement is to
try him out on wager. A gentleman
in whose integrity the Interior sJour-
nal has every confidence, and who has
occasion to go into the 18th district
frequently, tells US that as a test of
the sincerity OF certain Republicans
"hS oAOOOOA W OcllcN0 OIldO JOOS6
Carroll was the best man forIIus to
nominate, he offered to lay a wager
that if the Judge was nominated he
would beat Ed Morrow. He was near.
ly smothered with money. A few
days later, and in the same locality,
this gentleman offered to lay wager
that Black would win over Morrow, il
he was successful at the August pri.
mary. Not a man offered to take
him up.
The Interior Journal has no quarrel
with Judge Carroll He is a gentle
man and it can and will support him
in November il he should be nominal.
ed in August. We are looking fol
party success, however, before we are
looking for anything else, 1t views
the situation as cold business mar
views a business proposition. Il
would have supported Judge Carrol