The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-07-29

Says Never Was Republican Delegate
Did Not Lend Caleb
Powers $2,5
REPORT SPEECH ar HENDERSON

From the Courier-Journal.]
HENDERSON, KY, July 25.-t
was an attentive audience that greet
ed Gov. James D. Black when he
spoke at the court house here Thurs
day afternoon.
Although it was apparent that it
was a Democratic audience there
were some Republicans present.
The Governor was cheered three
times in the course of his talk.
Only three new issues were
brought out by the Governor, each in
answer to recent statements made by
M. M Logan, formerly chairman of
the State Tax Commission, Justice
Carroll's campaign manager.
They concerned the charge made
that Logan wrote T. o. Turner,
Trigg County, that he would care for
Stanley appointees in the event OF
his election; the Governors reputed
loan of $4,000 to Caleb Powers, for
mer Congressman, and the statement
that he once was delegate to Re-
! publican Convention.
] Gov. Black read an affidavit sworn
to by J. Frank Ladd and John G..
King, which stated they saw a let
| ter written to T. o. Turner by Lo-
gan which read:
"Rest easy, or sit steady in the
boat. If Carroll is elected Stanley S
appointees will be taken care of.
Gov. Black said he could produce
other affidavits of the letter. The
affidavit of King and Laid was
sworn to before a notary public at
lHopkinsville, July %, last.
He denounced as false and mali
cious the statement he loaned Caleb
Powers $4,000. He said he loaned
DR.. Bennett, cousin of Powers,
1880 to purchase land, and II Pow
!ers got any of the money he did not
know it; that Bennett gave the notes
and Bennett paid them. "a
He said no greater falsehood was
lever placed against a candidate IN
kentucky than the statement that ne
Twas a delegate to any Republican
convention, saying he, like some
lother Democrats In his county, usu-
jally would drop in on a county Re-
publican convention and look upon
the proceedings; that Republicans in
his county would do the same thlne
when Democrats held county conVeh-
lions.
He said he saw the late w. D,
bradley at a Democratic conventlon
lin Louisville and that John CALVIN
iRepublican, attended the last Demo-
|cratic convention held in Lexington
He said he had nephew, Re-
publican, named for him, who lives
in his county, but he did not remem'
Der whether he was a delegate &c
that Republican convention.
He said he had been criticised FOL
) not removing some politicians ap
pointed by Stanley.
: eff 1 had my way about 1T" NJ
| said. their political heads would Dt
, chopped off and thrown into INT
Kentucky River
: Those whose heads he woult
, lsever were Eli Brown, George Speer
i, Herbert Carr, Henry Hines, Charlie
Howes. Ben Marshall and w. Y
Thomas.
| He charged Brown with receiving
from $4,000 to $1,000 in settlement
of the Hardness tax case in Fayett
County, and criticised Gov. Stanle.
: for the mistakes" he made in hav
e ling such friends" and giving then
appointments.
He said Brown drew from the Stat
t Treasury $4,000 annually for severa
, years without rendering service an
= that this fact became so notorlou
the Legislature took action and abol
|ished the Office to get rid OF Brown
and when all thought Brown wa
:. down and out he bobs up as
lsilent attorney in the Bingham Ia
e case by some arrangement with tn
z three attorneys employed by tn
7. Estate. :, :.
n eff there is any legal way" n
said, 81 will do my utmost 10 pre-
vent Brown from getting any porto
!. of the fee to be paid these attorneys.
The Governor explained the Ty
e railroad pass letter by saying d
If wrote that letter for his friend an
d he never appeared for the railroad
a lany case after that time.
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