The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-30
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Gov. Black Gaining Ground.


With the primary election only a
few days off it is evident to the most
casual observer that Gov. Black Is
daily gaining votes. The attempts
of his opponents to attack both MS
character and his record as Demo-
crat have fallen fiat, in fact have
gained votes for him.
There never was anything IN the
letter written before he entered State
politics to secure railroad pass for
a Democratic friend, a former news
paper man. His severest critics have
not charged him with lack of in
tegrity, Judge Carroll himself taking
the position that it was an "impru-
dent letter" 1t is unfortunate that
the letter was wrongfully construed,
but nobody has paid any attention
to the letter as an issue. Common
sense teaches that no man of Gov.
Blacks intelligence would have
committed a corrupt proposition to
writing. 1t is not claimed that it
was a corrupt proposition, but it
merely served as an excuse for an
onymous mud-slingers to inaugurate
a campaign calculated to hurt the
party more than the candidate. 1t
made no votes for Judge Carroll. Ev-
cry candidate who withdrew aug
mented Gov. Blacks following and
it has been evident for some weeks
that his majority over Judge Carroll
will be decisive.
The coterie of profession politi-
clans who are hanging like barnacles
to Judge Carroll are growing desper-
ate as defeat becomes more certain
every day. Last week NJ NJ. Logan,
manager of Judge CAROLS campaign
undertook to raise some new issues
in the campaign, or at least to per-
nit them to be raised. One of these
was to charge that Gov. Black was a
Republican in 1903, when in fact he
has been a consistent Democrat ever
since he has been voter. This charge
was promptly refuted by affidavits
from the most prominent men of Bar
bourville, Gov. Blacks home, regard
less of party affiliation. Without ex-
ception they stated that he had never
been known to support any party
but the Democratic party and the af-
fdavits went further and testified to
his high standing as a lawyer, a man
and citizen.
Mr.. Logan himself was accused of
writing an imprudent letter to Tom
Turner, a Stanley man in Trigg coun-
ty, promising that if elected Judge
Carroll would take care of the STAN
ley men. This was in June, but by
July so many Stanley men were fol-
lowing the crowd into Blacks band
wagon that Mr.. Logan raised the hue
and cry that Gov. Black was taking
care" of Stanley's friends, before
Judge Carroll had the opportunity
and the Judge himself was so impru
dent as to intimate in his speeche:
that the Governor was not turning
out the Stanley officeholders, the very
men who were to be taken care Of
if he succeeded. Gov. Black tolC
about the Turner letter in his speech
here and Mr.. Logan wired a denia
that he wrote it whereupon Gov
Black produced the affidavit of Franz
Laid and John King, of Trigg coun
ty, that the letter was written, while
Mr.. Turner in long letter to the
Cadiz Record made rambling attacl
on Gov. Black for writing the pas.
letter, but failed to back up Mr.. Lo
CANS denial that the letter had beer
written promising to "take care" Q.
Stanley men in return for votes. Ii
other words, the question of veracit,
raised by Mr.. Logan ended unfortu
nately for him. Gov. Black publishe
a letter Saturday answering his crit
les in such a calm and dignified wa
that few who read it faield t
be convinced that he had put Their
to utter rout and left some of Their
in the attitude of having circulate
transparent campaign fiction.
Gov. Black is easily leading hi
opponent in the closing days of tn
contest. His nomination is all bu
assured.