The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-10-20


sion to publish the following letter
from Mr.. Paul Woodward. Mr..
woodward is a son of Mr.. w. T.
Woodward. OF this city, and broth.
err of Hon. Ernest Woodward, OF
Louisville.
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Oct. 1s. 1920.
Democratic Headquarters.
Hartford, Ky.
Gentlemen:--I noticed in the
Hartford Republican an article from
Mr.. ]. II. Barnes, formerly Of your
city, stating why he has changed
from the Democratic to the Republi-
can party. am also from your
city and was born and reared in your
community. have been here. long,
er than he has and see no reason
why he should change his opinion
this fall.
He says he is for Harding because
he has his fill of the Democratic
party. He goes on to give the fol-
lowing reasons: First, by saying
that Mr. Palmer has failed to re-
duce the cost of living. / cannot
see what that has to do with Mr..
Harding. Mr.. Palmer is not running
for President He says that in Ohio
we had to tumble out 32c for sugar.
Sc to 81 per blu. for potatoes. He
says he wondered If the people back
home had to pay such prices. ] no.
ticed in one of our home town pap
ers that on the same day he wrote
this letter that sugar was selling in
Hartford for 13c. bacon $3.50, lard
33c. / am enclosing slip which
will show what l paid the same day.
Sugar 13c, bacon 45c. lard &c and
-four s1.75.
Of course that has nothing to do
with the election of the president,
but it shows that my friend from
Hartford evidently has some other
reason for his letter. THE MAIN
REASON, BELIEVE, is BECAUSE
HE is WORKING FOR A LARGE
GROCERY CONCERN HERE
WHICH LOST, 1T is SAID. A
GREAT DEAL OF MONEY IN THE
SUGAR SLUMP.
He says ii is time for change.
wonder why he fails to say that
in the history of our country there
has never been a time when things
were so good9 People are making
more money here than they have
ever made. In fact, one of the
greatest professors of Economics in
the United States Ia Republican by
the way) says that never in the his
tory of our country have wages been |
SO near the buying point.
Barnes says he likes Harding De-
cause he never lodges anything AMI
stands like { stone wall. We peo-
pie here in ohio don't know Vet
whether Harding is for or against |
the League of Nations, whether he
is wet or dry or what on earth he
stands for. AS Senator from this |
state he has never supported thing |
that he Jid not in some way reverse
his opinion. / don't see how ~
gets that way unless he gets it in
jected into him from his boss.
He says that under Harding there
will be no one man rule. l can't
see what that has to do with the
question. / can't see how he accuses
Cox of a one man rule. He may
mean Wilson; if he does, Wilson is
not running. His argument is typi-
cal of bunch of men up here who
have made fortunes off of the coun-
Ivy in time of war and now that il
Cox is elected, they may lose their
grating privilege. God knows Cox
is for the poor man and Harding has
never lifted his finger to the support
of an issue to lift humanity forward
in progress. AS far as being submits
sive to the will of the majority, we
all know in Ohio that Harding is
sure submissive to Hays and Barnes
an6 the will of 'the majority of the
Senatorial Oligarchy. The letter
shows clear through that Barnes is
working some personal motive in not
supporting Cox.
Mr.. Barnes is a brother-in-law Of
mine and know why he talks as he
does. He told me that he was going
to Hartford to vote If the Republic
cans would send him a ticket to pay
his way home. ! also want to say that
II they don't send il he won't be
there. Maybe he thinks that is
what they are doing with that slb,-
900, 900.
Yours,
PAUL WOODWARD.