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Jim: Incidents in the lives of three Adair countians Judge James Garnett declined to take advantage of elements. James R. Hindman got his political and religious wires crossed. Col. Frank Wolford proved again that 'No man ever engaged in a political debate with Wolford when he was in his prime, who did not come out of it second best.' By "Jim" In the summer of 1916, Mr. Will S. Kaltenbacher of the Courier-Journal penned for that paper a brief word sketch of an incident in the life of Judge James Garnett (died 1905), and another in the life of former Lt. Gov. James R. Hindman (died 1912). Of the former, he wrote of Judge Garnett putting principle and integrity above political gain; of the latter, he wrote of Gov. Hindman landing in a rather humorous soup of his own making. The July 19, 1916 News carried a reprint of the article, presented in substance below. James Garnett: Declined to Take Advantage of Elements Rather than take advantage of his opponent and secure a nomination that he regarded would be clouded, under the circumstances, the late Judge James Garnett...forfeited the prize which could have been his and saw it go to the one who opposed him. Judge Garnett, who was the Circuit Judge of the old Seventh district from 1874 to 1880, in the latter year was opposed for the Democratic renomination by Judge Joseph Lewis, of Glasgow. The district convention was called to be held at Edmonton, Metcalfe County. The returns from the county conventions indicated that Judge Lewis had carried the district by a small majority, but when the time for the Edmonton convention arrived it was found that the heavy rains had so swollen the streams in that section that a great many of the delegates could not reach Edmonton to take part in the convention. This left Judge Garnett and his supporters masters of the situation, and Judge Garnett was urged to go and organize the convention and have himself nominated, it being pointed out to him that he was not responsible for the floods and the failure of Lewis delegates to attend. Judge Garnett, however, would not listen to this, and he insisted than an adjournment be taken until the following day, so that all the delegates could participate. He knew by his action the nomination would go to Judge Lewis, who was nominated and elected and afterwards elevated to the Court of Appeals bench. James R. Hindman: Got His Political and Religious Wires Crossed (Few people in the world are more particular or more passionate than Adair countians when it religion and politics, and such was the case with one of Adair's most famous sons, James R. Hindman, a staunch Democrat and a stauncher Methodist. He served a term as lieutenant governor of Kentucky in the 1870s and forever after was accorded the honorific of "Gov.") Wrote Mr. Kaltenbacher: ...It was in 1892, just after he had been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress at the London convention, that Gov. Hindman, who was a zealous Methodist and active worker in the denomination, went to Campbellsville to attend the Methodist Episcopal Church South as a delegate. When he got there the subject under discussion was the "Lack of Spirituality in the Church." Gov. Hindman promptly took part in the discussion, ending with, "Brethren, I want to say that spirituality is the bedrock of Democracy, and therefore we must have more of it in the Methodist Church!" While Gov. Hindman's clear-cut declaration created a commotion in the Conference, the members, knowing that he had come directly from an enthusiastic Democratic gathering and was filled with an exuberance of party spirit, charitably overlooked his remarks when he got his political and religious wires crossed. ***************** Mr. Kaltenbacher's reminisce about Gov. Hindman brought to mind the story Judge H.C. Baker wrote about another well-known Adair countian, Col. Frank Lane Wolford. Judge Baker noted that "No man ever engaged in a political debate with Wolford when he was in his prime, who did not come out of it second best." That was never better illustrated than during Wolford's 1884 campaign for a second term as U.S. Representative. His opponent was William Wallace "W.W." Jones (later Judge Jones) who at the time was but a stripling lad on the light side of thirty. Wrote Judge Baker: The Democratic platform of [1884] said in one clause that the party had "outlined" its policy in previous platforms or words to that effect. Wolford in his hasty perusal of it (he was not a close and critical reader) read the word "outlined" [as] "outlived," and as he did not give it a second reading, he entered the canvass with that impression, and made his speeches accordingly. He told how in the Greeley race, and in other contests, the party had ignored principle for policy in the effort to regain power, and how it had met with ignominious defeat; but now, he said, it had turned its back upon policy and was standing as the exponent of great principles, and that victory was ahead. As he talked upon this subject he waxed warm and grandly eloquent, the boys applauded him with shouts and clapping of hands. It was the keynote of his canvass. Jones was powerless to stem the swelling tide. In vain he attempted to convince the crowd that Wolford mis-read the platform. Wolford would not listen to the suggestion, but insisted in reply, and usually convinced his followers, that a Republican did not know either how to read or expound a Democratic platform, and that it was the highest presumption in his opponent, a novice in politics, to attempt to tell him or others what the Democracy fought or believed. (Wolford had easily won the election in 1884, just as he had in 1882, but as Judge Baker wryly observed, "in his third [race] he met his Waterloo. This was not strange as he was never known to write a letter to a constituent during his two terms of office.")Compiled by "Jim" This story was posted on 2011-05-24 07:17:54
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