Show OLD KENTUCKY and the christening of a battleship have disturbed kentucky official dom and brought an attack on governor bradley lexington ky dec dee 2 gov win 0 bradley etl sti stirred red ired ti up a hortega nest ivet theu he announced sunday th t he lie would appoint hie his daughter mise chrystine sponsor for the new battleship kentucky and that she rte would break a bottle ov r its prow when launched next january about A year ago a commotion was wait created in the W 0 T U by the publication of i a etory story stating that miss hattie Richer Richar deon would break a bottle of kentucky whisky over the prow of the kentucky when it was launched petitions poured into secretary herbert praying that he would not allow whisky to be used for christening the beseel how now the whole matter is brought up again gain by gov bradley declaring his intention of 0 choosing his daughter to christen the ship miss richardson is angry oter the declared intention of gov bradley and has bas given out the fo fol lowine signed statement to the public 1 I am urged to speak of thi th i discourtesy I 1 have been chown in in this matter by gov bradley stating that he would appoint his daughter to christen the kentucky I 1 also object to the manner in which he and his friends have gone about te ee curing the appointment of bis his daughter when I 1 was asked by secretary herbert to christen the kentucky I 1 wa by anat honor placed bafo bedoe e the public I 1 received hundreds of congratulations from patriotic kentucky ans the highest officers cre ot of the army ard navy and from my friends every here the administration ot of course has changed and secretary 11 herbert erbert ig Is not now in ollace 1 I have felt in the matter that I 1 had bean been eted aced to christen the battleship aud and it Would be an act of cour courtesy tecy to have the honor unchanged when gov bradley BriL dley takes the laurel from my head and places it upon that of hie his daughter juet just because he lie thinks he lie has the power to do so I 1 blush for the discourtesy of the governor of kentucky mise alias richardson Richar deon bisone isone is one 0 of the handsomest as well as most brilliant youn women of the state she has spent much time in brooklyn ay and boston and is welt well known in naval circles she ie is descended from revolutionary stock being the great niece of commodore bainbridge and the great granddaughter grand daughter ol 01 william hall richardson her father was the the late william hall richardson Richar dEon of this city and her mother jane store ekamp a belle and heiress of note |