The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-08-01
Our Other Elizabstht0wn Cores
respondent Turns Alex.
Right Side Out.
The People Can Look Upon His
Record and Judge for
Themselves.
CRACKS 1T TO S0MMERS.

iihDAbEihlONN MI July 20, lOJt.-
BREcKENRIDGE NEws.-The following will
speaks for itself;
"The Breckenridge News OF this week con.
tains anonymous communication dated from
Elizabethtown which is very abusive of Judge
Montgomery. II has two references to the
Elizabethtown News both of which are untrue.
1t states that the News published a speech OF
Judge Montgomery's advocating Hill for Presi-
dent. No such speech was ever published and
to our certain knowledge such speech was
ever made as Judge Montgomery meyer was for
Hill for President. 1t also states that the News
and Independent are publishing paid for praises
Of Montgomery As far as the News is concern
ed not a single line that has appeared in this
paper in reference to Judge Montgomery's can
dacy is paid to be paid Tor and 1t has been
published gratuitously and without solicitation.
We trust our anonymous friend will conine
himself to the truth in his reference to this
paper in the future"
Well Mr.. Elizabethtown News, when
boy, the writer of that communication
you alluded to, often heard and still
hears that whenever lie is told on a
fellow there is seldom any fuss made,
but whenever the sinking little truths
are told the air becomes cyclonic with
denials. "Gratuitously," why certainly
every body knows publisher can run
his paper that way and live. Well, yes,
of course, the truth hurts you and
Montgomery and that is just the reason
that the truth was used instead OF lie.
Now, the fact is, il any one fails to con-
cur with the Editor Of News upon any
question that man or woman is not in
formed or else dealing in untruths, for
this Editor is greatly pleased with him
self and takes pride in posing as a mascot
upon all issues
Before the last Presidential election
this paper came out boldly for Senator
Hill for the Democratic nomination, but
recently Hill did not consult the News
relative to his position on the Wilson
Bill, so its Editor at once began to con.
denim and abuse him long and loud, but
in the last issue of his powerful (?) sheet
he takes the back track in the following
editorial:
Senator David b. Hill is standing squarely on
the Chicago platform on the tariff question and
he is the only Democratic Senator who is.
Now this little squib was seen in the
Globe-Democrat just week before it
was published in the News. So you see
how consistent this worthy gratuitous
Editor can be and is. But you see Hill
made speech defending Grover Cleve-
land, who wrote letter defending Alex.
Montgomery, Crisp and Company and
that sugar-coated mule they refuse to
swallow, in Sommers' opinion will not
hurt Alexander. o, no, David b. Hill is
no longer Benedict Arnold or Judas
Iscariot. The News has always been for
the politicians and is still freezing to the
tail end, and every man knows how
truthful those gentleman are during
elections.
1t hasn't been long since the News
was teeming with the merited praises of
the poor unfortunate Thomas Robertson
and condemning Alex. Montgomery, but
a Kinsman of Tom just informed me
that Sam Robertson, now deceased, paid
the News for services rendered in that
race. But during this race Montgomery
imported press called the Hardin coun-
ty Messenger, with Ed. Colgan as its
editor and using that gentleman as a
mouthpiece, he called the Editor OF the
News an interloper, and every diabol-
ical name in the political calendar,
accusing him OF being directly or indi-
rectly untruthful.
But as time waged the breach was
healed, and Alex. in his magnonimity (?)
gave Col. Sommers, of the News, a fat
office at Washington City, and so goes
the panorama even to this day, with the
sunlight of "gratuousity" shining
through the old cracks. But when Alex.
had done with Colgan that gentleman
removed to Pineville on another boom.
But what the people OF the land want
to know in this district is why few
great Congressman like our Alex. can
meet at Washington and repudiate the
Democratic platform given them at
Chicago in 1892? Not single plank of
this platform can be broken with impun-
ity by any man or set OF men in Congress.
Such pledges of the party are inviolate,
and those who have tempered with it
must go, so, Alex. make up your mind
to the inevitable, for the National Demo-
cratic Conventions must be respected in
Kentucky. There can be no mitigation
for offensive neglect OF the people and
their rights, even II the guilty have been
exalted TO tail end membership on the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Nation.
The only trouble with the Democratic
party just now is that the bottom is on
top, and just 30 long as the people elect
such people as Alexander Brooks Mont
gomery our country will be in trouble
up TO the waist.
Sommers and Montgomery are both in
the same boat padding along in the
quiet waters OF the bankers with golden
oar. Both OF them are directors OF our
home banks, the former OF the First
and the latter OF the Bank OF
Elizabethtown. Call the friends Of Dave
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