The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-06-14
THAT Banner Man.

Banner; man whom the Courier
Journal says was a delegate TO the
last Democratic State Convention
held ia California and was at that
time running u sianeh Democratic
paper.
/ understand through a Republic
can leader OF this county that W. o,
Bradley sent this man 10 Hopkins
willie to run the Banner, which,
coupled with the fact that he is a
renegade Democrat, explains fully
the partisan editorials in his paper.
suppose he printed some "little
innocent articles" in his Democrat
ic paper while he was disgraeing
the party by being a member OF 1t.
i am glad he left the party and
imagine he did so because he was
sore over something, but | cannot
conscienciously congratulate the
Republican party on catching him,
only so tar as 1t is generally under
stood that both parties must have
henchmen to "cuss" the other party,
start up the campaign lies, and do
the general dirty work and it is
evident that the G. o. p. has a fit
disciple for such in the person Of
this ]. Edmundson, and a nice
record Of it in the Banner.
What is one party's loss is the
others gain. The Democrats lost
nothing and the Republicans gain
ed nothing-one party became pur-
err by his leaving it; the other more
corrupt by his coming to it.
He sent the Picket one Of his ed
itorials as a letter, which by slight
of-hand and the use of double leads
they managed to use as a whole
column of "fill-up matter"
In this article he undertook to
criticise my English" chew up
the Democratic party, put the gold
en- slippers on Bill Bradley, and
work OIL one Of his miserable cam
paign lies as san innocent little ar
ticle" which he did not have the
gall to assert was true.
| admit that articles Of that class
are as innocent as they are untrue, in
the vicinity where the people know
the author to be renegade eX-
Democratic editor and partisan
OF the bitterest type, who Is run
ming the paper under orders Of the
other political party, but this arti-
Gle was copied in the Picket and |
thought possibly some one might
read it and think the author Of it
had some foundation for it, hence
my other article saying the author
was professional liar or an ignor-
anus.
Although ] do not think Mr.. +.
knows as much as frog about the
purpose and workings OF the State
Board of Equalization, | have con-
cluded that he did not write his
little innocent article through ig-
noranee, but partly from the in
comfortable habit and desire to say
something rotten whether it is true
or not, that other papers might use
it as political news through the
state /; and he wrote ii in such de-
liberate and wilful manner that it
is entitled to the name of polite
al lie, even il he did not know any
better when he wrote it.
If he tells the truth (but he does
not when he says that both part
les are agreed that the Board is a
bad thing, why does he depend
wholly on the Republicans TO re-
peal il?
He virtually says that several
counties kicked about the rulings
of the Board. They did not do it
in the presence Of the Board or at
the proper time, but all the COM
mittees expressed themselves to the
Board seefi- satisfied 3hs;a.s Justice
would be done.
There's no doubt but what some
sore-headed partisan Republican
dixie the Banner NAM who was
on some county committee wanted
an excuse to Offer his people for
his being unable to influence the
Board to make an unjust ruling in
favor of his county and thought
that cursing tho whole Democratic
party was the proper remedy.
Any one who is willing to accept
justice is willing to accept an equal
ization board. Every county in the
Big Sandy Valley was raised and
not one of them sent committee
before the Board and not one has
yet raised a howl, although their
property a. rule is listed at as
near 1905 as any part OF the state.
Mr.. +. misconstrued what wrote
as maliciously as he misrepresent-
ed the whole affair.
He knew at the time he wrote his
"little innocent article that he
wasn't trying TO tell the truth when
he said the Board was composed Of
set OF dead-beat politicians, sent
there to do as they pleased. The
Board is composed Of four mem
bors, all decent, fair Democrats and
not dead-5eat among them. They
we're sent there 10 do as the law
directs and all OF them Mr.. Els