The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-09-08
Judge BeCkner Made a Pine
Speech
Speech

Judge Beckner said that the voter
!. of the county must decide as between
Bryan and Mckinley, that one or th,
other of these candidates will, If he
+ lives to be inaugurated as President
next March, and that no man who bt
lieves in lhe Democratic theory o.
, government cal hesitate in his choice
, He called the attention of the friend'
of Cleveland and Carlisle to the bitter
, denunciation that these statesmen
have received in the Republican plat
form where their administration il
characterized as having furnished u
record &c incapacily, dishonor and dis
aster. He said the letter of Grover
Cleveland 10 Clark Howell dated
July l6, 1892, in which he said that
"the undertaking lprinciple of party
organization is an acceptance of the
arbitrament of the National Convex
tion." He discussed the difference
between the Hamiltoniau aud Jeffer-
sonian theories of government, and
showed that the Republican party is
simply the successor of the old federal
organization that Hamilton founded.
He showed that Hamilton ,.dik not
believe in the ability OF the people to
rule themselves; that he waited
chief executive for life with absolute
negative of all bills; Senators tor life.
with sole power to declare war; right
of the general government to appoint
governors to the states who should
have absolute veto bower, and power
in Congress to pass all laws which
they shall judge necessary to the com.
mon defense and general welfare. He
quoted from speech OF Mckinley in
which the Republican candidate laud-
ed Hamilton, and said let us emulate
his great example and return to the
wise course he babe us follow. He
presented the views and times of
Thomas Jefferson and how implicitly
he believed in the ability and right of
the people to govern themselves. He
disSected the Republican platform
and defended the declaration OF prin-
ciples made by the Democrats at
Chicago. He showed that Populism
is the natural product oflRepubican-
ism. One believes that the govern
ment should protect and take care OF
u part of the people the other would
have it do something for all the
people. If the government can care
for the manufacturers and the bank
ers, it ought, say the Populists, lend
a hand to futher the interests OF the
farmer, the mechanics and the rest oil
the people. Democracy does not be-
lieve that the government has auy-
thing to do with the business of the
people at all. He made a very clear
and full presentation of the Demo-
cratic theories or government and
showed thai the Democrats, ,can al
ways be better trusted to manage our
pa bile affairs than can the Republt-
cans. He complimented the personal
character of the candidates, but said
hat when a Democrat strained at
Bryan because he had in Nebra >ka
,oted for POpulist rather than
he ought certainly not to
support Gen. Palmer in the face of +
he record he had made as general
commander of the Kentucky depart
nent at the close OF the war.
He quoted the remarks of Gen. w.
'. Sherman made at Lawrenceburg, i
nd. Nov. IL, 1865 and found III Coz +
ms Kentucky, volume l, page 164,
Who when asked what he thought OF
zen. Palmer's course in Kentucky, z
aid: off it is a monarchy or consoli- Y
alton we are after, Gen. Palmer is +,
light, but it we want to preserve the !,
Id form of government he is all
1rong." Il
Judge Beckner's speech was Demo- g
ratio throughout. lie is well &C d
TAINTED with w. j. Bryan and :.
peaks of him in turns of the warm
~ aud ,ona,l