The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-04-14
THAT MEADE COUNTY PRIMARY
Mr.. Jones Comes Back at Uncle
Jonathan.

than through your paper. He says he
applauds my ultimate intentions but
feels that my present purpose is not 80
good. I said in the article referred TO by
him, that 1t is not worth while for any
man to run for office unless he is willing
TO use means that is beneath the dignity
of gentleman. Now Uncle Johnathan
does that necessarily imply that every
man that does run for Office is willing to
use such means, or that all who run for
Office do use such means? Not at all
Uncle John, you failed to grasp the
the meaning OF the sentence with con-
nections. Why know Of great many
men who have run for Office in this
county who were not willing to do as
mentioned and think there were some
such men in the recent canvass but they
were defeated especially If their Apo
nents resorted to the use of whiskey etc.
and such will ever be the case, until all
who appreciate the right OF suffrage
and are in favor OF maintaining the
purity Of the ballot, shall band them
selves together in an organized body so
as to WELD the full force and influence
Of every good citizen in the county in
favor of the very best and most suitable
men to fill the offices.
Now Uncle Jonathan OF course
advise all Democrats to stick to the
nominee Of the party, though the candi-
dates have done wrong and they know
it, we all know it. Did you fail to notice
that told you TO look out hereafter.
Why every man that run wanted to be
elected and Of course they thought they
would have to do like the Republicans
did last fall and this is how the Republic
cans did, they used SIG, 000, 900 in money
used all of the railroads free, used nearly
all OF the newspapers and used the COM
bined intellect OF all the bankers, manu-
features, railroad owners, trusts and in
fact nearly all of the most wealthy peo-
pie on the continent. They forced hun
dreds of thousands to vote the Republi-
can ticket against their own judgement.
by intimidation coersion and every other
means that could possibly be intended
by the devil and all of his co-workers on
earth and by so doing they did manage
(by the hardest fight OF their lives) to
defeat one of the greatest and best men,
engaged in the greatest cause and max
ing the most powerful effort in behalf
of down-trodden suffering people, that
this country has ever produced.
Why OF course, Uncle Johnathan we
will stick to our party and stand by our
guns as long as there is a Republican in
sight. We could not afford to join the
Republican party and the Populist party
lie short at both ends and too thin in the
middle. We Democrats have our little
brawls among ourselves, but just let
Republican show up and we are like
flock of sheep when a wolf or a dog
comes in sight, we will all rush up
together ready to make battle with the
common enemy.
Now Uncle Jonathan hope you will
not think that we are silly enough to
jump out of the frying pan into the fire.
Don't you remember that said we have
got into this predicament and must pull
through the best that we can, and we
will pull through to finish OF this race.
Now Uncle Jonathan what would you
think OF soldier who would desert the
ranks of his comrades in the midst OF
battle and go and join the ranks of the
enemy, because some Of the men in his
own ranks were not as we'll disciplined
as they should be, or would act in such
a way that he could not approve of their
conduct. Why Uncle Jonathan il such
a man as that could be found in the
Democratic ranks he would not be entitl-
ed, nor could he hope to have the con.
fidence Of either party. We shall only
stick that much tighter and fight that
much harder to help right the wrongs
that have crept iLto our ranks.
No indeed Uncle Jonathan we will
not desert the cause of Democracy
because we know that the fundamental
principles of Democracy are right and
are the very foundation Of our liberty,
the foundation upon which true Ameri-
canism must rest, il we successfully
stand the storms OF very many half
half foreign presidential cam
paigns such as we have lately experience
cd. Oh! no Uncle Jonathan don't ask |
US to come over and join your party it
would be worse than suicide in MS to |
turn traitor to the cause Of American
freedom and join party whose leaders
are INSCRIPTIONS money kings seeking
10 overthrow the best government on
earth and turn II into a monarchy |
because that kind OF government would |
better serve their financial interests than 4
a government like ours where the COM
mon people are allowed TO vote. We |
know we have had the misfortune TO |
have some few just such men as above
mentioned as leaders OF our party but |
when they found that they could not |
keep the blindfold on the masses OF the
party any longer and could not lead the
rank and file OF the party any further
into the trap that they and their
eastern allies had devised and set, they
,kipped out and left us and showed us |
With their friends, the Republicans.
Now Uncle Jonathan wont you lay