The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-07-12
A TINE EoR MANHOOD


TO pernicious and wrong.
IL will not stultiiy itself by wearing
any mans collar. 1t will not prostitute
itself by suDserviency IN the yellow dog
principle in politics
1t will uphold that which it conceives
to be right aud will guard that which it
deems to be- honorable even at the cost
Of its existence
The BRICK ENRIDGE News is paper
that Is endo wed with too much strength
OF character 10 be satisfied with u rubber
hose Tor backbone. Its convictions are
too strong and its sense OF responsibility
lie too great to allow it to be a political
jelly-6sh, 1t is a paper with mission.
1t breaches the gospel of patriotism,
safe guards the honor Of the body polite.
and does all in its power to promote the
veal Of the commonwealth.
1t holds that its duty to it's State and
community is higher Jnan It's duty to it's
party when That party deg9neIates to a
perverted machine dedicated to the real
ization Of an unsclupulOus mans ambi-
ton.
The BRECKENRIDGE News, to be hon
est with itself and true to its mission
cannot support the candidacy Of william
Goebel.
1t believes that the democracy of Ken
lucky has been knocked down aud
robbed of its good name. 1t believes
that Goebelism, the party that has taken
its place, was the despOller and that 1t
now uses the name OF democracy, its vic
tim, as highwayman uses an alias to
cloak his identity.
In Goebel and his principles-or lack
OF principles-the News sees a danger
Gus foe to the best interests of the COM
monwealth. 1t re cognizes him as a con.
summate demagogue-a demagogue like
Robespierre, like Danlon-a demagogue
who would oveTturn the established or
der OF things, who would destroy wealth
and properly, who would debase the
body polite, and who would use the
lowest passions OF men to crafty his lust
for power.
The conservatism that kept two.thirds
OF the delegates to the state convention
from boiling when Redwine was made
chairman was regarded by Goebel as a
confession of impotence From that
hour he believed that the people of the
state would be more loyal to party name
TO a memory OF the thing that was
than they would be to their sense of
right. lie knew that he was unpopular
but this did not disturb him as he looked
for that trinity of political evils, Passion,
Prejudice, and Partnership to compen-
safe for his deficiency in popularity.
Then he laid and carried out his diaboll =
cal plot to 60 back on his promise and
rob Captain Stone OF the nomination.
Goebel was successful at the Demo-
cratic State Convention, but his success
was the success OF TaIquln in the cham
Der of Lucrece. After he had accom-
plished the rape of democracy, he be.
came drunk with sglt of power and
made his boasts that ne would wage
war TO the death on the most important
commercial interests of the common
wealth.
The effort that Goebel is making to
drag the l.. & n. railroad into the fight is
merely the trick Of demagogue to
divert attention from the main issue
In his confidence that the people will
join with him in his favorite pastime OF
corporation batting he again hagrantly
insults the public intelligence.
Considering his threat seriously
the l.. & N. railroad, with its vast
wealth and hundreds OF dependent inter-
ests is to be his first victim. He figures
that after having plunged the dagger OF
political oppression into the heart of the
commerce Of the state, every other cor
porate interest will be an easy prey
Years ago the BRECKRNRIDGE News
Was partzAn journal. 1t followed its
party with blind faith and was Jealous in
the work OF spreading its influence.
1t was like the farmers boy who was
put at the pillow for the first time.
Across the field stood as old red COW.
The farmers parting injunction to his
son was:
Johnnie, pillow straight toward that
COW, and you'll do good WORK.
Johnnie obeyed his fathers Instruc-
tons to the letter and all would have
been well had not the COW wandered all
over the field taking Johnnie after her.
The News plowed straight for the COW
making many crooked burrows, but the
wisdom OF experience came, the seal es
fell from its eyes and it refused to plow
crooked any longer.
Since that day the News has worked
more for the promotion OF the material
welfare OF Kentucky and its home coun-
ty than il has for party success.
1t will never deviate from this policy.
The News believes that Kentucky,
with its wealth of latent resources, with
its intelligent population, with its mag
nihcent transportation facilities, should
be one OF the first states OF the Union in
industrial enterprise, commercial activi-
ty, wealth and population. 1t believes
that any man or measure that stands in
the way Of the common wealth's material
progress, is public enemy and should be