The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1900-10-24
"IEST WE F0RCET,"

The campaign is now drawing to a
close and in order that the voter may
have a clear conception Of his duty at
the polls, it is well for him to remem-
Der the issues which his vote will de.
eide.
The voters of the Nation will have
to decide whether they favor mon
archical form Of government, with all
the ills which such a government
breeds and brings, or strict adher-
ence to those fundamental principles Of
freedom and liberty winch constitute
the very Magma Charta of our exist
ence as a nation and which have made
us strong and great. Subservient to
this issue and constituting almost a
part OF it, is the question: Shall our
industrial affairs be governed and
shaped by plutocracy as represented
by the horde Of trusts, or shall men
enjoy those same inalienable rights Of
civil liberty and freedom, in business
and financial affairs, which are guar
anteed them in their personal and
social relations by their charter Of
government? These are vital ques-
tions and every American should so
decide as he expects his conditions to
be in the future.
But here in Kentucky the issue is
somewhat different, though not less
important. The loyal Kentuckian is
asked to decide whether our State is to
be ruled by a party which upholds law
and order, or whether our govern
mental affairs are to be under the
control of party which endorses as
sassinatiOn and sanctions political
murder. To distinguish the two par
ties in this respect,i lit is only necessary
to go back over the events of the past
few months, and which have become
so familiar as to constitute large
part of Kentucky's history.
In order that the voter may not be
deceived as to just what the little
cross will mean which he places be-
meath party device, it would not be
amiss to refresh his memory in regard
to certain occurrences which have
made such wide breach between the
Republican and Democratic parties OF
Kentucky to-day.
The man who votes the Republican
ticket this fall, must Of necessity sup
port the late Republican State plat
form. To do so, according to the
words Of that platform, he enters into
a compact with others in which he
declares: I'VE endorse, UdhOld reSerre,
the resolute and patriotic course Of
Gov. w. 5. Taylor" The act Of en-
dorsing w. S. Taylor's course during
his brief stay at Frankfort, perhaps
means more than man will cOmpre-
bend at glance.
1t means that you believe Taylor
was right when he, in collision with
other Republican leaders, brought the
horde of mountain outlaws to Frank
fort for the avOwed purpose of "main-
tanning their rights" by intimidating
the Legislature and the contest board
and for the further purpose, as attest
I'd by Republican witness, Of Great
ing a disturbance and killing OF
enough Democratic legislators to in
sure the decision in favor of Taylor. !
Mr. Voter, if you place the stencil UNI
lerneath the log cabin, you cote
''YcS" to this proposition.
1t means that you endorse Taylor's
sentiment-attested by Republican
witness-"My God! You people must ,
10 something first; l can get the mi
itia soon enough" And also the
further expression OF TaylOr-again
sworn to by a Republican witness
Golden, it is horrible about killing a
man, but GOebcl and that gang, it |
ooks like they are bound to be killed |
before anything can be done for our
men,"
1t means that you endorse, rithom