The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-06-24

Democratic Candidate for Con-
aress, Meets His Opponents
at Frenchburg.

Frenchburg on Wednesday, June
lS, during circuit court co large
and appreciative audience. BY
his manly bearing he made deep
and lasting impression upon their
minds, and left many friends to
wish him success.
He is fine speaker-up-to-d date
on current issues and the equal of
any man in the district on the
stump or in the forum. Although
his speech was strong and forcible
in the arraignment of the Repub-
lican party and it's methods in fav-
oring trusts, monopolies, concen-
tration of wealth, and of favorit-
ism to the banking and moneyed
powers, as we'll as its unjustified
and inhuman assaults upon help
less and unoffending people, whose
only crime is their love of and de-
sire for liberty, still it was so fair
and free from abuse that the Re-
publicans present could not take
offense at anything he said, but
were so impressed with his candor
and reasoning that many of them
went away weaker in their faith
than they were before they heard
these plain and telling truths.
Such speeches are calculated to
do much good for the cause of
Democracy, for they not only
strengthen the convictions of our
own people, but catch the ear and
address the reason of many think
ing republicans who desire fair
play and honest government, and
have been taught to believe that
their party alone could promote
this end, but now begin to realize
that their idols can no longer be
trusted, foi drunk upon their sue
cess, they no longer heed the well
fare of any save those they look
to to keep them in power by open
ing their Golfers and pouring into
the laps of the bosses the neces-
sary corruption funds to buy up
and control the elections.
Referring to the claim of Judge
White that it had always been the
custom to endorse the work of a
member elected to Congress by
giving him second term, he said
the Judge was mistaken in this.
He said that since this district
was made in 1890 Mr.. Fitzpatrick
was the only one who had asked
for a second term, and that Mr..
White was candidate against
him and did all in his power to
defeat him. going so far as to
combine with Judge Garner and
Mr.. Kinsolving, whose joint forces
were lead by Judge Beckner, who
was goldbug Republican, and
the joint powers voted to unseat
Fitzpatrick's delegates, without
the shadow OF right for doing so.
Consistency forbids the Judge from
claiming that which he denied
Fitzpatrick in 1898.
He is making house to house
canvas of the district, visiting the
houses of the poor as we'll as the
well-to-do, and studying the needs
of all those whom he will repre-
sent, and it is not strange to say
from all over the district the word
comes that he is the choice of the
people, who intend to see that NO
combine shall control the conven-
tion and defeat him, as in this
way alone do his most sanguine
opponents hope to defeat him.
This being an off year and there
being no other officer to elect, the
burden of the campaign will have
to be borne by the candidates, and
for that reason the Democrats
should look we'll to their interests
and see that they place their ham
ner in the hands'of one who is able
and willing, by an active. aggress-
i've canvas to carry it to victory,
and fully hold up and increase our
majority and thereby make the eiec
tion of our Judges and State Off
GERS easier next year. While on
the other hand, slow. dragging