The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-09-08

DCGu DdlQ ny the government, DuI n6A
been allowed by the auditor for the war
department for a few dollars more than
the amount above stately
This comparison shows how unjust has
been the criticism OF me for the fee al
lowed for the collection of these claims,
l have no apology whatever to make for
ii. L am proud of it, and L would do
the same thing again, if the occasion
should arise. Out of this money we have
paid Off our state debt and still have a
balance left from il of $2l7 e93.S4. l have
Capt Calhoun in Washington now trying
to collect more money for the state and
for or soldiers. No man ever deserved
his pay more than he does for his splen-
did services to the state, and no honest
citizen of Kentucky begrudges him one
cent OF his fee. j want this whole mat
ter fully discussed before the people and
understood by them. The statement made
by some irresponsible persons that had
originally employed him for a fee not to
exceed $1,000 on the whole amount is moth
ing more or less than q deliberate false
hood. The $1,000 limitation simply applied
10 each claim, for this whole amount was
MAGE up OF large number of separate
claims.
The general assembly with scarcely any
opposition passed a bill which in effect
ratified the contract
The republicans have been talking a.
great deal about giving US a business
administration. We hope they do not
mean the same kind of business" that
their last candidate for governor, Taylor.
gave us. We have had quite enough of
that, and the people of kentucky after
their sad experience with the disastrous
policies and military methods OF the
republican party during it's rule in the
state are inclined to be very skeptical
about this proposed business" admins
tratiOn. 1t looks too much like the TrO-
jan horse and we fear that if this noble
looking republican equine should, by
chance, be admitted into the state capitol,
1T would be found that IL was full of Tay-
lors, Finleys, Powers, Towards and sim
liar characters.
Ny distinguished opponent, not only in
his speech accepting the nomination,
promised, in the event of his election. to
undertake the miraculous task of re
storing natures nobility to Kentucky"
but he has also in all of his utteranceS
talked about having a business" admin
istration and told about his great success
rs q business man. He and his party
charge that l am not a business man,
and that this has not been business adj
miniStratiOn. 1t is true that unlike nv
friend, Mr.. Belknap, l have neither in
herited nor accumulated vast fortune
Since L entered the public service at the
age of nineteen as teacher in the COM
mon schools, down to this good hour,
have been poor man, and a. failure in
the art Of accommodating money for my
self. The governor to-day is just as poor
financially as was the school teacher fif-
teen years ago, and 1 must confess that
in this respect my opponent is far more
than a match for me. But without being
boastful / believe that L can modestly
services to the commonwealth have been
from q business standpoint equally as
successful as his services have been for
himself When | came into this Office,
at a time of great civil discord with law
leSsnesS and crime rampant with the
state capital in the hands of an armed
mob, and with the whole structure of our
state government upon the verge of reVo-
luton and anarchy, | found the fiscal at
fairs of the commonwealth in a disorder
ed condition, and debt npon the state
u - -
democratic administration, by its dill
gence and buSinesSlike methods, has
placed the state in the best financial con-
ditiCn it ever enjoyed before, and has
paid off before 1t was due almost the en-
tire debt. | believe it is safe to say that
in no similar period in our history has
more CAPITAL been invested in Kentucky
than has been during this administration,
because it has been assured of the rigid
enforcement Of TIE laws. Kentucky has
never been in a better condition than
now for commercial and industrial de-
vel0pment. Some idea can be given in
this lire by an examination of the rec
Ords in the corporation department or
the secretary of states Office. 1t is crl-
teriOn or a pulse which indicates TO
large extent the business activity in the
state. Let rs make a comparison from
the records and see what they show. Dur
ing the four years of the republican ad-
ministration there were organized under
the laws of the state $50 corporations,
with aggregate capital of ST, 66S, 40,
and the organization tax paid thereon
into the state treasury was $50, 66S4. Dur
ing the first three years and six months
of this administration there were organ
lied 1.792 corporations, with capital or
500 soy. 795, and the organization tax on IL
which went into the state treasury was
$99 Co., The current six months OF this
term will largely increase this showing.
The difference will be more than ) TO L
in O1r favor and it indicates that the
business interests have great confidence
in a democratic administration. Even
the firm of w. j. Belknap e. Co., of
which my opponent is member, mas
prospered so greatly under this admin
istration that they found it necessary to
reincorpOrate last spring and increased
their capital stock from 4OOO,OO0 10 s.
100000 Surely he ought TO be satlshed
with the condition of affairs under DEM
ocFatic rule, when he enjoys such pros
perity as that. [ do not know what
changes in business methods he would in
augurate in the state government, but !
am quite sure that some sueh methods
praeticed by his firm would not be toll
Grated by the peQRle III the con&uet OF
theil affairs. I respect Mr.. Belknap as q
man and gentleman, but as he and MS
party have seen fit to measure him as
business man against me and are seek
ing to disparage me, and his newspapers
are daily reeking with foul ISLANDERS,
against me, he, too, must stand under
close inspection as to his merits In tnaL-
1 may not have been such success as
he has so far as my personal interests
are concerned but i at least have enough
business sagacity to know the difference
between a four horse wagon and q snot-
gun, and / have neVerFbeen indicted soy
a federal court and compelled to pay q
fine upon plea os guilty for not draw
ing the proper Distinction between those
two valuable articles of Interstate COM
merce Since 1 have been governor every
official and employee in the state govern
nent has received from me the most
courteous and cOnsiderate treatment. J.
am a democrat in practice as we'll as in
principle and the door of my office has
been Opened as cordially to the humhleSt
citizen in the commonwealth as TO the
pr0udest The labOring man, whether
from the field, the factory, or the mine,
with natures honest sweat upon his
brow, has always been as welcome in my
presence as the head of any powerful
CORPORATION. Such have been my policy
and business methods in the past: and
such they will be in the future should
the good people of Kentucky again elect
me to this high office. have tried to-
the best of my ability to perform my
dnties hoRorably and to treat all classes
and all parties, even our republican
friends, with equal and exact justice ana
irppartiality.
In conclusion, my fellow-citizens. am
glad to give hope to you of a brilliant
victory at the polls in November. l ask
of the democratic people of Kentucky
that they be not satisfied with a small
majority, but that they shall roll up such
a tremendous vote it will remove for a
long time to come all danger of repub-
lean supremacy. take Kentucky absolute