The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-09-09

t. am proud Of it, and I would do
| he same thing again, If the occasion
| should arise. out of this money we have
5aid of our state debt and still have a
| balance left from II Of S27693.S4. ] have
| apt. Calhoun in Washington now trying
| % collect more money for the state and
| ,or our soldiers. No man ever deserved
| his pay more than he does for his splen-
| lid services to the state, and no honest
| citizen Of Kentucky begrudges him one
| cent OF his fee. ] want this whole mat
| er fully discussed before the people and
understood by them. The statement made
| 0y some irresponsible persons that / had
| originally employed him for a fee not to
| exceed 5000 on the whole amount is Moth
| ng more or less than a deliberate false
hood. The 50 900 limitation simply applied
20 each claim. for this whole amount was
made up of a large number of separate
claims.
The general assembly with scarcely any
opposition passed "a bin which IN effect
ratified the contract
The republicans have been talking y
great deal about giving us a business
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
heir sad experience with the disastrous
policies and military methods Of the
republican party during its rule In the
state are inclined to be very skeptical
tration. 1t looks too much like the Tro-
Jan horse and we fear that If this noble
ibOhlllk ItNublltdU equine SlOulNt ny
chance. be admitted into the state capitol,
i would be found that it was fun of Tay-
lors, Finleys Powers, Towards and SIM
liar characters.
My distinguished opponent. not only in
his speech accepting the nomination,
promised. I'm the event of his election. 10
undertake the miraculous task of re
storing natures nobility TO Kentucky"
but he has also I'm all of his utterances
| talked about having business admin
! .stration and told about his great success
ffa Huf d NUf
charge that I am not a business man,
and that this has not been a business adj
miniFtratOn. II is true that. unlike my
/ friend, Mr.. Belknap. ] have neither in
| herited nor accumulated q vast fortune.
Since | entered the public service at the
| age Of nineteen as teacher I'm the COM
mon schools down to this good hour. 7
/ have been poor man, and failure In
/ the art of accommodating money for my
| self The governor to-day H. just ass poor
/ financially as was the school teacher If
teen years ago. and 7 must confess that
| I'm this respect my opponent is far more
| than a match for me. But without being
! boastful I believe that ! can modestly
ana justly lay claim 10 the fact that my
services TO the commonwealth have been
| from business standpoint equally as
successful as his services have been for
/ himself. When I came into this Office,
at time of great civil discord, with law
lessness and crime rampant, with the
state capital in the hands Of an armed
mob andNVttf the whole structure of our
state goycr1ment upon the verge Of revo-
luton and anarchy. / found the fiscal af-
fairs of the commonwealth I'm disorder
ed condition, and debt upon the state \
Of 81. 00000 AZ have ssl5rn before, me Z
democratic administration, by its dill
ss sssu 2a 1 ~ h &c ss Sssss ON
paid on before Il was due almost the en-
fre debt. believe 4 Is safe 90 say tnat
more capitsN Seer invested IN Kentucky
than has ~ during this administration,
because i%has been assured Of the rigid
| enforcement OF the laws. kentucky hat
| never been in better condition thar
. now for commercial and industrial de
- velopment Some idea can be given 81
10 / this line by an examination Of the rec
/, ords IN the corporation department o
, the secretary of states office. II is a cri
terlon or pulse which indicates 20
S large eVtent thc business activity in tn
+, state. Let MS make "a comparison frOr
< | the records and see what they show Dur
T | ministration there were organized unde
the laws Of the state $50 corporations
2 with an aggregate capital Of S36.66S go
{ and Inc organization tax paid thereon
{ into the state treasury was S3G 66S a. Dur
Ing the first three years and six months
OF this administration there were organ
lied Log corporations, with capital OF
S9 6O2 40 and the organization tax on II
which went into the state treasury was
S@ 6Od The current six months Of this
term viii largely increase this showing.
The difference will be more than TO l
I'm our favor, and IL indicates that the
business interests have great confidence
the firm of w. b. Belknap & Co., Of
| which my opponent is a member, has
! prospered so greatly under this admin
! lstration that they found II necessary to
| reincorporate last spring and increased
| their capital stock from 81. 600. 600 to So
100000. Surely he ought 20 be satisfied
with the condition Of affairs under dem-
Ocratic 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 such methods
practiced by his firm would not be toll
Grated by the people in the conduct OF
their affairs. I respect Mr.. Belknap as a
man and gentleman, but as he and his
party have seen ht TO measure him as a
business man against me and are seek
ing to disparage me, and his newspapers
are daily reeling with foul ISLANDERS
against me, he. too, must stand undeY
close inspection as to his merits in that.
may not have been such a success as
he has so far as my personal interests
are concerned, but l at least have enough
business sagacity to know the difference
between four-horse wagon and a shot
gun, and l have never been indicted by
a federal court and compelled 70 pay a
fine upon plea OF guilty for not draw
ing the proper distinction between those
two valuable articles of interstate COM
mrTce. Since / nave been governor every
official and employe in the state govern
ment has received from me the most
courteous and considerable treatment.
am a democrat in practice as well as In
principle, and the door Of my office has
citizen in the commonwealth as to the
proudest. 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
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. l have tried TO
the best OF my ability TO perform my
duties honorably and to treat all classes
and all parties, even our republican
friends, with equal and exact Justice and
mpartiality.
In conclusion, my felow-citizens, am
glad to give hope to you Of a brilliant
victory at the polls in November. / ask
Of the democratic people Of Kentucky
that they be nor satisfied with a small
majority but that they shall roll up such
a tremendous vote it will remove for
can supremacy, take Kentucky absolute
good cheer to the hearts of the national
oete and permanent, and let us send
lut the promise with reason and con-
idence. to the democrats throughout the
country that next year, when our presi-
dental ticket Is nominated, Kentucky Is
for IL by a good, old-fashioned
II can be done. 1t will be done,
4 our people will only realize the brill
liant opportunity before them and will
so their fun duty in this election. The
democratic party in Kentucky Is more
1nitod and harmonious NOW than