The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-24
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Col. Henry wattsrson, who In our
opinion is perhaps the aolest and
certainly the most entertaining edi-
torial writer IN Ameriea-and America
leads the world-in the Courier Journal
of a recent GATE srrsigns the Repuoh-
can party as follows:
"In front of us we see the same OLD
enemy, marshaled under the same oia
banner-in nothing changed-tnouRn
an opportunlst, as occasion seems TOO
require, sticking to the Gospel OF
Force and the Doctrine Of Protection
the faithful frlerd of the few VINO
subscrlbe TO campaign funds, the uh-
relenting foe of the many VINO new
the wood and draw the water ana pay
the taxes-held off from the invasion
of States and the degradation OF otste-
hood only by the item Of expedlency-
d eterred from the renewed attempt W
thrust Negro Domination upon US
only through fear Of its effect upon
the Conservative vote of the Nortn-
Quay rampant in Pennsylvania. tlatt
rampant in New York, Addicks ram
pant in Delaware, would De Man on
Horse back In the White Honse, ana
from New England to oregon anu
California, north side, from Washing
ton to the Philippines AMI back again,
around by Hawaii and CUBA ana PORTO
RIGA, no thought anywhere or any
thing except how to keep the people
abeyant ana the Republican party IN
power; even the Presidents boasteu
Civil Service Reform gone glimmerlng
down the vista of Doodle conventions
and Machine politics.
Speaking further, and referring di'
rectly to the Republicans OF Ken
lucky, he says:
.sWhy should the issue OF law and
order raised in Breathitt county affect
a party, outside of Breathitt county,
which through all Its authorized and
authoritative channels Is giving such
nroof OF its loyalty to order and lawE
..Upou this issue the Republicans
throw down the gauntlet to the Demo
Gratis. We take 1t MP sadly not gladly,
and in advance We warn them TO DC,
ware of the consequences We would
much prefer to leave the dead past 10
bury it's, while the living do their
duty to order and to law. In the In.
terest of good neighborhood and good
feeling, of the public tranquility ana
morals, OF unobstructed, unpreJudiced
administration Of justice under due
process of law, we would eliminate
the operation of the courts In their
relation to the punishment OF crime
from the partisan politics OF the time.
But the Republicans, who are nothing
IL not short sighted and arrogant,
refuse this. They have invited the
deadly parallel and they shall have 1t.
Regardless of the name and fame
of the Commonwealth, of the common
peace and kinaly report among men,
they propose to reopen the tragic chap
ter, seeking to make the Marcum
murder an offset to the Goebel muir
der.
$50 be IT. We protest; but we shall
not be remiss in our duty and, un-
lass the KentucKian is no longer a
Kentuckian. upon their end OF the vot-
ing line next November Will the re.
suits be seen, for 1t will be, 1t can
only be-, disastrous-most DISASTROUS
to themselves. They come to such
contest with clothes that still smell OF
mUonshine and mountain dew, with
hands vet stained by innocent blood.
Until they have purged themselves,
the people of Kentucky will have none
of them, no matter what the Hargises
may do, no matter what Judge Red
wine may leave undone, because to put
the case of both sides in nutshell,
the Election Law, which left nothing
to chance, no longer defaces the
statute book whilst Taylor the re-
fugee from justice, remains Republl-
can hero and martyr.