Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-04-28

ing acquired territory as conquered prov
inces and taxing the people Of that terri
tory through the high protective tariff fo7
the privilege OF shipping their commodi-
ties 20 the states Of the American Union
to be consumed by orr people / am a
Democrat because / am opposed 10 a large
standing army in times Of profound peace
and because ! am opposed to having the
people of a republic worship at the shrine
Of military government / am a Demo
crat because | am In favor OF the freedom
OF speech and the freedom of the press.
and sincerely believe that the military
power should always be subordinate to the
| civil authorities Of the land am Dem
| Ocrst because | am opposed To The impOsi-
tiOn Of taxes except FOR the administration
| OF government economically administer
ed. am u Democrat because 1 am in
favor Of the utmost freedom Of commerce
and OF reciprocity with all civilized pow
ers the world over. | am Democrat be
cause 1 am opposed 10 all corporate com
binations that engender and foster mo-
nOpolieS. crush out individual enterprises.
smother competition and eyorbitantly en-.
hance the prices OF the necesSaries of life
! am a Democrat because / am In favor OF
tarin reform. and because / favor abSo-
Lutte free trade in all articles manufac-
tured or controlled by a trust / am a
nizlng and upholdlng the dignity OF labor
and lis malienable right 10 demand and
receive adequate aud reasonable compen-
SaiiOn. ] am Democrat because believe
| that that party is pledged To equal and
exact Justice To all men. regardless OF
creed or condition. ! am q Democrat be.
cause ! believe that every power which
the federal government can legally exer.
else has been guaranteed 90 Il by the
ateS through the constitution OF the
Emitted States. and that all power or au-
hority not 80 coded Is reserved to the
states respectively. Being this kind OF
Democrat and recognizing the fact that
the Democratic party IL the only political
organization which prOmulgates and
teaches this wholesome doctrine. / could
not be anything else than a Democrat "
tried; and as ! have said on former DC.
casions | repeat now. that / can not see
for the life OF me how poor man can
be anything else than n Democrat or
course the rich man may live and flourish
under almost any form OF government, be.
cause they can protect, at least In rea-
sSlab.c degree. themselves But II Is the
plain people, the masses Of the people that
| need the protection OF benign laws under
a constitution always strictly adhered to-
FACTINALISNI REGRETTED.
regret far beyond my powers OF ex.
| preston the chickering's and strife and fac.
| alonal feuds which have existed Ina our
great party for the last seven or eight
| years. There was time in Kentucky. and
that not very long ago either, when a nom
| nation was made by our party the ones.
tion was not whether the nominees ceuld
he elected, but how high our maiorities
| would go. But we have engaged in bitter
J strife and depuncatlons OF each other mn.
Oil now when nomination is made. the
great question which confronts Ms is moi
how great the majority shall be. but We
seriously ask ourselves can we elect ouI
ticket, even by most strenuous efforts. 1 be
lieve Governor Leslie was elected chief ex
ecutlNe OF the state by something like 81.
900 majority. and the majority Of the OH
NestOr Of Lebanon was nearly as great
| These magnificent nlajOrities as I hav,
just Indicated. have fallen away INIT
doubt now exists as to whether we ca,
rally majority in support OF our tickle
| or MOI. | attribute this falling Off TO tn,
fact that we have persistently and bitterl,
fought aud denounced each other in term
TOO opprobrous TO be applied even TO al
enemy, while the Republicans have march
/ cd through our broken ranks to victory
SO far as ] am concerned, although ] hav
done as much work for my party I'm tn
state as other humble individuals Ia tn
| ranks. / have never in a public speech. o
private utterance willfuny given offense T.
| any man because be differed from me o
the current questions OF the day. The fac
is. that unless we Danish internal strif
from our party, and rally around tn
standard Of the people AS brothers, W
shall soon have no party to follow or qua
rel over. do not say this i'm my spiri
Of S'cfation. but | say 1t becans' ] believ
the N'emocratio party TO be "a { llwark =
constitutional liberty and tEA 5ree pre-
tec.or OF the rights Of the rhin pa7plC
and am d0Yotedly attached ~ It's doc
trlnes, delight IN following - panner an
would fain sec It trlumphsS' .~om s9ea
to ocean
have said to you already that cheer