The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-12-17
I ear in Advance.
KENTUCKY ELECTION FRAUDS
4 Citizen OF the Blue Cross State Discusses
the Late Election.
MI sterling, KY, Dec. 10, 1908.

Editor Republican, has been some
time since you have had word from
this State Of Decentralization, so | will
pen you lew lines to let you know that
all the Republicans in Kentucky are not
dead yet; bat We are feeling quite sore
over our defeat; not 80 much over the
defeat itself as the manner In which II
was accomplished.
Tho time was when to bo called n
Kcntuckiun was an honor and boast;
hut now right-thinking men are almost
ashamed Ia confess IN other parts, that
they ARE from Kentucky, for immediate
~ the mind Of the stranger will couple
the name oi the Kcutuckian with pistols,
murders. nssnssinations, rapes
condoncd by the chief executive, fraud.
ulcnt elections, and so on 10 the end OF
the catalogue Of crimes.
our late election was more fnrcical
than jurt There II not nm election
crime in all the long list that WINS not
pract!ccd by the Democrats to keep
their vile hold on the throa,s of tho
people. They won, and, like the wolf
that Is rcciiug with tho blood Of It's vic
tim, they are making merry over tho
dead body oi free elections II there Is
any license in the Federal constitution
for Congress to regulate such outragcs
In the states, 1t ought to be made avail.
able forthwith. The longer the sore
testers the more pu,rid 1t becomes.
Kentucky and Missouri are in the
same boat when II comes TO frauds In
in elections, hut kentucky ear "ou,.
Hcrod uorod himself" She can SEQ
| Missouri and 80 her ten better any day,
and that is making an immense claim,
| for Missouri Democrats are not 1.-THE
least in the kingdom" OF fraud by any
means.
| The late campaign, on the part Of Mr..
Beckhnm, hinged, 10 n great extent, on
/ the hrnging of Mr.. Powers and Mr..
Bcckham pledged bimsclf In his speech.
cs TO see to II that Powers should hang.
1t Is currently reported that he sent an
cdict to the jury at Georgetown that
,hcy mus, hang Powers, rs there had
been 50 and 80 in the way Of trials and
no one yet hung. One would, on the
first blush Of the matter, feel that Ab.
soluiism had passed out OF this country
when our government, was established;
but Mr.. Bcckham was not born then.
The great Sir Oracle had not flashed
his light athwart the political heavens
and commanded obedience 10 his he.
hcsis: that was lci, toOur daynnd time.
The little fellow now has the senator.
ial bee bu2zing In his bonnet, aud next
he willbc aspiring 10 the chnrol Wash
iugton, Madison, jefferson, etc; but
surely he would have TO paddy" him
self up wonderfully, both mentally and
physically, to be socn in it,,
Col. Scott, one Of the early governors
Of Kentucky, il credited with saying,
"Whcn people get wrong they have
to get ID wrong before they begin
to get right again" II seems like we
here In Kentucky ought 70 he near the
turning point, but We have sinncd so
egrcgiously that we will have to wander
in the wilderness OF Democratic rascal
i,y till our forty years Of probation has
expired.
"Sin humbleth nation, and why
no, state? We have been lingering
in political purgatory for four years, and
now we will have to abide another four
In worse place. for they are planning
further cncroachmcnls on the rights
und liberties Of the people In the way
Of nm amendment 10 the constitution, cs-
mblishing m educational qualification
TO bar US many negroes from voting as
possible: but, strange as II may seem,
more white than negro voters will be
barred by that test, ifthe,United States
census Is correct.
4. w. PARSONS.
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