The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-02
COY. BRADLEY TALKS
Urges Voters to Stamp for Law
and Justice.
In a Mastery Address He Reviews
the Situation in Ken
lucky.
GIVES FACTS AND FIGURES

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Governor W. o. Bradley reviews the
political conditions in the state, de-
fines the issues confronting the people
and urges all voters who stand for jus
tice and the enforcement. Of the law,
to vote for the Republican nominees
In tomorrow's election.
In regard to the Calhoun war claim
graft, he says:
1.-THE claim never could have been
collected while I was governor, simply
because there was no money with
which to pay the same, and IL never
became oollectibie until the passage of
the act Of 1909.
In my Judgment Governor Beck
ham had no authority to make any
contract with Captain Calhoun con-
corning the OWL war claim until after
the passage of the Legislative act. As
% whether on not he should have
made the employment at the time he
did, and - TO whether or not the price
he agreed to pay was too much, has
bean % thoroughly discussed BY 9TH
srs that shall not enter into IT,"
Governor Bradley dsplores the Bit
terness Of the present campaign result
ing from the action of the Democratic
party in making the murder Of Sena.
tor Gosbel and the pardon Of Caleb
Powers the chief issues. In this CON-
neotioa he says:
sCAFFOLD A
MARROW PLATFORM.
1.-THE scanold 10 indeed q narrow
platform on which great party should
stand. Human life or liberty should
not be made political playthings; and
. party occupying such . position
should be visited with merited defeat.
'The abuse of men because they
have seen tit to change their politics
is neither just nor proper. Every oiti-
zen has the right to change his views
whenever he desires to do so. A for
mer Democratic Apollo Is not trans
formed into q hideous Judas Isoariot
because he refuses to bend to the par
~ lash, and has the manhood to give
his reason therefor.
WHAT DEMOCRACY
HAS COST THE STATE
Governor Bradley next takes up the
history of Democracy in Kentucky and
arrives at the conclusion that the state
would have been far better developed
in all its resources had the party, While
In power. consumed less time in preach
ing the doctrine OF hate and exploit
ing political animosities. He then
gives IN exhaustive review of tine dis
franobisement Of Louisville in 1899
On account of tine interference of the
militia" after the polls were closed,
the ballots had been counted, and the
voters and election officers, for the
most part, had retired. Concerning
Governor Beckham's pardon record,
Governor Bradley says:
BECKHAM'S PARDON RECORD.
Governor Beckham contends that
he should not be charged with any Of
the conditional pardons or paroles
granted by the parole board of Ken
tucky, and that he is only chargeable
with such pardons as he granted him
self. 1t may he true that he should
not be charged with these pardons,
but it is equally true that his admins
tration must be charged with them.
He is more particular in protecting
himself than he is in protecting his
predecessor.
He charges, for instance, that 1
granted 42S pardons, while Governor
Brown issued 472. The truth is, that
the pardon list, IS referred to by Gov
ernor Beckham, is wrong to begin
with. The whole number of pardons
granted under my administration Is
AIS, of which las were granted by
Lieutenant Governor Worthington
during the two vacations took while
governor--a trip to Mount Clemens to
be relieved from rheumatism, and alb
sence when the battleship Kentucky
was ohristened, an absence OF three
days during the Atlanta exposition,
ana an absence from the state in 1896
whilst campaigning for President Nc
Kinley. In the later instance l re-
funded TO the state treasury the
amount of salary paid Governor wor'