The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-01-18

nave At ihsJ BObIen uls proper mcdo-
urements, is all of this garrulous
prattle of his about the awful ma
chine
"When did shis pure and pious
statesman discover the evils and
horrors of 'machine?' What new
light has broken upon his spotless
vision of late TO disclose to him
what terrible thing this machiner
Why is it that in all these long
years of his remarkable official ca
reer he waited so long before telling
the people what machine is?
II had this mans contempt in
the campaign of 1903, when / won
the nomination for Governor with
out opposition In the State primary,
and then over the Republican can
didate in the general election by
more than $4,000. / have his con-
tempt now, and with Gods grace
and an earnest devotion to the
faithful performance of my official
duties, l cherish the hope that l
may always retain and deserve the
contempt of him and such as he
is. My claim upon the confidence
and gratitude Of the generous peo-
pie who have so honored me will be
great just in proportion to the
amount of contempt ] can win
from the class of politicians to
which he belongs. Let the people
but refresh their memory for the
last ten years as 10 the part he has
played in the politics of the State.
"In 1895 he was a candidate for
the Senate and the recognized
leader Of his party in the State,
and Kentucky for the first time
went Republican by about 5000
majority, and the Republicans
elected their entire State ticket, and
nnallyss captured the General As
sembly, which sent a Republican to
the United States Senate. In 1898
he was still candidate for the SEN
ate and the leader Of the party, and
the State gave it's electoral vote for
the first time to the Republican can
didate for the presidency. In 1899
he was still the leader Of the purity,
still the candidate for the Senate,
and the campaign chairman of the
State. Every one remembers the
unfortunate conditions Of that cam
paign under his leadership. In the
following winter of 1900 he was
elected to the Senate, and as early
as possible he struck out for lash
ington. Since that time he has
been practically voluntary exile
from the State, and has had little
or no part in the direction of the
party affairs of the State, and,
mark you too, that since that time,
with the wholesome influences of
his salutary absence, the Demo-
cratic majorities in Kentucky have
grown, as it were, by leaps and
bounds.
"Kentucky is the only State in
the Union where substantial Dem
ocratic gains have been shown IN
the last five years. Today every
department of the State Govern
ment is again in the hands of the
Democratic party. and the condi.
tion of the States finances was
never SO good as now. The people
are satisfied with the management
OF their public affairs, and the Dem
eeratic party of the State is in good
condition, as was shown in the last
election by the way Kentucky
wrtbstood the Republican landslide
In the nation. And yet here re
turns this long-lost Senator, still
candidate for the Senate, hurting
defiance at the machine bugaboo,
saying things have not been run
right since he left, and that he is
willing to save the people from the
impending danger by running for
the Senate once more. He is will
ing to demonstrate to them that
there is but one way they can throw
off the calling yoke of this tyran-
nical machine, and that is to send
him to the Senate just another