Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-06-29
ANNOUNCES
FOR SENATOR.

coed Hon. James B McCreary, in
the following letter to the Demo
Gratis of Kentucky:
"Your State Executive Commit
tee has called primary election for
November 9Th to nominate candi
date for the q. S. Senate and also
candidates for the State offices, to
be elected next year, and l wish
therefore to submit to you my can
1idacy for the nomination as Sena
tor. You are to be congratulated
that your party committee has de-
that all these contests
should be decided by a primary
election AMI that the people them
selves should have the opportunity
by direct vote to select their candi-
dates for these Offices. 1t is the
fairest and most satisfactory meth
cd of choosing party nominees; it
each voter his own
slate maker" and gives every can
didate the best chance to establish
whatever claim he has before the
people The call for this primary
was made five months before the
election next November and surely
that should be sufficient time for
any candidate to make bis campaign
so when the season fir, m
now on is most favorable for such
work. l have always been in favor
Of the primary plan and / Law
never aspired TO public Office that
l did not prefer to submit my can
Gidacy to direct vote of the poo
pie. Such is the case now and l
heartily indorse the action of your
committee in deciding that your
next Senator shall be chosen By
fair and honest primary. My reli
ance and hope are directly upon
you.
I do not make the boastful claim
that the Democratic party of the
State owes me anything; it owes
nothing to any man. If my ser
vices in the past have been of any
value to either, they should simply
be measured as a criterion to deter,
mine whether or not / can be of
further service to the people in the
work of the Federal
Senate. That body has become
the great battle ground i'll the set
Element of the important issues now
before the people and oil such deep
to their welfare. 1;
by the people of my State
as one of her two representatives
there, / shall 60 there as a Demo
GRAFT, not only in name but also in
principle, with the sincere and
earnest purpose upon broad and
patriotic lines, to serve my Stale
and country in such a way as to
Justify the trust you may repose in
me.
l shall conduct my campaign for
this nomination upon plane
worth of the dignity of the high
office and without any interference
whatever in other contests for
office in that primary.
That some strong elements of op
position will fight me in ambush as
we'll as in the open, we'll know;
that in over six years service as
Governor of the Commonwealth,
l have necessarially in the honest
and fearless performance of my du-
ties incurred the enmity and hostili-
tv of many whose various batteries,
whether concealed or exposed, will
be directed at me in this contest,
is known TO all. Under soUe con
ditions the strength and power f
this opposition might alarm me
Gut as,the result is to be determin-
ed by the vote of the people in this
primary election, have no fears
and shall go into the campaign
with hope and confidence, believ
ing that. whatever may be the re-
suit. it will he the sovereign will q
the people. and if victorious by that
will, the victory will be all tie
more honorable: if defeated, then
defeat without its stag or disap-
pointment, for every man who
seeks public favor must learn to
bow with grace and patriotism be-
fore the expressed will of the PEG
pie.
To you, therefore, l gladly com.
NIT my candidacy, with the assur
ance that if you honor me with this
high station l shall bring to the
discharge of its duties the same
fidelity of purpose. and devotion te
duty with which have always EN-