The Breckenridge news., 1906-08-22

ana before you are uOne Wltn IL. IL
will STINK. And, in that event, what
of the campaign to followH The Dem
ocrats owe their possession Of Kentucky
to the fatuous blind folly of the Re-
publicans rather than any merit, OF
wisdom of theiI own. More unpopular
leadership tnsn we have commonly
had could hardly be convinced. 1t is
only q question of time when, IL it be
persevered in. we shall loose the State.
The Courier Journal is indifferent
who fill the offices so that the people
control the electorate, whether the
electorate takes the form OF the old
fashioned Conven tion OF the new-fash-
ioned Primary. On the whole, we
prefer the Convention because we
think old ways are best. The Primary
under existing conditions is too com
plicated. 1t offers too many oppor'
TUNES for the rich and unscrupulious
to get in their work. One OF these days
the people will Just rear back on their
hind legs and, when they do, the
practical politician" will hear some
thing drop which they will never for
get, AS disinterested monitor. the
Courier Journal again sounds none Of
warning AS the enemy OF none of the
factions, or the asp'rants, but the
would be friend of them all-that is of
all who are honest usn and true Dem
ocrats-it tells them that they are
travelling over unc ertain ground by
devious paths that there are slnkholes
ahead and that. unless they re-estab.
lish themselves IN the public conf
dence. they will soon, or late, fall
upon a ground swell.
There is but one way to secure any
firm footing and that is to do right
He who sees this and acts upon
it Will most Of all in the long run COM
mend himself. And so we say, with
prejudice to no one, down with the
practical black flag OF dog eat dog
practical politics, and up with the
banner of Democracy, both untarnish-
ed and unterihed, bearing not the
names of greedy, self see king men but
OF great, enduring measures; the Res
torstiou of the States TO their proper
place in the National orbit and the
stay of the onward sweep of Federal
Capitalization and Ansolutism; the
total subjection of the Money Power,
wherever it projects Its head above
the horizon which justly bounds tine
fairly granted franchise and protects
the rights of property, to.tne law the
reduction of the Tariff Schedules to q
Revenue basis for the support, and
only the support, of the General Gov
eminent, economically administered.
Pat no man in Office who sets his
ambition above these doctrines of
Democracy, or who may be suspected
OF preferrng himself to his pa rty and
mis- country. Let us upon the threshold
OF a whole hearted reunion of Dem
ocrats aud a return to power as a re.
suit Of that reunion, recur to first
principles. There was a time when
no man could do a shady action in
K entucl:y and politically live There
was time when the party law was
the will OF the majority. Integrity
was rot only at a premiu N II was the
standard, and no aspIant dared subject
himself TO so much as the intimation
Of untairness. The field was as clear
as sunshine and as or en- as the day.
The people who still hew the wood
{ and draw the water and pay the taxes
and vote the ticket want to see some.
thing more tnan personal self seeking
among their public men, and their
sense of pride IN their public men is
not yet lost for the lack of the wit and
learning and genius and eloquence
which once dlstingu ished Kentucky in
the National Councils, snd.which they
hope to see once again at the fore front
of the battle as in the days of CIitten-
den and Clay ana Hardin, of the Breck.