The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-07-27
Announcement Of Senator James
b McCreary.


have in various newspaper interviews
declared my candidacy for United
States Senator, and l now, over my
own signature, submit to you my can
didacy for the nomination as United
States Senator according to the plan
announced by the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee of Kentucky.
For the honor conferred upon me in
1902 when was elected United States
Senator l am sincerely grateful. l
have tried to be faithful and efficient,
and the manner in which l have dis
charged my official duties l leave to
the unprejudiced judgment of the people
of Kentucky.
| have always been in favor of pri-
mary elections fairly and legally held,
and l have always been opposed to
bossism or machine rule. When | was
first a candidate for United States
Senator the other candidates and my
self agreed to primary election to be
held two months before the election of
United States Senator by the General
Assembly, but the State Democratic
Committee did not deem it for the best
interests of the Democratic party, and
refused to order primary election.
The proposed primary election is or
dered to be held many months earlier
than any primary election to nominate
either State officers or United States
Senator was ever held in Kentucky, or
in any other State. For many years
primaries or conventions in our State
to nominate candidates for State. Offices
have been held in May or'June Of the
year in which the candidates nominated
were to be voted for at the November
election, and it has been heretofore be-
lieved that said primaries should not
occur when Presidential or Congress
ional elections are held, so that national
and State issues would be separated.
The primary election ordered to be
occur on the regular election day when
Representative in Congress will be
elected, and this primary election was
called eighteen months before the cleo
ton of United States Senator by the
General Assembly, and two years and
eight months before the Senator elect
ed can take his seat in the United
States Senate, and candidates for State
Offices will be nominated twelve months
before they can be elected, and the call
for primary to nominate them so early
is in violation of the rule adopted by
the Democrats at the last State Conven-
ton in 1904.
The success of the Democratic party
should be paramount to the success of
any individual, and the governing au-
thorities of the Democratic party
should act for the benefit of few
Democrats.
The outlook for Democratic victory
in the next national election is brighter
than it has been in years, and beconI-
ing more favorable every day. Ken
lucky Democrats must give no aid to
rule or RUM policies, but uphold wise
and just policies that will keep Ken
lucky in the Democratic majority.
have perfect confidence in the Dem
ocrats of Kentucky, and | willingly and
gladly submit to their judgment and
their action my aspiration for second
term in the United States Senate.
have always been a faithful, loyal
Democrat, and l have always when IN
office given all of my time to the faith
full discharge of my duties, and when
our State had been Republican several
years, and was requested by the
Democratic authorities to take charge
Of the campaign in 1900, managed the
campaign, visited many counties in the
State, and organized and made many
speeches, and with the aid of my
brother Democrats we redeemed the
State from Republican rule and gave
a majority to our candidate for Cover
nor and our candidate for President.
Precedents are not lacking in Ken
lucky for giving to her Senators, whose
services have proven satisfactory,
second and even third terms, and as
Democrats have not objected to or
criticised my record l am asking an
endorsement
Legislation on important questions
and the great issues now before our
| country concern the welfare of the