Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-07-05
FORMAL
ENTRANCE
Of Senator Jas. B. McCreary
Into the Race for United
States Senator.
CARD TO THE VOTERS.
Candidate For Reelection
In Coming Democratic
Primary,
CARD TO THE VOTERS.
Candidate For Reelection

10 THE DEMOCRATS OF KENTUCKY:
have in various newspaper inter-
views declared my candidacy for
United States Senator, and | now, |
over my own signature, submit to |
you my candidacy for the nomina- |
ton as United States Senator ac-
to the plan announced by
the Democratic Executive Commit |
tee Of Kentucky.
For the honor conferred upon me
in 1902, when / was elected United
States Senator, am sincerely crate
full. | have tried to be faithful and
efficient, and the manner in which ]
have discharged my official duties /
leave to the unprecedented Judgment
of the people of Kentucky.
| have always been in favor Of
primary elections fairly and legally
held, and I have always been oppos-
ed to bossism or machine rule. When
l was first candidate for United
States Senator the other candidates
and myself agreed to a primary
election to be held two months be
fore 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 re-
fused to order a primary election.
The proposed primary election is
ordered 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 con-
ventions in our State to nominate
for State officers 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 believed
that said primaries should not occur
when presidential or congressional
elections are held, so that national
or State issues would be separated.
The primary election ordered to
be held on the 9th of November will
occur on the regular election day,
when representatives in Congress
will be elected, and this primary
election was called eighteen months
before the election of a United
States Senator by the General AS
sembly, and two years and eight
months before the Senator elected
can take his seat in the United States
Senate, and candidates for State
offices will be nominated twelve
months before they can be elected,
the call for a primary to nominate
them so early is in violation of the
rule adopted by the Democrats at
the last State convention in 1904.
The success of the Democratic
party should be paramount to the
of the individual, and gov
erning authorities of the Democratic
party should act for the benefit of
the whole Democratic party and not
for the benefit Of a few Democrats.
The outlook for Democratic vic
tory in the next national election is
brighter than it has been for years
and becoming more favorable every
day. Kentucky Democrats must
give no aid to rule or ruin" politics,
but uphold wise and just politics
that will keep Kentucky in the Dem
ocratic column with an increased
Democratic majority.
| have perfect confidence in the
Democrats Of Kentucky. and / will
ingly and gladly submit to their
judgment and their action in my
aspiration for the second term in
the United States Senate.
/ have always been a faithful,
loyal Democrat, and ! have worked
and made speeches in every cam
paign in our State for thirty years.
and / have always when in office