The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-10-19
What The Fight Is

We clip the following from the May
..d Monitor. a Democratic paper pub
I..hcd at May6eld. Kentucky:
The present campaign Is not mere
Ea light between the in and outs
as the machine organs would have the
Y,uplc believe.
lts fight Of the people to dislodge
fhr Frankfort machine a well organ-
scd Dot Of politicians. handed together
for the purpose Of controlling all the
offices Of The State and Sling their ca
pac.uus pockets from the State treas
Ir,
And Il is fight that n Of much
greater import 70 the people than they
can az present realize because machine
politics In Kentucky. a. applied 10 the
State. ia comparatively recent thing.
and Il is hard Tor the people 10 under
stand 10 many evils and the great dan
yer attending is pefpetuaton.
Machinism represents all that b. bad
boz politics. Il is practical politics gone
'o .rcd The greatest graft 20 The
malcst number b. the motto Of the
machine politician. Siatesmanship and
patriotism are completely eliminated
from his creed. The people are all
dumb driven cattle" 10 him. pussess-
ing neither private nor political rights
which he Is bound 10 respect and be-
,ond the means they afford Tor graft
NIug his greed Tor graft and lust for
power excite no intercs, In he uncon-
,,ionablc soul
The Frankfort machine IL modern In
ever respect The INST up.to-datc APP
planes Tor extracting money frum
the peoples pockets and foohng them
INTO the belief that they are being rob
bed FOR their own good are employed.
scientific experts. who know all the
ins and outs Of machine politics, are IN
charge. and nothing that will bring
,hckels into the hands Of the machine
or Increase IL power for Perpctuation
BE- being neglected
This IL the machine which Bcckham,
lager. a Co. built, and for which they
are asking a new ease Of life. II has
already cost the state untold thousands
in extravaganza and misfcasance, and
vhat Il has COSTS a mere bagaielle To
what Il will cost u continued in power
This Is a machine which the people
are fighting and which they would
sweep from the face Of the earth Il
they could realize half Of ia ro,tcness.
This Is the machine which Mcssr
Bcckham and lagcr are expecting TO
put them In power and give one six
and the other four years more at the
public crib.
This Is a machine which started out
20 build a new State capitol for eight
hundred thousand dollars and asked
the Legislature Tor two million before
the foundation was completed
This is the machine that paid $4,000
for a $40. 600 bot for a capitol site.
This IA the machine that paid $1,000
for capitol plans when they were oiicr'
oi plans by a reputable architect Tor
Sl6.OOO, and this same architect offered
10 give bond to build the capitol Tor
SS25, 900
This is the machine that paid $4,000
FOR printing. when under their contract
It should have cost Si,OOO; andat anoth-
cr time they give away $1,000 or
N3,OO In the same manner.
This Is the machine that paid Sl2i,O0
for extra attorneys fees to their pets
in four years.
This is the machine that lowered the
rate Of taxation "a cents on the hun
bred and raised the value Of property
y per cent, making the tax much
higher than before.
This Is the machine that has taxed
everything In sight and levied back