Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-24

doctrine that a treaty can override
the laws Of a state in regard to their
school system II had gone to Cali
fornia and made an argument in de-
tense Of the right Of the state to con-
troll its affairs, If had gone there two
years ago, ! could not have made the
people to understand the importance
OF the question, but the moment the
right Of these people to control their
school system was attacked, then all
the Republicans Of California became
Democrats on the subject of school
control, and now the president has
proposed the national incorporation OF
railroads and other great corpora
tons; and, my friends, as long as
the American people understand that
the purpose Of the national incOrpor-
ations is to take out of the hands Of
the people Of the state the control of
their state affairs, and carry that con-
troll to Washington, and place it down
there where it is almost impossible
to reach your representatives, there
will be a revulsion of feeling against
that doctrine as against the doctrine
announced in California, and you will
find the American people. Republican
, as well as Democrats, lining up in be-
half of the doctrine set forth in the
constitution, that while congress is
supreme In the affairs of interstate
commerce, the state is supreme in the
control of the things that concern its
own people and its own people alone.
so that where the president
has been Democratic he has
gained popularity, and whore he
has been un-Democratlc no has
lost popularity, and thus by his
good deeds and by his bad once
he has proven the strength Of
Democratic ideas In this cou1-
try.
| If any of you think that the Repub
licans ever won victory In the last
twelve years, I want to remind You
that after twelve years Of complete
power, after rather eleven, during
which they have had the president.
senate and the house, they have never
been able to impress upon this coun-
try one single Republican idea. There
is not one Republican doctrine
today that is as strong as it was elev-
en- years ago. That is the result Of
eleven years of Republican supremacy
in the United States, and the Demo
cratic party out of power has been SO
strong that it can coerce a Republi-
can president into the acceptance Of
Democratic ideas IS a basis of his
popularity.
Now, my friend, If this is
true, is it not a bad time for
the Democrats of Kentucky to
become Republicans? Is this not
the time when their faith in
Democracy should be strength
ened rather than weakened7 Is
this not the time when their
hope should be increased rather
than dlmlnIshed7 Is this not
the time when they should 60
forth with a larger zeal rather
than with indifference
I am glad to have this chance to
look into the faces of those who in
the campaigns through which l have
passed have been faithful to the plat
form on which l stood; and | come
here to ask you to be as enthusiastic
in your efforts this fall as you were
when | was your standard bearer. If
there is in this audience one who has
been attached to me, let me beg him
to transfer to Judge Hager and those
on the ticket with him, ami TO Gov
ernor Beckham, the full measure Of
that attachment. My friends, shall
not spend time telling you what splen-
did men these candidates are. l am
satisfied that they deserve your sup
port and that they will ornament the
positions to which they aspire.
shall not dwell upon mattevs of state
Importance, for l cannot know these
things as well as your own speakers.
All that / can do is to come from a
distant state to bear testimony in
your presence to the national charac-
ter Of your campaign. If any Demo
crat ahere thinks it concerns but this
state whether one or another is elect
ed governor, let me say to him that
the influence of your election will
reach to the very borders of the land;
for as we approach national cam
paign, all the things that precede give
indication as to the result of that
campaign, and as the Democrats re-
joiced at the election in Oklahoma be-
cause it indicated trend Of public
sentiment toward Democracy, so a
great victory for our state ticket in
Kentucky viii gladden. the hearts Of
millions of Democrats, for it win pres.
age a victory in Kentucky for Demoo
racy next year; and II you Democrats
who marched to the polls in 1896 and
gave me a majority, if today your love
of Democracy is as warm as it was
then, make the majority larger for
Hager and his ticket this fall.
And, my friends, the election