The Adair County news., 1907-09-25

pledge. The statement of my oppO-
nent, that l opposed the county unit
bill as long as l dared, is as ridiculous
as his oft-repeated statement that
had told the president of the Anti
Saloon League that ''he might write
the Democratic platform on saloons.
have had the courage to frankly
state my position upon the temper
ance question and did not, like my dis
tinguished opponent, when asked to
do so. express the fear that | might
get broken glass in my bare feet.
Speaker Points to Democratic Record.
| have been a member of the Dem
ocratic state administration for seven
and one-half years, and upon my rec
ord as such official will the intelligent
voters of Kentucky judge what 1 will
do if elected governor in November
next. 1t is the proud boast of my
party that it has never failed to carry
out its platform pledges to the people.
Certainly this has been demonstrated
during the last half dozen years in
the carrying out of the pledges made
by the martyred Goebel in the cam
paign which resulted in his assassina-
ton. AS public treasurer and auditor
Of public accounts, and as state cam
paign manager in the past, | have
contributed to the carrying into effect
Of the pledges made to the people dur
ing campaigns, and l defy my oppo-
nent to cite a single instance in which
I have been guilty of promoting any
legislation in favor of liquor dealers.
or in the slightest degree hindering
legislative measures which were for
the moral upbuilding of the state
Every political party, when in cam
paign. receives contributions to it's
funds, and, doubtless, the party rep
resented by Mr. Wilson in this cam
paign received a similar check for
money to that sent to the Democratic
side in the 1903 campaign.
"The Books" Already Ispected.
My distinguished opponent has
adopted the old war cry of 1895, give
us look at the books" That old
trick cannot be worked again upon
the people of this state.
You may fool the people once bur
you must adopt another game if you
expect it to work-your decoy must
be changed
The fact that not one dollar was
discovered to have been paid out of
the treasury by the Democrats without
warrant of law is too fresh in the
minds of the people of Kentucky for
them to be deceived now.
My friends, the records in the state
Offices are open to the inspection of
the public at all times. For the last
sixty days two clerks in my office have
been kept busy showing the records
to Mr.. Geo. L. Barnes, the postmaster
at Frankfort, formerly a clerk under
Republican Auditor Stone, and who
is perfectly familiar with the records
of that Office; Mr. Todd, who was the.
private secretary of fugitive Taylor.
and Mr.. A. S. Bennett, secretar. of
the Republican campaign committee.
These gentlemen, who were king
for campaign material. will say that
every courtesy has been extended to
them and every public transaction
shown and explained to them.
We invite the most careful and
scrutinizing inspection and examina-
ton of all the public records, and de-
mand that Mr. Wilson and his asso-
ciates give to the public specific rea--
sons for the faith that is in them"
and not confine themselves to glitter
ing generalities, and hints at irregu>-
larities. -
When the Democrats took charge
of the Offices after Taylor aid others
had, like the Arab, folded their tents
and silently stolen away" it was dis
covered that through Republican en-
ployee in the auditors Office s1,100 had
fraudulently and feloniously disap-
peared from the treasury. After the
theft had been discovered and the
money paid back into the treasury
by the head of the department, the
culprit, who was known, WAS con-
tinued in office until the Democrats
took charge. Now, ask, with which
party would you trust the books?
Democratic Administration Proven
Best.
/ am fixed and firm in my beller
that the greatest prosperity to the
/ state can be attained only through the
enforcement of Democratic policies
and that under Democratic admins
tration the highest happiness may
attained by her people. Aside
the qualification of any perso tfo
/ bition would like to see - a. a.
triumph. for l believe tho my par
administration of that co. noef u
impetus will be given ~ ~ eieac