The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1907-09-18

; with emphasis the features of all.
Kentucky Democrats faithful to
Promises.
The Democratic party is and has al
ways been the party Of the people. 1t
Is in favor Of equal and exact Justice
TO all and against any class or special
legislation. by which one person prof
! It's and another suffers disadvantage.
It believes that every man. whatever
and however lowly may be his station
In life. shall have an equal chance
under the law and that be shall not
be Disseminated against. 1t Is op-
posed to the policy Of protective tar
lff under the Ubiquitous operations OF
which great trusts are formed and
fostered and reasonable competition,
which Is the life of free Americas in
dustries. is crushed out.
In Kentucky ours is not a party Of
promises only, but party Of perform
ances as we'll 1t has never made a
pledge to the people Of the state that
Il has not faithfully and scrupulously
/ kept. Along It's course are no haunt
/ ing spirits Of unfaithfulness. The
/ McChord railroad bill, promised by the
/ Democratic party to the people, which
was passed by the legislature of 1898
! but vetoed by Governor Bradley. has
/ become law. under the just opera
| tons Of which freight rates in the
| commonwealth have been lowered and
| euualiZed TO the great benefit of the
! shipper.
A uniform school book bill. the en-
actment of which was pledged by the
! Democratic party to the people, has
been placed upon the statute books.
and under Its provisions and opera
tons the price of the school books
used in our common schools has been
materially reduced, to the advantage
of the children of the state. In these,
as in all pledges made, the Democratic
party has kept faith with the people
and has not been content with mere
vaporings or high-sounding declara-
tons.
Without any pledge the Democratic
party has given the people of Ken
lucky such temperance legislation as
the sentiment of the times demanded.
AS between these two parties and
the policies and principles represent
! ed by each, you are to choose. You
are the final arbiters, and to your
| judgment and choice the Democratic
party pledges itself to bow in humble
submission.
! l love the state of Kentucky. It's
very name is music to my ear. 1t is
the synonym of bravery and of chiv-
airy In whatever land or cline a
Kentuckian may roam, his energies
are renewed. his strength increased
and his dropping spirits raised, when
he hears floating out upon the air the
strains of that sweetest Of all songs.
my Old Kentucky Home"
For State Development, Industrial,
Moral and Educational.
am deeply interested in the devel-
opment of our state N every sense
that the word implies - industrial.
moral and educational It is my de-
commerce the yet untold and undevel-
oped resources of our great common
wealth
In the mountains to the east, and
In the lower lands to the west, are
vast deposits Of coal and other min
erals, and even in the central counties
are great veins and beds of mineral
wealth. These I wish to see developed
and brought into market, so that the
world may learn Of our wealth and
we may keep abreast of other states
In the march of progress. | endorse,
without reserve, every organization
and every agency that has for its pur-
pose the agricultural, industrial, min
eral and commercial advancement of
the state AS the running stream car
ries its sparkling crystals into the
greater body of water into which it
flows, so would | have the stream OF
development carry into the markets
of the world the wonderful resources
Of our state To the end that this
development may be the more fully
assured, | am in favor Of wise and
liberal laws affecting commercial en-
terprises L am in favor of such laws
as will invite the investment of cap
ital in the state and protect such in
vestment, rather than Of laws that
would brighten capital away or hedge
1t about with too many and unjust re-
strictions I am in favor Of all laws
as well as all agencies tending to en-
courage the formation and establish
ment Of new industries and placing
them in operation. Every new indus