The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
NOn-Partisan Possibilities.


nor made a special appeal to Demo
Gratis, and he has already pledged him
self to a non-partisan administration
In the matter of the policy of the
government of the State he can moi
possibly carry out any partisan meas
ure. The Senate will be Democratic
by decisive majority, and no parti-
san legislation can be enacted. The
House will be so close that the Demo
Gratis can not take any partisan action,
and even if they could put a partisan
measure through the Legislature they
will not have the votes to pass it over
the Governors veto. So far as partisan
legislation is concerned there will be
deadlock. Certainly it is fortunate
for Kentucky that the Republicans
have not absolute sway.
There will be an opportunity for the
Governor to use his influence to bring
his party in the Legislature to the sup
port of wise, progressive and non-par-
tisan measures that may be proposed
by Democrats. The Democrats will
have chance to put to the test the
un-partlsan pretension of the Republi-
cans, both in the executive Office and
in the Legislature.
There are certain duties that will de-
volve entirely upon the Governor in
the discharge of which he will be in no
way restricted by the Democrats of the
Legislature. These duties will largely
concern the appointment of officers and
the control of the various State insti-
tutoins. The Governor will have an
opportunity to be consistent by APP
pointing men to Office, regardless of
their political utilization. i, His ap-
pointments will be closely scrutinized.
Thus far there has been no sugges-
ton of the possibility of a chance for
any man for any place whoE.is mot
regular old-line Republican. There
are many candidates already. for every
place in the gift of the newly elected
State officials. The pressure on the
Governor will make it impossible for
him to appoint any but Republicans.
The same thing is true in the main of
the situation in Louisville. Mayor
Grinstead will retain an occasional
Democrat Of the Bingham regime, but
there is not yet any intimation that
he will appoint to officezany man save
Republican. Democrats haveInever
expected anything else; they have
never doubted that the Republicans
will use their victory to the limit of
its possibilities for the strengthening
of the Republican party in this State,
and evidently the Republican idea of
strengthening the party is in giving
all of the offices to men who have
been brought up in the Republican
party.
Democrats will not criticize this
course, save to point to it as an evil
dence of the shallowness and sham of
the pretens in that there has been any
non-partisan elements in the RepubIi-
can campaign.
The chief Republican newspaper in
the State has strikingIy displayed the
characteristic prejudice of the average
Republican.
In its comments on the Senatorial
contest it advises every Republican to
stand pat for the election of a Repub-
lican to the Senate. Wherever it has
unrestrained authority we NAV expect
the new Republican administration to
be Thoroughly partisan. 1t will be par
tisan in all of the appointments to
office and it will be partisan in the
Senatorial contest. A Democratic
majority is the only thing thaty stands
in the way of a partisan Republican
legislative program.-Le Ga
zette.