The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-09-06

trick cannot be worked again upon
the people of this state.
You may fool the people once but
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 underi
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, secretary of
the Republican campaign committee.
These gentlemen, who were looking
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 and others
had, like the Arab, folded their tents
and silently stolen away" it was dis
covered that through a Republican en-
ployee in the auditors office 81 100 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 belief
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 be
attained by her people Aside from
the qualification of any personal am
bition L would like to see my patty
triumph, for l believe that under the
administration of that party, greater
impetus will be given to the develop
ment of the states resources, and that
higher confidence will be inspired and
greater security felt by those who
have investments in the state With
my party in power, better reforms IN
the conduct of the charitable and Pc
nal institutions of the commonwealth
will be promoted; a better common
school system insured, and all the
business of the state will be conduct
ed upon a wiser, sOunder and more
economical basis than would charac-
terize the administration of the Re-
publican party should it be entrusted
with power.
Personally, and as the representa-
tive of that great party which has at
all times stood for the interests Of
the great common people whose cham
piOn 1t has always been, / would not
put the slightest barrier in front of
the progressive movement of the state
In the onward march to its ultimate
destiny of civic and commercial great
ness.
My party has behind it many dec
AIDES of honorable dealings with my
people. and before it many years Of
usefulness to the citizens of the COM
mOnwealth. 1t has to its credit a long
record of unbroken promises, and the
history of the state teens with the
wise and salient influences of it's prin-
ciples and it's policies. In the peace,
quiet and happiness of her people,
Kentucky ranks with the best of the
American states. Old Glory as it I'M
folds to the winds of heaven does not
wave over a better people or a hap
pier land. Nowhere in the land of
the free" are the homes indwelt with
peace and happiness more than in
the "Old Kentucky Home" whose
door opens ever on hospitality to the
stranger and across whose portals
the waves of cheering sunlight roll
and through whose windows pours in
sweetest melody the music that God
with his breath has laid in whispering
symphony upon the trees. Nowhere
under the stars of the blue canopy
! of Gods eternal home are the people
better governed, their interests better
protected, or wiser and more benefi-
cient laws exist than in our own be-
loved Blue Grass State Among
our people rational discomfort is I'M
known and no complaint is made Of
existing conditions, except by the Re-
publican pie hunter" and it is with