The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1907-09-25

and the law, or the Ninth command
ment was recklessly disregarded. I
shall place the more charitable con-
struction upon 1t and adopt the for
mer conclusion. 1t was there stated
that "the present administration had
stolen cents from the sinking fund.
BY doing this they were able to have
more for the general expenditure
fund" Now the facts are, that the
legislature of 1904 reduced the sink
ing fund from 5 cents to cents be-
cause the bonds of the state had been
paid and 2 cents was sufficient to pay
the interest on the school bonds, a
perpetual obligation of the state. The
8 cents taken from the sinking fund
was added to the school fund as was
an additional ~ cents, which was
taken from the general expenditure
fund. II any one will take the pains
to refer to Chapter 1S of the Acts of
1904, he can verify this statement, and
am confident that he will conclude
that the legislature exercised much
wisdom in augmenting the school fund
and increasing the facilities for en-
Tightening the ignorant, for recent
events certainly demonstrate that
there are those abroad in the land
who could very proftably take few
draughts from the "Pierian Spring."
My distinguished opponent is quot
ed as having said that l promised the
Rev. M. B. Adams, president Of the
Anti-Saloon League, that if the Dem
ocrats held a convention, he (Presi-
dent Adams), could write the temper
ance plank in the Democratic plat
form.
For the truth or falsity of that state
ment, fellow citizens, l refer you to
Doctor Adams.
Mr.. Wilson says there ought to be
change in the Observation-Disclosures
he ought to be elected. Why, he does
not tell you for certain. The strong
est argument in his favor, probably,
is the "magnificently courageous
stands he took in favor of Johnny
cakes and buttermilk" He does not
think I ought to be candidate be-
cause l have been a candidate three
times before. He does not think I
ought to aspire to greater honors than
my state has already conferred upon
me. He says have served as county
judge Of my county, as state treasurer,
and then as auditor, and am now the
Democratic nominee for governor and
through the process of rotation" four
years hence l will be candidate for
the United States senatorship.
Will Not Again Be Candidate.
Fellow citizens. 1 am profoundly
grateful to the people of Kentucky for
the great honors that have come to
me through their generous bestowal
of confidence and trust, and whether
or not l am still further honored by
their continued confidence, by being
elevated to the chief magistracy of
my state, say most positively, l will
not be a candidate for the United
States senate or any other office with
in the gift of the people of Kentucky
the noblest and proudest constituent
cy that any man in the civilized world
ever served.
Mr. Wilson has been a candidate
for twenty-five years, and the nominee
of his party for state senator once,
and for congress four times, but with
much regularity and great precision
and perfect ease he has each time
been defeated. All this, however,
should not initiate against him now
for he is not candidate, but a mis-
sionary. understand he feels that
he has been called; but you have all
doubtless read that "many are called
but few are chosen"
Public Printing An Explanation Of
Laws.
Mr. Wilson, in his poverty of cam
paign thunder, has undertaken to draw
an indictment against the Democratic
administration for the payment of a
printing bill for $4,000 for 10000
teachers registers and trustees rec
ord books, made by the second class
printer and furnished to the counties
in 1902. The charge is that the work
could have been done for several
thousand dollars less if it had been as
signed to the first class printer.
The law Classics the work and the
board has nothing whatever to do with
assigning work.
In the first place, it is the duty of
the printing commission. composed of
the governor, auditor, treasurer, sec
rotary of state and attorney general,
every two years to let all the public
printing, which is by law divided into
four classes to the lowest and host