The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-12-25
Governer WlllSen'S Inaugural
Address.
Continued from last week.
ASKS HELP TO BE USEFUL.

help to be truly useful, that nc
thought of my wishes, interest.
or ambitions be permitted to clouc
my judgment or narrow my sym
pathies and weaken my usefulness
"Our form of government is nc
longer an experiment, but is ar
established and a mighty govern
ment of law and order, maintain
ed for more than a century, anc
precious beyond the belief ano
power to describe.
''Our law, the will of all the
people and the common heritac {
of every soul in our State, does
not request but commands us,
each and every one, to obey, ir
order that every one OF us shall
have its full and equal protection,
that no one shall trespass upon the
liberty of the just rights of any
other and that every one shall in
peace and safety enjoy all that is
his own.
WHAT THE LAWS PROVIDE.
ITO all who obey it's covenant
to give protection in life and lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness.
Upon all who break the law we
covenant to impose punishment.
The protection of all who obey the
law and the punishment Of all who
break it must be so quick, so sure,
so severe, that no one shall dare to
take the risk.
There are many great and no.
BILE pages in the history of our
own old Kentucky. Everywhere
throughout the State | have found
the people honest, brave, true and
k nj, even to a fault; SO it ever
was and so | trust and believe il
ever shall be.
CONDEMNS CRIMINAL VIOLENCE.
Let us kindle anew the flame
in the torch of liberty enlightening
The world. In the name of every
Kentuckian who has fought for
liberty in all of our wars, for the
sake of every Kentucky man or
woman who, in the countless paths
Of peace, has striven or toiled Or
suffered in our every day life for
liberty, | sound the call for every
man and woman in the State to
condemn and strive to punish the
crime, violence and disorder which
,hames us in the sight of God and
nan, to drive from the sight OF
he civilized world the brutal men
tce of mob law, and Iappeal to all
If the people here and all of our
kentucky people throughout the
tate, as | hope to appeal in "a few
lays to their representatives in the
ieneral Assembly.
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
Can we not all get together
long enough to set right some
things which we all know are
wrongs Can we not all agree to
suspend our never-ending argu-
ments over political theories and
who shall hold Office long enough
to have fair, square understand
ing with each other, so that every
one in the State viii love Ken
lucky because it is just and fair'
Can any one believe that good
Law comes of injustice, inequality
or unfairness, The merchant OF
ioday avoids sharp bargains and
hard bargains and tries to build
up "A great trade by dealing fair to
all. Does any man or woman any
where believe that Kentucky has
advanced in honor or character OF
nobility of heart or soul in eivili-
zation, in the welfare or happiness
of its people by any inequality or
unfairness in districting the State
or framing the election law?
UNFAIR POLITICAL ACTION.
Does any Democrat believe to-
day, after it has been fully tried
out, that changing districts to help
prominent or ambitious party men
here and there or to get or hold on