The Adair County news., 1907-09-18


cratic party or those Of the Republican
party shall prevail. 1t Is contest In
which you as voters are to decide your
preferences 1t is for you to say
whether the state of Kentucky shall
continue its progress under the wise.
| the businesslike, the economical, the
safe and conservative policies which
for nearly eight years have character
lied the Democratic administration: or
whether we shall again be subject to
| the misrule, the mismanagement and
the failure attending Republican ad-
ministration Of public affairs. Would
you rather see our beloved state in
peace and quiet moving on in the line
Of progress to take her place in the
vanguard of states; her fertile fields
full Of the harvest; her cities aglow
with the blaze of industry; CONNER
cial and Industrial prosperity on every
hand; her affairs carefully. ably and
economically administered; free of
debt: law and order prevailing and
taxes at the lowest rate consistent
with a wise and judicious administra
ton Of affairs which follows Demo
cratic palicies; or would you rather
see her peace disturbed. her quiet
broken; her progress checked. her ta%
rate higher. her institutions misman-
aged; incompetence and extravaganza
In state affairs, all Of which marked
the only Republican administration
Kentucky has ever had, and which we
might reasonably expect would chaYac-
terize any Republican administration.
Would you not rather see peace and
quiet at the capital as it is today, I'M
disturbed by the rattle Of arms of the
soldiery; the machinery of govern
ment running smoothly and without
friction; each department Of the state
without challenge performing its func-
lions, or would you rather again wit
ness the scene of governor calling
out the state militia to prevent the
election Of a United States senator.
and the unspeakable horror of riot and
disorder that existed when the great
common peoples governor fell NOR
tally wounded almost at the steps Of
the capitol. while the usurper Taylor
surrounded himself with troops of SOL
diers and denied to the civil authori-
ties the right TO search for the assas-
sin who fired the fatal shot from a
window OF the office Of the Republican
secretary Of state, and not more than
forty feet from where Taylor himself
witnessed the tragedy?
1t is for you to say which of these
pictures is the brightest and fullest of
hope. God forbid that the people Of
this state should ever again witness
such scenes as were enacted when the
then usurper and now fugitive Taylor
filed the state capitol with hordes of
outlaws to intimidate the legislature
and precipitate a reign of riot and
disorder
Issue.
I confess a natural ambition to be
the governor of this, the proudest Of
all the commonwealth; but that am
bition is subservient to the interests
of my people, and it is not upon any
personal claim. but rather for the
Democratic policies and principles I
represent that l ask your support In
this canvass.
The canvass In which we are en-
gagged is contest between the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties upon the
policies of each as affecting the state,
and is a contest in which national
Issues have no part except that upon
the result Of the ensuing election de-
ponds whether or not Kentucky may
be counted on with certainty to cast
it's electoral vote for the Democratic
nominee for president In 1908.
The Republican party has always
been the party of Capitalization. 1t is
the party of high protection, under
whose vicious principles great trusts
have been formed and thrive. 1t is
the party that for campaign purposes
has extorted from the great corpora
lions fabulous contributions, under
promise Of favorable legislation, such
funds so contributed to be used for
corrupting and debauching the Amer
lean ballot.
1t is the same party that, by its in
lquitous policy of protection, taxes to
the American consumer the articles Of
daily use, thus favoring capital and
discriminating against labor. 1t is the
same party that in Kentucky sought
by violence and bloodshed to over
ride the Will of the people, and with
the iron heel of the usurper trampled
In the dust the constitution and the
laws Of the state 1t is the same par
ty that in convention assembled in
1900, when John W. Yerkes was NOM
mated for governor, Endorsed with
out reserve" the ''resolute and patri-
otic", course of w. S. Taylor, which