The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-09-11

used in our common schools has been
materially reduced, to the advantage
of the children of the state. In these,
as In all pledges made, the Democratic
party has kept faith with the people
and has not been content with mere
vaporings or high-sounding declara-
lions.
Without any pledge the Democratic
party has given the people of Ken
lucky such temperance legislation as
the sentiment of the times demanded.
AS between these two parties and
the policies and principles represent
ed by each, you are to choose. You
are the final arbiters, and to your
judgment and choice the Democratic
party pledges itself to bow in humble
submission.
l love the state of Kentucky. Its
very name is music to my ear. 1t is
the synonym of bravery and of chiv-
airy. In whatever land or cline
Kentuckian may roam, his energies
are renewed, his strength increased
and his dropping spirits raised, when
he hears floating out upon the air the
strains of that sweetest of all songs,
"My Old Kentucky Home"
For State Development, Industrial,
Moral and Educational.
am deeply interested in the devel-
opment of our state in every sense
that the word implies - industrial,
moral and educational. 1t is my de-
sire to see floating upon the sea Of
commerce the yet untold and undevel-
oped resources Of our great common
wealth.
In the mountains to the east, and
in the lower lands to the west, are
vast deposits of coal and other min
erals, and even in the central counties
are great veins and beds of mineral
wealth. These / wish to see developed
and brought into market. so that the
world may learn Of our wealth and
we may keep abreast of other states
in the march of progress. | endorse,
without reserve, every organization
and every agency that has for its pur-
pose the agricultural, industrial, min
eral and commercial advancement Of
the state. AS the running stream car
ries its sparkling crystals into the
greater body Of water into which 1t
flows, so would have the stream of
development carry into the markets.
of the world the wonderful resources
Of our state. To the end that this
development may be the more fully
assured, am in favor Of wise and
liberal laws affecting commercial en-
terprises. | am in favor of such laws
as will invite the investment of cap
ital in the state and protect such In
vestment, rather than of laws that
would brighten capital away or hedge
II about with too many and unjust re-
strictions.' am in favor of all laws
as we'll as all agencies tending to en-
courage the formation and establish
ment of new industries and placing
them in operation. Every new indus
try established, every new commercial
enterprise that is launched, every mine
that is opened, every manufacturing
establishment that is put in operation
Is of great benefit to the state, and
though it may of itself mean but little,
1t is a part of the great plan of devel-
opment which we all have In mind
and. which. under proper laws. will,
IN the natural order Of things inevita-
bly, come.
II elected governor II shall be my
constant purpose to advocate and urge
the passage of such laws as will has
ten and insure this development and
thus provide at home a field of labor
and enterprise for our young men. who
constitute the states greatest asset.
kentueky's Future Depends Upon
Education.
Hand in hand with the development
of our state must go the education OF
our sons and daughters. In this ad-
vanced age, when competition is so
sharp and wit meets wit in the keen
encounter, education plays most i'm
portant part in the contest and lends
most powerful aid in the battle that
Is waged. There is no subject In
which / am more deeply Interested
than that of the education Of our
young; for as, the elders fall into the
Scar and yellow leaf" and pass away,
their places must be filled by those
who are boys and girls today, but who
will be the men and women OF to-
morrow. To the state this is a ques-
ton OF vital importance and one which
should be most carefully considered.
I am earnestly in favor Of the improve
ment Of our common school system
and Of increasing the educational facil-
tiles, SO that a good common school
education may be within the reach OF
even the poorest Of the. children OF
this commonwealth. II Is with pleas
ure, I review the action Of the general
assembly In establishing and provid-
ing for two additional normal schools
for the state, which sction was dis
tinct advance toward higher education
and for the better equipment OF our
teachers. We need more and better
common schools and the Improvement
OF our whole common school system.
To insure the betterment OF our com.