The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-02-20
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the honesty of her When there have been charges
of lawlessness, moonshinng shooting and other evils
kentuckians have always proudly replied that least
they of their word in this old state and that
dishonesty endured. Many a man has died
because he has used the word liar too freely and
many man has smarted under the contempt of the
community when he has been suspected of even small
thefts. And now there is danger that whole party
will show itself both thief and liar
The Republican party in the last election on
platform which pledged it to a county unit BILL of the
kind now before the state legislature. Every who
found success that ticket we'll the party itself
is bound in honor by the speeches made from every
stump by everything that should bind an honest man.
to keep that pledge to the people of the state and
work with all his night for that bill Not to do so will
be to break his word, and accept the office which he
holds from the people and the money which they are
paying him, under false pretenses. That is theft.
Whether he believes in the bill or every Republican
elected on a promise that he would work for it,
and
Every Republican who shall fail to carry out this
promise will show himself a liar
Every Republican who shall fail to carry out this
promise will show himself Mief.
Every Republican who shall fail to carry out this
promise will show himself enemy Of TEMPERANCE,
of bwe homes of dean H0eS, of lar and order and of all
deeency
promise will show that he is not TT 10 hold 0e in this
that he is not ut TO I0e a0ng honest and kas0a6id
fseRS and that he deserves the contempt and condem
nation of the men he has lied to and deceived.
Every Republican who shall fail to carry out this
promise will deserve all the punishment that his neigh
bors lawfully give him. and should ne0ey be trusted
again
Now everyone knows that these facts There
is danger tho that some Republican will forget them
ard sell their souls bright mess of poage the
senatorship The Citizen has believed and does
not believe that there will be enough such found
to make the deal go thru but the fact that of the
Republicans have talked all the time about the final
election of Bradley shows there is danger. The Citizen
feels that the time has come to say something.
OF course there will be Republican
against the bill The sneaks that trying this
deal thru smooth The plan is this If the Re-
pubicans will give enough send the bill the
the bill and will the legislature the work of killing
it, then the Democrats will with the Republicans
in certain contest and give them enough votes
to elect the Senator Then afterwards, they will
against the Republicans other cases, that
the Democrats will have control of the legislature the
rest of the time.
This plan shows that the that doing this
know they stealing. They do dare against
the BILL but they have got this plan cooked up kill it
another way. Watch every vote the bill and
that you have voted for breaks his word you
There is need to say that there could be great
disgrace to the Repubcanparty than such DEAL
atorshp in such way. 1t would mean the doom of
the party in this state for years, for it would have
broken its with the people, and would not be
trusted again till they had forgotten. But The Citizen
would like plead for the thing asked four
weeks ago: that deal be made with the good Demo-
Gratis and that in return for good laws which should
stand to the credit and the disgrace of the party
a good Democrat should be the Senate. There
is no good reason against the plan.