The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-27
APPEALTO VOTERS
Of This STATE.
The Fairbanks Men Issue an
Address to the Rank
Ard Set Forth the Advantages to
Be gained by the Nomination
Of the Indianian.

! AS a result of the conference OF
Fairbanks leaders in Louisville Tues
day an address to the Republicans OF
Kentucky was issued appealing to
them TO stand by the Vice President
/ for the presidential nomination.
The address to the voters prepared
by two representatives from each con-
y gressional district was adopted as fol-
I lows:
! To the Republicans of Kentucky: Al
conference of Republicans of the
State of Kentucky this day held in
Louisville Ky, in the interest of Vice
! President Charles w. Fairbanks, this
address to the Republicans of Ken
lucky was adopted and was directed
to be signed by the undersigned COM
mittee and published.
| The great majority of the Republic
can voters of Kentucky have no selfish
interest in the outcome OF the strug-
gle for the Presidential nomination,
but do most earnestly desire the nomi-
nation of a candidate who can GER
tainly be elected. They also anxious
ly desire the nomination of a candidate
who can carry Kentucky.
Conceding the distinguished ability
and services of Mr.. Taft, we believe
that it might prove unwise to nomi-
nate him, for the reason that the
labor vote and the negro vote are hos
tile to him and because his campaign
is being directed and controlled by
Federal office holders and if nomina-
ted his nomination will be chiefly due
TO their activity and efforts, which
fact will in our judgment greatly weak
en- him as a candidate before the
people.
If the Republican party is to win
in the nation this year it must have
for its Presidential candidate one who
will appeal to and command every ele-
ment of party strength. The loss to
our ticket of a substantial portion of
the Republican labor vote, or of the
negro vote, or of a large stay-at-
home or Indifferent Republican vote,
would make almost certain the cleo
ton of a Democratic President. The
loss to us of all these elements would
make certain Democratic success.
We believe that Vice President Fair
banks, Indiana's favorite son and our
friend and neighbor, would combine
these and all elements of party
strength and that if nominated he will
be triumphantly elected. We also be-
lieve that his nomination will insure
Kentucky's electoral vote for the
Republican ticket.
We believe that the exalted charac-
ter the distinguished and patriotic
services of the Vice President his un-
swerving and effective devotion to the
great principles and policies of our
party throughout his career and es-
pecially during the Mckinley and
Roosevelt administrations, his freedom
from political entanglements or
ments of political entanglements, or
elements of political weakness his
personality and life history all con-
personality and life history all con-
didate of our party in thegreatt ST
didate of our party in the great
struggle that is approaching.
The Republicans of Kentucky are
not ingrates. They know that the
of no State in the Union
have stood by them as have the Re-
publicans of Indiana. This has always
been true. Never have the Republi-
cans of Kentucky asked a favor of
the Republicans of Indiana that was
not accorded. Their kindness to us
has been so uniform so varied and of
such long standing that we know it
to be Of the noblest most unselfish
character. To-day we are the ever
lasting debtros OF Indiana. Our in
debtedness we can never fully dis
charge. Let us now in this hour of
repay in some small meas.
ure, that Indebtedness by instructing
our delegates to vote for Indiana's
choice. 1t should be the delight of
Republicans to support him.
Let us give him our loyal unstinted
support and we shall not stand alone.
throughout the length
and breath of the country are accept
Ing him as the solution of this strug-
gle. His nomination is the logic of
The situation.
AS Kentucky goes the nation may