The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-04-17
SENATOR BRADLEY
TAKES. STUMP.
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every little dog that banks at my
heels especially every little anonymous
dog, l would not be able to travel any
distance. The man who is ashamed
10 make public his name is not enti-
tied to decent respect.
1t 1t not my purpose TO discuss
whether my election was a calamity to
the party or a calamity to some of the
officeholders who have fattened at the
public crib for eleven years and who
may probably not longer continue the
feast and who now cry calamity"
Notwithstanding the hearty congratu-
lations 10 me after the election. 1t
is entirely unnecessary to refer to
those Republicans who did all in their
power to prevent that election and who
even yet cannot be reconciled. The
Republican who regrets the election
of a Republican United States Sem
ator and who makes false charges
concerning its accomplishment will in
ninety-nine instances out of a hundred
be found 10 be Federal officeholder,
who would rather hold his job than
zee the party succeed and who is Wild
iy struggling to get into what he
thinks is the band wagon" What a
terrible calamity it would be should
he get in the wrong wagon or even
If he gets into the right one and finds
that his candidate is not mere dis
pehser Of patronage.
II is surely unnecessary for me to
make an apology in this place for sup
porting for the nomination for the Pres
idency the man whose name for some
time appeared at the masthead of
your local paper, who broke bread at
at the table of your genial postmas-
ter and who in the fall OF 1906 was in
troduced in this town by your able re-
preventative in Congress as the next
President of the United States, the Hon.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, notwith-
standing these gentlemen have since
changed their opinions. Let no man
so away from this place and state
that | have uttered an unkind word
of Mr.. Taft. He is an able and dis
tinguished American citizen who has
shown himself to be endowed with
patriotism and craftsmanship, and If
he should be nominated and my
strength admits of it | shall be found
fighting his battle on the firing line,
while many Of those who have tradu-
ced me are reposing in the shade of
their luxurious homes. There are
many who are brave and active in
their own party when a nomination
is to be made, but who are unwilling
TO expose their persons TO the sings
and arrows of their adversaries. There
are many who speak glibly and de-
finantly in conventions whose courage
oozes from the finger ends when con-
fronted by their enemies. There are
many who can becomingly wear kid
gloves and silken hose who can Meth
er give nor take blows to or from
the enemy. Those men are splendid
on dress parades but worth nothing for
actual service. When they have fought
as many battles and won as many
victories for the Republican party as
those they traduce their criticism may
be Needed but until that time they
will fall on unwilling ears and attract
as little notice as the passing wind
that like them, "bloweth where It
listeth." 1t would be entirely unneces-
sary that | should enter into a dis |
cussion of the Brownsville incident or
the speeches of Mr.. Taft regarding
negro suffrage for whether he was
right or wrong they have caused an
unfriendly feeling and bitter opposi-
ton among the negroes of the nation.
Some glibly say Damn the Niger"
They may say this as much as they
choose but that does not alter the fact
that the negroes hold the balance of
power in Missouri, Kentucky Mary
land, West Virginia, Ohio Illinois In
diana, New Jersey and New York. Nor
is 1t necessary that l should enter
into discussion of the merits of the
various opinions rendered by Judge
Taft affecting the labor question.
Whether just or unjust organized la
Dor through its leaders, on that ac-
count oppose him and declare that
they will not support him.
In the event that Mr.. Taft should
be nominated l hope that these dis
cordant elements may be pacified and
/ will do as much as lies in my pow
er to accomplish that result. / do
not say that Mr.. Taft cannot be elect
ed If nominated, but l do say that
others can more easily and certainly
be elected. That Judge Taft is the Presi-,
dents favor1ite l do not doubt but /
doubt as little II the President can
transfer all his strength to him. Fair
banks, Hughes, Cannon and Knox are
all the friends of the President. In
deed l should dislike to believe that
Judge Taft is his only friend among
these great leaders. | favor the nomi- |