The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-06-17

file it as an exhibit in favor of my
candidacy.
Some Claims Upon Fayette.-
Il have some claims upon the Dem
ocracy of Fayette county, for aside
from one regrettable mistake, l have
never failed to support the Fayette
candidates in their seeking after high
Congressional honors. AS a member
of the Legislature years ago. it was
my privilege to support your great and
glorious Beck in his race for the u. S.
Senate
Il most enthusiastically supported
that great man who sleeps over yon-
der,-who so enchanted the world by
his eloquence that the world gave back
to him in repay its verdict as accepting
him as the most eloquent orator of his
time, the Hon. w. C. P. Breckenridge.
In the presence of this Fayette au-
dience this afternoon l want to relate
little historical incident of which |
have never seen record. When the
Mills tariff bill, l believe it was, was
up for discussion before Congress, the
Ways and Means Committee Of which
he was member, asked Colonel
Breckenridge to make the closing adj
dress in behalf of the Committee.
Three Great Orations.
'On that occasion he delivered what
has ever since been regarded as one
OF the most farceful tariff orations on
record. Within two days he appeared
before the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the City of
Philadelphia, and there delivered what
has always been looked upon as the
OTof ToI iric do
livered by a layman, and within two
days from that time, he was in BOs-
ton and delivered there over the re-
mains of distinguished historian the
beautiful grafton which next to Inger
soils Grafton over his dead brother,
has been regarded as the greatest and
most beautiful funeral Grafton this
country has ever heard.
you couldn't imagine three subjects
more diversified than those, and yet
the orations were all delivered within
the space of a week. I mention that
merely as an incident that it may not
be overlooked by him who shall be
chosen to write the life of W. c. P.
Breckenridge.
Supported Colonel Allen.
Il ardently supported Fayette's dis
tinguished son Colonel John r. Allen
in his race for Congress. We went to
our Waterloo on that occasion. | say
to you right here, however, that have
made one serious error with reference
to my political help to Fayette's dis
tingufshed sons. | do not understand
how any sensible man could have vot-
ed two years ago against the gifted
and eloquent Congressman we had at
that time. He was and is my friend.
He was friend of the people, a ready
and capable candidate, ready to dis
charge any duty that was to be per-
formed. 1t was a great wrong, gen.
tlemen, | know it, you know it and
nearly everybody in this district
knows it.
Fellow Democrats of Fayette, |
have come to you here this afternoon,
to say to you that | have had but one
serious political ambition, and that is
to represent this historic district in the
halls of Congress at Washington L.
is a pardonable ambition. The ASH
land Dstrict-what does the name
imply?
Clay Gave District Renown.
"The Great Commoner brought it
into being and gave the district re-
nown.
Il regret exceedingly that this cam
paign fora seat in Congress could not
have been conducted en- a plane per-
hitting fuller discussion OF the ques-
tons affecting rational affairs. OF
course a true and correct interpreted
ton in regard to the tariff question is
the one great dividing line that will
apply to the two parties in the next
Congress.
I'm the last National campa ign. the
Republican party. realizing that they
couldn't much longer deceive the peo-
pie by their broken promises with ref
erence to the tariff legislation. prom
ised that there should lie a reduction
in the tariff, and gentlemen. that was
the question the present President had
to meet in every speech he made in
his campaign. especially in his speech
at Milwaukee in September. 1908, he
assured the people that a reduction in
the tariff should be made
Payne- AIdrich Tariff Fraud