The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-09


for office that these wet" interests
do not conspire TO defeat him.
III Il is impossible 20 bring about
his defeat In party action, they turn
their influence TO defeat him after he
is nominated. They have no party
convictions beyond the stillhouse and
are political guerillas fighting to the
death every aspirant for office who
does not bow down and accept orders
from them.
At two recent meetings of the state
Central Committee these interests
have been much in evidence and Il
has been conclusively shown that the
committee majority no longer repre-.
SCENTS the welfare and success of the
Democratic party but Is under the
domination and control of - whisky
and beer interests TO carry out Us or.
ders even &C the expense OF the par.
tvs success. They nave erected thcir
altar g. Baal. consisting on n whisky
barrel and beer keg and those who
who ask office and fail to do obci.
sance TO them are marked for slaugh.
ter
Two years ago these people sup.
ported McCreary for United States
Senator, not that they loved Nc
Creary, but because his opponent, J.
G. w. Beckham, dared to declare for
the county unit. Today, because
Beckham HAPPENS to be for McCreary
and for no other reason, these are
the people who have chiefly been be
mind all opposition in the party To
McCreary's nomination and are now
aid and help to Addams whom
they have persuaded to believe that
he has chance to be nominated.
We are reasonably Indifferent TO |
either the defeat of the adoption OF |
the county unit measure but We are |
keenly alive and deeply interested in |
the success Of the Democratic party, l
" hich means Infinitely more to the
welfare and advancement of Ken
lucky than whether a certain number
Of saloons shall be put out OF bust |
ness or continued in business We
are confident that our position is
shared by hosts Of Democrats who
vote either dry or wet" and by
ONE loyal Democrats engaged in the
of liquor. whom The
gods would destroy, they first make
mad" and the policy of the liquor
and beer combine is digging its own
grave and If persisted in will dc.
stroy the very interests il seeks to
conserve.
For many years the Louisville and
Nashville railroad occupied in Ken
lucky the position which the wet"
interests conspire to fill. 1t had con.
troll of the Democratic organization in
the state when its nominations were
equivalent to election. II defeated
hosts of fine men who would not
wear its collar. The l.. & N. had both
more brains and character behind il
than the beer and liquor crowd but
its rule became so distasteful to the
party that twas thrown off and re
pudiated. During all this period the
l.. * n. had to fight at each session
Of the legislature many measures
which struck at its very vitals. Ten
years ago the l.. 4 n. saw the mis-
take of this policy and withdrew from
an active participation in politics and
trusted to the wisdom of the people
to give II a square deal. Ii has got
ten il and the best of treatment and
perfect fairness since il has adopted
this policy. What was a wise course
Tor the l.. * N. to pursue, and the on
" course which saved il from unfair
and hostile legislation, We commend
to the wet" interests before it is
too late. II the people are trusted to
deal fairly and justly with any inter
est, history has demonstrated that
the trust has never been misplaced.
II the great Democratic party would
not submit to the dictation to this
greatest organization, with more I
brains and character behind it than
any In the State. We can be very .
sure that it will not tolerate the 4,
lydra-head of bossism that has been
raised by the combined liquor inter ,
ssts. They may succeed in defeating
he Democratic party II 1t refuses TO
10 its bidding but 1t will be the Sam
son act and they wilIbe fd1ever buried
inder the defeat that they bring I
about. There are tens OF thousands
If Democrats, who are now honesty
opposed to the extension of the Coun- I
" Unit who will not submit to the !
lictation OF the Democratic party by .
he brewers and distillers. No inter-
st is big enough to control the Dem
,cratic party and any interest which
lttempts II marks It's own ruin, aud