The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-09-13

| the party candidates Wn1rn Will IN
sure general participation Il the cleo
ton, and l believe primary election
according to the st-tutes I Kentucky
Is the best plan to seleC. the nOmi-
nees for the various offic :.
The statutes of Kentu, : prescribe
| the rules and regulations 81 nominal
ing in primary elections candidates
| for State district, county or munich
pal Offices There is no statute regu-
| lating State conventions or county
conventions.
Success is always greatly promoted
IL We have equal rights for all and
| special privileges for none, and OD-
portunties given to all Democrats to
assist in nominating the candidates
| they will support at the general cleo
! ton are encouraging to the voters
The hUmblest Democrat has as much
right TO participate in the nomination
of Democratic State officers as thu
most prominent and influential Dem
ocrat and the farmer in the country
should have equal chances with the
! Democrats in a town or city. Com
parat,ve fw persons attend court
house conventions, and often 100 per
sons, or a less number, in a court
house convention choose delegates or
instruct for candidates, while several
thousand Democratic voters of the
county are absent at their homes
Advantage of Primary.
The government should De brought
close 10 the people. and there can be
no bosses or rings or machines IN con
nectiOn with a primary legally ard
honestly held. and all who know n
know | would not accept a nomination
unless 1t came to me honestly and
fairly. Experience has taught The
people to appreciate primary cleo
tions. In every Democratic county in
Kentucky primary elections are held
to nominate the county officers. and
every State south of Kentucky holds
primary. elections to nominate county
and State officers. and many Of the
Northern and Western States nomi
nate their county and State officers in
primary elections.
A few months ago there was a con
ference of Governors and Governors
elect at Frankfort and Louisville. anj
in discussion on primary elections
all except one favored primary elec
lions, and thirty-seven were present
The State Democratic Executive
Committee ordered a primary election
to be held On the first day Of July
1911, in every precinct of the State
under the primary election law OF the
State of Kentucky. to nominate ran
didates for the ttate offices and
United States Senator
l was nominated, ds wers al the
other Democratic candidates for State
offices, at the primary election heit
July l. 1911, according to the plaT
suggested by Judge O'Rear as a rem
edy for machine rule. except that tht
State did not pay the expenses. bu
the Democratic platform recently
adopted at the State Democratic con
vention contains a resolution decia-
Ing in favor of a direct primary e.ec
ton law at the public expense.
How Were Judge O'Resr ana His
Ticket Nominated
Judge ORear and his associates o.
the Republican ticket were nominate
by a convention held in Louisville
Ky. He wrote the platform. and h,
says the provisions of the platform
were in the main set forth in the al;
nOuncement of his candidacy thr5t
months before the convention wa
held. According to the statements 0
Republicans, he named the candidate
TO be nominated for the various Star
offices. and he also named the chair
man of the State convention. A53u
1000 Republicans voted in the Pe9ub
lican convention which nominate
Judge O'Rear. Over 100 900 Dame
Gratis voted in the primary election il
which | and other Democratic cardf
dates for the State Offices were nom.
mated
Very little perception is required :
: see that Judge O'Rear's nominati0
, and the nomination of the other car
didates on the Republican .;ck-
+ looked far more like boss rule ar
: machine rule than my nomination az
; the nomination of my associates o
l the Democratic ticket by a Driruar
; election.
II ever there was in any State a "a;
| primary election wherein the pe0D,-
} uncontrolled and uninfiuenced. a
!, sembled at their respective vOrin
2 places and nominated candidates q
: their choice, it was at the Democrat
State primary election held on the /.
r day of July last.
5 Turbulent Times and Disaraceful
+ Scenes.
V We all remember the turbuIer
4 times and disgraceful Scenes ths
: marked Kentucky's history about -
e years ago. when a motley crowd Z
v Republicans marched TO our State ca
{ ltol, and cannon were placed in III
L the Capitol grounds and legislators ar
f Judges of the Court of Appeals WEI
v driven to the city of Louisville 70
5 safety and protection. Where was jude
y O'Rear then and why did he not rails
n his voice then as now for clean 20,
II tics and law and order? Why did
not refer to these times in MS pa
/. form. adopted by the Republican col
IL vention, as did Democrats in the
n platform, adopted by the Democrat
6 convention?
n While / am speaking of the late 2
D. publican State convention I must r
;. fer to conspicuous events In that col
n vention, which have attracted wide a
4 tention.
n That convention approved and il
>. dorsed the Republican administrator
s Of the affairs Of the State and a