Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-10-05
NEIGHBOR PLEA
WON'T WORK
0'Rear Asks More Than He Was
Willing to Give.

let nave a little talk.
Well, are you going to the cleo
ton? That's right, SO am |. Now
then, how are you going to vote?
Going to vote for O'Rear, did
you say? How's that? Aren't
you Democrat OIL Personal
reasons.
What personal reasons, pray!
Oh, yes; know he used to live
in Morgan used to be a noun
tain man, was our neighbor, and
all that. That is going to be his
text when he comes to, this coun-
lty. Personally ! like Ed myself;
but what has that to do with the
big problems of government?
And how does Ed himself regard
old-time friendships in elections
times? Let's see: There was
Wick Kendall, grand old Wick
that's dead and gone. He was
Eds neighbor and townsman---
one of God Almighty's noble
men,; l we heard Ed use that
term himself when speaking of
! Wick Kendall. When Wick Ken
dali was a candidate for congress
how did door-neighborship oper-
rate on Ed? ---Ah, ha! l see you
you're posted; it didn't work; did
it" Edmund voted for the one
horse republican from a way
back" county.
And then, there was Joe Ken
dali; he ran for Congress once, :
Joe, townsmau and door-neighbor
in times past. Did Ed vote for
him? Nit, nit! Ed voted for an
untutored back woodsman again
81 a neighbor who was learn
cd and capable. And why?
Because the uhtdtcfed one wi wa
d republican; that's all the VIII!
that is ever necessary with Ed
Hold on; that isn't all. Their,
was big-hearted, noble Wilbu
Hager whose boyhood fllutter
mills are still lodged all along il
the Morgan county drifts of tn,
Licking. Wilbur aspired to b,
Governor, just as Edmund nov
does. How did personal rea
sons" and "old neighborship'
appeal to Edmund that time
: Didn't know him; did he? Vot
ed for a Louisville man-and TO
all-potent reason that the Louis
vile man was a Republican.
Look 'herel Do you suppos
for a second that if you were tn
Democratic nominee for a Stat
, Office or any other Office, and ha
: a republican opponent who live
. in the remotest village in Ken
D tucky-do you suppose that E
O'Rear would vote for your
Certainly not; you know h
| wouldn't.
Then tell me, pray, why yo
are under any personal obligs
ton" to vote for him.
Aside from that, look whs
0'Rear stands for = what E
0'Rear in the Governors cha
would mean. What did he say
what stand did he take; whe
Governor Wilson threw the pr,
tecting arm of the State miiti
around women and children an
good citizens to save their live
and to protect them from Il
agony and humiliation of mi,
night beatings? What Edmur
said is a matter of common know
ledge. He said, in effect. II
vestigate the tobacco trust firs
Let 'em grin and bear the la.
while we prod the trust. tt
trust is at the bottom of
Don't hurt the night-riders; "
can't force ideas through the
skulls with bayonets! Swat Il
trusts.
Shades of patriotsl Isn't tn
cheek for you? The idea of
Republican phariseeing befo
the public about the evils of Il
trusts! How came the Trust
the first place? What party sa
died on the great common pc
pie the daddy of the Trust-t Il
infamous high tariff for corp
rate protection? Nobody accu
es the Democratic party of tn
crime, The what party is !
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