The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-10-06

tldt ne COuiu not accept dlly HOliilild-
tion unless we could agree on plat
! form-the other said that he would
accept any platform ii they would
agree to his nomination If the de-
scription is fair and accurate whom
should you elect?
The State demands loyalty in time
of peace as well as in time of war;
and often times there is as much
courage, patriotism and service in
casting ballot, as there is in shout
dering musket
The Democratic party in Kentucky
stands in the unique and unprecedent
ed position of having nominated its
candidates and then making plat
form. This state of case could have
only been predcated upon a certain
knowledge that all of the candidates
would stick on any platform, however
oily Their judgment was affirmed;
not single candidate slipped, kicked
or side-stepped, nor would they have
done so even though the convention
had reversed itself on most material
points. The only observable read
ljustment of alignment is the position
of the Hon. Henry Watterson, who
had arrogated to himself the right of
leadership, but abdicated and named
as his successor Ex-Governor Beck
hoo, The ,,oe eo-,atb;no of n e,,r
Iprise as it was generally conceded that
the Hon. Henry by the right of sem
Iiority similarity of taste and the pre-
disposition of the greater number of
the delegates of the convention would
again lead under banners Haunting
the booty inscriptions mo prohibit
zionist can be Democrat" "While we
live let us drink" Leave us the race
track and sideboard or leave us, and
other like moral suggestions of the
brewers; instead of which, he is con-
fcssedly "limping in the rear with a
lameness so pronounced a gait so
hating and rear so receding that
there is possibility of his losing sight
of the trail. In'open convention Mr..
Watterson avowed a purpose of fol-
lowing McCreary to hell, but later he
declined when he found the conven-
ton as matter of expediency had
forced McCreary to go by water.
1t is possible that his usefulness will
not be restricted by his position in the
rear; at the end of the campaign in
November, when the Democratic par
ty is defeated at the polls, he may be
in exactly the right place to cover the
retreat. Many retreats have been COW
cred by this grim, manned old warrior
who for half a hundred years has
fought in the fore front of every bat
tie occurring in his day, sometimes
right, but oftener wrong, but whether
right or wrong his sword flashed fire
from-svery helmet struck. Mr. Wat
tetson and his surroundings may have
their parable lin history. 1t will be
remembered that Napoleon and his
Grand Army had determined to make
their headquarters at the capital of
Russia but his claim of occupancy
was not based on merit and was indie
feasible; his army was depleted by fire
and frosts and when the remnant OF
that wasted and defeated army passed
into neutral territory the single arm OF
that smoke-begrimed, battle-scarred
grand old Marshall of France protect
ed the rear as it crossed the Berisina
bridge.
Let us contrast the nominations and
the platformsl The members of the
Republican convention were the rep
resentatives of the will and purpose
of the large majority of their party in
the State. They held wide open
door" for all aspirants for Office, both
the rich and the poor were eligible and
were unbarred by an entrance fee
The convention was PRACTICALLY unan-
nous in adopting a platform definite,
concise and unambiguous. Stating ex-
plicitly what it was for and what
against. Asserting what remedial leg
slation ought to be enacted and what
vicious legislation should be repealed.
Saying exactly what they meant and
meaning exactly what they said.
The Democratic nominees were the !
announced result of Primary cleo
ton. Primary" election is misno-
mer when applied to their candidate
for Governor who took post-gradu-
ate course far back in the preceding
century, and was supposed to have
made his farewell campaign against
Beckham, but even now to call this
his last appearance would be hazard
Gus. 1t was an exclusive primary
open only to the rich, with am entrance
fee from seven hundred and fifty toI