The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-10-11


dent Taft, the very man who picked
out these items on which the Ameri-
can people were unjustly taxed, We
toed the bills. He was one way yes
terday and another way tomorrow
You have a Republican
candidate in Kentucky today who was
one way yesterday and another way
tomorrow on every proposition that
comes up
Now, fellow citizens, the Republi-
cans are running through the state
| telling you how easy IL is to be to
beat old Jim McCreary | tried that
(laughter), and you can prove by me
that IL is not the easiest thing in the
world to beat him -
It seems to be the irony of fate that
the first speech | make in this cam
paign should be made on the head
waters of Salt river Salt
river heads over here in Cousin Lo-
gan Caldwel's field. After the next
election is over, | am going to ask a
crowd of you fellows here to go with
me down Salt river and meet O'Rear
and his crowd coming up and drown
every son-of-a-gun of them
Long" On Promises.
In 1907, when Governor Wilson
was candidate for governor on the
got out a campaign handbook, and |
laid one away in safe place, know
ing that four years thence the Repub-
Leans would have another candidate
for the same Office, and that some of
the things they promised to do would
not be done at the end of the four
years; inst like today the things they
promise you to do if they are elected
will never be done at all. About the
only concern with them recently, 1t
seems, has been to see how much
they could promise; and in order to
make their promises abundant, they
have put John Langley at the head
of the Republican campaign in this
fight You know that over in the
mountains, where John Langley
comes from, they call him "Promissory
John" When it comes to making
him chairman of the Republican COM
mittee OF this state, | want to tell you
that it is most significant.
When Joe Cannon had overridden
the Democrats in the house, and
when insurgents of sufficient num-
Der had been created who joined the
Democrats. and when some good bills
We're to cCme as a result of that coali-
ton, Joe Cannon kept that house in
session for SO hours. Harvey Helm
is here t,day, and will bear me out
in the statement, that he, / and many
others both ate and slept on the floor
of the house that we might be there
when occasion arose to vote Joe Can
non out of the speakers chair, if it
were possible. We lacked only few
votes of turning Cannon out The
Republicans had summoned and call
ed in from all over the United States
every ore Ct their absent members:
and when they marched into the
chamber every fellow of them carried
something under his coat. When the
result of the vote was announced
each and every man drew from be-
lACebI MS NOol du american nag, lllc
stars and stripes of this nation-the
banner of freedom-and they mount
ed the desk tops and waved those
flags over their heads, showing by
that act that they were glad and ex-
ultant because Cannon had won, and
the American people had lost. They
deserved the stripes, but they dis
eraced the stars. Foremost among
them all was great big man waving
that symbol of freedom in exultant
triumph ever your defeat, and that
man was John w. Langley the present
chairman of the Republican campaign
committee.
oh, Mr.. O'Rear, do not blame you
for not wanting to discuss national
politics. Let that sleep" you say.
1--WE will capture Kentucky this time
by keeping down those things, and
Office within the gift of Kentucky,
and have all the POWER and influence
that this will give us, and every ave-
nue. of money running our way, we
will capture Kentucky again. for it
will be an easy matter then to throw
Kentucky into the Republican col
umn and re-elect Taft and Langley
that your rights may be trodden upon
as though they were not God-given."
Broken Pledges.
In the Republican Campaign Hand
book Of 1907 we find this in their |
PLATFORM:
1--WE demand a reform i'm the
management of our public elee-
mosynary and penal institutions,
to the end that they shall be OPP
Grated by bipartisan board,
upon proper business principles,
and their inmates treated hui
namely"
Hav they carried that out? Great |
heavens! They promised to treat the |
inmates of eleemosynary institutions !
humanely! Have you people so soon
forgotten that only short time ago |
the superintendent at one Of these |
institutions took a half-witted girl !
and debauched her, although he occu- |
MED the relation of Guardianship |