The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-10-13
KENTUCKY HOME
IS The ISSUE
Eert Year Is Time Fer National
Politics, Declares 0'Rear.
STATE POLITICS THIS YEAR

was the issue in this campaign, and
not national questions, he was wildly
applauded. The crowd showed that
the efforts by the Democrats to dis
tract attention from the real issues Of
reform has not confused them. Judge
O'Rear spoke as follows:
My idea is that this campaign pre-
sents the question as to those policies
affecting the government of this state
and this state alone. Having that
view Of 1t, l say, that to introduce
any other question foreign to the pol
cies Of the state government would
be to mislead the public mind, and
carry It far adrift from the considera-
tion of the true issue to be consid-
cred.
My opponent takes the position
that national politics has controlling
place In the discussions of this cam
paign. His idea is that you ought to
vote for the man who agrees with you
as to whether we should have high
or low tariff on wool
There is a reason, / think, why
Senator McCreary and have diverg-
ent views of the case. For more than
80 years, Senator McCreary's atten-
ton, his labors, his thought, his study,
have all been concentrated upon ma
tional affairs at Washington. He is
thoroughly saturated with the idea
Of national politics. He has the no
ton, and it may be correct one,
that he is a conspicuous national fig
ure. He was a. member of Cleveland's
monetary commission sent to Brus-
sells in 1892, and one of the commits
sion that recommended the gold
standard.
He was at the head of the Carnegie
peace commission, since he has been
defeated for senator, whose headquar-
tiers are in New York city, and whose
jurisdiction is to extend the peace
around the world Thus, his thought
has not only been centered at Wash
tngton, but in the last few years it
has been considering mainly interna-
tional questions, In which peace be-
tween Japan and Russia, or the South
American republics, and questions
of that sort, have had his attention.
He has been at home but very little
during that time.
Something Wrong Here.
am a Kentuckian, born of Ken
lucky stock of people on both sides.
] have lived all my life in Kentucky.
Whatever Of hope, whatever of inter-
est, whatever Of attachment l have,
are all centered in this state. All of
my study has been centered upon
Kentucky.
For eleven years / have been
member of the supreme court of your
state, where daily there have come
before me any number of cases, pre-
senting the state of the constitutional
law, the statutory laws, and the vari-
Gus phases of the social status of the
people of Kentucky. In the course Of
these years, it has developed to my
mind that there is something serious
the matter in the government of Ken
lucky. believe | have discovered
what II is, and it is that matter that
] think ought to be brought before
the people Of Kentucky.
Therefore, have felt that 1t was
not only legitimate and necessary
that should discuss purely Kentucky !
issues in this campaign but, in addi- |
ton, the constitution of this state |
separates elections on national and |
state affairs. The constitution re-
Quiree state elections to be held in |
one year, and national elections to |
be held at least twelve months apart |
from that, indicating that the trainers
Of the constitution intended that state
affairs and national affairs should not
be SO mingled as to bring about con-
fusion in the public mind, realizing
that one or the other might mislead
O great number OF people as to how
they should vote upon each of these
propositions. Thus you will see that
approach the consideration OF the
question from my training. from my
interest, from my environment, from
the viewpoint OF conditions in Ken
lucky, and as affecting Kentucky
alone, while my distinguished oppo-
nent's position is that OF considering
the question from the national stand.
point, looking at 1t from the distance
Of Washington. with his eye on Wash
ington. with his aspirations fixed upon
. great national party.
Answers Mccreary.
Senator McCreary. in his debates
before Kentuckians in this campaign,
has propounded to me a number OF
questions, bearing upon national is
sues For instance. as to what I
might think OF the Payne-Aldrich tar.
~ bill. as TO what | think OF Schedule
X. which. understand from reading
The newspapers. has to do with the
Iarfn on wool. He says that | dodge
he questions. that am insincere, i'm
plying by his statement that am I'M
lble 10 discuss those questions or UNI
Wiling.
have told you why prefer not to
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