Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-19

which are the direct fruit Of Repuh-
llican legislation,
Sec. Awe favor such wise and
conservative laws as will encourage
road and bridge building in Ken
lucky, and we favor reasonable state.
aid for the construction of roads and
bridges, but only on condition that
each county or local community,
Which is primarily benefited. shall
first do its part and discharge its
duty to itself in this regard.
Sec. 49, We favor the creation,
removed from politics. Of a depart
ment Of banking, providing for COM
petent inspection of all our state
financial institutions. and similar to
the system now existing for national
banks.
Sec. 16.-We favor the enactment
of such wise laws as will put into ef-
feet all sections and provisions Of
the state constitution. and we de-
clare that we are in favor of the en-
forcement Of all laws.
| Sec. live favor the enactment
of wise laws for the protection from
accident and injury of all laborers
engaged in hazardous employments.
and we favor a WISE, conservative
law regulating the arbitration of la
Dor strikes and disputes.
| Sec. 1--we favor a law prohib.
iting peonage and female slave traf-
fic, regardless of color.
Sec. 1--we are opposed to all
mobs and lynchings and are in favor
of imposing the severest penalty pos.
sible, under our constitution, on all
officers who fail to protect prisoners
entrusted to their keeping.
Sec. 20.-The Democratic party
has always been the party of reli-
gious as well as of civil liberty in
Kentucky, and in the republic. 1t
refers with pride to its noble and
consistent record on this important
question 50 dear to every true
American heart" We are in full
accord, both in letter and in spirit.
with the teachings of Thomas Jeffer-
son, the founder of our rarty on this
question and with the provisions of
our state and federal constitutions,
and we are unalterably opposed to
raising any religious test as quail
fication for holding any Office in the
state or nation.
]. Sec. Give favor the nomination
and election of United States senss
tors by direct vote of the people.
j Sec. 22.-We dsnounce and are
. opposed to Cannonism or one-man
power in all representative assem-
blies whether it be in the congress
or in representative conventions.
!, We favor the rule of the people,"
Sec. 23.-The good or rather the
bad. faith of the Republican party
of Kentucky in declaring for a nom
partisan judiciary is in this. as in all
other Republican platform pledges.
shown by the fact that it has taken
as its nominee for governor one of
the judges of our appellate court,
who, in order to enter a partisan
contest to secure the nomination of
his party for governor, has for
months abandoned his important
sworn duties as Judge of the court
of appeals, and has announced as
his purpose not TO resign from the
high office whose duties he neglects.
but that he will continue to fail and
refuse to discharge his duties as
Judge until he shall conclude his pre- =
sent partisan campaign, notwith-
standing that all the while he is
promptly collecting from the people,
monthly. his full salary at the rate
of S. ,000 per annum. This conduct
of Hon. E. c. O'Rear. as judge of
the court of appeals. presents a de.
plorable example, to all subordinate
judges and officers of the common
wealth, of neglect of duty, and will
encourage like conduct and neglect of
duty in all other officers and is well
calculated to undermine respect for
law itself and for judges and courts
among the masses of our people; it
is unpreceden ted in our history. and
we declare it to be scandalous.
/ Sec. "a On this platform of prin-