The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-05-31

the world that r~ear WAT we say,
and then we er~'r SO. - on a-d money
from evervwre-o N~rcv or1 men
ioined tO~Nttev --~'o N-,~'-a-S ond
when we ehor t~~e ,Noro O'd Ken.
lucky will tloe~~-- &c mo roce !
think II reoer-~~,. co. ~..~ r,,,.s~r-, a..
this tire tn ere~'' -. ~ - r~oorta'n
terms for ow o~A ~-Io- o--,+v
or a State or -~.'~- 'h~t wv Not
protect its c'ti7ere '-~~, 80 r'ohest
TO the hur,hIoe+ o-1 ~ ,'''-o &c mt
worthy of its ro~~e --N -'-~o o-S tho
right to govern sNorId te taken
from Il.
Gentlemen II Is rooHIeee for 40 IN
saw to you that Pr" a PoruNIican.
holding fast to all the fundamental
principles of the partv. end that
means that I am not an Tnsurgent
Republican. ! do not allow Senator
LaFollette and Senator Bourne to do
nv thinking. and do not propose to
follow where they lead. ! noticed an
article in Louisville naper Of MAY
IL. with a Washington date line. say
ing that LaFollette and Hearst are
likelv to head n new national ticket
NV friend. JUDGE O'Rear. In apollo
o'zine for some If the things in his
Platform. said that such welI-krown
Republicans as Senator I.aFollette
and Senator Bourne had been advo-
eating them for years. Judge O'Rear
NAV follow where they lead II he
wishes. but say to you that ! will
not
asked friend a few davs ago II
be believed in a progressive Rerub-
lican. THAT depends" he said
There are three ways a man can
progress and be a progressive Repuh-
lican. One way Is toward the Repub-
lican party. another way Is toward the
Democratic party. and the third
Is toward what was once known
as the Populst party. It depends on
which way man progresses whether
I believe in him as progressive Re-
publican or not"
That reminds me of an inscription
! once read on tombstone Take
UT thy cross and follow me-" A wag
wrote beneath:
ITO follow you I'm not intent
Till ] find out which way you went
The so-called progressive or insur-
gent Republicans of the House and
Senate have been very kind to Presi
dent Taft In the past fifteen months.
and he ought TO feel very kindly to-
ward them. They have succeeded In
giving him a Democratic House by
sixty-seven majority. and counting La
Toilette. Bourne Clapp Poindexter,
Cummins and Bristow with the Dem
ocrats Gas they won't vote with the
Republicans). they have also given
Mr.. Taft Democratic Senate. ! am
not a new-fangled Republican. am
one Of those who believe In the plat
form adopted at Chicago in 1908. and
| propose to stand by that platform
and contend for the faith expressed In
II until the party shall speak again
with the same authority. Progressive?
Why, the Republican party Is the most
progressive party that has had an ex.
istence under this government In the
last hundred years. 1t broke the
shackles from four million slaves and
made them freemen. 1t fought the
greatest war of modern times and pre-
served the Union of States, making il
the greatest nation in the history Of
man. II resumed specie payments and
made every dollar in the land as good
as every other dollar. II set the seal
OF condemnation on the Democratic
nightmare OF rag money. II fought
free silver TO the death and there are
now none TO mourn its departure.
am rooted and grounded In the
faith that we must have protection for
American industry and American labor
In order 10 have and maintain pros
perity in this country.
think II proper that I should make