The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-10-11
Outlines His Policies and
Official lntents
IN HIS RACE FOR SENATOR
From Seventh District-Fine
Presentation of Laud-
able Ambition.
To the Voters of the Seventh Sena-
tOrial District of kentucky:

| am q candidate Tor the Stat
Senate from the Seventh Senator's
District OF Kentucky, composed O
the counties of Butler, Muhlenber
and Ohio, and as the district is to-
large and the time too short to Sc
every voter, take this method o
soliciting your support, and OF stat
ing the grounds upon which / asl
your support.
am the nominee of the Demo
cratic party and as such will BIZ
governed by the platform OF thai
party upon all questions dealt with
in the platform adopted by the State
Convention held in Louisville upon
August Is, 1911, but upon all Other
questions coming before the State
Senate | shall exercise the right to
vote as my judgment dictates.
The platform adopted by the con-
yertion which nominated me de-
clares:
I'm a representative government
the question of paramount import
ance in the selection of public Of
fetal is the ability of such official
to discharge the duties of the Office
to which he is elected, and the
question of the competency of an
official overshadows in Importance
all partisan questions upon which
political parties divide. The larger
part Of the measures that come be-
fore the General Assembly for its
consideration is of a nonpartisan
character, the business interest of
the Seventh Senatorial District are
extensive and diversified and the
legislation needed by the people of
the district is essentially non-parti-
san ard is such as demands COM
petent representative in the State
Senate"
The thing of prime importance to
be considered in the selection of a
Senator is his competency to per-
form the duties OF the office and his
freedom from influences that inter-
fore with his allegiance to his con-
stituents and hamper him in the
discharge of his duties. 1t goes
without saying that no one but an
honest man should be sent to the
Senate, but honesty does not by IT.
self qualify a man to discharge the
duties of that office. Certain quail
ifcations are as essential to a Sem
ator as are certain qualifications es-
sential to doctor or farmer or a
lawyer or to a man engaged in any
other occupation. That is to say, a
Senator, to be competent, should
have the special qualifications nee
essary to do that particular work.
When the people of this district
elect q Senator, they simply employ
someone to go to Frankfort and do !
certain work for them, and in doing |
this they should exercise the same |
common sense and sound judgment |
that they would exercise in employ !
ing man to do any other kind of |
work, and select man competent to |
do the work whereunto he is sent. |
To be qualified. a Senator should be |
familiar with the Constitutions of |
the State OF Kentucky and the Unit |
ed States and the decisions of the |
Supreme Courts of Kentucky and !
the United States, constituting these !
Constitutions, for only by possess
sing this information can he decide |
whether the legislation proposed in !
the Senate Is constitutional and will |
stand the test of the courts. He
should likewise be familiar with the |
Statutes and common laws of the !
State, for only by possessing this
information can he know wherein
the law is unwise or defective and
what legislation is needed to rene
dy it, A Senator should be famil- |
lar with parliamentary law and
the rules of procedure that govern
deliberative bodies, for only by pos ,
sessing this knowledge can he vote
intelligently upon questions coming
before the Senate, and be effective
in passing desirable or in defeating
vicious legislation. He should also /.
know how to draft bills, resolutions,
etc, for the Constitution requires
that certain formalities and rules
be observed in the drafting of bills
offered in the Legislature, and a
bill not conforming to these re-
quirements of the Constitution
would be invalid after 1t had been
enacted into law. He should like
wise be a public speaker and
ready debater, able to state clearly !,
md forcibly his views upon matters
coming before the Senate. without
hese qualifications a representative ]
n a Legislative body Is not compe-
ent to Discharge, the duties of the I
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