The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-09-13

Take warren County as an example.
In 1910 the Republican State Board
of Equalization raised Warren County
Is per cent on lands, town lots and
personally. This made a raise of
$791, O92 in lands, $3.50, $40 in town lots
and 1912 ,440 in personally, making a
total raise for that year on Warren
County property of $1,4S4 ,202.
For this year 1911, Warren County
was raised 10 per cent on lands, town
lots and personally, making a raise
on lands of $685., 106, on town lots $685.
26S, and on personally of $157 ,694, or
a total raise on the property of the
county of $1,046,O6S. thus making
total raise for the two years of
$2,530,27O on the property of the
! county
AS the State tax rate is so cents
on the 500 1t will be seen that this
| raise on Warren County for the two
! years has added over $4,000 in taxes
paid to the State alone. SAs this raise
/ also affects county, city and district
/ taxes, doubtless the raise caused an
| increase for all these local purposes
of more than twice $4,000, as Local
rates are probably more than dollar
on the 500, as against so cents for
the State rate.
So it can be stated that for all pur-
poses the citizens of Warren County
have had to pay, in the two years be-
cause of these raises about $4,000
additional taxes.
AS long as Kentucky is a sovereign
State the people will hold leading Re-
publicans responsible for the record
they have made in Kentucky when
they brought soldiers to the Capitol
of the State and made bayonets SUI
perior to law and soldiers superior to
legislators; when they caused judges
of the Court of Appeals and State
Legislators to pass under bayonets on
the way to their respective official
duties.
When soldiers and gatling guns and
cannons were placed on the Capitol
grounds, when the duly-elected Gov
ernor was cowardly assassinated and
Republicans made no protest, and
made no effort to have the assassins
Of the Governor arrested. and when
the assassins were brought to justice
and tried and convicted, Republican
Governor pardoned them.
There Is nothing clearer in our
| Cldlt tudH tIdI nave IlD
right. because of anything they have
done, to govern Kentucky. "They
have been weighed in the balance and
found wanting"
Republicans Are Endeavorinq To Di-
vert Attention of Voters From
Their Record.
One of the principal issues in this
campaign Is Shall the Republican
party, with its record in Kentucky
and in the United States be given a
new lease of power by the election o,
Republican candidates to the highest
State Offices, and thus put upon them
the seal of approval by the people,
and tell them to renew and revive the
outrages and extravaganza and bur
densome taxation which they have up
held and advocated?
Republicans are endeayoring to di
vert attention of voters from the un-
paralleled record they have made
both in the State and the Nation, by
injecting immaterial irrelevant or
unsupported issues hoping to draw
the people away from main questions
and have the campaign pitched OF
side questions | believe the people
have the requisite virtue and intelli
gence to rid the politics of the State
of demoralizing and improper in
1uences. and Democrats will see that
Republicans are he'd responsible fol-
their acts. both in State and in Ma
tional affairs.
Clean Politics and No Bosses or
Machines.
| have always been in favor of clear
politics, and opposed to bosses, ma
chimes or rings
When l had the honor to be Gov
ernor before, no Republican or any
other man ever charged that there
were bosses, rings or machines at tina
, time
Judge O'Rear. in his speech at EliZ
abethtown, tried to appear as the
apostle of good government and pure
elections, and he spoke at length
. about political machines and boss rule
, in Kentucky.
|; These are strange utterances by Z
Republican who has voted so often tt
/, indorse National Republican rule
. which has been conspicuous for TIT
: support of bOss-ridden and machine
ruled Republican States.
When a Republican speaks in favo
of clean politics and against machines
, after the record made by the Repub
lican party in Kentucky, Illinois, New
, York, Pennsylvania. California and il
Southern States, it must be re
: garded as one of the wonders of th'
1 present time. For years New York, New
! Jersey, Massachusetts, Connection
] and Ohio were under boss rule AM
: machine control until a majority O
/ the voters determined to overthrow
: bosses and machines and Democrat
a and Republicans rose in their majesI,
4 and power and overthrow Republican
4 rule and placed Democrats in contrO
: of the States | have named
= I know there is no boss rule or me-
= chine rule in. Kentucky at the presen
o time unless it is in the Republica
t party. There are some Republican
Y who believe there was a Republican
d machine when the last State Repul
t. lican convention was held at Loui:
G vile. and the steam roller was ru
d over worthy ex-Federal soldier an
l. other prominent candidates in orde
e to carry out the plan and specifics
d tiOnS" determined uDCn by the bOSSe