The Adair County news., 1911-03-22
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Georgetown Times: The Democratic
State Executive Committee has shown
a fickleness altogether unworthy of
body of men chosen to manage the af-
fairs of a political parity
Greensboro Inquirer: Let State
conventionlbe called to adopt a plat
form. Let the platform be more than
mere platitudes to catch votes. Let
every plank in it be an unequivocal dec
laration for the right as against the
wrong. Let it be an embodiment of
live issues that means reforms in our
State Government.
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Shepherdsvi,le News: His stand for
a platform convention stamps for Hen
ry R. Prewitt as the proper man to lead
one of our State committees and man
of good sense as we'll. We should
have a platform convention by all
means and if Prewitt cannot beat it in
to the heads of his committee, the
young Democrats will take up the fight,
and see that a convention is called.
Smoke this in your clay pipe, gentle
men.
Leitchfeld Gazette: While the peo-
pie want good men to fill the offices,
they want to know what man stands
for before they vote for him. You can
no longer depend upon the majority of
those who have affiliated with the Dem
ocratic party in the past to vote for a
man simply because his name is found
under the rooster If the so.called
leaders think so, they had better
change their minds before it is ever
lastingly and eternally too late.
Danville Advocate: The State Exec
utive Committee has again met and
disbanded and haze finally fixed the
date for the State primary. They vot-
ed down a proposition to meet in con-
vention to adopt platform. Why?
Certain influences controlling the COM
mittee were afraid to let the Demo-
Gratis of che State come together. Why?
For fear they would be removed and a
90 tsd haf 70
in favor of promoting the cause and
principles of Democracy instead of
playing peanut politics.
Hodgenville Herald: Kentucky Dem
ocrats may know just where they are
and what they stand for without writ
ten declaration, but there are twenty
five Thousand independent voters in the
State who will want to read some plat
form promises before they cast their
votes. For the sake of the fellows
who are to do the. spelling the party
should give few pointer rs to the peo-
pie of Kentucky in some resolutions
carefully prepared by men having sense
enough to write platform upon which
descent ticket can stand.
Carrollton News: The great Demo
cratic party-the dominant party in
Kentucky-has failed since 1900 to for
mulate platform, the disasters that
/ have followed its mythical course, has
been, in the opinion of The News, well
| deserved. 1t now seems that men anG
not tenets and defined principles are te
again march to the front under party
emblem, such being the decree of the
wise men who hold in the hollow Of
their hands the destinles of the party
of the people of this great Common
wealth, and perchance the minority
party should formulate platform tina
would suit the fancies and common
sense of the people, better than thu
photograph of any man, we, as one O
the humble Democrats of Kentucky
would be unable to lament.
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Courier Journal: A convention t.
enunciate the principles of the Demo
cratic party in Kentucky before nomi
nations are made at the primary July
and to provide platform on which rep
resentative candidates can stand is tn
most immediate need of the party i
the opinion of James Garrett, of CO
; lumbia, candidate for Attorney Genei
al, who passed through Louisville yes
terday en- route for Central Kentucky
81 have always been and am now
, favor of the adoption of platform b.
fore the nomination of candidaes," sal
Mr.. Garrett. Furthermore / believ
the platform adopted this year shoul
be progressive one. have full col
fidence in the good sense of the mass {
Democratic voters in Kentucky, and b.
lieve that if they are called togeths
they will provide a platform express
i've of the will of the majority of I'll