Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-08-09
CONGRESSMAN POWERS
MAKE PLEA FOR HARMONY
Shows Why Fight Is Being Made Against Him and
Urges Republican Voters to Stand by
The Old Log Cabin
An Ardent Admrer of Colonel Roosevelt ond Would Sup
oort Him n He Claimed to be Rightfu Nominee

have been swept back to power
thought then that that was the wise
course for Colonel Roosevelt to pur.
sue and have no doubt of it now
Besides ! was connected with the
TAFT administration. | felt it m,
duty to get all could rom it for
my district, and knew that
would be in had shape to get
things from it for the district, if |
made warfare upon it. SO for these
and other reasons said was Tor
the denomination of President Taft
Colonel Roosevelt became candi-
date. was urged to come to the
district and make a fight again, t
him. | positively declined, and nv
defamation has Insured the enmitv
to me of both President Taft and
Senator Bradley as has been recent.
" evidenced in the Middlesboro and
Harlan Postofhce fights.
1t has been urged that | should
be defeated nv some of those who
say that Pre- sideut Taft stole his
nomination because my name they
say will appear on the same ballot
with him. Whatever stealing was
done in Kentucky, in the Eleventh
District, at Chicago or elsewhere, be
it much. little or none. am not re-
sponsible for that stealing. | was
not even in the Eleventh District, or
Chicago at the time.
| was in Washington trying faith
fully to perform my duty as yonr
public servant. was not elected
to Congress to nominate a candl.
date Tor President. did not come
to the district to try to dictate what
position the people should take in
the race between Colonel Roosevelt
and President Taft The people
Of the Eleventh District are Freemen
and amply able to take care of
themselves without any interference
on my part, but | am being severely
criticised now by nv enemies for
being silent, and not being wrought
up to white heat of frenzy. II |
had come to the district either for
Roosevelt or Taft my enimies would
have said: Let him go back to
Washington. We didn't elect him
to come down here and try to die
tate what the people OF the district
should do" Let it be remembered
now and hereafter that nothing
can do will be praieed by my de.
tractors, but everything | do will
be criticised and condemned by them.
Even some of my friends who are
for both Colonel Roosevelt and my.
sell are saying; 1--WE are for Pow.
ers, but he must get off that TAFT
ticket" What have | done that ]
should get oil the Republican ticket
and out from under the log cabin,
the Republican device? My nomi.
nation has been fairly and honestly
obtained. got it without opposi.
ton. or will get il tomorrow. II
anybody should get of the Republi
can ticket shouldn't it be those
whose nominations have not been
fairly obtained? | am responsible
only for the way in which
wac nominated. As TAR as | know.
no Republican in this district has
ever said before that il was discred
liable to he fairly aud honestly
-, minated Tor { ongresS by the Re
publican Party ct this great district
and have his name put on the bal
lot under the log cabin, the Repuh
lican device.
Powers Is Opposed TO the rOrms
tiOn OF a New Political Party.
There are good Republicans anC
good men scattered over the dis
iriet taking the position that Presi
! dent Tait stole his nomination aut