Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-04
Pleading the Baby Act.

Pleading the Baby Act.
-Four of the candidates who
were defeated in the recent pri-
mary have bolted and announced
that they will run independent.
A glance at the wording of their
announcements forcibly recalls
the fact that each of the four,
prior to the primary, had out an
nouncements as candidates. In
their boiling announcements the
words, subject to the action of
the free and independent voters
of Morgan county," This brings
US to the question Of what sub
ject to the action of" means. |,
along with most democrats, have
been taught to believe that it
meant that when democrats con-
tended against each other for
party nominations that the un-
successful candidates would bow
gracefully to the will of the ma
jority of his party and be Sub
ject to its action" That's what
they came before the democrats
in the primary promising to do
Subject to the action of the
democratic party" so read their
announcements.
But they were not subject to
the action Of the democratic par
ty. They refuse to abide by the
will of the majority repudiate
their announcement to be Sub
ject to the action of the demo-
cratic party"-ald announce
that they are candidates Sub
iect to the action of the free and
independent voters Of Morgan
county" Every unpurchasable
citizen Of the county, republican
md democrat, is a free and in
dependent voter, and when the
loyal and faithful free and in
dependent" democrats of Nor
gan county roll up big, safe ma
jorities for all of the nominees
will these boiling candidates be
Subject to the action of the
cree and independent voters oil
Morgan county," or will they
again repudiate their announce
nents and still seek the Offices
through the courts?
Sensible democrats, who real.
ize that the perpetuation of dem.
ocratic principles depends upor
preserving the solidarity of the
party organization, are not going
to leave the party to satisfy tht
desire of the boiling candidates
/ The bolt savors too much Of tht
the baby act of child's play. A
crowd of children will engage il
l game. Frequently there will
be a boy or two that will want t.
rule it, and if they are denieC
that privilege they try to breal
up the game. Because a Lawful
primary election of their part.
refused to nominate them, thes
men now seek to disrupt the par
ty. Oh, yes, they'll give yo
reasons" why they are boiling
-Belzeebub gave reasons for re
Voting against the power of Go
but deep down in your hear
you know that their real reaSo
IS that they did not get the non
nation. Look at the defeate
. candidates who accepted the wi
S Of the majority gracefully an
I manfully. Does not their loya
, ty to their party and their dew
ton to their ideals of manlines
Z md moral courage cause them
+ rise higher and higher in you
confidence and esteem? The
Ire courageous and good dem,
erals.
y - o..
And when the boilers too
their doll rags" and quit playin
with the democratic childre
where do we next find then
Why, with their playhouse S,
up in the republican party's baC
yard, seeking to seduce the +
publican nominees away from
regular nomination to form
"hogback" ticket. Headfr
into the camp Of the party who's
principles are squareIy oppose
to democratic principles. If W
are a democrat because you b
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