The Adair County news., 1913-03-12
RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Progressive Republi-
cans of Adair county at their mass
meeting at the courthouse, Monday,
March 3rd:
We the members of the Progressive
party in Adair county, in mass meet
ing assembled in Columbia, KY, on
March 3rd, 1913, resolve as follows:
1st. That we approve the call of
this meeting, believing that the time
has come for the party in this county
to decide upon its course of action.
End. That our faith in the wisdom
of the founders and IN the principles
of the party are strengthened each
day. as we observe with what eager
ness each of the old parties is trying
to copy some tenet of our platform.
3rd. That we reaffirm our faith in
the ability of the American people to
rule themselves, and though venerat
ing the Constitution of the United
States and acknowledging the appar-
entsuperhuman wisdom of its authors
we regard it only as guarantee to us
of the right to rule ourselves and en-
act into law the wishes of the MAORI
ty, not to be nullified later by the vote
power or judicial decision prompted by
avarice or political expediency, charg-
ing unconstitutionality, a subterfuge
to make it onr master instead Of
servant, subverting the intention of
it's trainers, who intended it to be our
guardian of liberty and not dispotic
ruler.
4th. That we believe in the golden
rule applied in politics as we'll as re-
ligion, that in our zeal we would not
forget the rights of the poor and
down trodden of the earth, that we
would give the same power to the
vote of the sane but uneducated as to
the vote of a Rockefeller or Morgan.
That there is in this country no class
who should on account of the superior
wisdom or financial prowers be allowed
the right to annul the wishes of the
majority.
5th. That we feel and claim to be
the true successors to the principles
of Lincoln, Grant, Mckinley and
Roosevelt. That by gross frauds we
have been deprived of the party name
and made to enlist in the cause of
good government under another BAN
ner, but that the principles for which
we stand are our inalienable right and
we exist today for the purpose of per-
petuating these principles.
9th. That in view of the fact that
these principles must be kept alive,
and considering the lmpoSsibility of
the old parties ever to command the
respect and confidence of a majority
of the American people, we feel it in
cumbent upon the Progressive party
to nominate at the August primary, a
candidate for every office, State and
County, to be voted for at the No
VemDer election.
18th. That whereas ours is a party
of the people, without regard to past
party utilization, race, creed or color,
we welcome to our ranks all persons
who belive in "the Square deal" and
the Ten commandments, especially
the one that says: 'Thou Shalt Not
Steal"
8th. That if the American people
had been allowed full and free ex-
preston of their choice in the Re-
publican conventions and primaries
held in the spring of 1912, and the
d ,legates properly and rightly elected
had been accorded their rights in the
Chicago convention last June, that
THEODORE Roosevelt would be inaugu-
rated President tomorrow instead of
Woodrow Wilson.