Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-27
Hansy the Man.
Caney, KY, Nov. "a, 1913.
Editor Courier,
West Liberty, KY.

courier recently that has met
with such hearty approval as
the statement in last weeks is
sue concerning the possible can
didacy of Mr.. ]. P. Haney for
Congress, and l want to add my
personal demand to the general
desire that he announce for that
Office.
have known Mr.. Haney since
he was a child. / Knew him
when as a small boy he was
struggling with poverty and lack
of opportunity and helping his
family to make livings ! knew
him when he was plowing and
digging the soil of these noun
tain hillsides to wiring from
them a support. / knew him
when he was railspIitting and
doing all manner Of farm work.
/ knew him as he gamely fought
and conquered poverty 70 the ex-
tent that he attended the coun-
try school, and watched him as
he made the most of his time and
drank in knowledge and learn
ing that came from books. His
opportunities were small, but his
will was indomitable, and in his
early manhood / knew him in
the log school house as a teacher
pointing out the road to knowl-
edge to other boys and girls.
Then l knew him studying law
by the light of the tallow dip,
and watched him conquer the
obstacles that poverty had placed
about him and watched him en-
ter his chosen profession. His
success in that is recent history
and known to all of the citizens
of the county. His election to
the Office of County Attorney,
and his faithful and honest per-
formance of his. dntissse that
Office are well known to all the
readers of this paper.
Now, / ask the democrats of
Morgan county, why should we
not send Mr.. Haney to Congress?
Do we not owe it to him?
Heretofore "the boys in the
trenches" we "one-gallus" fel-
lows, have not had the voice in
the election of our candidates
that we should. Men about the
court house have claimed to car
ry the vote of Morgan in their
vest pockets, and we as citizens
have acquiesed in it and let
them trade on that claim as an
asset to further their own inter-
ests. But now under the pri-
mary law we can fully express
our choice, and it is time that we
begin to do so. Let every dem
ocrat in the county begin to talk
up the candidacy of Haney and
let's make the pressure so strong
that he cannot afford to ignore
the call. Let's say to the party
at large that the plain voters in
Morgan control the destinies of
the party in this county. and
that hereafter the man who re-
ceives the vote of this county
must meet with the approval of
the plain, hard-working mem
bers of this party, and that we,
the people are supreme.
Fellow democrats, why not
unite on Haney for Congress?
His undoubted ability and his
power as a speaker, his energy
and pleasant address would
make him a member of whom
we would be proud, and upon
which the whole district would
look with pride. He would
make US a representative capa'
BILE Of coping with the ablest in
our national Congress and woulC
place the Ninth on the map of po
litical recognition. When Nor
gan county can furnish materia
equal to the best, why shoulC
not the democrats Of Morgan
stand shoulder to shoulder anC
support Morgan county men?
/ do not know whether or no
Mr.. Haney wants to be candi
date, but the democrats of hi
native county should speak will
a voice that could not be mis-
taken, and should make the cal
upon him so strong that he can
not fail to heed and obey
Since the appearance of tn,
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