Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-06-26
Esq. Short Answers Fair Play.
ADVERTISEMENT

knowing practically all the iacts anu hs-
ures connected with its doings, and as Fair
PLAY, your correspondent at Grassy Creek,
as well as many others, are making direct
attacks on it as court, desire TO adopt
this method OF coming to its defense, it be-
ing eminently deGendable, lest some honest
Christian gentlemen oil the country be
caught by the false, dtfaming and ignorant
argument of Fair Play and be led thereby
from believing and doing as true citizen
should always do
The facts and figures that shall give,
which have taken from the records and
which are as true as Fair Plays bible, will
not only show him to be unfair and unjust,
but a wilful and deliberate falsier as well
lie says in his communication of Nay 90
that the Fiscal Court created all the new
Offices they reasonably could and increased
the salaries OF those already in Office II
is sure enough true that S. S. Dennis,
member OF the court, engineered motion
through by which the salary of the County
Superintendent was increased from 5000. 90
to Sooooo, he voting for and manipulating
this raise, and it thea naturally followed
that the salaries OF the County Judge and
County Attorney were raised. Now, Fair
Play says again that the Fiscal Court "cre-
ated" the Offices OF County Treasurer and
County Road En- sineer. This assertion is
a; false as that hell he has been pretending
to preach about. The Legislature Of Ken
tucty created them, and provided further
that the Fiscal Courts Of the State SHALL
appoint these officers, and yet in the face
of this law and these facts Fair Play be,ch-
es forth his wicked, ignorant lalsehoods
and expects the people, because he is cover
ed up in "sheep's clothing" to believe lie
and be damned. These laws begin with
"shalls, and the FiscIl Courts have no
discretion in he matter, but must make
these appointments; yet am not going to
try to convince Fair Play against his will,
for ito convince fool against his will, he
will be Of the same opinion STILL" lie says
"No, the court did not have to, and should
not have appointed them" Then he wants
them TO perlure themselves, 10 be lie swear
ers and lelons and die with sworn false
hoods upon their lips only to save him OF
paying few added pennies in taxes. My
God, what preacher! He is ignorant be-
cause he don't know, and a falsiier because
he don't care.
Again he says: "rne increase Of the sala-
ries of our officers during this administra-
ton and the CREATION of the Offices OF Teas
urer and Engineer, will cost the taxpayers
of Morgan county nearly $1,000" This,
too, is untrue and misleading. For> this
ter n the increase in salaries are $4,000,
the Engineer $4S3 90 and The Treasurer
1907, which makes in all, S475o 90, or
S2,25o 90 less than Fair Play said. My
God, the idea that such man should try
teeeh the peoplel What should be done
with poor ignorant fellow who attacks
the good name OF his fellow countrymen
and officers who are and have been doing
their duty under their oaths, and who pre-
iers and argues that they should swear
falsely and be perured wretches, violating
the law only to save few disgruntled mis-
ers from paying their taxes? God pity
such ignorance, folly and SIM
Now. have shown my readers that the
Court had 10 appoint these men or be per-
jurers and criminals, and that they did not
create these offices, and that the Court
would have laid itself liable to Indictment
for failing to do its sworn duty, yet want
you to listen to what Fair Play further
sayc on this point: before cast my vote
for any man for any Office he must tell me
positively that he is opposed TO having a
County Treasurer and Road Engineer
What does this mean? 1t means that be
fore Fair Play will cast his vote for any
candidate he must say TO him, "Fair Play
don't care if you did lie about the law
and about the 81 10000 and many othei
things; il ! am elected aim TO swear liz
and not do as the law directs me concern
ing these offices; am going to violate il
mandates and sanctity and be its malfact
or, ! am going to cater to your whims, be
iieve a lie, all for your one good vote"
II is as much the duty Of the Fisca
Court 10 do these things, to obey and lie
sptct the mandates of the law in this re
spect, as it is for John Jones TO keep quie
in one OF Fair Play smeetings These law
are good Ones too, as shall proceed late
to prove TO Fair Play and my readers, ye
I've does not propose to vote Tor any maj
who will not stand in open violation Of tn
law. The law says you shall do it, but tn
candidate must say TO the law; Go il
law,I shall not obey you; don't care iyol
was made by the sovereign and only pow
er on earth having right 10 make you
before can get Fair Plays vote mus
tread you under foot as would a snake,
must and do defy you, must violate you
sanctity; il elected mus. and do lay my
self liable to an indictment by violating
your demands; must, and have promised
Fair Play to commit the olIense oImalleas
ance in office; before ! can get Fair Play
vote have got to be your mallactor, hav,
got TO Join hands with red-handed GRIM
aud say come on, boys, let's put the Law
under our. feet in this instance and we will
have then license to violate il in ever
respect. 1t is all right, for Fair Play as
sures us that it is, and he is a big fellow
and the people are going to follow hi
lead" My God, people, beware of sucl
wicked, dangerous theories as those ad
vanced by Fair Play. Shun him and hi
advice ms Won would that "devil' he vnn,