The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-06-13
Gov. James B. McCreary SHES His Hal
In The Ring" In The Race For
The United States Senate.

NoNeIHOT JdIleS d. mcCreary on last
Monday set at rest any doubt that
may have existed in the mind of any
one as to whether or not he would be
candidate before the primary to be
held in August 1914 for the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator
to succeed Senator w. o. Bradley.
Governor McCreary has issued a
lengthy card of announcement, which
for want of space prevents US from pro-
ducing in full. In his card he reviews
and points with pride to his record,
two terms as Governor, his services in
the state legislature, IN the lower
house of Congress and in the Senate.
He asserts his belief that the two
wings of the Republican party, the
followers of Pres't Taft and Col.
Roosevelt, will unite upon candidate,
and pointing with pride to his hand
some majority when elected Governor.
expresses the belief that he would be
able to win in the final struggle for
the United States Senatorship.
Gov. McCreary asserts that it was
not his intention to make this race,
but that hundreds of democrats have
by letter and in person stated to me
that my obligation to the people and
the interest of the Democratic party,
to which l have belonged all my life,
require that l should be a candidate
for United States Senator, and when
the statements of my friends are added
to my desire to be of service to Ken
lucky and to the United States, l have
decided to become candidate.
Gov. McCreary states that the delay
in announcing was due to his waiting
for the seventeenth amendment to be
ratified and made part of the consti-
tuition, when U. S. Senators would be
elected by the direct vote of the peo-
pie, an amendment for which he
voted three times while a member of
congress and which he held in the
highest esteem.
He points with pride to the prog
ressive legislation" which he claims to
have been active in having enacted
into laws in Kentucky, principal
among which was the primary election
law. He asserts that he entered the
gubernatorial Office with the state
under heavy burden of debt seddled
upon it by the recent republican ad-
ministration, but asserts that he hopes
to see the revenue of the state at the
end of the fiscal year pay the annual
indebtedness, with the exception of
the interest on the state debt accumu-
lated during the republican rule. The
Governor closed his card with the fol-
lowing characteristic announcement
and appeal to the people of the COM
monwealth:-
THE verdict of the voters of the
United States in the last presidential
election must be upheld. The people
must rule. Monoplies must be de,
throned. The power of special inter
ests must be destroyed. The unjust
burdens of tariff taxes must be re-
moved. The currency laws must be
revised and made more beneficial and
suitable for the people. And all other
just and needed reforms, set forth in
the National Democratic platform,
must be complied with.
GAS it is more than one year before
the primary election is held, in which
United States Senator will be nomi-
mated, shall not commence a speak
ing canvass for several months, and
will devote my time to the discharge of
my official duties as Governor. At the
proper time, however, shall speak to
the people in every part of the State.
81 have had long training in public
affairs and know the needs of Ken
lucky and the United States. My long
experience in national legislation will
enable me, if elected, to render good
and efficient service as soon as l com
mence to discharge the duties of Un-
tied States Senator, and my heart will
be full of gratitude to all who support
me-"
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