Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-07-11
BALDWIN
Republican Candidate For
Representative Makes
Keynote Speech at
Pleasant View
July 9TH.
He said in part as follows:-

is X. N. Baldwin | have taught
school nine years in Whitley county
one year in Coal Greek Academy, al
Coal Greek, Tennessee, aud two
years in Bell county. am "a can
didate for the Republican nomina
ton for Representative and want
you to everyone he Tor me with all
your power and influence. have
campaigned in Knox county during
the past eight weeks and from the
indications ! expect to- get not only
a plurality OF Knox countv's re-
publican vote, but majority OF the
same. also expect to get a plu.
rality in Whitley, am not per.
sonally acquainted with a number
of the people in both counties. To
such persons as are at present un
acquainted with me, | will be glad
to refer you to any merchant, law
yer, preacher or teacher in Williams
burg, for their opinion of my per.
sonal integrity and ability to rep
resent this district with due credit
in the next Legislature. Ask any
person who knows me, for history
of my lite and their opinion of me
All the people who know me are not
my friends, am sorry to say; but
most OF nv acquaintance are
staunch friends and / am willing
to risk my destiny in this race upon
what nv nelghbors and acquain.
tances will say for me in nv behalf
am not running this race upon
the dement's OF my opponents do
not claim a majority OF virtue.
power or intelligence.
am running this race because
want TO represent this district.
We have been misrepresented BY
some men for whom we have voted
for sacred places of trust and profit
| want to be a member of the next
General Assembly because | want
to stand up for sixty days and sixty
nights fighting for the passage of
such laws as will relieve The farmer
and miner of unjust taxation and to
exalt the school and road systems
of this Commonwealth.
Useless appropriations of large
sums of money bv constituencies or
ignorant legislators have been made
without providing any means OF
paying of these obligations. until
our State is now more than 50,
100000 in debt with the deficit
still growing
To use only polite language, such
a policy in the past has been short
sighted to say the least. The cry.
ing need of our State is revision
of the taxing system so that every
man and every dollar of property
/ in the State shall stand a lust pro
portion of the duties and burdens
imposed upon the citizens and pro
perty Cf the State ! shall stand
and hght for this reform from the
first da, till the last minute of the
session. it the good people OF the
district will nominate and elect me
and allow me the opportunity tc
fight for them.
The next biggest need ol our State
is an improvement of our school
sysem The State ot Washing ton
is given credit for standing at the
head of the list in matters oi schools
and education. Kentucky stands
forty.second. SnH 500 the Stat,
of Washington has had and has EN-
ioyed tall woman suffrage and q
nine months school term, Will
adequate buildings and well trained
teachers with salaries ranging from
lVS75 to $3.50 pee month. | shat
tight for these things for kentuck,
every day and night of the mex
session OF the General Assembly i