The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-07-02

, mously Ills miserable charges against
me. therefore. about them are even a
greater injustice and insul. to almost
the entire membership of these two
sessions of the general assembly
This is the -ame governor who. in the
next breath. "dnits Notwithstanding
his great modest. that when rs :IrT'-
berS came - the raptO. cnCr in two
years for only sixty days from an
walks Of lie it is not 10 he expected
that they should learn correctly in so
short Il time tie exact condition Of the
revenue dii airs Of The SJHtr."
The tables are >UGA.aIy turned, and
the teacher becomes the taught He
says he approved because both houses
passed the ILLS. Tile law Of the j.rt
would not have permitted him ID hay..
approved them ut @n earlier da;r lie
tells You Ire asked DO guus,.urs. Mau.
30 Inquiries, jus, sat UP thee ia it..
big "uhcru"tOri;d chair .fEu "a hra-,s
SQUAD pigeon ANA swallowed any ..d
thing that III UuWi>c legislature -ia~o
TO rcGuTgtHte into GiS @uUu. muG.I
1t dill NOT matter whether il 81. .
peaches and cream or aSaIet.da. Now.
unable TO GEd better excuSa for his
abomiuabic act. he would thrust The
general assembly between himself aE!
his adversary. His excuse is WD~sr
than the OhguSe.
To lay our faults ut aHotE,r's GurI
to place our burden upon "Hulh,r'-
shoulders. To dodge or Squi'u IN III"
face of danger and Of shame that T.
the primeysi sin. Mark Twain is th,.
only mortu! who ever fcI inclined 10
weep ut the grave of Adam "A ua
speakably UitiluI anu pathetic figure.
he must rC;C under the we ghf D. til
contempt o. all his SONS from the dav ..
OF creation Il the crack OF doom.
When "a!l3d 80 answer an accusiH .
God Tor his folly ami hiy 81. more up
spicaBly tildn the serpent which be.
trayed him. BE-. skunk into the ShHGrr,
of the fraii ami covering figure. wE..a
he was created to love. comfort. hrHai
and keep IN sickness anal IN lrdtin
with towards whii1py..-"T The We
] man tempted me, and did eat" Ir
Beckham ;rehiy protc>,s. "Thc ie..i,-
iature passed. and did approve
, Before tHi~ cgmuai-u is over VI.
t Beckham will have changed his mluG
! about NY having only three measug-,
to condemn after Iuug AID ,y
| EauStive search of his record q,
should cheer UP The worst is yet 20
come. Il is not necessary that / shoI.'
make a search of his record in ORDER
; TO find acts worthy Of condemnation.
A Railroad Message.
In his aGIreSs "a March - ne boa~,-
fully Incorporates message in H.
opening speech. Wi.h all .ay malry-
Olence | h3! assumed that he wuuld
. seek to conceal it ard was Ilm,S,
ashamed to mention il. wish to cu;i
your attention to few sentences call
ed at ranuOm from that remarkable
utterancc. We are pleased" says hG
that there has been an increase in
: mileage. in the value Of railroad prop
/ erty and in their earnings. Il i ii
i good indication of the prosperity nf
Q our people. There is no Intelligent
t citizen who does not want to see the
t idend for their owners. and any leGis-
- iation which cyipplcs them or hampers
= their successful management is IN,
T. wise and ineycuSablc ; " The dem.
ago@ue WI, would seek 10 bIackmaii a
railroad company or other corporation
with the threat Of hostile legislation
or with tie unjust application Of the
10 :. i. Of
> est punishment. The law pass
ed by the general assembly Of 1896
on this subject giye, to orr board at
:, railroad commissioners ample power
50 far rs inUraSiate commerce is con.
cerne.I. TO remedy any WRONGS thrt
d, may exist witt dIe regard to tie
? rights of the people and of the rail!
roads" o. course he mildly raps the
railroads as he goes along To give this
=, cunning utterance 4 judicial air
At first reading it sounds like ih,
well poised statement of Il man VIII;
!. did not love the people less. but III,
dear railroads Il little more. y ClosC
inspection will show that while "th,
voice is the voice Of Jacob, the hand :.
the hand of Esdu." The plain purpos,
of this message was To prevent ia,
legislature Of 1905 passing additions
: railroad legislation. 1t will he rrmeu
i bered that It this very time the Ques
Z! ton Of paramount Importance befOr,
: all legislative bodies national an,
state. was The enactment of additional
= laws for he adequate regulation ,
: railroads. lie. in 80 many words tell
L the legislature that the McChord BIZ
g OF 1900 is ample and sufficient for al
! PURPOSES" and that any additional lee
: iSiation is unnecessary ami unjust AN,
y TO use his own words. the man VIII.
would brighten a railroad with unjus
y legislation is telon deserving Of til,
severest punishment" 1t had been II,
I years since the passage of the McChnr
:. bill. The McChurd bill WAS Il gre,
f step. the step OF Il genius. but il wa.
. only a step in the right direction. an,
those who followed the murdered VII
r liam Goebei had advanced leagues be
.. yond all that Goebel OF McChurd ha;
ever hoped to accomplish by this bill
The McChOrd bill gave the rairoat
, commission the right 10 sag when i
,, rate WAS unjust ami eXtortionate. buI
it gave it 40 power to establish a JUS
rate.
The McC;lJrd Dill md1ie no prOvisiC
Tor restricting excessive hours of IL
Dor for railroad employees. and We,
two years before that the National As
ISOLATION % Railway Commissioner.
b,I darn.1psIaT Sucb ipoiSI1fiau md @