The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-06-23
Beckham and Thomas Make
Vote-Winning Campaign. s 5
There.
BEBKHAM GAINS
IN MOUNTAINS.
Everybody in Stanton Pro-
claims Allegiance to
Thomas.

The Woodford Sun, influential Dem
ocratic newspaper owned by Dan M.
and A. A. Bowman, in its issue of last
week declares for Claude M. Thomas
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in an editorial signed by Mr..
A. A. Bowman. Mr.. Bowman says:
"The Sun takes pleasure in declar
ing for Hon. Claude NJ Thomas for
Congress i'm this district. We support
ed Mr.. Thomas in his Congressional
race several years ago and we are
glad TO do it again.
Furthermore, We are not only for
Mr.. Thomas, but we are against Mr..
Cantrill, not only by reason of our
advocacy of Mr.. Thomas, but outside
of that.
"Yet will say again, what has been
said in these columns before, there is
absolutely nothing personal in our
fight on Mr.. Cantrill. The personal
feeling of both the Suns editors to-
ward Mr.. Cantril is entirely kind and
there is no reason why it should be
otherwise. l will go further and say
that some of the attacks on Mr.. Can
trill in the past have gone beyond
the bounds of what / could approve.
Il
acuse he stands for that in public
life against which ] am enlisted to
fight as long as | have tongue or pen.
Mr. Cantrill is the friend and repre-
sentative of the whisky interests. Mr.
Cantrill, in his political methods and
his political affiliations, is for every
thing that | am against.
81 believe in throwing the saloon
power bodily out of politics and keep
ing it out. | believe in temperance
legislation. l believe in absolute
purity in elections. l believe in refer
ring everything to the people and not
to the politicians How could / pos
sibly support Mr.. Cantrill, the friend
of the liquor interests, the enemy of
temperance legislation, the Trainer
up of the proposed snap primary OF
1913-the plainest, most undenlable
trampling on the peoples rights
which | have ever seen. | can not
and will not.
Il have 10 personal attack to make
on Mr.. Cantrill at all, for personal at
tacks generally require personal pref
udice. / am against Mr. Cantrlll on
grounds which require no proof-the
mere statement of which carries con
firmantion with it. | do not care tC
take I'D other old charges which
whether true or false. would no doubt
have slumbered forever had Mr.. Can
trill not displeased those who dug
them up. And l hope that in this cam
paign there will be no personal mud
singing and that Mr. Cantrill will be
Judged by his political attitude ano
affiliations.
Nobody in the district can doub
that Claude Thomas has all the equip
ment to make a good and useful Con
gressman He is good lawyer,
man of affairs, man of long legisla
tive experience man who com
mands respect. There can be N
thought that Mr.. Cantrill would mak'
a better Congressman. The issue i
narrowed down to question o
whisky domination over the people o
this State or clean politics. Are yo1
for clean politics and the destruction
of the political power of the saloons
If so, YOU can't stand with Cantril
without stulifying yourself. Are yo
for the kind of politics that framed u
the snap primary, do you belleve i
the whisky power in politics, do 20
stand with the politicians, rather tina
with the people? If so, you nave n
business in the Thomas camp.
1.-THE result of the coming primar
will show where the people OF tn
Seventh District stand. If Mr.. Cal
trill wins, it means either that this
a whisky district or that the tempe
ance people have a yarn string for
backbone.
eff the people of Woodford, VIII
stand against the whisky power, WI
stand for clean elections and stralgf
politics, expect anybody to believe OF
professions, it is up to us to roll up
big majority for Thomas. The ma
who has convictions and will stand
them and with them, is poor citlze
if not a bad citizen and mighty wea
man, if not bad man.
"a. A. B."