Mountain advocate., 1914-07-17

Becknam loch6NfpfRyo Niui tue ANVh
interests of Kentucky. 1t was rather
the thing that feff1 ia his way as a
PUBIC dutS f'aso ,Sral 81 yiA.,... ..y5.s
The constitution Of Kentucky, adopt
cd some twensy;fiYp years ago. con.
tanned u provision that required the
legislature ts ersst.a law giving zach
Count! OF tGS 15t;ttt 'tHs right to vots'
ses.it net, q IaTy," This constitu,.
Ftoual srotisiSp. ,lfks Che one that t4t
phSofts railroad passes, was honofed ~
Hhs breach indeeds !Kentse sy !, legis,
iators have i,eepl prone. an matters Of
Tsfsrrr, 70 adopt the policy OF the Var
mont Fathers, Who resolved THAT The
laMs StsGod and CohIec utdt be stopt,
ed Until We ihsNe dye To frame bet
tel" !Lgpl Iln.s.a ,sFs..autE ..vi.!.-s
/ ~ Reckham obeyed the Constitution
hnd rceonsnegdea the enactment of a
law III lcohfotnity with II; but the
liquor INTERESTS, sGtteeded in having
Jexemp ted the larger CITIES '.'' 81
Then there was o Sunday closing
law on the stat1te~bsoks, ~hiohEwas
Openly violated in the cities, notably
IN Louisville, Beckham was appealed
to, but he had 40 : power to remove
l-dsrelict1 city SffibialS and could make
only moral appeal to the mayor of
louisville to enforce the law, which
tYas unsuccessful trT ~" yf|i~I15 q
Va SO. happened = that shortly after
40 the keDtecky Court of Appeals
{sSihed that the election " all of LOU
n3lles officias frsfd tJeen procured by
q hid. sine 0thces we're. by the court.
DECLARED vacant aud ths governor was
empowered to Nil them by appoint
d Slit seckham vent over the heads
d 1.-THE party machine and appointed .
q hayoE With the understanding that
the Sunday closing law would be en
bEced 1t was 'enfotted and Is en-
fbIced to-day ;!bT,.,. l... z
Fhe :rsGuhetsti of kentucky maize
Product that is soh vs. ,Mhisksy. bat
kch is made up OF various occult In
srtdients They we're doing an i'm
Aense-Sasdness id KENTUCKY, and pRy..
INT very little il taxes. Beckham Sc
fJfed q Law that taxed THESE 'reCti
q 3 81 sent an1 u rquarter a gallon on
39fir -pioaucL Also Le secured the
~ $esase OF a law prohibiting the snip
u tfg Of liquor into dry territory; but
3le Slprsme Court Of the United
States held that this vas unConstitu-
j4iSndl. so far rs II affected Interstate
g Shipments. The Louisville man, there
Tore. could take mis- whiskey across
the river 10 Jenersonyiile, Ind, and
from there ship IT tosany point in Ken
PtnckY.Iyet Or, dry, The Webb law, Ia
ter passed by Congress. is intended to-
Fremove these iiiitit accommodations
and stop the jtraff1c Auft t. ~ o..
Beckham hardly had time 10 formn-
late his policies, after GoebePs death,
when he waseobhged to stand for an
other election; The politicians were.
against him.. but the people were with
him, and he received the votes OF 200
out Of the 900 delegates. '''
p II was in the palry days of Mark
HANNA and that sstute leader. under
whose auspices Kentucky had gone
fRepublican In 1896, believed Beckham
therefore put up their best man aud
their stoutsst purse. but Beckham Won
by nearly 1000 votes, Three years
later there Was no opposition TO his
nomination. and he carried the. State
by. -, 900 plurality, ..-...
Towards the end, OF his second term
as governor. Beckham, Ia 1905. became
a candidate tor'tfre United States Sen
ate. =, his cdndidAer aroused intepse
fesiins in. the camp Of the liquor in
fterests. In the primary election for
the senatorsilip. m 1907 with the com
and the daily newspapers IN Louis.
vile, Lexington, Coyington and New
port, rhe' four largest cities in the
State bsekham carried 81 counties
out of lls, in toe State, with the liz
-uor Interests furnishing a piethortc
purse TOW ard his defeat Beaten at
the polls. the li4uor interests retreat
ed 10 the legislature. and four Demo
cratic Legislators voted at the beck OF
the whiskey ring For Republican.
BY agreeing 10 abandon the temper
ance cause for which he had stood.
Bnckhsm could have woni but he re-
fused 10 trade once more showing
his courage and. his devotion to pr!n-
riple - 81 .a'f i.. ..,.r.|,
I In my opinion gained after a jour
ney last summer through Kentucky,
that sacrifce' OF Beckham for prin
ciple viii make him the next United
States senatoE~trom Kentucky as sure
ly as it defeated him then, II there is
anythins in ipulitiGsl Justice. n there
lis Any" stonement for political wrongs.
If people are not ungrateful or In
different. Beckham Will be rewarded
Not that he looks for reward. VIE.
tory is not always the true test OF an
honest and rishte6aiss Cause be said
in a public. speech aztec mis- defsst in
isos; success may have its pleasures,
Dat failure may have its honor"
And let me add that. whether you
halisya I'M fIfr1lhfhirfnns ar IN fhA an