Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-10-30

helping hand to every neighbor and
brother, 10 put aside the faults and
mistakes from which neither side has
been free even in their own con.
sciences, and that Kentucky shall be
the good. old-time warm hearted
glorious Kentucky?
After all, we are all at heart, one
people, Republicans and Democrats,
honest and patriotic and Inspired by
the same worthy motives. But we
cannot shut our eyes to the fact that
a Democratic victory always has spell
ed hardship and national depression
Il never treat any man or his opln-
Ion. political or religious. with dis
! respect. ! ask for myself only what
| give to every man. and treat every
man with consideration and respect
of course our Democratic neighbor is
| Just as sensible and patriotic as we
are.
But we have learned by sad and
oft repeated experience that the
Democratic party, made up of these
| good men. now in the fifth and worst
experience OF all, draws the fateful
line between theory and practice and
has settled IL for the last time and
rorever-that the Democratic party
never could and never can conduct
any governmental business, national
or state, even fairly. much less we'll
1t did seem that trying Il four
| times was enough and we never would
try it again. and really. We never did
| try II again. directly, for in 1912 an
immense majority was still against 1t,
| but the personal Quarrel split the ma.
jority and the Democratic minority
won. sc that We are going through an
other NTH trial without ever having
meant to do 1t. when an overwhelm-
Ing majority intended no such thing,
and all are seriously hurt, shocked,
overwhelmed and discouraged at the
result.
Our first and greatest need is
starter for business and a stopper for
the Democratic party. There are
enough Of US to accomplish both if
We unite.
1T Is no longer a question OF con-
hicting theories, hut a question of the
complete collapse of business insti-
tutions and means and chances OF
making a living. of earning our bread
and butter. right in the midst of the
greatest crop of all time and human
history. The Democratic theory has
been demonstrated to be not merely |
mistaken, but ruinous, nor ruinous |
alone to the Republican North, but
alike to the Democratic South, TO the !
commercial and manufacturing East. |
and to the agricultural. mining and |
manufacturing West and Midland.
Let US extend the hand OF good |
fellowship 10 every one who has yot- |
ed with US. We we're always glad TO |
extend It to a Democrat. why not to a |
brother Republican who has for a |
time taken issue with his friends? In |
politics as in counting. two is com |
pany, and three is a crowd This Is |
no time to quarrel over platform |
planks, with the country going TO /
ruin. | WIZ build you platform. My |
first plank is TO defeat the present
Democratic nominee for Senator. You
viii agree 10 that no matter to which |
faction you belong. Ny second plank |
Is for protective tariff equal to the
difference between the cost of produc.
ton at home and abroad We can
agree that the hight cost Of living has
not gone down, but has gone up, while
the means OF earning the money 10
pay for the cost of living has gone
down As some one said. instead OF
making the dollar go further than IL
ever did before. the Democrats have
made IL 90 so far that II is like a dog
made into sausage meat. gone forever
II we stay split we stay whipped and
deserve it.
Now we are going 10 get together,
Il is coming, has to come, VIC cannot
live without jobs or on half time and
can we not all agree that IL has come.
is here and We have all got together?
Our depression and deficit had an
fallen upon MS before there was any
war In Europe. The revenues were
cut down. excessive appropriations,
two hundred million dollars year
more than ever before were being en-
acted and the bankruptcy Of the
treasury was In plain view long be
fore the war;