The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-03-20

matter of fact, the impression IN ywv
general and well founded that the pur.
pose of that Investigation was more to
advertise and give notoriety to IT,
chairman than to accomplish any real
and substantial relief from the az.
actions of the steel trust.
That trust had few, If any, friends
in Kentucky. It's great power was
never exerted in the politics Of this
state. 1t never seemed to think /,
orth while to take any part in thu
domination or election of congress-
man or other official here. Conse-
quently, an ambitious congressman in
Kentucky had no more reason to fear
any harmful political results to him
self in attacking such a far-away
trust, than the trust seemed to have
to fear any evil consequences to itself
from the widely advertised attacks
upon 1t from that same congressman.
He boasts, too, of his long warfare
upon the tobacco trust, and yet nei-
ther he nor his most ardent friend
can point to a single act Of his that
has ever brought the slightest sub
stantial relief to the tobacco grower.
or to the people, from the wrongs per-
petrated by that trust. InfiammatOry
and incendiary speeches are the only
remedies he has ever given for those
evils and 1t is a fact that the one
weapon the tobacco growers Of Ken
lucky have been able to use success
fully in a contest with that trust, was
the act Of the general assembly Of
1906, legalizing the pooling of their
crops, and that measure was passed.
with my active assistance, and was
signed by me while / was governor.
Neither had that trust any political
strength In Kentucky, and it was GER
tainly not to be feared by a candidate
for congress In the Second district OF
the state.
Liquor Trust Dominant.
But there is a trust in Kentucky
whose political power extends like a
pail over the entire state, and holds
in its strong grasp many politicians
who dare not provoke it's enmity or
wratL. Its pernicious activity has ap-
peared in nearly every primary, con-
vention and legislative assembly held
in Kentucky for many years. 1t has
sought to dominate the politics of the
state in every particular, and it has
fought to prevent any limitation upon
its market or any restriction upon
is business 1t has sought to estab-
fish saloons in every county, city and
hamlet in the commonwealth. 1t has
put its blight upon more homes. II
has wrecked more human lives, AMI
filled more untimely graves, than have
all the other trusts combined. 1t re-
wards those who serve it, ard pun
ishes those who oppose it. 1t never
ceases in its efforts to control the leg
1slatures, the courts, and the execu-
tive officers of the state. 1t demands
that it shall have the senator's, and
as many as possible of the congress
men from this state, in the federal
congress. The steel trust has never ex
ercised more power in PENNSYLVANIA
than has the liquor trust in Kentucky;
and no man ever wore the collar of
the steel trust more slavisnly in
that state, or followed it's commands
more obediently, than Stanley has
done for the liquor trust in this state
A few of the many wellknown in
stances of his services to that trust
will show that / am not misrepre-
senting him or his record. In August,
1911, Democratic state convention
was held in Louisville TO prepare a
platform upon which the Democratic
nominees for state officers should go
before the people in the campaign of
that year. The chief issue in that
convention was whether or not a
plank should be placed in
the platform. The liquor forces mus
tered their full strength against the
plank; and among the most active
leaders on their side was Mr.. Stanley.
working for them to the full extent Of
his influence in the effort to keep that
plank out. When the question came
to vote in the convention on a roll
call, he boastfully cast the votes OF
Henderson county against the county
unit plank.
His service to the trust was more
devoted than his service to the party
or to the state; for intelligent OBJ
servers know that, without that plank
in the platform our state ticket would
have had little chance to succeed in
the November election. He, of course,
defended his position upon the ground
that the law would be 'unconstitl-
tional" That Is always the last argu-
ment made by trust magnate in
fight against a reform measure. The
court of appeals has said that the law
was constitutional. Notwithstanding
his opinion.
Led Unit Plank Fight.
AS the chairman of the committee
on resolutions in that convention. I
led the fight for the adoption of thai
plank, and stood before the convel-
ton earnestly advocating it, although
I was confronted with the Kisses AMI