The Adair County news., 1914-04-01

vestigating committee, when, as a
matter Of fact. the impression is very
general and we'll founded that the pur-
pose of that investigation was more to
advertise and give nOtoriety to it's
chairman than to accomplish any real
and substantial relief from the ex-
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 it
worth while to take any part in the
nomination or election of a 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 c?nseqUences to itself
from the widely advertised attacks
upon it 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 sIi-h4 est sub
staHtial relief to the tUbacc grower,
or to the people, from the wrongs per-
petrated b. that trust IEdammatory
and incenGiary speeches are the only
remedies he has ever given for those
evils and Il is a fact thar 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 assent bly, e
1905, legaliziHg the pooling Of their
crops, and that measure was passed
with my active assistance, and WIS
signed by = while I was governor.
Neither h@d that trust any political
strength T. Kentucky. and il was GER
tainly not 70 be feared by a candidate
for congress in the Second district u
the state.
Liquor Trust Dominant.
But there is a trust in Kentucky
whose political power extends like a
pail over the entire state. and hollis
III IT. strong grasp many politics
who dare not prOvJke its enmity OF
wrath. Its TeruiciJus activity has aD-
peared il nearly every primary, con-
yentiCu and legislative assembly held
N Kentucky for many years. 1t mas
sought to dominate the politics Of The
state in every particular. and it has
fought to prevent any limitation uron
its market or any restriction upon
Is business. II has sought 10 pslaB-
lish saloons in every county. CITY and
hamlet in the commonwealth. Il has
put its blight upon more homes. II
has wrecked more human lives. ana
filed more uutimelv graves. than have
all the other trusts combined. It re-
wards those who serve it. ard Dun
ishes those who oppose it. II never
ceases in its efforts TO control the Leg
lslatures, the courts, and the exeyu-
tive officers Of the state. Ii demands
that it shall have the senators. and
as many rs possible of the congress
men from this state, i'm the federal
congress. The stoeI trust has never &.
crossed more power in PENNSYLVANIA
than has the liquor cTust in Kentucky:
and 10 man ever wore the collar OF
the stee, trust more slayis..v I'm
that stat. Or followed its commands
more o.e.ic---. l-a1 Stanley H-s
done for tie liquor trust in this state
y few Of the many we.I-Elowr IL
stances OF his services to tlat truss
VIII show thst 7 an not mtsrss.a.
senting him or his record. In AUGUST.
1871, a Democratic state c0uveutl-
was held % .aa.s~.Ei- 20 prepare o.
platoon upon Inch the Democrat.
nou.Er5 G-s rte C-.ers should ~
before .hc pee. IT, IN Jr- CAMPAIGN o..
tia. Esar. The chief Issue in TIA.
contention was WLe---r or not
cOuuty-uniI plank should be placed in
the platform. The Eu-or forces mus
tered their full strength against the
plank; and among the most act.ya
leaders or their side was lIr. Stanlcv.
working for them to the full extent o.
his influence in the effort 90 Keen thai
plank out. When the question came
to Il vote in the convention on a roll
call, he boastGrur cast the votes q.
Henderson county asainst the county
unit plank.
His service 10 the trust was more
devoted than his service to the party
or to the state: for intelligent Oh
sewers know that. without that plank
in the platform our state ticket would
have had little chance 10 succeed in
the November ele. ton. He. OF course.
defended his position upon the grcUu'
that the law would be "unconst-tj-
tional" That IS always the last arGu-
ment made by trust ma-uatc f..
fight agai--: a reform measure Tho
court Of appeals has said that the law
was constitutional, Notwithstanding
his opinion.
Led Unit plank Fight.
As the chairman OF the committee
on resolution IN that convention. I
led the fight for the adoption Of that
plank, and stood before the cOEvsl-