The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-21
Thomas Opens
Campaign in fayette.
(Cotinued From Page u

in Congress, he is lmpelled to eX-
claim: MY, God, how have the
mighty fallen 1t is time for us to
send a man to Congress who will rep
resent the best aspirations and the
will of the people of this district and
| intend to present to you a man,
educated at Princeton University, a
lawyer and farmer; a man who has
the courage to stand for the right
and against the wrong; Democrat in
whom there is no guile. No more
loyal Democrat ever sought nomina-
ton in this district. More than that
he is a real man, who stands for the
protection Of American homes and
American womanhood. l present to
you the next Congressman from this
Gls' net, the Hon Ciande M. l'nnuas
Of bourbon County.
Senator Thomas Address.
Mr.. Thomas spoke in part as fol.
IL VS.:
your represep. alive has gSne up
and down, throughout this district,
vilifying and abusing those of his
constituents who have grown weary
of whisky domination Of tleir public
affairs, and as protest against that
domination have Evidenced Il purpose
to vote against it at this election. lie
occupies lofty position as member OF
Congress, and the words he speags
will be listened to, if not beueved,
by the people of ibis distric'. The
people of Scott County who were not
willing to longer tolerate ballot box
stuffing, and perjured certificates as
to the contents of those boxes. than
whom no better men live in America
because of their fidelity to convictions
as to morality in pubic life. have been
the especial objects of his Spiteful at
tack.
81 am of the opinion that they have
given back in return rather more than
he contracted for, and l am quite
certain that they are able and will
ing to endure the situation. When
Mr.. Cantrill shall have been retired
to private life these men of Scott
County whose only fault is to he
found in their unwillingness to sup
port and be regarded as identified with
Mr.. Cantrill will continue to be, as
they have heretofore been, leaders i'll
all that affects the moral and Chris
tian side of the life of that great
county.
Abuse Was Expected.
$50 far as affects me I had not eX-
pected anything but abuse and mis-
representation at the hands of your
Representative in Congress. When
Mr.. Cantrill speaks of me it is not
his voice, but that of the brewers and
distillers whose interests he repre-
sents. Mr.. Cantrill plays the part of
Punch, but the strings are pulled from
the headquarters of the brewry in
terests in the City of Louisville. He
has spoken no truth of me since this
campaign begun something over a
month ago.
81 can not ask you to permit me to
take up your thine long enough to go
over and deny all of the misstate-
ments made by Mr.. Cantrill of me, but
to some of them | wish to ask your
attention. He modifies his statements
as he changes his location. In dry
territory he accuses me of leaning to
the vets and in wet territory he says
| am the worst of all the drys. In no
place does he speak the truth. He is
like the 12-year-old boy who when on
railroad train told the conductor he
was only ten, and ought to ride free,
but when the age limit had to go up
he did not hesitate to swear himself
to be IA.
CantriII Branded STRANGE >. <.
"He says that six years ago when
L was candidate for the State Sen
ate l telephoned to him and asked
him to meet me at the Phoenix Hotel,
and that when we met there l said to
him that l was about to be defeated
for the Senate, and that l appealed
to him to obtain for me the support
OF the liquor interests in my district,
and that 1 in return for this support
pledged myself to oppose the County
Unit Bill. What strange fellow
your Congressman is. He and | made
race for Congress four years ago,
and during that canvass Mr.. Cantrill
made speeches in every precinct. At
that time he and his liquor allies said
every mean thing possible to invent
about me, but it never occurred to
him to accuse me of having made
this appeal to him. And that was
only two years after the incident is
said by him to have occurred.
Does it not seem strange that he
could better remember after six years
than he could at the expiration of
only two? The fact is, my friends,
it is fabrication from beginning to
end. 1t is absolutely false, and to
show you how false it is upon it's very
face | could not have gone 20 him
with the statement that 1 was about
to be defeated, because l had no op-
position in that race either in my own
party for the nomination, or from the
Republicans at the final election.
Liquor Deal Denied.
Haven gotten into the habit of de-
ceiving his audience he was not will
ing to stop with talking of one deal,
but in his speech here at Lexington
went further and accused me of hav-
ing made some sort of deal with the
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