The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-04-14

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rather live an honest life in an hum
BILE home yonder in the woods on the
hillside than to live in the governors
mansion yonder In Frankfort and be
a victim of depraved politics. | would
rather be free and be defeated than
be a slave and be elected. IL | am
elected I shall. upon entering office,
be free as mountain air-free to tight
for the rights Of the people and free
to take the executive initiative In the
work OF transacting public business.
Born In humble surroundings among
the sand hills Of Kentucky. trained In
every hardship known in the expert
ence OF a poor boy, and having earn
estly worked for twenty-three years
with the great common people for the
education of their boys and girls, and
never turning down a request for as
sistance that could grant, feel that
| have a vision of the needs OF the
toiling masses and that | am pre-
pared to give every human being a
| Just deal. Not only have my own life
and my contact with the masses en-
abled me to know the needs Of the
/ PEOPLE, but the responsible position
which I have held as the head OF a
great institution for the past twenty
three years has given me a wide ex-
perience in the executive field, and n
| knowledge of those problems that en-
! ter into the making of greater Ken
lucky. Every plank In the platform
upon which am making this race IL
/ a patriotic call for greater moral,
intellectual and industrial state.
The greater Kentucky is in the peo-
pie. II is the greater spirit. It is a
vision of a larger life and a purpose
on the part of every citizen to accom-
plish it. It is a depth. breadth, a
fullness and fineness of human
thought and character It gives every
citizen, whether he lives in the coun-
try or in the city, on the hill or in
the valley, in the hut or In the man
sion, a chance to live and grow and
an opportunity to be happy and pros
porous. II emphasizes the importance
Of every human being because he Is
the fundamental unit of the state and
the source of the currents OF spiritual
and industrial thrift. Democracy new
er intended that a single human being
should be neglected by society.
The people dc not need material
help so much as they need visualized
life in every honorable human en-
deavor. They do not need more
money in the bank so much as they
need more good books and literature
in the home They do not need to work
harder with the hands so much as
they need to read, plan and think
more. The state can not force the
citizen to accept the more abundant
life, but 1t can knock at the door OF
every home and offer every human
Neing a chance to have more life and
more of the material blessings of this
world. II can not put food in all the
hungry mouths, but it can, through a
constructive policy, illuminate human
lives and endeavors, light up the dark
novels and show the people how they
may have more wholesome food. 1t
can not increase the yield of the farm,
but il can offer such information and
agricultural instruction as will enable
the farmer to increase the yield. II
can not restore life to the loved one
who has died from preventable dis
eases, but 1t can teach others how they
can avoid dying from the same cause.
II can not force the citizen who Is
having a hard time and who has not
succeeded to be a success in his
chosen work. but II can put a lamp
in his hand that will light up the way
to success.
A wise craftsmanship recognizes
that fundamental reform In every
state begins in the houses occupied
by our own souls II you would have
a greater Kentucky:
GO make thy garden fair,
Thou workest not alone;
For he whose plot is next to thine.
Will note and mend his own"
We will never have the greater Ken
lucky until every citizen leaves his
neighbor alone for awhile and goes to
work on himself and gives to his coun-
try one great life anG one noble en-
deavor: until a fathers leadership
and devotion. a mothers love and SER
vice and Christian ideals and parental
authority prevail in every home; until
the members of every church prac-
tice the religion they teach, in and
out of the church, and in private and
| public life: until teachers and pu-
pills of every school make the school
a community life where Industrial
progress and moral and intellectual
Municipalities flourish: until all the
people get away from the rule Of self
ishness and bigotry. from hatred and
envy and in the spirit Of unity of CO
operation work together for greater
| Kentucky.
Our civic. social and Industrial
problems will be solved when we vi
talize every inch OF Kentucky life,
soil and business and every public Of
fee with the right kind Of brains and
conscience. sometimes fear we are
trying to win a battle at Valley Forge
without Washington. trying to write
Declaration OF Independence with.
out a Jefferson, trying to light up
Kentucky without having a light In
our own souls. The greatest thing In
human endeavor is a human being,
and the greatest thing in a state is a
great citizen. The citizen is the spir.
itual dynamo that turns the wheels OF
progress and determines the conduct
OF the state. Nothing has ever been
accomplished by human hands in the
outward world that did not begin I'm
some human being. That bridge in
southern Kentucky was burned before
the blaze was witnessed by the phys.