The Hartford republican., 1915-10-01
What Mr.. Stanley Said About "Of'icc
Rotaters.-

On the 18th day of January of thi
year, Mr.. Stanley announced his can
didacy for the Governorship of Ken
tucky and which announcement wa
telegraphed by Arthur b. Krock 4
the Courier-Journal and published II
that paper on the 18th, and amoni
other things said by Mr.. Stanley wa
the folio wing which seems enough
and created at the time, by its yer.
courage and audacity, furore IL
the ranks of the Office holding oil
garchy at Frankfort and caused man!
to doubt Mr.. Stanley's political wis
dom, tho all accorded to him a cour
age rarely found in a politician.
"Mr. Stanley's Position Before tn,
August Primary"
zone of the vital issues which the
Democracy of the State will be called
upon to indorse or repudiate is the
principle of endless rotation in office
l am convinced that the question OF
"hVthVi VI hOt a SluSie COteTle VI
otficeholders shall perpetuate them
selves in power by rotating in differ
ent offices, will be settled in August
as Overwhelmingly as the people
adopted that provision in the present
State Constitution which renders
every State official ineligible as his
own successor. That clause in the
organic law was thus heartily indors-
ed by the people of Kentucky because
they believed it would end ring rule in
the State House. But there is better
reason for keeping a state official in
the same Office indefinitely in the dis
charge of duties which he has be-
come familiar. than to rotate him
thru succession of positions in
which he has had no previous exper-
ience."
The Democratic party in Kentucky
will no longer tolerate a political
Warwick at the head of a close cor
poration of Office holders who have
twisted the old Democratic doctrine
of rotation in office to mean that the
same set shall rotate from one office
to another and back again every four
years"
During the Primary Campaign. Mr.. |
Stanley kept up something of fight |
along these lines. but with an oozing
earnestness and final result that he /!
is the nominee at the head of the |
ticket on which are five "Rotaters"
against whom he declaimed so loudly |
in January, but with whom he trains |
and collaborates in August and with
whom he will train and collaborate
until the election unless an outraged
public opinion drives some of the
"Rotaters" off the Demo-
cratic ticket. and at any rate he is in
to train and collaborate with part OF
a spstem he so loudly denounced.
'Nr. Stanley's Position After The
August Primary"
For Governor-A. o. Stanley.
% For Secretary OF State-Barks
lale Hamlet. present Superintend-
mt Of Public Instruction.
(2)For State Auditor-Robt. l..
ireen. present Clerk Court of Ap-
reals.
CD For State Treasurer-Sher-
nan Goodpaster. State Inspector and
Examiner.
(4) For Attorney General-M. NJ.
logan, present First Assistant At
orney General.
60 For Superintendent of Public
nstruction-V. o. Gilbert. present
'irst Assistant Superintendent in
anne Office.
Here we see "Rotators" for about
II the principal Offices.
Mr.. Stanley is here caught red
anded at the head of a gang of "Ro-
iIers," some of them appearing to Z
e also grafters of the first magni-
nde. What will Mr.. Stanley do about
!?
OF course nobody claims he can
ct them off the ticket simply be-
ause they are "Rotaters when
hey are not only of this class of un- $
esirables but when some of them I
lay be shown clearly to be grafters I
nd incompetent, he might start a !
love to get them off the ticket. This .
'ould be not only a popular move |
nd in the interest of the taxpayers, G
ut would prove Mr.. Stanley to be {
onsistent with his early in the year