The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-01-28

ton In Office to mean that the same
set shall rotate from one Office to an
other and back again every four
years.
True Function Of Governor.
ut is known of all men that Percy
Haly proposes either to nominate him
| self as governor of Kentucky or some
respectable fgurehead of his own Sc
lection whom he can own and con.
troll and that men shall be ineligible
to position on the all-powerful board
OF assessment and valuation, whose
names do not appear on his exclusive
roll of honor (?. I shall fight with
all the energy l possess and shall ex-
ert to the utmost all the authority
vested in me to prevent the informed.
ding by an officeholding trust or q
Petty political hierarchy with these or
any other Offices in the state, and |
shall fight every concerted attempt to
dictate nominations for national, state,
district or county Offices.
The function of the governor and
thOoC dooONidtCu WITH W tTdu6@
act the business of the state In such a
way as to rebound to its credit and
to that OF his party and the security
and prosperity of the people and not
TO construct an endless chain of Office
holders. from street sweeper to chief
magistrate for the purpose of main.
tanning perpetually in power a polit-
ical trinmvirate and a pampered and
protected lobby. | shalt fight the
Haly Rhea Shackelford triumvirate
now in control as bitterly as | shall
fight any other individual or combina.
ton which may seek to pillage our
state
No Invisible Government.
Il willingly surrendered a seat in
congress to fight above all else that
most insidious and abominable men,
ace to the liberties and property rights
OF a free people-'invisible govern
meut'-powers nominally vested in
benevolent and respectable figures,
actually exercised by covert and cum
ming emissaries of every favor-seek-
ing and tax-dodging interest fortunate
enough to have a friend at court
IF elected governor of Kentucky |
so'emnIy and earnestly pledge the
PEOPLE of the commonwealth here and
how that will turn the calcium light
upon the lobbyist and upon all who
seek to secure positions of honor or
privilege by any secret or unholy al
nance with him
The Needs of the State.
II shall earnestly endeavor, II made
chief magistrate of my native state,
t. conserve and encourage every
legitimate business and industry,
large or small, to encourage
the investment of capital in and the
of our unrivaled and as
vet almost undeveloped resources; to
promote the construction and opera
ton OF public highways to the end
hat our people may find better and
speedier access TO the market, the
mill. the school and the church. AS
means to this end ! favor the aboli-
ton Of prison contract labor and the
rrlp'ovmen; of the convicts on the
roads Of the state.
81 shall vigorously endeavor to pro-
.ect the citizen from every form of
{ wlo~sness or confscation; TO see
hat his person and his property are
secure whether that property he in
vested in live stock. in lands or in
enterprises.
II stand for the county unit law as
I now exists, and will, if elected, do
III in my power to make it effective.
Believing that as governor of the
state can render my countrymen ma
erial service in carrying into effect
he reforms ! have mentioned, ! re
pectfully solicit their support as
.andidate for the Democratic nomina-
ion for the office of governor OF Ken
lucky in the ensuing August primary
election. A. o. STANLEY"