Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-23

| WITHOUT regard % me party amhauons
eve favor SAYS this party. "amend-
ments 20 the Stale law permitting and
encouraging nominations % the same
candidate by the different parties
! have long suspected that certain Re-
| publican leaders were prone 70 practice
this Janus faced diplomacy, but hardly
thought they would compel she quick
change artist" to play his "Dr. Jelkyl
and Mr.. HYDE" politics IN the very pres
ence u the people.
| declaration had the force and effect Of
/ existing law. what would be the resulti
| The various parties have made their plat
emn covenant wsS and when adopted b, the
| people have the binding effect Of con-
| tract sealed with the great seal o. the
commonwealth" As the nominee Of both
factions Of his party he would necessarily
find himself committed TO two platforms.
Let US imagine him speaking TO stand
pat audience on the platform for which
he processes such profound reverence and
to which he promises such implicit obed-
fence. He would doubtless edify his adj
mirers with the statement that he pro-
poses TO preserve and enforce the County
Unit law now upon the statute books
Fellow citizens" says Mr.. Morrow. ITS
II not my covenant, my solemn contract
signed with the great seal of the COM
eve now declare our continued ad-
herence to the County Unit law, and
we do hereby endorse the present Coun-
ourselves TO Its strict and rigid en-
The next day we find him upon the
other platform surrounded by admiring
Moosers and declaring: us Il not my par
tvs covenent, solemn contract signed
with the great seal OF the commonwealth
that
THE Progressive party OF Kentucky
pledges itself TO submit 10 a vote OF
the state, an amendment to our State
In
lucky"
Support me, brave Moosers, for you
have solemn contract. sealed with the
great seal Of the commonwealth, that
the County Unit shall be sent to the ding
bow-wOws and State wide prohibition en-
forced, and That without delay.
On the following day the Republican
nominee will return to the old fold, will
assure his friends In the large cities who
are somewhat uneasy about this Woman
Suffrage agitation. that the Republican
party positively refuses 10 state its po-
sition upon that question
Expressly reserving the right OF all
Republicans to vote upon the question
of Woman Suffrage as they see fit"
And the "prestol change" my handsome
and accomplished opponent back in the
Bull Moose camp the idol OF the ladies'
he assures the cheering suffragists that
We Moosers. he and she alike
Desire 70 reiterate our belief in the
Just principles Of Woman Suffrage and
urge upon the next Legislature to sub
lucky"
This, they are told. is not an idle utter
ance. but solemn covenant made to be
kept by Gus Progressives," a contract
under the great seal OF the common
But worse, and last OF all. Imagine my
gifted and distinguished friend, proud OF
his stalwart Republican forbears, and
OF the great standpattefs who have add
ed luster to his honored name. Imagine
him quoting again the language Of the
last national Republican platform to the
delectatiou Of a Bourbon Repubcanism
We invite the Intelligent judgment
OF the American people upon~ the ad-
ministration OF William II. Taft
that legislation is record on which
any administration might appeal with
OF history"
And then, far removed from the very
echoes OF his last utterance. facing those
easy-going and invertebrate Taft and
who still worship their idol of the Big
Stick. the only and strenuous Teddy, Inn
agine the same Edwin p. Morrow de-
we reaffirm our answering alleg-
lance to our greatest champion, Theo-
dore Roosevelt"
Such principle makes party declara-
tons false as dicers' oaths."
A covenant with the people, "a solemn
contract under the great seal of the
a trap. Not a promise of reform, but |
delusive bait for the unwary, changed |
while you wait. Oh, the old elephant is |
down with senile debility, the Bull Moose |
is up for repairs and out of the ruins 1
of the discarded carcasses of these inn
potent beasts despairing Republicanism
would construct a hybred monster upon |
which to ride into office. a sort of bull :
o-moOsephant," half reactionary and half |
progressive, Janus-headed emblem.
with one blinking face to the dawn and
one sombre countenance turned toward |
the setting sun. This new adversary OF |
Democracy. Progressive and Reactionary.
bound TO conflicting platforms, may truth
fully say to the people OF Kentucky: Il
don't know where | am going. nor do
really care, but | am on my way to a
job, and that is the real purpose OF my
candidacy after ALL"
Mr.. Morrow arraigns the last Demo-
cratic administration for willful breach
of covenant:
That in violation of a promise OF "re-
trenchment and reform" that we have
been guilty Of ''wanton. useless and reck-
less extravaganza" resulting in ian
empty Treasury and a bankrupt state"
The Democratic party" says Mr.
Morrow. came into control of the
three branches OF the government Jan
uary l. 1912. On this day there were
outstanding unpaid warrants against
the Treasury amounting in round fg-
ures to $56O,000. On August 81. 1915
there were outstanding against the
State unpaid Understanding warrants
amounting to $3.275. 900.
He therefore assumes the State to be
$5,275.O 900 In debt, an inference absolute
" unWdTrduteu Dy the record ana reach
ed by an artful Juggling OF figures. I'M
worthy OF my distinguished opponent.
As Is well known. nearly all the
States revenues collected during the last
three months OF the year. while the rum
ming expenses OF the Government are
about the same, one month with another.
so that. however free from debt the State
may be at the end of the year. on the
last OF August or the first OF September.
Its outstanding obligations will neceE-
sarily exceed by hundreds OF thousands.
II not millions, the amount then on hand
TO meet. these obligations. Just as a
farmer having an annual income, say.
of $1,000, the major portion of which Is
derived from the sale Of tobacco or corn.
and other products In the fall and winter,
would probably ind on the first OF July
that his Indebtedness exceeds by several
hundred dollars his cash on hand. II,
this does not exceed the income
which he might reasonably anticipate
from the sale OF his products. II can not
be truthfully said that he Is in debt or
improvident and bankrupt The unfair
ness OF artfully selecting time when
rs per cent of the states expenses hav-
ing been incurred, with practically all
a. l..