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

pick your pockets by law. they rob the
eSos ena we Ssa i'e es' s By ~ Tssy
do none Of these things even under the
tyrants plea q the public good OF pub
Hen nessy They sef 90 All P IKE % sole
base object Is to gorge the individual
with public plumber"
Eysn y me pt csaIs nc e'uzsnsnag
statements Of the Honorable Edwin p.
Morrow, In view OF the huge burden OF
!ebt with which Hepubhcanism mas sad aS
the utter devastation OF Its reign In the
South. the violence. terror and buodahed
that have marked lts wanton ana ruth
ware OF 80 desperate remedy even Tor
the Ills OF which he 50 loudly complains
Railroad Fare Bill.
Mr.. Morrow complains that the Demo-
,ratic. party, by. It's law making. body,
IN 20 doing Joined the State House For-{
getter's Club and forgot to insert an
enacting clause In the bill, thereby rem
that the President Of the state House
Forgetfers' Club" is leading Repub-
llcan. the Honorable E. D. Stone. Of the
Republican. the then superintendent Of
Public Printing. was its Right Honorable
Secretary Much Is to be forgiven any
progressive legislation, since he must
blaze his legislative way alone, without
guide or precedent Some sweet day
miserati h smile that one lone Repabiean
at one time did actually attempt to write
a bill lowering railroad rates. He did Il
bunglingly, Of course. but he deserves our
ed to do II at all. He wrote a headless
thing. II was introduced in that ampu-
tated form. and, taking the usual course.
tendent Of Public Printing. who prepared
a caption, sort OF artificial head. at
tached IL, sent the bill thus doctored
OF that body which Mr.. Morrow con-
dennis without reason or warrant ever
knew the plumbers made by the Super
intendent of Public Printing and the hon
orable but incompetent representative
from the County OF Crittenden. The bill
was passed In the closing hours OF the
b nay session don,o and then the esans
enrolled, and its faulty construction was
only discovered after II was too late to
remedy. the blunders Of the. superinten-
dent of Public Printing and the author
CT the bill Why Mr.. Morrow should
gratuitously assail this purely Repub-
lean organization. "The State House
Would DemoIIsh All Commissions.
Says Mr. Morrow: Kentucky has a
commission regulating everything from
fire to FISH. from Dan to Beersheba.
We have a Railroad Commits
sion. the Prison Commission. Insurance
m.
School Book Commission. Fire and
Game Commission, the Geological
'None-such' Commission. a battalion OF
fire marshals, a company OF foresters
and squad OF hotel inspectors.
One real commission on the job during
working hours and working days could
do the work of ALL"
would assail with sneer institutions Of
which he secretly approves. For that
reason ! give to his facetious expression
- Nwer H..
he means what he plainly infers. that
in the event OF his election, he
will abolish them all and place
heterogeneous control OF a clique OF po-
litical wiseacres and Jacks of -aII trades.
When he does II he will have utterly de-
stroyed the only feasible method yet
the protection of the health Of its citi-
zens. the security Of the travelling public,
the safety Of bank deposits. the adequate
servation Of forests. for securing cheap
ness and uniformity in school books, the
detection and punishment of incendiaries.
velopment of public highways.
In this effort to overthrow all the re-
suits OF the long, patient labor OF con-
opposed not by Democrats alone, but by
forward -looiSing men and women every
where, by every philanthropic society, by
good roads movement and by v every broad :
minded and public-spirited citizen who
wishes to use the power and resources
OF the commonwealth for the material
prosperity and the moral betterment OF
its people.
To do it he must repudiate the record
and demoiish the handiwork Of his own
political colleagues who participated in
the enactment of this legislation.
II will be seen that Mr.. Morrow again
INDUCES in an ill-considered and whole
sale denunciation of the work of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike. can not
believe that the Republican party in Ken
lucky. even at the behest of its nominee
honest and efficient service OF men whom
IL has entrusted with positions of dis
tinction and responsibility.
Record Of Achievement.
The convention Of 1911 and the admin
istration which has with such fidelity and
efficiency enacted its mandate into law
will be judged not by what we say, but
by what they did.
1t enacted a primary election law con-
Quoted by the State at public expense;
II has made our common school system
more practical and efficient: 1t changed
the method OF selecting prison commits
tenn Of accounting in public offices; 1t
has created department providing for
a more thorough Inspection OF banks; IL
enacted workmens compensation act;
ton Of United States Senators by d.
rect vote OF the people: II has provided
for the health security and CONTEXT Of
to the comfort Of our aged
and decrepit heroes; prevented blindness;
driven the white plague from the bor-
ders OF the State: II has built bridges.
opened and constructed great highways
and provided a system OF State aid for
their maintenance, and all these things
IL has done In fulillment OF the partys
pledges honestly made and faithfully
kept
In 1911 Democratic convention made
III. NAnk T1..as. -.
has kept more promises OF re-
form than were ever made or kept by
the Republican party from the day IL
was created until the last Republican
In Kentucky went out OF
power. and challenge the distinguished
nominee OF his party to show where IL
ever made a platform pledge that was
not broken or ignored or that was ever
enacted into law by Republican adminis-