The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-09-24

form and named its nominees shouit
never have heard until Mr.. Morrow nret
his opening gun that the Third Hous,
u greater than the Peoples House.
VIII the Intelligent citizenship OF Ken.
lucky entrust a party with power thai
knows nothing OF Invisible government
or. knowing, Is too timid or too corrupt
70 give you its solemn pledge to destroy
1t? or Is 1t that those moro potent and
more silent than Mr.. Morrow. high ir
his party's councils, the powers behind
the throne. realize how easy II is &c
secure the sinews Of war and the aid OF
All the cohorts chicane and drookedness
" only they will agree TO stand with
their fingers on their lips and allow the
Democratic party and its nominees alone
to champion the cause Of the oppressed
against the oppressor and TO advance
unaided and unsustained against this UNI
seen and inYeterate foe OF popular gov
ernment, this all-peryading influence
deadly AS the breath OF the Upas or the
Olivic. under whose blighting shade even y
Impulse OF honesty, every patriotic as
pl=ation must wither and decay ] have
never sought the suffrage OF the people
OF Kentucky without formally rea sserting
my fixed and unalterable opposition 70
those influences which have too often
made constitutional government mock
cry and a sham and constitutional ofli-
Gers not the servants Of the people but
the tools and pawns 81 special Interests.
In aletter addressed TO tho public on De-
Cember 10. 1912, declared
THE interests seeking special favors
can never be tolerated by a party whose
prime purpose Is to strip those interests
OF every undue advantage and every
privilege obtained by the operation OF
bad laws or the violation Of good ones"
on January II last. In Announcing my
candidacy for Governor, | declared; ~
II willingly surrendered a seat In
Congress 10 fight above all else that
most malicious and abominable menace
to the liberties and property rights OF
free people invisible government
powers no.ninaily vested In benevolent
and respectable figures, actually exer-
cised by the covert and cunning ennis
saries OF every fayor-seeklng and tax
lodging interest fortunate enough to
have friend In court
III elected Governor Of Kentucky
solemnly and earnestly pledge the peo-
pie Of the commonwealth here and now
that viii turn the calcium light upon
secure positions OF honor or privilege
by any secret or unholy alliance with
him"
The pledge made as a candidate / am
prepared TO keep as your nominee and as
your Governor
No Antitrust Plank.
Not the creation, but the equitable dis
tribution OF wealth Is the great problem
confronting the lawmakers OF America.
Men everywhere realize more and more
that inordinate wealth and widespread
penury are In great measure attributable
to this inequitable distribution. secured
by illegal combinations OF capital and
the creation OF gigantic monopolies.
Laws governing the capitalization Of
corporations, regulating the operation Of
common carrters forbidding the forma-
ton of holding companies the interlock-
Ing OF directorates and other multi
farious devices for the destruction OF
competition and the prevention OF the
free operation OF the natural law Of sup
ply and demand I'LL the statutes of the
various States and the Federal Govern
ment alike
The one act calculated 10 protect the
people Of Kentucky from exploitation
and plumber by trusts and monopolies
has been declared unconstitutional. and
today this state stands naked and de-
fenseless, a prey to every crooked COM
binatiun and every form OF corporate in
EQUITY. snug harbor for every CONNER
oial pirate seeking refuge from the wise
Legislation and the righteous wrath OF
forty. seven sister States
The fact that this yawning chasm is
left in the only legal defense yet pro-
vided has caused an apprehension little
short Of CONSERVATION among thoughtfui
and discerning men In the face OF this
appalling state Of affairs the Republican
platform contains no antitrust plank, no
pledge TO curb corporate greed or to
not far 10 seek II prefers TO betray the
people rather than offend the interests,
Republican Convention Refuses to En-.
dorse its own Administrations,
State and National,
An examination II The State or nation
iiscloses tn fact that hitherto no two
have been alike. This is necessarily 10
where platforms are written In good faith
Political organizations ~ stated periods
promulgate platforms in order that they
may apply immutabe principles TO con
stantly changing conditions To state
he attitude % the party on Vital and
living issues TO outline an original pro-
-. D. y a.. vi.
'tructiye statcsmanship, and constructive
is lost art with the re
'etionary .Reppblicanism Of Kentucky
The reference TO the protection OF
american industries and labor is a yelled
endorsement Of the malodorous Payne
AldriCh act, the last utterance OF the |
republican party on the subject had |
bought tina after a similar approval OF
hat aci had sent President Taft to pu- |
itical oblivion and his organization to
he junk heap that there were none |
10 poor as 10 do 4, reverence" but the |
AT Lexington has placed a last |
yithered posey above its peuifying re
In fact. the last Republican convention
lid not attempt to write a new platform |
I merely repaired an cid one and It |
'otched the job Hitherto Republican
platforms have usually followed a sort |
4 formula-frst endorsing previous ma
ional and State administrations, and with |
he sole exception OF this unique assem-
he point with pride" and viewing
With alarm" stunt In fact they have
pointed with pride" on several coca.
ions when It evidenced more gan than
secretion.
And yet that party which had the stotn-
oh in 1900 "to endorse without reserve
he resolute and patriotic course OF w.
!. Taylor in resisting with all the power
{ his command the usurption of the Of
&C 10 which the people elected him" has
I this good hour never n word to say
! commentator either OF the Repub-
can national or state administrations
Looking back over an era of crmina-
on and recrimination, OF folly failure
eriidy and ruin in national affairs, and
( force violence, bloodshed and in
ompetence In the conduct OF the state
overnment, the silence Of this party or
s wise refusal to mention with approva
ny man or any incident In its history
. in effect, a pathetic appeal to the
eople OF Kentucky to let the dead past
ury its dead and to forget the blum
ers OF those whom even their friends
are not defend 4
epublcan Reputation Of Platform
Pledges.
The Democrats OF Kentucky will not
ION forget that in 1908 this party In a
'lemn, platform declaration fiercely ar
ligned Democratic executive FOR eNer-
sing the pardoning power TO subserve
Ilitical and partisan purposes with the ,
,rtain effect OF encouraging crime by ,
rendering criminals of Demo- j
attic faith immune from punishment" ,
In 1908 this same party was no. warm !
the saddle before It's Republican Gov L,
nor hrazenly proceeded TO commit the /,
line II had solcmnly denounced and to /,
the dastardly deed from which by !,
scessary inference he was forever bound =
abstain; liberating assassins whose 1