Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-07-29

the State Wide Prohibition a.
mendment to the constitution
that was proposed in the same
Legislature? Well, it was de-
feated. But where was State
Wide-Palmer, where was State
Wide McChesney, where was
Statewide Rhea, and where was
te-Wide- Terrell? In the name
Of God, where were they? Oh,
yes, DR.. Palmer was giving you
other fellows your first lesson in
State Wide Prohibition, and
after he had drilled you sufficient
ly, he said, Boys, it isn't time
yet" and the proposed amend
ment was lost. Evidently, these
would-be bosses were looking
forward to the present campaign
and saw that they would need
something with which to fool the
people in order to divert atten-
ton from their corrupt organiza-
ton and from the evils of boss
rule. They knew very we'll that
a move in favor of State Wide
Prohibition would be popular, so
they saved the question for the
present campaign, and early in
the campaign these gentlemen
began singing State Wide Pro-
hibition," and after King Percy
saw the other members of his
machine, they chimed in on the
chorus, that being all Of the song
they could sing as it was so new
to them. That is how the ques-
ton was injected into the present
campaign, and as soon as the
question was raised the bosses
began boosting Tom Rhea and
Claude Terrell and other machine
candidates. Are they all for
State Wide Prohibition, too?
There must be something in the
air, and it requires but little eff
fort or thought to find out what
it is. The bosses had rather have
| the control of the State Board OF
Valuation and Assessment thar
f to have all the other offices, anC
that is why they are fighting 81
hard for their slated candidates
/ That board assesses the tax to bc
$ paid by the corporations doing
business in the State. That lis
y Of corporations is long, and the
n amount of taxes paid by them de
r Ponds upon the assessment made
q by this board, and of course thC
corporations are interestedin whC
f the members of that board arr
O Mr.. Voter, the "nigger in tn,
@ wood pile" is located, and if yol
: can get the Haley-Rhea- Terrell
+ Palmer-Sta te-Wide-Prohibitiol
t sand out of your eyes long enough
s to take one good, clear unpre
e JUDGED view of the situation you
s can see him lurking in and arounC
Il the State Board of Assessment
s and Valuation, for there is hi
II chief hiding place.
S As We are making a study 0
e the question Of State Wide pro
d hibition in its bearings on tn
e present campaign, it is only fai
:, to consider what the stump lead
n err of the movement, Mr.. Nc
e Chesney, has to say about it
ie He said in his speech at Yves
s. Liberty that he had chosen a big
Vt broad issue for his campaign, al
II issue that is bigger and broade
" than the democratic party, an,
bigger and broader than the re
g publican party, and that he wa
/? running on that issue (wonde
J. when he ceased to be a democrat?
y He said that he was making
a new kind of democrat speech, tina
:. he had made democratic speeche
n tor fifteen years, and had neve
u made one like he was making i
n this campaign, and he said tina
,e at the conclusion of his speech h
st would open the doors of tn
church, and then he smiled a big
h broad smile and several republ
II cans cheered long and loud. VIII
IS did they cheer so? Were the
g cheering because of the smile, @
y were they cheering because the
ir thought he was about to split tn
l. democratic party and about to OIL
lie ganize new party? Anyhow
re Mr.. McChesney's next statemer
/? was that State Wide Prohibitio
m was not before the people in thi
to campaign and that it would nc
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