The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-02-19
6. 0. P. LEADERS
MAKE merry
800 Attend Lincoln Ban.
quet at Louisville.
Speakers Urge Get-together Move
ment and Glide Demo.
cracy.

indicative OF the manner of cam
paign they propose to wage this fall
more than 800 Republicans some OF
whom left the party in 1912 but are
now back in the fold. cheered the
speakers at the Lincoln day banquet
given at the Louisville-Old Inn Hotel
last night while they planned the
National Democratic Administration
tor the unemployment in some of the
leading cities of the country. They
referred with seeming glee to the soup
houses now in operation in various
cities and spoke of the present organ
ICED effort going on in Louisville with
view to relieving suffering among
the poor The policies adopted by the
present Democratic Administration
one of the speakers declared has had
not only the effect of making the rich
poorer. but the poor poorer as well.
Present were +. p. Morrow. avOw-
ed candidate for the Republican NOM
nation for Governor, and DR.. Ben.
l.. Bruner, prospective candidate.
Each was greeted by applause as he
entered the hall and took his place
at the speakers table. DR.. Bruner,
when asked last night whether he
had decided definitely to enter the
race, replied that he expected to
make formal announcement with
in the next few days.
Array of Speakers.
Judge George Du Relic, United
States District Attorney during the
Taft administration was POSTMASTER,
Toasts we're responded to by Roy Will
holt whose subject was, Lincoln
Protective Club-Its Object" f. T.
Franks. 1.-THE Trend of the Times"
w. Marshall Bullitt. Prosperity
The Issue" Edwin P. Morrow. Lin
colnisms," NJ. Fl. Thatcher. THE Par
ty of Lincoln" d. c. Edwards. THE
Emancipation" DR.. Ben l.. Bruner,
Lincoln as Protectionist:" Harry
INC any anu ei'S
Press" Augustus E. Wilson. I'VE
Are Coming, Father Abraham" and
George B. Lockwood, '.Lincoln, the
Country's Heritage" The latter is
editor of a Republican weekly news
paper published at Muncie, Ind, and
was the chief speaker OF the evening.
He was formerly private secretary to
Senator Albert Beveridge. of Indiana.
Judge Du Reele, in a brief prelim-
mary, said that just now this country
in undergoing a spell of financial
stomach ache. In January of this
year, he said, there were a thousand
more failures than in the cores
ponding month of 1913 and 1914.
what are we going to do about
it," he asked. adding that when bad
men combine the good must associate
else they will fall, one by one. I'VE
must get together if We would have
prosperity" he concluded.
The banquet last night was given
un!ar the auspices OF the Lohis,'!;e
Lincoln Proret tive Club, ami Roy
e. ilhoit. in explaining the object o.
the organization. said it was not a
! vlitical pawn. ahC that 1t hP not
been formed in the interest of any
one candidate or set of candidates.
The real purpose of the club. he said.
is to aid the promotion of Republic
canism, and he explained that 1t
took the name protective" because |
is the cardinal principle |
of the Republican party.
E. T. Franks. chairman of the Re-
publican State Central Committee, in
dealing with this subject. THE Trerd |
Of the Times" said it was a pity that
the National Democratic Admins
tralion is not keeping pace with
the Democratic party.
Predicts q. o. Il. Comeback.
1.-The Administration has only half
run its course" he said. "but the
party has already reached the finish
inc"
Mr.. Franks said the handwriting
was on the wall, and that the Re-
publican party will come into its own
n Kentcky this fall, and in the ma
ion in 1916. just as sure as fate.
he referred to the deficit in the
United States treausry, and to the
war" tax levied as a remedial meas
ire.
In speaking of the army OF the I'M
Employed in the country, Mr.. Franks
aid there was one sure remedy. and
hat lies in the repeal of the Under
wood tariff law.
Give US in lieu tariff high
enough to protect our own industries
le said. land our cities of gloom will
peedily become cities of JOY"
Mr.. Franks referred to the return
# Penrose and Cannon to Congress-
nd his reference to "Uncle Joe" Can