The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-09-30

All Of ies,slstive rraW' They
pick your pockets 81 law. they rob the
poor and the rich alike by law. Tbey
conhscate your estate ny Jaw. ~ ~
tyrauts plea 81 the public good or pun
Tic necessity They do all simply 10 en-
rich themselves personally The sole
base object " ~ gorge the individual
with nuhiir plumber"
Ever n tte inteiiireni citizenship ~
Feufuckv should credit the eN0cverat.t
s,a'rmen's ~ the Honorable Edw'n v:
Morrow IN view ~ the huge burden 81
debt with witch Repuhllcanism hos sad.
died corir1o 0've1lths " the North and
the utter de," .intion " 80 reirn w the
South, the violence. terror ana hlondshed
that have rr,d ~ wartcn and ruth
less course ~ Kentucky, 7 beg YOU be
ware ~ 80 desperate remedy even Tor
the Ills ~ which he 80 loudly complains
Railroad Fare eiil.
Mr. Morrow complains that The pauno-
cratic party. hv its law-maklng body,
passed n accent railroad fare hill but
IN 50 doing ioined 'the state House For
getter's club" and forgut 20 insert an
enacting clause In the hili, thereby rem
that the Pre~idcnt ~ the state House
ForFetters' club" Il leading Repuh-
ncan. the Honorable Y. " stone, ~ the
County. of Crii'"nden. and that another
Public Printing. was It's Rieht Honorable
Secretary Much II TO be forgiven any
Republican who attempts any Kind ~
progressive lavisla ton. since he must
blaze his legislative way alone. without
Fuide or precedent Some sweet day
The Historian VIII record with COM
misefating smile that one lone Republican
at one time DID actually attempt 10 wife
bill lowering railroad rates We did "
bunglinGly. Of course but he deserves our
eternal gratitude for ever having attempt
I'd 10 do u AZ all. He wrote headless
thing n was introduced IN that nmpu-
tated form. and. taking the usual course.
was referred 20 Republican Superin-
tendent Of Public Printing who prepared
sachsd Y t. sent n th \" IN thus daSiofsd
back 10 the House. 81 that no member
% that body witch Mr. Morrow con-
demns without i.nsnn or warrant ever
knew the plumbers made by the SUPER
intendent Of Public Printing and the hon.
orahle hut Incompetent representative
from the County ~ Crittcndeu The hili
was passed In the closing hours NJ the
legislative session and then tire original
bill mot the doctored iustrufuerU was
enrolled. and its faulty construction was
only discovered after Il was too late 10
remedy the hlunders ~ the superintcn-
dent ~ Public Printing and the author
% the hin Why Mr. Morrow should
gratuitously asssil this purely nepub-
lean organization. The state House
Forgctters' Club" 4 past my Ken.
Would pemoush Al Commissions.
Says Mr. Morrow Kentucky has a
commission regulating ever, thing from
IRE 10 fish frum Dan 20 Hsersheha.
We have Railroad Commits
sion. the Prison Commission. insurp nee
Rating Commission. BOARD ~ control.
School BOOK Commission. Fire and
Cane Commission. the Geological
.None-such' Commission. a battalion ~
nre fnsrShals, company u forestsrs
ard squad 81 hotel Inspectors
One real commission on the job during
working hours and working DAYS could
DO the work offall p"
n l. Inconceivahle hat Mr. Morrow
would assail with a sneer Institutions q
which be secretly approves For that
reason ] give 20 his facetious expression
a candid Interpretation and assume that
he means What ~ plainly infers that
win abolish them an and place
these various departments under the
heterogen"ous control % a clique ~ po-
ntical wissacres and Observation-Disclosures
when he does u he will have utterly de-
siroyed the only feasible method vet
discovered by any progressive state for
the protection ~ the health Of its citi-
the safety Of hank deposits. the adequate
protection % game and hsh. the con-
servAtiOn OF forests. for securing cheap
ness and uniformly In school books. the
detection and punishment % iuceudiafies,
and. above all N. maintenapce and de-
Nelopment ~ public Highways
In this enort 10 overthrow all the re-
suits % the long. patient labor 81 con.
opposed not by Democrats alone. but by
forward looking men and women every
where. BY every phihnthroplc society. by
every progressive orHa niHatlon. By every
rood roads movement and by every broad
minded and public spirited citizen who
wishes 10 use the power and resources
of the commonwealth for the material
prosperity and the moral bstiermsnt Of
To DO Il he mus, r.pudIate the record
and demoiish the handi~ors Of his own
political colleagues who participated In
the enactment of this legislation
N will be seen that Mr.. Morrow again
INDUCES In an ill-considered and whole
sale denunciation 81 the work - Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike. can not
believe that the Republican party In Ken
lucky. even az the hehezt % IT, nominee
for Governor. T. willing 10 repudiate the
honest and efficient service % men whom
IL has entrusted with positions Of dis
tinction and responsibility.
A Record OF Achievement.
The convention u 1911 and the admin
istration which has with such hdeiiiy and
efficiency enacted It, mandate into law
will BE- Judged not BY what We say. but
by what they DID
II enacted n primary election law con-
Quoted BY the state ~ public expense:
II has made our common school system
more practical and efficient. " changed
TIE method o. ,slec'lns prison commits.
tenn Of accounting In public Offices: II
has created a department providing for
a more thorough Inspection II banks: II
enacted woTkmens compensation act.
II provided for The nomination and cleo
tlon 81 United states Senators by d.
rect vote OF the people. n has provided
for the health security and comfort %
administered e. the comfort ~ our aged
a nd deCrepit heroes prevented blindness;
driven the white plague from the bor-
ders % the state; % has built bridges
CnRuRd and rfga hlnhNNuN.
and provided system Of state aid for
their maintensnse and all these things
II has done In f..h.iment " the party's
pledges honestly made and faithfully
kept
In 1911 a Democratic convention made
and since that time q Democratic admin
,s,ra'ien has hsp, more promises o. 70.
the Republican party from the DAY Il
was created until the last Republican
" Kentucky went out Of
nominee % his party 20 show whore Il
ever made platform pledge that was
not broken or ignored or that was ever
enacted into law by Republican admins
The Emperor Napoleon. standing al
the cradle and Of the grave % a dead
inspired his marshal legions
to deeds OF supcrhuman Nalor BY point
Ing TO the Pyramids and reminding those
sturdy warriors that forty centuries
looked down upon them" You are as
sembled. my fellow Democrats. IN battle'I
array eager 10 meet your ancient adj
versary with gay and festive intrepidity.
As you wage a winning tight. forty.seNen
expectant States look down upon YOU
This Is the first campaign OF the kind
Immediately preceding a national cleo
ton The eyes Of the President Of the
United states are on you. What though
some man may md the Governor OF his
rati0n imperfect. what though
he little like the things I say or 10.
where, oh. where II the Democrat At this
crucial hour who will prove recalcitrant
10 his mighty chief? Inspiring as a cam
iidate, greater az a patient and cCn-