The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-10-01
No. IL

jury, concerning violations of the
election laws, is fresh in every vot-
er's mind, as is also the later decfs-
ion of Judge Quarles compelling the
two Democratic election commission
ers for Louisville to make choice
of election officers for November from
a list lawfully submitted to them. A
part of Judge Gregory's charge to
that grand jury is as follws:
There is not any question in the
mind of any fair man who has taken
pains to inform himself even slightly
as to the result of the primary of Au-
gust s that repeated violations of the
law were committed. The people
having the legal right to participate
in that primary were not allowed to
determine for themselves what it's
results should be, but in dozens and
probably more than a hundred in
stances their voice was stified by the
deliberate, premeditated act of cleo
ton thieves who commit any form Of
theft or perjury that is necessary to
effect their purpose"
The crookedness referred to in the
above, evidently, was in the contest
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor, because Edwin P. Morrow
had no opposition Judge Gregory
is Democrat. In the light of these
facts, it does seem that Mr.. Stanley
would have something to say concern
ing what his position on fair and hon
est election was in the primary and
what it will be in November.
In the course of his discussion,
Mr.. Stanley asserted that whatever
Of vital interest to the people party
leaves out of it's platform should be-
considered as receiving the sanction
of the party. By the same method
of reasoning, evidently, Mr.. Stanley
considers the present administration
at Frankfort a perfect one and all
of its acts wholesome and salubri-
Gus, else, by his own assertion. we
know that he would have caused his
convention to adopt a plank con-
demning il. He sanctions all Of
the administrations sins of omission
and commission. BY his method Of
reasoning, to be logical. he believes
that it was right for the Legislature
to pass the Insurance Rating Bill
which drove every fire insurance
company out of the State, left mill
ions of dollars worth of property
without protection. and eventually
compelled the governor and other
State officers to sign 'gentlemap's
agreement" not to enforce the Law.
According to his own reasoning. evil
IDENTIFY. he believes that II ia an act
Of true craftsmanship and an evil
dence of efficiency for our lesisla~
tors to pass two and a half cent
railroad fare bill. but, In doing so.
to forget" the school boy enacting
clause, thereby making it null and
void and compelling "the great COM
mon people" to pay into the cofers
of our greatest trlst-the railroads
hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
Thus by his own method Of reasoning,
he is highly contradictory in his con-
domination of the trusts and his ad-
vocacy of an antitrust law means
nothing. for by his own interpreta-
ton of his party's platform he aids
and abets the trusts-the railroads
in their extortions.
Mr.. Stanley's speech lasted one
hour and thirty minutes. or this
time, it took him one hour to dis
cuss invisible government" and
Trusts" He never informed his
hearers that practically the only lob
byists whom we have, or have ever
had, in Kentucky are Democratic pol
iticians. In discussing the trusts,
he could not refer to single DEM
ocratic antitrust law. but instead.
he had to import" from the nation
al arena the Republican Sherman
Antitrust Act" In referring to
invisible government" he could not
quote single patriotic, cosmopoli-
tan. Democratic statesman. but in
stead. he had to borrow" from our
Republican patriarch. Elihu Root.
Mr.. Stanley concluded his speech
by rendering a doxology to Woodrow
Wilson. But. quoting the Louisville
Herald. This is not a national cleo
tion. II is well to remember that
and to emphasize 1t in view OF the
insistence of brother Stanley and
those behind him that this victory
is needed to hearten President Wilson
and that. not to support him and his
motley crew Judge Black. who
would make Sahara of the Com
monwealth, and those others who