Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-02-04
CONGRESSMAN A. 0. STANLEY.


ton in Office to mean that the same
et shall rotate from one Office to an.
other snd back again every four
years
True Function OF Governor.
II is known OF all men that Percy
Haly proposes either to nominate him.
self as governor Of Kentucky or some
respectable iigurehead OF his own Sc
lection whom he can own and con.
troll and that men shall be- ineligible
TO position on the allpowcriul board
OF assessment and valuation. whose
names do not appear ON his exclusive
roll Of honor GU. ! shall fight With
all the energy / possess and shall eN.
ert 10 the utmost all the authority
vested IN me to prevent the informed
dling by an oiiceholding trust or
retty political Hierarchy with these or
any other Offices In the state. sand I
shall hight every concerted attempt to
dictate nominations for national, state,
NINlFltl OF tOulNN biil'fss
The function Of the governor and
those associated with him is to trans.
p0i the business Of the state In such
say as To rebound to its credit and
t1 that Of his party and the security
and prosperity Of the PEOPLE and not
/ Co. construct an endless chain OF office.
| holders. from street sweeper TO chief
magistrate, FOR the purpose Of main
tanning perpetually in power a polit.
zeal triumyirate and pampered and
I rejected lobby shall fight the
/ IlNly Rhea Shackclford triumvirate
now In control as bitterly as | shall
/ t.ht any other individual or combina
/ ton which NAV seek to pillage our
: stste
No Invisible Government
4 willingly surrendered seat In
congress TO fight above all else that
most insidious and abominable men.
ace TO the liberties and property rights
/ ~ free peoplc-'inyisihle govern.
ment'-powers nominally vested In
. lcneyolent and respectable figures
actually exercised by covert and Gun
ming emissaries Of every favorseek'
ing and tax.dodging interest fortunate
enough to have a friend at court.
II ele,tcd governor OF Kentucky !
.n'emnly and earnestly pledge the
reonlc of the commonwealth here and
Tow that will turn the calcium light
: non ih, lobbyist and upon all who
, scal. IN secure positions OF honor or
privilege hy any secret or unholy a.
lance with him
The Needs Of the State.
81 shall earnestly endeayor. u mad,
chief MAGISTRATE Of my native state,
Itr conserve and encourage every
iccitimate business and industry,
whether large or small. to encourage
the investment Of capital In and the
development Of our unrivaled and as
vet almost undeyelopcd resources; 20
promote the construction and opera
ton Of public highways to the end
that our people may find a better and
specdier access TO the market the
mir the school and the church. As
means to this end | favor the aOoli'
ton Of prison contract labor and the
employment Of the convicts on the
roads Of the state.
II shall vigorously cndeavor to pro
tect the citizen from every form Of
, lhwlessness or conhscation; to Sc.
that his person and his property ar
secure whether that property be IN
vested In live stock, In lands or II
manufacturing enterprises,
, ~ stand for the county unit law ~
Il now exists. and will, II elected, do
, all in my power to make 1t effective.
believing that as governor OF thu
1 state can render my countrymen ma
/. terial service In carrying into encC
the reforms | have mentioned, | r.
, specially solicit their support ~
3. candidate for the Democratic nomina
!. ton for the Office OF governor OF Ken
4 lucky In the ensuing August frimar
!. election. A. q. STANLEY