The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-10-29
Hopkins County Voters
Hear Every Charge
Explained
EDUCATION ADVANCED
Kentucky Climbs from ForythIrd to
Near the Top Within Three Years
Under hamIett'S administration
Shows How Economy Has Been
Prastieed. r.. ~, .

Hundreds Of Democrats from West
ern Kentucky gathered In Madison.
VILE, Hopkins County, on October 18th.
and listened sttentiyely to the opening
OF the campaign by Barksdale Hamlet,
presen, superintendent OF Public In
struction and Democratic nominee for
Secretary OF State AT the general cleo,
tion on Tuesday November 2, 1915. III
Mr. Hamlet was literally applauded
and II Ia quite evident that the solid
Democracy is behind him lie an.
swered every charge made against him
by the Republican nominee for Gov.
ernor, Edwin r Morrow, and showed
OF gross sItragayance In the last Re.
publican administration.
A verbatim account Of his address
follows: .y.s-....., -.'r.. ~.
Fellow Citizens, ....:..@,- ...." Z.
In this campaign, as the Democratic
nominee for Secretary Of State, and
the present Superintendent Of Public
Instruction. am addressing myself
particularly TO what Democracy has
done for education In Kentucky, and
90 an offensive reply 10 the Honorable
Edwin r, Morrow, who has Mciously
attacked an Administration that has
done more for the cause. Of popular
education and tho Improvement Of the
public schools OF kentucky than has
been done by ait Rnuuhllran admins
tratiouS in tho history % The State, or
would be done hy any that might. come
IN the future II. .< @:
There is natural hostility on the
part Of Republican leaders to<popular
education and progressive movements
tending 10 the building Of great Com
munwaalth Thomas Jefferson aside
from pcinE tho author Of the peciara.
tiou Of Independence, counted II his
next greatest aChieyemcntrthat he used
the remaining best efforts Of his life
IN building a public school system for
Virginia and In planning a model for
America and We honor Jefferson in
his posthnmous glory MS much for this
as for any OF his other great achieve
ments
Progress Under Democracy.
From the beginning OF our public
school system In Kentucky all prog
ress and improvement in the system
has been accomplished when the AZ
fairs OF state were In the hands OF
Democrats and Democratic LeEisla
lures
We have modelled our system after
the plan OF Jefferson the founder OF
Democracy and the Democratic Part,
OF America We have developed In
spite Of the opposition OF such smal
politicians as Morrow. r Pea Green
the illiterats "BronCho Franks. thu
intrepid "Bapk.tailure' Bruner, thu
wise and nustere one-time Democrat
walker. the millionaire mountaineel
Lewis, who, am Informed, has han
died school funds In times past. anC
others Of this Tx whom ! have neithe'
space nor time 10 mention system o
public education commensurate In III
eficiency to that OF any commonwealth
in America exclaim, as Cicero did
20 tempora, 0 mores;' and with I'M
Bard OF Avon. "Alack the day wheI
such men, clothes In Catilinarian han
ilimenta, should parade themselves be
fore an Intelligent public and dare Il
stand in the way OF educational pros
ress- who would attempt to deny L
the children OF this Commonwealth
their rightful heritage which the
should enjoy. literally, through a
equitable distribution OF the state
equipment .
! am glad to state to the people
Kentucky that know, from writtel
and verbal evidence, that even IN
thinking, sober citizenship OF the Re
publican Party OF Kentucky today cor
demns such men and their tnsidiou
aspersions. directed at the bed-roc
and foundation OF the existence, mair
tsnance, and progress OF great Con
Inonwealth
From Forty.third to Near Top.
Since 1911, when the Republica
Party was dethroned by an overwheln
ing majority, on account OF promise
made by Democrats in platform Q
principles, Kentucky has moved frot
the forty.third in the scale OF illiterac
close to the top, and today stands
the vanguard Of Commonwealths
America. In fact, the eyes OF IN
whole nation are upon her, and so
Is pronounced by the leaders OF ever
State as the one State that Ia leadln
today in education and the dissemin'
tion OF knowledge.
Schools Increased 45%.
We have not only increased the a
tendance in our public schools fort!
Ave per cent within three years b'
we have added to the revenues io
school purposes, directly and indirec
ly, more than three millions OF dollar
We have increased the school term
every rural district from six month
10 seven months, increasing at u
same time In the aggregate all teael