The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-10-27
GREAT OVATION
Given Hon. A. o. Stanley Here
Thursday Night.

greeted Mr.. Stanley at the court house
in this city.
Thursday afternoon Chairman H. II.
Colyer, Hon. L. B. Harrington and Mr..
Thomas Fl. Pickles motored to Win
chester to hear the distinguished states
man and orator deliver his message to
the people of Clark county. At the
conclusion of his address in that city,
the above named gentlemen took the
stalwart democrat in charge and pro-
ceeded to this city in an automobile,
reaching here about o'clock.
Long before the appointed hour for
the speaking, the spacious court room
was filled with many enthusiastic dem
ocrats and admiring friends of the dis
| tinguished Kentuckian, When Mr..
Stanley made his appearance in the
magnificent assembly at 1880 O'Clock,
he was greeted with vociferous cheer
ing. 1t was an old-fashioned Demo
cratic love feast. Every available inch
of space was taken. The windows were
full, seats were all taken. and the rear
was packed like sardines in box, all
eager to hear the Democratic nominee
for Governor. There were many from
the rural districts who came to pay
homage to the man Of such sterling
worth. Many ladies graced the crowd
and were as enthusiastic in their ap-
plause as were the men.
Mr.. Thomas H. Pickles, editor of the
Kentucky Register, in most pleasing
and captivating manner, introduced the
speaker. Mr.. Pickles did himself and
the democracy of Madison county proud,
and has been the recipient of many
encomiums for the charming manner
in which he presented Mr.. Stanley to
our people. He made an excellent in
troductory speech and was roundly ap
plauded.
| When Mr.. Stanley made his bow to
the crowd, he was roundly cheered and
when he began speaking a silence fell
upon the great crowd and ever ear was
attentive to catch the eloquent words
which flowed from the lips of the great
orator. From the time he began speak
ing until the close. for fully one hour
and thirty minutes. there was not dull
moment. The speaker reviewed some
of his achievements In the Federal
| Congress, and told how the Republicans
used to corral the Democrats in the
Representatives Hall in corner known
as the Cherokee Strip" AT that time
t here were less than one hundred Demo
Gratis in Congress, and the insolent Re-
publicans would taunt and jeer them,
and they were looked upon as the
Scavengers of the earth. But, he said,
THANK God, things have since changed.
The Republicans are now occupying the
Cherokee Strip in the Lower House,
and it is not half full"
! In recounting some of his experiences
with Invisible Government and deal
ings with the trusts, the great financial
and industrial vampires of the State
and nation, he said:
Not The creation but the equilable
distribution of wealth is the great prob
lem confronting the law makers of
America. Men everywhere realize more
and more that inordinate wealth and
widespread penury are in great measure
attributable to this inequitable distri
button secured by illegal combinations
of capital and the creation of gigantic
monopolies.
1.-THE one act calculated to protect the
people of Kentucky from exploitation
and plumber by trusts and monopolies
hoe hoan dacIarad unoo,ctitot;oool ond
today, this State stands naked and de.
fenseless, prey TO every crooked COM
bination and every form of corporate
iniquity, snug harbor for every com
mercial pirate, seeking refuge from the
wise legislation and the righteous warth
of forty-seven sister Strtes.
in the face of this appalling state Of
affairs, the Republican platform con-
tains no antitrust plank, 10 pledge tc
curb corporate greed or to punish cor
poraIe crime. The reason is not far to
seek, it prefers to betray the people
rather than offend the interests
Mr.. Stanley paid his respects to Mr..
Edwin P. Morrow, his Republican OPP
ponent III manly and dignified manner.
He said Mr.. Morrow was a nice young
man, an honest young fellow, and if
elected Governor, he believed he would
endeavor to give the people a good,
clean administration, if left wholly to
himself. But he said this was impossi-
BILE. He said that Mr. Morrow, from the
time of his weaving, had been holding
on to the public teat, which was placed
in his mouth by his uncle, the late Sen.
ator William o. Bradley. He paid a
glowing tribute to Mr.. Morrow's father,
the late lamented Judge Morrow, and
characterized him as one of the greatest
jurists Kentucky ever produced.
From the time the curtain went up
until it wen. down, so 70 speak. Mr..
Stanley thrilled and charmed all who
heard him. II was the general concen-
sus of the opinion that it was one OF the
greatest political speeches ever delivered
in Richmond. And we say, Amen!
Mr.. Stanley renamed in Richmond
during over night and was given hearty
welcome during his stay in our midst.
He left on the 6:10 train for Winchester,
where he took the L. & E. train for
jackson, addressing big gathering OF
Democrats in the Breathitt county cap
ital in the afternoon.
The Democracy of Madison is active
and harmonious, and when the ballots
are counted on November 2, the major
ity for Stanley and the entire Demo
cratic ticket is sure to be eminentIy