The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-09-22
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rorm and named its nominees should
never have heard until Mr. Morrow fred
his opening gun ''that the Third House
is greater than the Peoples House"
lucky entrust a party with power that
knows nothing OF invisible government,
or, knowing. is too timid or too corrupt
It? Or is 1t that those more potent and
more silent than Mr.. Morrow. high in
his party's councils. the powers behind
secure the sinews of war and the aid OF
all the cohorts, chicane and crookednesS.
II only they will agree to stand with
their fingers on their lips and allow the
Democratic party and its nominees alone
against the oppressor and to advance
unaided and unsustained against this un-
seen and inveterate foe of popular gov
deadly as the breath of the Upas or the
Olivic, under whose blighting shade every
impulse of honesty, every patriotic as
never sought the suffrage of the people
of Kentucky without formally reasserting
my fixed and unalterable opposition to
those Influences which have too often
made constitutional government a mock
GERS not the servants of the people, but
the tools and pawns of special interests.
In a letter addressed to the public on De-
cember 10, 1912, / declared:
THE interests seeking special favors
can never be tolerated by a party whose
prime purpose is to strip those interests
OF every undue advantage and every
privilege obtained by the operation of
bad laws or the violation of good ones"
On January II last, in announcing my
candidacy for Governor, l declared:
II willingly surrendered a seat in
most insidious and abominable menace
to the liberties and property rights OF
powers ncminally vested in benevolent
and respectable figures. actually exer-
cised by the covert and cunning ennis
saries of every favor-seeking and tax
lodging interest fortunate enough to
have friend in court.
solemnly and earnestly pledge the peo-
pie OF the commonwealth here and now
that 1 will turn the calcium light upon
secure positions of honor privilege
by any secret or unholy alliance with
him."
The pledge made as a candidate am
prepared to keep as your nominee and az
your Governor.
No Antitrust Plank.
Not the creation. but the equitable dis
tribution of wealth, is the great problem
confronting the lawmakers of America.
that inordinate wealth and widespread
penury are in great measure attributable
to this inequitable distribution, secured
by illegal combinations of capital and
the creation of gigantic monopolies.
Laws governing the capitalization Of Of
corporations. regulating the operation ton OF
ton of holding companies. the interlock-
ing of directorates and other multi.
competition and the prevention of the
free operation of the natural law of sup
ply and demand. fill the statutes of the
various States and the Federal Govern
The one act calculated to protect the
people of Kentucky from exploitation
and plumber by trusts and monopolies
has been declared unconstitutional, and
today this State stands naked and de-
IfanGalaGG a crooked
bination and every form of corporate in
EQUITY, a snug harbor for every CONNER
cial pirate seeking refuge from the wise
forty-seven sister States.
The fact that this yawning chasm is
left in the only legal defense yet pro-
vided has caused an apprehension little
short of CONSERVATION among thoughtful
appalling state of affairs the Republican
platform contains no antitrust plank, no
pledge to curb corporate greed or to
punish corporate crime. The reason is
not far to seek; it prefers to betray the
people rather than offend the interests.
Republican Convention Refuses to En-
dorse Its Own Administrations,
State and National.
An examination of the State or nation
al platforms of either party in Kentucky
have been alike. This is necessarily so
where platforms are written in good faith.
Political organizations at stated periods
may apply immutable principles to con-
stantly changing conditions. To state
the attitude of the party on vital and
living issues to outline an original pro-
gram for future legislation requires con-
structive craftsmanship, and constructive
craftsmanship is a lost art with the re-
dictionary Republicanism of Kentucky.
The reference to the protection of
American industries and labor is yelled
endorsement of the malodorouS Payne
Aldrich act, the last utterance of the
Republican party on the subject. / had
thought that after a similar approval of
that act had sent President Taft to po-
ntical oblivion, and his organization to
the Junk heap that there were none
so poor as to do it reverence" but the
convention at Lexington has placed a last
withered posey above its petrifying re-
mains.
In fact, the last Republican convention
did not attempt to write a new platform.
1t merely repaired an old one and IT
botched the job. Hitherto Republican
platforms have usually followed a sort
of formula-first endorsing previous ma
tional and State administrations, and with
the sole exception of this unique assem-
blage they have hitherto been strong on
the point with pride" and viewing
with alarm stunt. In fact, they have
pointed with pride" on several occa-
sions when 1t evidenced more gall than
discretion.
And yet that party which had the stom-
ach in 1900 "to endorse without reserve
the resnlute and patriotic course of W.