Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-04-08

ton, organization or machine. woul
rather live an honest life in an hun
BILE home yonder in the woods on IN
hillside than to live in the governor
mansion yonder in Frankfort and b
a victim of depraved politics. | woul
rather be free and be defeated tina
be a slave and be elected. II | an
elected | shall. upon entering offic,
be free as mountain air-frfe to figh
for the rights of the people and FIRE
to take the executive initiative in th
work of transacting public business.
Born in humble surroundings anon
the sand hills of Kentucky, trained 4
every hardship known in the exper
ence Of a poor boy, and having carr
estly worked for twentv-three year
with the great common people for tn
education of their boys and girls, ant
never turning down a request for as
sistance that could grant, feel tina
have a vision of the needs OF tn,
toiling masses, and that am pre-
pared to give every human being {
Just deal. Not only have my own lif'
and my contact with the masses en-
abled me to know the needs of the
| people, but the responsible position
| which | have held as the head Of ]
! great institution for the past twenty
three years has given me a wide ex
perience In the executive field. and n
knowledge of those problems that en-
ter into the making of greater Ken
lucky Every plank in the platform
upon which | am making this race is
patriotic call for a greater moral,
intellectual and Industrial state.
The greater Kentucky is In the peo-
pie. II is the greater spirit. II is a
vision Of a larger life and a purpose
on the part of every citizen to accom-.
plish it, It is a depth, a breadth, a
fullness and fineness of human
thought and character It gives every
citizen, whether he lives in the coun
try or in the city, on the hill or in
the valley, in the hut or in the man.
sion, a chance to live and grow and
an opportunity to be happy and pros
porous. 1t emphasizes the importance
of every human being because he is
the fundamental unit of the state and
the source of the currents of spiritual
and industrial thrift. Democracy new.
er intended that single human being
should be neglected by society.
The people dc not need material
help so much as they need visualized
life in every honorable human en-.
deavor. They do not need more
money in the bank so much as they
need more good books and literature
in the home They do not need to work
harder with the hands so much as
they need to read, plan and think
Tho 81 ofn h..I
citizen to accept the more abundant
life. but it can knock at the door of
every home and offer every human
being a chance to have more life and
more OF the material blessings of this
world. II can not put food in all the
hungry mouths, but it can, through a |
policy, illuminate human
lives and endeavors, light up The dark |
novels and show the people how they
may have more wholesome food. Ii /
can not increase the yield of the farm,
but il can offer such information and
agricultural instruction as will enable
the farmer to increase the yield 1t
can not restore life to the loved one
who has died from preventable dis.
eases, but il can teach others how they
can avoid dying from the same cause.
II can not force the citizen who is
having a hard time and who has not
succeeded TO be a success in his
chosen work, but it can put a lamp
in his hand that will light up the way
to success.
A wise craftsmanship recognizes
that fundamental reform in every
state begins in the houses occupied
ho,
a greater Kentucky:
GO make thy garden fair,
Thou workest not alone;
For he whose plot is next to thine,
VIII note and mend his own"
We will never have the greater Ken
lucky until every citizen leaves his
neighbor alone for awhile and goes to
work on himself and gives to his coun.
try one great life and one noble en-
leavor: until a fathers leadership |
and devotion a mothers love and SER
vice and Christian ideals and parental |
prevail in every home; until |
The members of every church prac-
tice the religion they teach, in and
put of the church. and in private and
public life: until teachers and pu,
lJllE vi CNClS oNhOOl luG bCllOOl
a community life where industrial
progress and moral and intellectual
flourish; until all the
people get away from the rule OF self
ishness and bigotry, from hatred and
envy and in the spirit of unity of Co
operation work together for a greater
Kentucky.
Our civic social and industrial
problems will be solved when We vi
taliZe every inch of Kentucky life,
soil and business and every public Of
ice with the right kind of brains and
l sometimes fear We are
trying to win battle at Valley Forge
without Washington, trying to write
4 Declaration Of Independence with
out a Jefferson. trying to light up
kentucky without having a light in
,ur own souls. The greatest thing in
human endeavor is a human being, |
md the greatest thing in a state is a
treat citizen. The citizen is the spir- |
tual dynamo that turns the wheels OF |
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