The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-09-24

OF platform pledges The platform upoi
which Mr. Morrow was nominated de
clared;
We favor the enactment OF Nv
which shall permit party nominations
without regard to the party Affiliations
OF the candidates"
We favor" says this party, amend
ments to tho State law permitting anC
encouraging nominations of the sam,
candidate by the different parties"
] have long suspected that certain Re.
publican leaders were prone to practic,
ms Janus faced diplomacy, but hardly
change artist; to play. his '.Dr, Jeky
and Mr.. Hyde" politics In the very pres.
ence OF the people.
Let US suppose that such platform
declaration had the force and effect Of
existing law. what would be the result
The various parties have made their plat
forms which Mr., Morrow says are sol
emn covenant and when adopted by this
people have the binding effect Of a econ
tract sealed with the great seal Of the
commonwealth" As the nominee OF both
factions Of his party he would necessarily
md himself committed to two platforms
Let US Imagine him speaking to stand
pat audience on the platform for which
ne processes such profound reverence and
70 which he promises such implicit obed-
lence, He would doubtless edify his ad-
mirers with the statement that he pro-
poses to preserve and enforce the County
Unit law now upon the statute books.
cilp" clllZeHSt says MT, MOrrOW, is
IL not my covenant. my solemn contract,
signed with the great seal OF the COM
monwoalth, that
We now declare our continued ad i
herence TO the County Unit law, and
We do hereby endorse the present Coun-
r. " Unit law of Kentucky and pledge
4 ourselves to Its strict and rigid en-
Z forcement"
The next day we find him upon the
other platform surrounded by admiring
Moosers and declaring: lis II not my par
y " 3 coNenent, solemn contract signed
with the great seal OF the commonwealth
that
The Progressive party of Kentucky
/ pieuges Itself TO submit to vote OF
| me state, an amendment TO our State
Constitution forever prohibiting the
sale,lot Intoxicating liquors in Ken
| lucky"
Support me- brave Moosers, for you
have solemn contract, sealed with the
great seal Of the commonwealth" that
the County Unit shall be sent TO the ding
bow vows and Statewide prohibition en-
forced. and that without delay
| on the following day theT Republican
nominee VIII return to the old fold, will
assure his friends in the large cities who
are somewhat uneasy about this Woman
Suffrage agitation, that tho Republican
party positively refuses to state Its pO-
siuon upon that question
Expressly reservtns the right Of all
Republicans 10 vote upon the question
81 a. WOMAN on suffrage as they see At"
and accomplished opponent back in the
Bull Moose camp. the idol of the ladies'.
ne assures the cheering suffragists that
we Moosers, he and she alike
Desire TO reiterate our belief in tho
Just principles OF Woman Suffrage. and
urge upon the next Legislature TO sub
mil the question TO the voters OF Ken
This they are told, Is not an idle utter
ance. but solemn covenant made to be
Kept by us Progressives,' contract
under the great seal OF the common
wealth /"
But worse, and last OF all imagine my
gifted and distinguished friend, proud OF
his stalwart Republican forbears, and
OF the great standpatters who have add
ed luster TO his honored name. Imagine
him quoting again the language OF the
last national Republican platform to the
delectation Of Bourbon Republlcanism:
we invite the Intelligent judgment
of the American people upon the ad-
mnistratiCn of William II Taft
that legislation is record on which
any administration might appeal with
confidence to the favorable Judgment
of history"
And then far removed from the very
echoes Of his last utterance, facing those
who have spewed from their mouths the
easy-going and invertebrate Taft, and
who still W. rship their idol OF the Big
Stick, the only and strenuous Teddy, i'm
agine the same Edwin p, Morrow de-
claring:
We reaffirm our answering alleg-
dore Roosevelt
Such n principle makes party declara-
tions false as dicers oaths."
a covenant with the people. "a solemn
contract, under the great seal of the
commonwealth2"-No. Not pledge, but
a delusiye bait for the unwary changed
while you wait. Oh, the old elephant is
down'with senile debility the Bull Moose
is up for repairs and out of the ruins
OF the discarded carcasses of these i'm
potent beasts despairing Repubicanism
would construct a hybred monster upon
which to ride into office, a sort of bull
-moosephant," half reactionary and half
progressive, janus headed emblem.
with one blinking face to the dawn and
one sombre countenance turned toward
the setting sun This new adversary OF
Democracy, Progressive and Reactionary
bound TO conflicting platforms, may truth
fully say 10 the people OF Kentucky. II
don't know where | am going nor do |
really care, but | am on my way to a
job and that is the real purpose of my
Mr. Morrow arraigns the last Demo-
cratic administration for willful breach
OF covenant
That In violation OF promise OF "re-
trenchment and reform" that we have
been guilty of "wanton. useless and reck- |
less extravaganza resulting in IAN |
empty Treasury and bankrupt State" |
The Democratic party" says Mr. |
Morrow, came into control OF the
three branches Of the government Jan |
uary l. 1912 on this, day there were |
outstanding unpaid warrants against |
the Treasury amounting in round fig |
ures to S560,0o0 on August 81, 1915. |
there were outstanding against the |
State unpaid interest-bearing warrants |
amounting to SS.275, 900.
He therefore assumes the State to be !
y, 2I5,O00 in debt, an inference absolute
y unwarranted by the record and reach |
I'D by an artful juggling OF figures un-
worthy OF my distinguished opponent
As is well known nearly all the
states revenues collected during the last |
ling expenses of the Government are
lbout the same. one month with another |
10 that, however free from debt the State
nay be at the end OF the year on the
asst OF August or the first OF September |
Is outstanding obligations will neces-
arly exceed by hundreds OF thousands
{ not millions, the amount then on hand
armer having an annual income. say,
u $1,000 the major portion OF which Is
lerived from the sale Of tobacco or corn, |
md other products in the fall and winter,
would probably find on the first OF July
hat his indebtedness exceeds by several
hundred dollars his cash on hand II,
owever this does not exceed the income |
rom the sale of his products, 1t can not
e truthfully said that he is in debt or
and bankrupt. The unfair
less Of artfully selecting n time when
3 per cent OF the States expenses hav-
ne been incurred, with practically all
Is revenues uncolected, is abundantly
Illustrated by applying the same test
'hich Mr. Morrow speaks in such glow.
Nc terms He saws that on January l.