The Adair County news., 1915-10-06


the platform upon which Mr.. Morrow
stands.
During more than decade in the pub
lie service, the best years of my life have
freely given to lighting this abominable
thing wherever ii raised its Meduca head
In the State or in the nation unearth-
ed the ground wire that connected the
Senate of the United States with Ill
Fifth avenue, New York, between the
desk OF Nelson A. Aldrich and the home
upon the most intimate and secret con-
ference between the masters of high
finance and the servants of the people.
[ have spread upon the records of Con-
gress the checks and vouchers, the in
disputable proof of their scarlet sin. In
Kentucky l have without regard to its
effect upon my own political future or
upon any political party, without regard
to friend or foe, Democrat or Republican.
have 1 declared, and now maintain, war
to the knife and the knife to the hilt
against the emisSaries of invisible gov
eminent 1t is known of all men that
there is not single soul in that reeking
fortress OF financial crookedness and po-
litical sin known las the Shack that
Graft built" from its master mind to the
meanest Sniper within its walls, who is
not politically and personally hostile and
ready and willing to lend aid and com
fort to any old enemy of this ticket.
Democratic or Republican, Progressive
or what not. 1t is inconceivable that
the men who wrote the Republican plat
form and named its nominees should
never have heard until Mr.. Morrow fired
his opening gun that the Third House
is greater than the Peoples HouSc."
Will the intelligent citizenship of Ken
lucky entrust a party with power that
knows nothing of invisible government,
or, knowing, is too timid or too corrupt
to give you it's solemn pledge to destroy
1t? Or is it that those more potent and
more silent than Mr.. Morrow, high in
his party's councils, the powers behind
the throne, realize how easy 1t is to
secure the sinews of war and the aid of
all the cohorts, chicane and crOokedness,
If only they will agree to stand with
their fingers on their lips and allow the
to champion the cause of the oppressed
against the oppressor and to advance
unaided and unsustained against this I'M
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 patriouc as
piration must wither and decay. l have
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 mock
cry and sham, and constitutional Off
GERS not the servants of the people, but
the tools and pawns of special interests.
In letter addressed to the public on De-
cember 19, 1912, / declared:
THE interests seeking special favorS
can never be tolerated by 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:
81 willingly surrendered a seat In
Congress to fight above all else that
most insidious and abOminable menace
a free people-fnvisible government
powers nominally 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.
eff elected Governor of Kentucky
solemnly and earnestly pledge the peo-
pie of the commonwealth here and now
that l will turn the calcium light upon
the lobbyist and upon all who seek to
secure positions of honor or privilege
by any secret or unholy alliance with
him."
The pledge made as a candidate 1 am
prepared to keep as your nominee and as
your Governor.
No Antitrust Plank.
Not the creation, but the equitable dis
tribution of wealth, is the great problem
confronting the lawmakers of America.
Men everywhere realize more and more
that inordinate wealth and widespread
to this inequitable distribution. secured
by illegal combinations of capital and
the creation of gigantic monopolies.
Laws governing the capitalization OF
common carriers, forbidding the forma-
ton Of holding companies, the interlock-
ing of directorates and other multi
farious devices for the destruction OF
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
ment alike.
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-
fenseless, a prey to every crooked COM
bination and every form of corporate in
iquity, snug harbor for every CONNER
legislation and the righteous wrath OF
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
and discerning men. In the face of this
appalling state of affairs the Republican
platform contains no antitrust plank, nc
pledge to curb corporate greed or tc
punish corporate crime. The reason is
not far to seek; 1t 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
discloses the fact that hitherto no two
have been alike. This Is necessarily sc
where platforms are written in good faith
Political organizations at stated periods
promulgate platforms in order that they
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 veile6
endorsement of the malodorous Payne
Aldrich act, the last utterance Of the
Republican party on the subject. / haC
thought that after a similar approval Of
that act had sent President Taft to pc.