Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-29
TRIBUTE TO STANLEY.


of southern Kentucky, ard a recog
lied state wide and ration wide
= prohibitionist upon the liquor ques
ton, in introducing the Hon. A. o
Stanley to the audience at Glasgow,
KY, on June 21st. which taxed the
capacity os B ,rren county's great
court house. In the Senatorial cam
psign last year Mr.. Richardson was
an ardent supporter Of Gov. Beck
ham.
In the third chapter Of the book OF
Ecclesiastes, tits written:
To everything there is a season.
and tine for every purpose under
the heaven; time to be born, and
time to die; q time to plant. end a
time to pillow up that which is plant
ed; a time to XII and me to heal;
a time to weep and time to laugh,
a time TO mourn and time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and
time to gather together; a time to
embrace. and time to refrain from
embracing; a time to get, and a time
to lose; a time to keep and time to
cast away; time to reap and time
to SOW; time to keep silence and a
time to speak; time to love and a
time to hate; time of war. and a
time of pe,ce."
wish it was within my power to
bring this eternal truth to the mind
and heart of every Democrat in
Kentucky.
We have FIVE car didates for the
Democratic nomination for the office
Of Governor of this Commonwealth.
1t is time to nominate one candidate
for this high office. Within the
party it is sine to embrace and not
time to refrain from embracing; it
is time to love and not time to hate;
it is time to gather together stones
for the battle against the opp ,sition
of Democracy. and for the peace
within the party and rot for war in
or own ranks.
AL five of the democratic candi-
dates are men of high order and
well worthy and qualified for the
office they seek. The issue forced
upon the Democratic party by them,
is the liquor question. AS to this
question. | am for State wide, and
N,tiJn wide prohibition. and until
this can be had, | am fer amending
aud enlarging by legislative enact
ment. the County Unit law or local
option law with the County 50 as ,
to m axe the force of it most effec.
i've. But. it is not the time for ,
ocal option or State wide pre- hibi-
,ition issues. The liquor question is
purely moral and social one, and p.
he final settlement thereof wi be
and not political. The in
crest aud success of the question
Iemand it to be so. Those who
ighteously desire its success and r
insl settlement do now, and have al
Ways so regarded it. =
The makers of the constitution OF a
antucky. who were the illustrious
nd able men from all parties. evil r
Iently viewed the liquor question as r
moral and social. and not a psrti. \
an question, for, by a provision OF 9
he constitution. proposed 10 the 7
owe alton by them. and ratified by
" the voters Of Kentucky. it was 2
made impossible TO hold a liquor
election at the same time a political
election is held. Is it not SAFER to- /,
ollow the makers Of the constitu- h
ion on this question than some can /,
iidate for office?
ms provision OF the constitution T
) wise and salutary one. and with 10
,ut it. the Local option law would 2
rot now be in op GRAFTON in any coun- t
y in the State Under it. and the a
Statute made in pursuance there to. T
IL counties in this Safe are under I
ocsI option law. More than three Z
iourths of the area and more than '
TWO thirds of the population of the Z
State, are now under the local op- i
ton law. The time is near in the I
future when there will be no section I
and no citizen in this State without I
the Influence Of either local option
Or State wide prohibition. =