Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1916-09-22

the federal court last June de-
cided a case similar to ours in
our states favor. That makes
our cases now in favor of your
county certain of being won. Be-
sides. State Auditor L. /. Greene
has had our cases thoroughly in
vestigated by an eminent lawyer
| Tan eX-chief Justice of the court
of appeals with a view of the
auditors office getting back of
our suits if they were found to
meritorious. And after week S
investigation, this eminent law
yer reported that our peoples
cases against these railroads
were highly meritorious and can
be won. whereupon Auditor
Greene took immediate action by
his department getting back of
the cases, and Attorney General
M. M. Logan also came into the
cases on our peoples side. Both
these state officials only got back
of these cases after their investi-
cations assured them of the great
merit in them. | am also de-
sirous of your people there,
through your officials, putting
the weight of your county back
of these cases, a thing that is
your county's duty to do, to
doubIy lrotect your county's in
terest.
In the prosecution of these
cases we want it clearly under
stood that there is not the slight
est aim to compel railroads to list
their property at a higher per
cent than individual citizens list
| theirs. But no one, not even
these railroads themselves, can
rightly argue that our farmers
and city realty owners of Ken
lucky should be made to list
their property up to sixty and
seventy per cent of its value,
while these big money-making
railroads are allowed to list their
any man who stands by and sees
a thing going on that cannot be
hid and they think no one knows
of it, yet it is so plain a fool
would not err therein when he
understands the game.
! Things have come to a point in
the Democratic political world
when you have got to see GER
tain fellows if you want even a
look in when it comes to getting
the nomination for an office at
its hands.
We are really amused at the
fight already stared for the
nomination of J. Campbell Can
trell for the next Governor of
Kentucky. 1t is none of our
business, we don't care a CONT
mental who gets it, we are going
to defeat him at the polls in
November after said primary.
We are informed from reading
the editorials of some of the
newspapers of the State that
Mr.. Cantrell is now groomed
for the Democratic nominee for
the Office of Governor three years
hence. Well he has a chance
now, being the chairman of the
Democratic campaign committee,
and having the franking privi-
lege of congressman, of letting
every Democrat know of his
true value by mail, saving two
cents on eve.y communication
sent out, and by having the
Governor, A. o. Stanley, tell all
the Democrats of what a great
man he is, in all his speeches, no
matter whether they are of a
political nature or not, and by
having all the liquor dealers and
BARRON buns" sing his praise
/ CD all over the State, or where
there is liquor sold, and by tell
ing the poor deluded Democrats
of the mountain section that our
townsman, Hon. James ID. Black,
the present Lieutenant Governor
of Kentucky, that they are a
bunch of fools to believe that
Governor Black could be nomi-
mated for the high and exalted
position of Governor Of the great
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
We do not agree with Governor
Black as to politics, but we do
agree with him in everything