The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-07-12

any vital question in which the Ameri-
can people were interested.
The Republican party when the Con-
vention was over did not boast about
the nomination of Justice Hughes,
but spent all of their energy in boast
ing of how they had killed Teddy and
his Bull Moose. The Republicans
have certainly stretched the hide of
the Bull Moose on the Cabin door and
that seems to be their chief cause of
joy. If the Democrats of Kentucky
do their full duty our Republican
friends will not get the hide of the
Democratic Donkey nor will they even
pick the tail feathers of the Game
Cock, which is our emblem
The Progressive party was formed
as protest against the bosses of the
Republican party and to rebuks the
theft of the nomination from Col.
Roosevelt by the Republican Conven-
ton in 1912.
1t would be an insult to the intelli-
gence of the Progressives to say that
they will go back to the Republican
party and we cordially invite them in
to the Democratic household We
will put some fresh logs on the fire
and give them a comfortable seat at
the hearth and make them feel at
| home.
We also expect the support Of pat
riotic Republicans who place the
National honor above mere party sue
cess. There are thousands of patriotic
Republicans who resent the action of
the Republican party in Congress who
tried to pass the McTemore ReSolu.
ton, which meant the absolute sur
render of every American rights on
the high seas. / have had many Ken
lucky Republicans to tell me that they
expected to vote for the reelection of
Woodrow Wilson because he stood for
America first, last and all of the
time, and for America only. To this
class of patriotic Republicans we ex-
tend an open hand of welcome.
The Republicans in Kentucky are
in high glee because they expect the
support of the voters of German ex-
traction. This is an open insult to
the intelligence and patriotism of the
voters in Kentucky of German de-
scent. 1 know many of these men
and they are as patriotic as any class
of our citizens and certainly expect
the support of those who have been
Democrats heretofore and of those
who love the flag of the Stars and
Stripes better than any other flag /
certainly would not insult the patriot
ism of the voters of German descent
by even conceding that any proportion
of them in Kentucky expected to vote
the Republican ticket this fall. Just
as soon as practicable after the County
Campaign Chairmen have been elect
ed it is my purpose to assemble them
by Congressional districts in some CEN
trail city in each district and meet
them in person and take counsel and
advice from them as to the proper con-
duct of the campaign in their respect
i've districts. 1t is easier and quicker
for me to do this than to have each
Chairman come to State Headquarters
and will give me fuller opportunity to
study conditions and also to meet the
Democrats and get into closer touch
with them. In making political cam
paigns 1 have always. found that the
people can be implicitedly trusted and
l wish to take them into my conf
dence and have them take me into
theirs. The Democratic party has
nothing of which to be ashamed and
nothing to hide from the public.
Everything in this campaign will be
open and above board so far as Dem
ocratic Headquarters and their plans
are concerned. There is great crisis
now on in history of our country. The
people can be trusted to work it out
right and in full sympathy with true
American ideals and American poll
cies, looking only to the welfare of our
common country and to the welfare of
humanity now in the future.
To the cause of true Democracy and !
to true Americanism ask the earnest
support of every true KentuckIan and
every true American. We go into
this campaign knowing full well the
Justice of our cause. Kentucky has
never failed to measure up fully to her
duty to the Nation and let's prepare to
roll mn the greatest majority for Will !