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

State Central and Executive Com
mittees of the Democratic Party of
Kentucky.
Gentlemen:
At full meeting of your commit
tees in Louisville, on June 21st, you
elected me Chairman of the State Cam.
paign Committee for the purpose OF
securing the ELECTORAL vote of the
State of Kentucky for Woodrow Viii.
son for President and Thomas R. Mar
shall for Vice President of the United
States, and the election of Democratic
Congressman from Kentucky.
lam deeply sensible of the honor
and accept the same. l am also fully
aware of the tremendous responsibility
and labor ahead Of me in this work,
but l will cheerfully give the best that
is in me. AT this crisis in the history
of our Nation l know of no nobler
work that could be done than keeping
the honor and safety of our Republic
in the hands of Woodrow Wilson.
l will not be the Chairman of any
faction or division of the Democratic
party in managing the campaign. /
expect the full and hearty support of
every citizen in Kentucky who desires
the reelection of President Wilson
and will so conduct the campaign as
to be worthy of that support
The election of the County Cam
paign Chairmen by the County Com
mittees will convince each fairminded
voter that when the Committee is
completed which must manage the
fight that all factions in the Demo
cratic party will be fully recognized
and will share in the honor of the great
victory which is ahead of US.
1t has been and will be my policy to
put the campaign in the hands of the
people, and the election of Campaign
Chairman of each county by the local
Committee reaches closer to the peo-
pie than any other plan. In other
words, l expect to be the servant of
the local Committees, and right here
let me say, that 1 expect the local
Committees to share the responsibility
of the fight with me. The position Of
Campaign Chairman carries with it
great labor and responsibility in each
county, and if for any reason which
may arise in the future, any County
Chairman finds that he can not give
his time and talent to the conduct of
the campaign in his county, trust he
will so notify me in order that anoth-
er may be elected.
But a small part of the work can be
done at State Headquarters; the main
work must be done by the County Cam
paign Chairman in each county.
1t is my intention to open head
quarters on August 1st for active
work and the location of headquarters
will be publicly announced before that
date. Since my election as Cam paign
Chairman l have done much detail
work that was necessary in preparing
for the coming struggle.
1 feel that it is my duty to lay some
plain facts before the Democrats of
Kentucky. The votes as actually cast
for the last twenty years show that
Kentucky is very close State politi-
cally. At the outset 1 wish to warn
my Democratic brethren of oVerconfi-
dence.
Our Republican opponents in Ken
lucky are already in the field equipped
with every influence necessary to wage
a hard political battle, and it behooves
every Democrat in Kentucky to make
himself campaign committee of one
and get to work for the success of his
party. 1 will always appreciate sug
geStionS from any Democrat in the
State and also welcome criticism made
for the purpose of giving force and eff
feet to the Democratic cause l wish
each Democrat in Kentucky to feel
that this fight is as much his as mine,
and each Democrat will always be
taken into full confidence as to what
is being done at headquarters and will
always be welcome visitor there.
l know that the State Campaign
Committee will have the full support
of the Democratic newspapers of the
State. This support will be the most
powerful factor in the campaign and
the State Headquarters will always be
at the command of the newspapers in
every way within it's power. The Re-
publican party in the Nation is the
same Old boss ridden party that it has