Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-07-26
GUMPTION, -rHHas~
Which is plain Common Sense, in United States
language, without Educational Furbelows.
BT l.. Il. HOVERMALF. -
HOW SHALL NE JUDGE?
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behalf, and in that alone. 4
In asking for office candidate should be able to give
some good for his candidacy other than that he
I wants the office.
In asking for the office of County Attorney have att
all times given the that urged for my election
y Briefly shall recte them again:
First twenty-five years law practice that was sue
cessful in case winning /
Second. Eight years experience as County Attorney
OF Menefee county, in which these things achieved:
(Propery tax reduced from SOC to 30c the $10OOO
Z or 40 per cent reduction.
b) Poll tax reduced from $15O to 5Oc or sc 23 per-
cent reduction.
c)Secured decision of the Court of Appeals prohibit
4 ing G. O. D. shipment of liquor.
(d) Stopped bootlegging in the county.
: (e) Enforcement of the law
Third A grasp of the needs of the taxpayers and
the courage to try to secure them.
During the six years that have lived in Morgan you
have had opportunity to judge and my conduct on
all public questions have never been neutral in any
question or race Upon the bringing of any question to
issue have taken my stand boldly and openly. In every
race have openly taken choice have taken a
stand any question for the sake of popularity In fact
the side have otenest chosen has been unpopular did
not ask if it would be popular to support Beckham dry
man, against Stanley, as wet man brewer i only
considered: "Is it right was outspoken and worked
only mention this to contrast it with the conduct of
my opponents Who heard of either of them taking
decided stand on any question atany time? am not
censurng them for waiting to what side was popular
am only appealing to you citizens to weigh carefully
the question as to whether you want to elect who
knows what he believes man that don't know what
he believes until he finds out what he believes the people
believe. am going to ask my opponents to come out in
the open the proposition of good roads, Not smpya
stereoyped Pm for good roads," Anybody say that
Will they come out and say how they would go about the
getting of good roads if they should happen to be eected
What the majority of the people want in the manner
of road building don't know but this is the plan shall
attempt to bring about Immediately after my election:
l. The appropriation for road building each year Of
equato the per cent to the State fund.- the yearly
expenditure of this and like sum from the Stateaid
fund.
g definite plan of road construction designed to
reach and serve the people in all sections of the county,
3. To make every dollar spent in road construction
bring fair and honest return
A. If the funds that could be raised bv the method
above are not enough build roads sufficient to reach
nearly every section practicable within reasonably
short time, supplement this fund by bond issue large
enough to give each section OF the county the benefit
the money expended.
5. The best road construction possible, in vew of
the well established principle that the increased cost of
original construction is than offset by the less cost
of up-keep. g-~~
Yes, favor bond issueto build roads if good roads
cannot be built without it. know full well that this
statement will be used against for all the words will
bear but they are my convictions and stand or fall with
them. -R,N
Already can mentally see Breck and Henry and JOIN
H. and John w. grabbing this issue wet from the pres
and hunting up some citizen whom they think they cal
prejudice and saying: "Hovemale favors bond issue
Now what want them to do to tell the people how
they propose to help build roads
Parenthetcally one of my opponents apparently nev
gets tired of talking about my big feet Happily an
not sensitive about my feet else might realiate by tell
ing how real lawyers consider his legal pretensions hug
joke but l'm too good natured to do this. -eA
A final word tony friends: have the race won
you will 'st tight in the boat and hold fast When th
quiet thinking citizens who are for have cast their bal
lots and been counted my opponents due surprise
believe that will be nominated.
But want YOU TO helm.