The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-10-31
4 REPUBLICAN lNDoRsEs
HON. E. e.. SHANNON

Editor Big Sandy News,
Louisa, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Fiease allow me space in your paper
4 Tor a short letter. To begin beg N
advise that am a Republican. but NOT
such party man that / am fanatic
that where person deserves worthy
mention because he is not of INV no.
htical faith, | do not hesitate to com
mend them, and l think it worth NV
while or that of any other man. 10
throw Mowers and speak good word
ior the living 1t is much better than
10 decorate grave or eulogize after
a man is dead.
MY letter is in support of the can
didacy Of Mr.. E. e. Shannon for Rem
! resentatiye. do not believe that a
petter man for the people could be sent
10 the northumberland he Is n
business man that has been successful
4 ana the interest in the welfare of the
people VIII be their interest as well
ana Just as much as 1t will be to his
personal interest In fact they will be
mutual Furthermore, Mr.. Shannon
VIII be man that will stand pat for
his constituents and win demand fo ba
heard and will not be suppressed In
his right of speech; in fact he will
DO THINGS.
His platform is common sense and
should elect him without any other
4 thing being said. l will Just mention
some Of the headings
Education.
| know number of poor children
! VINO are not able to go to school be-
cause they do not have the books nor
the money to buy them, and If they
had the advantages and books there
might possibly be developed not onIv
one but maybe many men who would
be blessing to Lawrence and Elliott
counties and to the world The ma
terial is there and here, it is just dor
mant. The duration OF the school term
is short in fact the children hardly
get started before they are aware that
school is out. No justice in 1t at all.
so that the child in the rural districts
only gets a meagre education at the
best.
Roads.
The reason there are not any roads
in the county, is the system of work
ing them. If We could get the roads
worked by taxation, we would have
/
| is not right to take man away from
his work to work the road when he
does not see the road only on the day
that he has to work it. Never rides a
horse over 1t, never even walks over
it only to work it for others who get
the benefit of it. This road plank in
the platform of Mr.. Shannon should
elect him.
No mention, of the Dog Law, for I
do not like dogs.
Jury Fees.
1t seems to me that every man who
has served on a jury in Kentucky
would vote for a man that would try
to remedy that evil, and the pay of
jurors. To think that man only gets
$500 per day for his time, no pay for
his time from and back home, then
when he gets to town have to pay from
$500 to $3.50 per day for board is
certainly an injustice. The high cost
of living affects the juror just the
same as 1t affects other persons, and
1t seems to me that juror should be
paid as much as the cheapest amount
| paid to common labor. Surely 1t is
just as hard work and more deserving
than some of the wages that are paid
out: is true we should be willing
TO be patriotic and serve our country
put our country IS able TO reimburse
their servants for their time instead
OF taxing from them their liberty and
tner rignts.
Oil Legislation.
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