The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-11-02
FINAL APPEAL ON EVE OF ELEC.
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ia press on Monday night. dated
tuesday. November 2. We would be
recreant to our duty as a Democrat,
raise to our conception of the duty
OF an honest newspaper if we did
not in this issue, on the eve of the
election, urge our Democratic
friends and all our readers, of what
ever faith or creed, politically or re-
ligiously, 10 go to the polling places
to-day and vote for the Democratic
State, National and district ticket.
To our minds, America is to-day
facing a crisis. Misrepresentation
and abuse of President Woodrow.
Wilson, whose health was. broken
down in the service of his country
as much as the health of the soldiers
on the firing line in France was
broken by the hardships they suffer-
ed, have featured the Republican
campaign. The man to whom all
paid homage less than two years ago
as the leader of the Allied hosts,
which has crushed the menace Of
world autocracy, has, in the eyes Of
the Republicans, suddenly become
in himself threat tC the liberty of
the world. Of course they do not
feel the way they say they do about
President Wilson. Of course they
haven't any fear that American SOL
diers would ever be sent to Europe
under Article x, or any other provis-
ion of the League of Nations All
that is balderdash for campaign pur-
poses alone. 1t is to prevent the
people regaining control of the Unit
n6 n 70 iah AMI
Wilson warned them two years ago
Republican machine.
The Republicans ask us if we want
"Our boys" sent over to Europe, to
fight in a foreign war, in warning
us against Article x. They seem to
have forgotten that our soldiers were
sent to Europe, and were in Europe
less than two years ago. and are in
Europe right now, for that matter,
without any League of Nations fgur-
ing in It. That has been about the
only issue presented, Or, rather, mis-
represented, by the Republicans in
this campaign.
There are others tho voters should
not lose sight of. The laborer, skill
ed and unskilled, might stop to COM
pare his wages now with the wages
in 1912. when a Republican admin
istration was in power. Tie farmer
might well stop to consider the
prices he is receiving now for, his
products and what he was paid for
them eight years ago, before Wood
row Wilson was elected President.
American business night we'll STOP
to consider whether it wants t.
plunge this country into another
period Of uncertainty due to Reput
lican plans fol revision of the tariff
and the placing of that question back
in partisan politics from. which the
Democrats removed it. And every
citizen, whatever his trade, profess
sion or occupation, might well stop
to consider if he wants America to
be put in the position where she re-
fuses to "keep faith with those VINO
died on Flanders field"
Not orly the honor of America. but
her prosperity and her future stand
ing among the nations of the earth
hang upon the decision of her peo-
pie at the polls to-day. And the
Democrats of Bourbon county should
decide wisely their part in the gen
eral result. 1t is up to them. Every
vote must be brought out and polled
to-day. And to Janes M. Cox and
Franklin D. Roosevelt may the VIC
tory be awarded!