The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-10-20
LIFELONG LEADER
In 6. 0. P. WILL
VOTE FOR GOV. COX
I. w. Bernheim Condemns
Selfshness of the Repub-
leans.
MAKES PLEA
~"~ FOR LEAGUE
louisville Times)


|. w Bernheim. lifelong Repub-
lican, who gave the Thomas Jeffer-
scr Statue to townsville and is to give
one OF Abraham Lincoln to this city,
announced today that he will cast his
vote in the election next month for
Governor Cox.
IL am a Republican and never can
be Democrat. but cannot support
the Republicans this year. was Mr.
Bernheim's statement and he gave as
his reason the fact that conscience
will not permit him to support the
Republican leaders who have COM
mitted the crime OF playing politics
when an impoverished and starving
world was looking to us for guidance
and leadership"
In past years Mr. Bernheim has
been liberal contributor to the Re-
publican campaign funds This year,
however. the G.. O. p will receive no
assistance from him. Mr. Bernhein's
statement follows:
Republican Fifty Years.
Il have been a Republican down in
the so-called Gibraltar District of
Kentucky's democracy for over half
century. In fact, / have been Re-
publican when in McCracken County
they were known only as BLACK Rad
icals."
Next to my religion came my deep
attachment to the Republican party.
but | shall have to forget my past
record and vote this time for the
Democratic Presidential standard
bearers, solely because my conscience
won't permit me by my vote to con-
firm the acts of our Republican lead
ers, who committed the crime of
playing politics when an impover-
ished and starving world was looking
to use for guidance and leadership.
I'm the Spanish-American War we
became the owners of Cuba, the
choicest piece of real estate in the
entire world. We surrendered il to
the rightful owners In the fullness of
time and thereby furnished to the
world an object lesson in unsehsh-
hess unmatched in modern or ancient
history,
I'VE entered the World War in the
same unsel6sh and noble spirit
1--WE asked for neither territory nor
compensation.
We made untold sacrifices. Our
best blood was sent overseas, and
many of our heroic dead are resting
in foreign soil.
Past Holliest Possession.
Thanks to the heroism of our boys
and the wonderful resourcefulness of
our people, we finished the job and
did it well. AT the conclusion of the
armistice we became by unanimous
consent of the world its leaders. The
hundreds of millions of human beings
unhappy. impoverished and starv-
ing. looked upon us as their big
brother" Providenc had showered up
on us everything needful for the task
including boundless wealth, aud Sc
lected us as
THE Moses to bring the children
of Israel out of Egyptian slavery and
darkness
But narrow leadership in the Re-
publican party has trampled under
foot the worlds hottest ossession,
the League of Nations, the pact which
foreshadowed perhaps in as yet an
imperfect and crude way, the time
when
They shall beat their swords into
prunninghooks; nation shall not lift
up sword against nation; neither shall
they learn war any more"
THE suffering of the world has in
the meantime measurably increased
since that November day of 1918.
Death Holds High Carnival.
Death and poverty continue to
hold high carnival in some of the
fariest portions of Europe and the
end is not yet On the contrary. the
coming winter promises to break all
records in disease and death and suf-
fering and want for the necessaries