The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-12-16

The State and nation are equally
oound to provide for the enforcement
IL their laws, and both should cooper
axe in every possible way when the end
- view Is clean. upright government
which shall deserve the confidence and
respect Of the citizens"
Attacks U. S. Administrator
Scoring the failure of the Repub-
lean National Administration. Mr..
Barkley said that the sum total of
their efforts for the first year of their
tenure has been the making of sep
arate peace which does nothing other
than attempts to reserve for our ma
ton the rights which Woodrow VIII
son obtained for US under the Treaty
of Versailles. which they refused 10
ratify because he had something to do
With its formulation. and the enact
ment of a juggling monstrosity, called
a tax bill, which is worse than the
present law enacted under the stress
and haste of war. They have fiounder-
: I'd in the mire of their own incompe-
tence. without policy, programme or
leadership. and privately admit that
they do not know what to do. Indeed,
as President Warren G. Harding said
this is a .monumentar record. We have
been initiated into the mysteries of
normally and. while the ceremony
has not been pleasing, nor the result
beneficial, IL the torture shall bring US
to a realization of the moral and in
tellectual bankruptcy of Republican
leadership the suffering may not be
entirely in vain.
I'm Kentucky the situation is no bet
ter" he went on. and In some respects
it is worse. IL that is possible. The
glaring incapacity at Frankfort is per-
haps more aoticeah BILE because 1t is clos
er to US and has lasted longer.
'Howdy Ed 10 Target.
Two years ago the Republicans
nominated a man for Governor Of
Kentucky who was going to perform
undreamed OF miracles for the people
of the State. He was going to bring
the blessings OF universal education to
the people of every section. He was 60
ing to lift us out of the mud and send
US 10 school and church dry shod thru
out the year. He was going to infuse
into the State Government a moral at
mosphere which. he said. II had never
possessed before. He was going to re-
duce taxation until 1t would be a Joy
to pay the Sheriff. He was going to
devastate whole regions of useless Of
fees at Frankfort with brogan boots
of fabulous size. Under cur 'Howdy
Ed Governor both man and beast were
to dwell blissfufly together in a cost
less, burdenless, taxless State.
But, Mr.. Chairman" Mr. Barley
went nm after he had cha rqed that mona
OF the campaign promises Of Governor
Morrow had been carried out, 1T Is not
sufficient merely to offer criticism Of
those who for the time are intrusted
with authority
Constructive Work Urged.
However much we may condemn
those whom we believe to have mis-
used their power to the injury Of the
State, we cannot rely on this alone for
success or popular confidence. The
Democratic party in the State, no less
than In the nation, must be a con-
structive party. 1t must offer positive
convictions, positive actions, positive
remedies for the shortcomings which
It alleges against others. It is the du-
/ ty OF any political party, or all politi-
cal parties. to be the servant OF the
people, and the history of our country
has witnessed the disappearance Of po-
litical parties because they ceased to
represent the forward looking eager
ness and anxiety Of the citizens to rise
ever little higher In the scale of po-
litical liberty, economic fair dealing
and social, moral and intellectual ad-
vancement."