Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-24

| r1aIQS o. che man. IL may De c
good thing III the abstract, bit
kentuckians 1iTnoiy vii not sta-io
for it and there is nc u=s Jryine
to change the nature OF Z gre7t
people by legislation. %
And sn page So we have this
admirable statement There are
( two WAYS of filing the Office OF
! State SUPPLEMENTARY ap-
I pointment and by election-aad
Kentucky has tried both. She
tried the appointive system tor
, fifteen years and abandoned it a
not suited 10 her conditions III
desires She has been trying the
elective system for about SIKH
three years. I here Is no question
that Superintendent Breckenridge
considered the elective system
. the better-a great constitutional
Office. better than one dependent
upon the will OF 4 politician. even
; though that politician be the GOV
crnor himself
And now. my countrymcn, vuc
: are being asked to return TO =
system once tried and abandoned
; a unsatisfactory and turn the
clock back in kcntucky's educa-
tiomal history . wears
In his address here last Satur-
. day cX-Guv. Wager reduced the
whole situation to a huge Joke
: \ or will remember that ne barely
touched upon either amendment.
, but stated thu there was another
officer down IT Frankfort ri@t
YOU farmers were deeply inter
csted in-thc Commissioner ui
agriculture. and that he too.
should be a man at fine tcchirc9l
training that he should he ~ -.
pert n stock breeding. chemistry
81 soils. etc. II there was anvr
logical inference from his speech
T was that the Commissioner o.,
Agriculture should also be select
ed by Il board appointed by the
governor. Then. my iricrdS
there : the State Urea >urcr: hel
should be a master OF finance.
should know all about bonds and
investments. etc He. too. should
be appointed to office. since the
voters Of the state cannot cvalu-I
ate correctly his qualifications.
Then, also, the Auditor OF Ac-
counts should be thoroughly fur
nished with expert knowledge OF
system, and forsooth. he should
be appointed! And so on with
the Attorney General, the Judges
OF the Court OF Appeals, ETC.
they ali should be appointed and
we Should simply elect 4 COVER
nor and send him TO Frankfort
and tell him TO proceed 10 run the
whole business while we get bus
I IN our corn rows and our knit
ting TO raise money TO pay what
ever ta2s they may impose upon
Us. Then we should sit down an,
eat our bread in submissive 81
lence.
I am compliTuented today with
= large attendance OF The women
voters OF the county. | would re-
mind them that they have onl,
recently won The ballot. New, al
your first opportunity 10 exer-
else the franchise they are asking
. YOU TO vote away part Of your
right 10 elect those who admin
ister the laws OF the state. The
State Superintendent has the
. oversight OF The expenditure OF
several millions OF the money
paid in taxes in the state-morc
than half Of Ill the taxes paid. II
there i any officer who should be
directly responsible To the cleo
toratc OF the state. il Is he who
handles most OF the tax money
. Of the citizens. Let lis not forget
that our right TO vote for these
who hold office over IL was won
only after centuries OF struggle
i'and bloodshed in contests with
those who had arrogated to them
selves autocratic power The les
sons gathered at Runnvmede
when King lchn was forced to
sign Magma Charta. the struggles
OF our forebears through several
reigns OF British sovereignS. the
bleeding fight OF the revolution
airy patriots "a they trod the
frozen ground at Valley Forge
! I'll should make us jealous Of our
elective franchise. and it should
be surrendered only when we are
ready to confess that we are a dis
NAL failure in electing our officers
or governing ourselves through
those who arr so elected.
! AS Mr.. Coates says on page So +:
at is well as we go along not TO
forget these lessons.
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