The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1922-12-28
TO TIE DEMOCRATS or
l<ENTuCkX.


KENTUCKY:
have been much Impressed with
the campaign conducted by numerous
Kentucky newspapers demanding that
a business man only should be nom
mated for Governor. | ain in sympa-
rhy with this movement. ] have walt
cd for weeks for some outstanding
Democrat and business man to an
nounce his candidacy. In fact, ! have
on numerous occasions talked with
one OF the most successful business
men and one of the most loyal Demo
crafts in the State, urging him to run
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor. and offered my support in
case he should make the race. This
gentleman declined to enter the race.
Many active Democratic men and
women i'm all sections of the State
have asked me to stand for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor |
have decided TO announce as can
lidate.
The fact that | own and operate
several farms in Scott and F1yette
,bunties ! believe entities me to be
,lasspd as business man. If | do
0 come under the classification of
B business man, then the newspapers
demanding a business man for Gov
prnnr have shut out of political con
tideratiun every farmer in the State.
the farmer of today is as much I
business man as the merchant broker,
A. Nh.
majority Of the business men of Ken
ttucky are farmers. and being one Of
them | believe know their trials and
hardships. and that If | am elected
Governor | can be of service 10 them
and to the Stare as Il whole. because
when the farmer proSpers all lines If
business share in that prosperity.
The chief problems to be solved in
Kentucky are in the main Of an agri-
cultural nature, and KENTUCKY has not
had farmer Governor for almost
forty years. The Governor of the
State can personally attend to but a
small part of the States business
Most of the business of the State -
actually transacted by those whom the
Governor appoints under the laws
passed by the Legislature. The bust
ness Of organization is the chief duty
OF tie Governor. and it is absolutely
necessary for the welfare Of the State
that the Governor work in harmony
- IN the State Legislature and the or
iizationS Of the various State De
,,riments,
= In recent years ! have been charged
with the duty Of citing thousands of
men and women into compact work
n organizations, both n Il political
NJ in "A business way. In 1916 | was
State Chairman of the Democratic
Campaign Committee in Kentucky
which rolled up a majority Of nearly
thirty thousand for the Democratic
ticket, and in that organization there
were ten thousand active men and
women i'm the State. For three years
i was State President of the Society
of Equity with its thousands of farm
err members, and this was the organ
iZation which was one of the pioneer
movements teaching cooperation
among the farmers. Years ago this
organization did the work which il
now being carried on on larger scale
by several splendid Farmers Organ
izations of today.
| mention these matters simply tC
Sh6&f. that | have had experience on q
large scale along organization lines
which make up in part the duties oi
the Governor. TO properly organize
the many branches OF the state Gov
eminent is "A job requiring experience
in organization work. ! am convinced
that the voters of the state are more
irterested in the platforms that th'
candidates stand for than in he can