The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-12-29
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is necessary to do so.

is necessary to 90 so.
1 am heartily in favor of the con-
struction of a highway system when
will closely tie together our people
in all sections of the State. AS
matter of fact, Kentuckians do not
know each other as they should and
we have three distinct sections in our
Commonwealth. Many of our problems
would be solved if the three sections
of the State were linked together by
good roads, so that our people could
really know each other and work to-
gether for the common good. l am
informed by expert men who have
studied this question that this plan
can be carried out without increased
taxation on existing property.
Good roads and good schools go to-
gether and every citizen will agree
that everything possible should be
done for the education of our chill
dren. / would like to see our public
schools the equal of those of any
State in the Union and 1 will work to
that end. 1 am also of the opinion
that every encouragement possible
should be given to our State Univer-
sity and that it be placed on a plane
equal to the University of any other
State. If I am elected Governor 1
will stay on the job and give the State
a business administration, and the
best that is within me.
If elected Governor, 1 will call to
my aid some of the leading business
men in different lines and seek Their
counsel and support in solving the
many difficult problems which con-
front our people. No man can solve
these problems alone, and the can
| didate who promises to do so is the
worst type of a demagogue seeking
votes. If elected, promise to do the
very best l can with the counsel and
| advice Of leading men and women of
| our State to solve our business diff
culties for the best interests of the
Commonwealth.
I enter this race free from any
political promises and absolutely free
from any help or promise Of help in
anyway from any business firm or
corporation anywhere.
It is well known to the State that
for years l have been an advocate of
| cooperative organization among the
farmers. Farming is the chief bust
ness in Kentucky and 1 am delighted
that our cooperative organizations are
proving so successful. l congratulate
the bankers of Kentucky on the stand
| they have taken in supporting the
Farmers Cooperative Movement, and
as a farmer l thank them for their
help in our time Of need. For the
past two years l have been actively at
work in the field to organize the
farmers, both in the Burley District
and the Black Patch, and 1 trust l
will be pardoned when 1 state that I
have always paid my own expenses in
these campaigns. This has been a
considerable sum for a man of my
limited means but ; was glad to make
the contribution o. both time and
means to help perfect our Farmers
Organizations.
l believe in equitable and living wages
for men and women in all lines of in
dustry. The best interests of the Nation
are. served when those who labor own
their own homes and can give their loved
ones not only the necessities of life but
the comforts as well.
/ am unalterably opposed to the injec-
ton of partisan politics into the manage
ment of the penal and charitable institu-
tons of the State.
Under our present system of elections
election
year. Much money could be saved to the
taxpayers in registrations and elections
and the people relieved of much worry
II we consolidated our elections. l favor
any plan which will bring about this
result
l have the highest regard for the dis
tinguished gentleman who has announced
as a candidate for Governor and for
those whose announcements l am in
formed will soon be forthcoming. No
act utterance of mine will mar the
campaign. We have had entirely too
| much strife within our own party in the
past and | am hopeful that the campaign
! with be settled upon the merits of the
candidates themselves and their issues,
| so that when the decision is made we
will go into the final election with a
| ed by many active Democrats in all parts
| of the State that if am nominated we can
| expect to poll the full vote of the Party,
and after months of careful survey and
/
| nominated can build up an organization
which will carry our Party to success in
! the final election beyond any question.
| am absolutely sincere in my desire to
serve Kentucky. For four years in the
| House of Representatives in Kentucky for
| four years in the State Senate, and for
| fourteen years in the Congress of the
| United States l have represented great
and a patriotic people. In the last two
| elections l have not had opposition from
| the Republican Party. The people of the
| Seventh Congressional District would not
have given me this service if l had
| neglected the business entrusted to me.
l have faithfully tried to serve them, and
| if elected Governor my ambition will be
| to render a full measure of service.
| l served in Congress under the leader
| ship of that great President, Woodrow
| Wilson, and always gave him and his
| policies loyal support. When my Party
called me to manage the State Campaign
| in 1916 for President Wilson l accepted
| the responsibility, and we carried the
! State by an overwhelming majority AL
! though a man of moderate means l paid
| the deficit of that campaign amounting
| to a good many thousands of dollars and
have never regretted the expenditure.
| In 1920 the National Democratic Commit
| tee called me to New York to take
| charge of the organization work there.
and for months l labOred day and night