, 1922-10-19
Do You Remember

announces that he Is
y willing to be Judged by his record; that he
tirely proper to inquire what the record is.
Let us go back and examine the cornerstone
upon which the subsequent record was placed, and
then let us remember that the superstructure can
not be better than the foundation upon which 1t
rests.
ing. having been elected to that office in 1914. The
constitution of this state, which Governor Ken
drick took an oath to uphold and defend, provides
in section . of article 4, that the Governor shall
not be eligible to any other office during the term
for which he was elected"
In 1916 Governor Kendrick had two more years
10 serve. The man who was at that time secre'
tary of state, and who would under the law be
come Governor Hendricks. sucressor should he
abandon the office, did MOTTO say the lcast-en-
joy the confidence of the people OF the state His
character was we'll known to Governor Hendricks,
and his subsequent acts demonstrated that Gov
ernor kendrick must have known that he was
not a proper person to leave in charge OF the
states affairs.
As the campaign period of 1916 came on, the
war in Europe had been in progress nearly two
years, and there were many indications that Amer
lea would in spite of herself be drawn into the
conflict. In fact, the authorities at Washington
from President Wilson down, must have known
that our entry into conflict was almost newt
able. Notwithstanding this situation, with a view
of lulling the people into a false sense of security,
President Wilson made no effort to prepare the
paigm approached the Democratic managers de.
chose slogan-"he kept us out of war;
which they must have known was a fraud.
At this time Wyoming had as one of her sena-
tors, whose term to expire, Clarence ID. Clark, a
gentleman and a scholar, of the highest character,
of long service and great ability, holding COM
mittee positions of Influence and distinction.
In this state of affairs, Governor kendrirk,
out of his ambition to become senator. believing
that the slogan she kept us out of war and the
false sense of security which it established would
render his election reasonably certain, became 4
candidate-contrary to the express Constitutional
prohibition-for another office, that of senator,
against Senator Clark.
Perhaps it cannot be said with accuracy that
he Immediately abandoned the state government,
for it will be recalled that he grossly violated all
political ethics by hanging on to his office as COVER
nor while campaigning for the senate; he took no
chances. But having been elected to the senate
through the power of the Wilson slogan and the
Wilson influence, he then abandoned the Governor.
ship to one Houx, of whom the least said the bet
ter. Thus a raw and untried legislator displaced
one of long experience and wide influence.
The hollow mockery, the deep-dyed infamy, the
utter insincerity of the Democratic slogan of that
campaign, "Hc kept us out of war" was demon
strated when within thirty days after the new
their seats the president recommended a declara
ton of war-a declaration he must have known
was inevitable when posing as a pacifist.
Thus it will be seen that a part of the record
on which Kendrick now stands, and on which HI
asks to be judged, involves his violation of the state
constitutions; his abandonment of his office in tn,
middle OF his term to a man whose record wa.
well known TO him and who has since left tn,
state because of acts he committed after Governor
Kendrick turned the goyernorship over to him; i
involves his election to the senate on a fraudul
emit plea; his subservient acquiescence in every
thing the Wilson administration did while he wa:
in power. On top of this, Mr.. Kendrick now ask.
the people of this state, out of their forgetfulness
to support him because since his party was repu
dated by seven million votes he has tried to ac-
like a Republican,