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THE MADISONIAN
Published Every Tuesday at Rlchmd.KyJy
Grant E. Lilly, - - Editor Owker
Entered as second-class matter January
zz, 1913, at the post office at Richmond,
Ky., under the Act of March 3, l&79.
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r OUR TARIFF BUILDERS
The Underwood tariff bill which
was put through the House by
the lash of theadministration, is
haying rough" sailing in the Sen-
ate. 1 ne president nas pro
claimed to the world that one of
the largest lobbies ever assembled,
was in the city of Washington to
fight the bill This declaration is
so strong that the House and
Senate have demanded an inves
tigation of the truth of the report.
We all know in advance what
the action on this investigation
will be. Either there will be no
report at all or it will be a white
wash. The Senators and the
Representatives are not very
quick in discovering the presence
of men who have come to influ
ence them.
Every man, except the mem
bers of Congress, knows that the
President is right in his declara
tion.. Dollars are. at stake and
the men who have been garnering
the dollars from the miseries of
the people, will not give up - their
profitable employment without a
struggle. Nor will legitimate
business . interests sit still and
allow their business ruined, if,
indeed, the provisions of the tariff
will have that effect That they
have a right to demonstrate to
Congress that the pending bill is
inimical to their interests no man
will dispute, if it is true that the
bill is erroneous. . And when did
a mere Congress become infal
lible? When and by what means
did a handful of men in commis
sion as congressmen, get a mon
opoly of brains? And why should
debate of important measure be
cut off? Why railroad it through?
Why not let legitimate business
be heard?
We have heretofore said that
when the matter has been
thoroughly discussed and the in
telligence of the country has been
heard, then congress should not
allow long winded debates made
for the express purpose of delay.
To this position we adhere and
emphasize it
The tariff bill prepared is a
radical bill. It disturbs fixed
values and values that are fixed
by existing laws. To pass the
proposed measure without reason
able discussion, is as senseless as
firing a gun indiscriminately into
an assembled crowd in the hope
that it will kill all the felons,
who, perchance, may be there.
The President will find that he
can not buir doze the Senate.
Neither can he lash it into
obedience to his commands. But
the people will afford him what
ever support they can give. They
admire him for his efforts in their
behalf. If the policies proposed
by him are sound, tiiey will bear
a careful examination. It is fresh
in the memory of the people that
Presidant Wilson while a candi
date promised moderation in
changing the tariff.
SIGN, MR. CANDIDATE!
The County Committee, in
response to a general demand by
the honest and intelligent voters
of the county adopted resolutions
looking to a clean primary elec
tion in the county on the 2nd
day of August,
The Madisonian hast stood
squarely for this all the time.
Better methods must be put in
operation in order to give honesty
; and intelligence a chance against
Mr. Bill Dollar. . :
The Committee will meet again
; to give the candidates an oppor
tunity to sign or refuse to do so.
It will be easy to imagine the fate
that will over take one who re
v fuses to do so. Also the fate
that awaits one, who, having
signed, fails to keep the pledge.
- The argument is madelhat the
law prohibits the use of money in
an election for wrongful purposes,
and that the presumption is that
a man will obey the law. The
statement of. the law is correct
but the presumption is a violent
one. In fact the- presumption
will be that without , the pledge,
men will go on in the same old
rut and buy all the votes they
can. The bribery law has always
been a dead letter statute. It will
continue to be such. Hence the
neccessity for the pledge. Take
it boys and keep it, too. ' '
s.o.s:
The eighth wonder of the world
- a ) '
is undoubtedly wireless teleg
raphy.' How this v wonderful
signal can be flashed over sea
and land, surpasses the under
standing. While we can not
understand it and for this reason
we call it a wonder, it is in active
operation daily. Only a few days
ago this signal was flashed to the
high seas and one thousand souls
were saved by it When the
steamer Haveford struck rocks
near Queenstown and was sink
ing, aid was procured by the use
of wireless telegraphy and when
the last man was taken off the
boat, water was fifteen feet deep
in the same.
The name of the inventor,
Marconi, seems to be losing con
nection with the system. It is
ust as easy to say marconigram
as to say telegram and it should
be done. S. 0. S. means nothing
to the ordinary mind. The letters
mean: bave Uh aave. , .
A HUMMER
A paper which came to our
exchange table last week had
only seven inches of local news
matter in it All the rest of the
paper was filled with paid adver-
isements.
Verily the papers are digging
heir own graves. No wonder
that the people are taking the
city dailies and weeklies. They
have to do so to get the news:
We invite you to examine the
news columns of the Madisonian.
We are more convinced that our
plan is right and that it will fin
ally win out.
A female under the age of six
teen years cannot consent to her
defilement The county from
which she is takenhas jurisdic
tion to try the wrongdoer. Noth
ing can be clearer than this.
The Kentucky Legislature at
its session of 1912 adopted the
following law:
'That any person who shall admit to
their house or who shall take or direct to
any house, for the purpose of prostitution
or lewdness, any female under the age of
sixteen years (16) shall be deemed guilty
of a felony and upon conviction thereof be
confined in the penitentiary for a period
of not less than one year nor more than
five years." Approved by the Governor
March 14, 1912.
An effort will be made at the
next session of the Legislature to
have the age of consent raised to
21 years.
PURITY IN ELECTIONS
The following is taken from
the Central Record:
The Mass meeting called at the court
house on last Saturday afternoon drew a
good crowd of people interested in the
movement for the purifying of the ballots,
and those who have been circulating the
petitions report great success and a large
number- of names secured, and several
interesting , taiKs were . heard. it was
unanimously decided to continue the
movement to the end of accomplishing
the. purpose for which the movement was
started. ""
Some candidatesanEiounce that
they are running on their, record
which some times mean that
they stand on nothing. Having
done nothing 4 in the past but
draw their salaries, they purpose
doing nothing in the future but
continue ;to-'.;drw7tHiir5salaryI
We refer to the country, at large.
As before stalled, we never iudi
vidualize. .. ::' --r",;-.
7 What' s in a name any way. Sal
ary, for instance. ' ' ;v j ; '
If President Wilson adheres to
his policy pf appointing men with
large families to office, he will
have more babies named for him
than any president in the history
of the country.
If the efficiency test was applied
to members of Congress yes, if it
were. But members of congress
you know make the laws. That's
why it does not apply to members
of Congress.
Each in his turn gets in the 'stew;
They're after the vice legisla
tors' -
The newest stunt pulled off, is to
Investigate investigators.
Sharpsburg World.
Wanted: One hundred pairs
of gum shoes with extra soft soles.
From number 5 to number 14.
Labeled "For Candidates Onlv."
The abundant rains, the warm
sunshine and a splendid stand of
king corn, maketh the heart of
the farmer glad. '
Now that all the wars and ru
mors ot wars have died out,
Teddy will be given much of the
front space.
Ben Johnson Speaks
Congressman Ben Johnson
spoke at the memorial exercises
at Washington and startled his
audience by saying that he was
not in sympathy with reunions of
that kind. He said that he had
forgiven the Federals for their
invasion of the South but that he
could go no further.
Queer man, that man Johnson.
If he has forgiven the pafet, he
should be in sympathy with the
decoration of the graves of the
veterans. Memorial day is ob
served the world over. On this
day there is no North, no South,
no East nor West, but all unite in
a solemn commemoration of their
soldier dead. It is a day when
the heart of the Nation beats in
sweet sympathy for the veterans
of both sides who gave their life
for their principles. ,
Long may this day be , com
memorated over the entire coun
try. -oo-
Amoosiing
President Wilson and family
motored over to Baltimore last
week and stopped in front of a
restaurant. His daughter alight
ed and entered the building. No
one paid any attention to her.
She asked twice if the party could
be accommodated and no one
answered her inquiries.
Leaving the room, she told her
father that they could not be
accommodated. The party then
drove to a hotel and had dinner.
Now there is a restaurateur in
Baltimore who has ordered a kick
ing machine.
But why did Miss Wilson ex
pect a waiter at a restaurant to
answer her?
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Asleep at the Switch
And now comes Winchester
with a proposed jaunt for its
Commercial club through Eastern
Kentucky. It will go up the L.
& E. R. R, to Whitesburg and
thence returning by way of Beat
tyville and Irvine. The object is
to boost Winchester and to catch
the mountain trade.
And Richmond "jest sleeps on."
When all the trade is diverted to
other places, Richmond will wake
up and try to find out what hit
it - . - .
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Watson Liberated
The indictment against Hen
ry Watson, of Mt Sterling,
who was indicted some ' months
.ago by the grand jury of Jefferson
county in connection with some
real estate deal, was filed away in
that court last week. The Com
monwealth's attorney ; said that
the facts would not sustain the
charge. ; ' " -.7
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This paper stops when your
time is out Look at the address.
Will appreciate your renewal.
Awake .
Our county committee is awake
to the trend of thought and have
adopted resolutions which follow
in this column:
"Be it resolved by the Democra
tic Committee of Madison county,
1st That in the interest of fair
elections and common honesty,
this committeee now declares it
to be its intention and purpose to
exert to the limit all the power it
commands to insure that in the
primary election to .be held in
this county on the 2d day of next
August, 1913, no democrat nor
his friends shall be permitted to
" . .a
use money, intoxicants or otner
corrupting influences for the pur
pose of securing votes or inf uenc
ing voters in said election.
2nd. That for the purpose of
making this action of . the
committee effective, enlisting the
co-operation of all candidates and
binding them by it,this committee,
when it adjourns, shall do so to
meet again on June 14th, at which
time the candidates will be invit
ed to meet with us for the purpose
of agreeing to abide by this action
of the committee and obligating
themselves to do so as this com
mittee may prescribe.
3rd. That this committee here
by appeals to all citizens of the
county for their support and aid
in securing a fair, clean and
honest election and a faithful
compliance with the spirit of these
resolutions by all candidates
and their friends.
Following is the obligation:
We, the undersigned candidates
of this county before the primary
on August 2, 1913, do agree and
promise that we will not directly
nor indirectly or through others,
loan, or put into the hands of any
person any spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors, money, property or
any thing of value for the purpose
of buying, procuring or influenc
ing any person to vote for us or
any one else at said election and
should we or any one of us vio
late this agreement,' or should
anyone do so for us or in our
interest with our consent or with
out our opposition, we pledge
ourselves to withdraw from any
race in which we are candidates.
It is further agreed that each
signer hereto will report any vio
lation of this agreement by
whomsoever committed, to the
chairman of the Democratic
Committee within five days
from the time the information
shall come into his posession.
It is further agreed that each
signer of this paper will on the
evening of the primary subscribe
to an oath before said chairman
that he has not violated said
agreement, and that the same to
his knowledge and belief has not
been violated by any one for him,
and if said oath be not subscribed
to, then the person refusing to do
so shall forfeit any nomination he
may have received in said elec
tion." 1
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William Collins Killed
A difficulty arose between Wil:
Ham Collins and LeanderWest of
Estill county which they settled
with pistols. Collins is dead.
The fight occurred at the Cow
Creek church in Estill county.
Mr. Collins was a farmer living
near the church and Mr. West
was a railroad laborer.
The proof brought out at the
examining trail of West, which
was held at Irvine, differed con
siderably. It appears that they
fought'willingly and it is unsettled
which drew his gun first At any
rate the presiding Judge thought
that the case would merit further
examination and held the defend
ant over in the sum of $1500.00.
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The Governor Speaks
; Governor McCreary was one
of the principal speakers at the
Confederate reunion at Chatanoo
ga, Tenn., last week and covered
himself with glory. His speech
was full of pathos for the breth
ren of the lost cause. .
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Doors, Sash and Interior Trim. Blanton
Lumber Co. Phone 425. 16-tf
In Society
Kum an' git yer pic-toon They is
gw'yin' fast,
Miss Burnam Taylor entertained very
delightfully on Friday evening at her home
on Broadway, the Senior Class, of Caldwell
High School. . . v
The Faculty of Caldwell High School
spent, a most enjoyable evening with Miss
Stella Phelps on Tuesday. This closed t he
meetings for the year which have been both
profitable and entertaining.
, Miss Callie Miller Shackelford was
hostess of the Young Ladies Bridge Club
on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. D. M. Chen
ault and Mrs. L. B. Wesinburg were guests
of the Club. The trophy won by Miss
Gladys Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Frazer entertained
with a delightful six o'clock luncheon
Thursday in honor of Mrs. E. S. Helburn,
of Middlesboro. .
The palatial home was never more beau-
tlfal In its decorations of flowers and plants
and the delicious course luncheon was
most thoroughly enjoyed. ML Sterling
Advocate.
Mrs. Helburn Is a sister of Mrs. Neal
Bennett and is well known here.
CECILIAN CLUB
On Wednesday afternoon the closing
meeting of the Cecelian Club for the year.
was held with Mrs. G. W. Pickels, and
proved one of the most delightful of the
series, l he program, an Opera Contest,
showed the marked originality of the
hostess and being a departure from the
ordinary proceeding, was held with en
thusiasm. Two prizes were awared, one
going to Mrs. H. L. Pejrry and the other
to Miss Julia Higgins. Miss Mariam
Noland who has just returned from the
College of Music in Cincinnati, was present
The first meeting for the coming year will
be with Mrs. A. R. Denny.
SHERWOOD CLUB '
The last meeting of the Sherwood Club
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60 " 48 " " " 45c " 49c
100 " 80 " " " 65c " 71c
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12 inch Oscillating 14.50 to 15.00 16 inch Oscillating 17.00 to 17.50
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Furniture and-Undertaking
DAY PHONE 76
for - the summer, was held on Saturday
afternoon with Miss Austin Lilly at her
home on Lancaster Avenue.
A mistxllaneous program was given jn
which the following young ladies took
part Misses Dorothy Perry,Jeannette Pates,
Evelina Guinchigliani, Mary Lee Douglas,
Eleanor Hagan. Elizabeth Burnam, Hen
rietta Luxon and Duncan Foster. Next
came the election of the officers and Miss
Evelina Guinchigliani was chosen Presi
dent, Missjeannette Pates, Vice President
and Miss Austin ' Lilly, Secretary; Com
mittee on program, Misses Marie Louise
Kellogg, Henrietta Luxon and Dorothy
Perry.
.. The meeting then adjourned till the last
Saturday in September, at which time
Miss Evelina Guinchigliani will entertain
the Club.'
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Bankers Elect Officers
Officers were elected by the
bankers of Group 8 for the suc
ceeding term as follows: ,
President J. A. Quisenberry,
of Danville.
Secretary J. M. Baker, of Sal
yisa. Executive Committee J. W.
Elmore, of Lancaster, W. H.
Shanks, of Stanford and Waller
Bennett of Richmond.
Pineville will probably be the
next meeting place.
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Stereopticon Views
Rev. Keltcher, of Berea, will
give a stereopticon show at , the
Ml Pleasant Church on the night
of June 19. These views are fine
and Brother Keltcher is a good
speaker. A free-will offering will
be taken.
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VVe keep on hand always the best gro
ceries that money can buy and sell them
as cheap as the cheapest. Phone 72 and
144. Covington, Thorpe & Co. 11-tf
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