The Madisonian., August 26, 1913, Image 8

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THE MADISONI&N
Published Every Tuesday at RIchmond.Ky. by
Grant E. Lilly, - - Editor & Owner
' Entered as second-class matter January
22, 1913, at the post office at Richmond,
Ky., under the Act of March 3, 1879. .
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IN ADVANCE.
Democratic Ticket
For Representative John F. White.
For Gunty Judge W. R. Shackelford.
For County Attorney R. H. Crooke.
For County Clerk R. B. Terrill.
For Sheriff Van B. Benton.
For Jailer Morgan Taylor.
For Assessor P. S. Whitlock.
For Superintendent of Schools Harvey
H. Brock..
For Coroner Sidney Winkler.
For Surveyor Joe S. Boggs.
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matters.
OF THE SAME OPINION
STILL
' At the time of the inauguration
of the new President, we said in
substance that the tariff bill would
have hard sledding in the house
of its friends. We are still of
that opinion. We see it an
nounced from time to time that
the bill will certainly be passed in
the next day or two. But of course
the next day or two never come.
Men composing the . Democratic
party are imbued with the same
spirit of self interest that mani
fests itself in all other people and
they are looking out for their in
terests and the interests of the
local communities which they
serve. Political platforms, made
for vote catchers, embellished
with all the graces of rhetoric and
filled with solemn promises of re
form, are written and forgotten
before they are printed.' Men
who lambast the corporations and
the rich, the plutocrats, robbers
and plunderers, and who take oc
casion, to remind the suffering
poor of their undying love for
them and theirs, somehow retire
from the public sight when the
time comes for them to act in the
council halls of congress; or, if
present, become strangely mute.
This is in accord with a long
established custom which permits
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a cdiiuiudie iy nime pruiaie w
il f 1
me people ana to repudiate tnem
when the time comes for action.
The recall would settle all of
this, but at present there is no
method in vogue which will per
mit the people to recall a member
of Congress. It is our firm bejief
that there, will be such a law.
The members of Congress are
making it imperative.
What has become of the many
bills which were introduced , at
the beginning of the present ses
sion of Congress to make the
term of the President a single
'term of six years and ineligible
for re-election? Mr. Wilson was
elected president on such a plat
form, yet before he had taken his
seat, his energies were bent in
opposition to the enactment of
such a law. Bryan is very silent
after the election on this question
but prior thereto he was its most
earnest advocate.
Has the Democratic party lost
sight of its great opportunity? A
auu..&cu-i-cv ivcpuuuuiii ymiy
defeated itself, thereby allowing
a Democrat to be elected. Never
before in the history of the gov
ernment was such a glorious op
portunity ' offered for a united
Democratic party in power to ac
complish things of great and last
ing benefit to' the masses without
any detriment to the honest
classes. There is of course a dif
ference between legitimate busi
ness and criminal business. Crim
inal business can be crushed and
'legitimate business allowed to
pursue the channels of honest
trade. It is the business of the
Democratic party to see that this
is done. Its platform pledges
should be redeemed; a tariff bill
which will eff ectually relieve the
oppressed people should be
speedily enacted, and then Con
gress should adjourn. Its currency
bill, which seems to be a cross
between a crazy-quilt and a burg
tar's kit, could be left on the table
till the crack of doom and - the
country would be benefited there
by. '
A POINTED QUESTION
The Jackson Times, a paper
published at Jackson, Breathitt
County, Kentucky, of which R. C.
Musick is the editor, has address
ed letters to Judge Jas. P. Adams
and Judge Hugh Riddell, the Re
publican and Democratic nomi
nees for the office, of Circuit Judge
in thatf the twenty-third judicial
district, in which he asks them
pointedly what will be their atti
tude on the question of corrupt
practices in the last elections.
So far neither gentleman has
answered.
The Times has stood for better
conditions in Breathitt county
and has rendered a service of an
inestimable value to Eastern Ken
tucky in so doing.
Mr. Musick went down in de
feat at the last primary, and
charges : his defeat to corrupt
practices in the same.
We cite the instance merely
to show the good people of Madi
son that there is a general upris
ing all over the state against such
practices in the elections, and
The Madisonian is glad to say
that it was one of the very first
papers to agitate the question.
We are not doing it either through
eccentricity or crank spirit, nor
with hostility to any individual or
set of men. What we have said
is for the good of the" community
and it is our intention to main
tain our "stand on this, a very
vital question of good govern
ment, so- long as we are in the
editorial field,' which we think
will be a long time. In doing so
we are aware that we engender
hard feelings and invite a bitter
opposition to ourselves, but we
are absolutely fearless as to the
personal commercial antagonisnv
and as to personal,. violence, that
is out of the question, as we
esteem every man against whom
we inveigh to be gentlemen. To
show that we are loyal to the
party decree, we this week pin at
oiir masthead, the flag of the
party with the names of its candi
dates printed thereon. In doing
so, we do not think we can be
charged with inconsistency, be
cause, as we. have before said,
reformations are not wrought
over night, and our friends, "the
candidates," have done. only that
which has been done for a hun
dred years before by all political
parties. With this declaration of
our policies we dismiss the sub
ject for the present.
It is clearly up to the courts to
make good.
OTHERS SUPPORT US
The following able editorial
taken from that excellent paper,
the Georgetown Times, shows
that we are not alone in demand
ing clean elections: ... '
"In a number of counties in Ken
tucky a clean election was held
under the new primary law, but
probably in more counties there
were complaints of all kinds of
fraud and free use of money and
whisky.- As gathered from the
local papers, in Warren" county;
thousands of dollars were spent
outright for votes; in Montgomery
county the election was the most
corrupt ever held, and "the best
citizens" seemed to condone it.
Complaints similar in substance to
these come from various localities.
Before the election, an expression
from the county papers warranted
the belief that there was a, gener
al desire for a reform in election
methods, but the many complaints
since the election justify the con
elusion that, the reform was only
in snots. Public sentiment' must
be still: further developed and
strengthened in order to make
more general the good that - was
done in this direction in a number
of counties:. Where the law has
been violated, and the fact can be
established, adequate punishment
should be meted out to the offen
ders. A good start has been made
in the way of securing cleaner
elections, and no step should be
taken backward. Much work is
yet to be done in this direction."
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When the bicycle made its ap
pearance many years ago, - it was
predicted that it would materially
injure the sale of horses; when
the electric street car appeared it
was predicted that it would stop
the raising of mules; now when
the automobile and the ' motor
cycle, are in high favor, we can
hear it said that the horse and
mule are doomed. But the facts
are that more horses and mules
are used now than ever before
and are commanding the highest
prices, generally speaking, in the
history of this country. The
most profitable thing that a man
can engage in, is the raising, buy
ing and selling of live stock.. The
cry "back to the farm" should be
heeded.
Morgan's men will have a-reunion
this year, and Olympian
Springs has been selected as the
place. -vThe time, September 34.
. Go to work good people of the
City of Richmond and Madison
county and get this reunion for
Richmond. The Campus is an
ideal spot. The hospitality of
Madisonians is known through
out the State. We can entertain
them royally, because we have en
tertained much larger bodies.
It will be our delight personally
to do whatever we can in this
direction.
Those who attend from here
should be authorized to invite
them for next year.
A circus on the 27th, another
on September 6th, and others
still mentioned, fill the air with
expectations. The small boy is
saving his pennies and "pap" is try
ing to make some for those good
old days. Go to the circus and
get young. Laugh and grow fat.
Don't work all the time. "All
work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy all day." The-man who
makes us laugh, confers a distinct
benefit on us. He refreshes us
like a gentle rain refreshes the
dry earth. Gor and see the clowns.
A NEW PAPER
Editor J. L. Sowers has retired
from the journalistic fields and
has leased his plant to Mr. E. L.
Sanders. Mr. C. W. Jelf has been
retained by the new management
to edit and manage the paper.
The name has been changed from
the Gatling Gun to the Argonaut
of - which we have received the in
itial number. It promises to be a
newsy and entertaining paper.
Heres wishing it success.
If the council wants to do a real
benefit to the traveling public, let
them pass an ordinance making it
a fine of not less than $10.00 nor
more than $50.00 for a bus or
transfer company to fail to make
a call whereby any one misses his
train, and is, in consequence ser
iously inconvenienced.
One might stand this sort of
thing occasionally,- but when it
gets to be an every . week occur
rence it ceases to be amusing.
The hot weather, long continued,
has caused fermentation and de
cay of vegetable ..matter earlier
than usual. Conditions are not
normal. Therefore, look out for
typhoid fever. "An ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of cure."
Clean up disinfect Clean up.
The State is now in debt $2,
500,000.00. Didn't us Democrats
promise economy? Somebody
had better get on the lid quick.
New. Post Office for Nicholas
ville New fixtures for the posloffice,
which will be moved to the Li
brary building about Sept. 1, have
arrived and are being placed in
position by the workmen:
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Om- aim is to pleasf - everybody and we
will be delighted if you will call on us when
in need of anything in our line. Coving
on, Thorpe & Co. n.tf -
Estill Circuit Court
Judge Riddell, the regular judge,
assisted by Judges Lewis and
Marshall as special judges, dis
patched business rapidly and has
placed the docket in good condi
tion for the next court.
This court was unfortunate in
being handicapped by the illness
of Judge Redwine for several
years, which rendered him unable
to discharge any of his duties in
that county.
. We expect it to be kept in good
condition by His Honor Judge
Riddell who is dispatching busi
ness smoothly and efficiently."
The case of the Commonwealth
vsT Wilson No. 1, for 'sawing
branded timber, resulted in an ac
quittal. No. 2 had a hung jury.
Nos, 3 and 4 were continued.
In the case of W. H. Cox vs.
The Jno. B. Carter Co. for injuries
received by Cox on the public
works of the latter, a v erdict of
$1500.00 was given the : plaintiff.
In the case of Riddell vs. the
City of Irvine, which was an action
to enjoin the City Board of Trus
tees from extending the city lim
its, a demurrer was sustained to
the petition with leave to amend.
If the extension is made, Irvine
will have a population of over
2000.
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Swindled Confederate Organ
izations
Lying on her death bed, in a
hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn..
Mrs. J.-K. McCloud, of Charles
ton, S. C, aged 90 years, widow
of a Confederate soldier, admitted
to J. A. Rector, a St. Louis at
tornev, that sHe had secured thou
sands of dollars from Confederate
organizations of the South by pos
ing'as a widow of the late Gov
ernor and United States Senator
J. K. Alcorn, of Mississippi. It is
alleged she operated as an im
poster in practically every city in
the South.
Attorney Rector is a grandson
of the late Governor Alcorn and
tracked the aged woman all over
the South before locating her.
Ex.
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. Mr. Smith Returns
Mr. C. N. Smith, Grand Gener
alissimo of Knights Templar of
the state of Kentucky, who went
to Denver as one of the represen
tatives of the Grand Commandary
of the State, arrived home at
noon. He gives a glowing ac
count of his trip. The weather
was delightful, mercury at no time
going over 88. He stated -that
the meeting was one of the great
est in the history of this growing
fraternity. Danville Messenger.
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Ten Times
Our genial "friend, Mr. Silas
Alexander, was in to see us last
week and told us that the light
ning had struck trees uiear his
house seven times this summer
and that It had struck two trees
near his house on his son's land,
and one tree on the land of H. G.
Witt also near him. - :
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Welcome
, Brother Walton's salutatory
has the right ring to.it We wel
come him to the field. His broad
experience as an editor will be
helpful to lis all.
Again, welcome, Brother Wal
ton. - - - ' .: :
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A Woodland Fancy ! . .
From my bungalow porch I gaze into the
deep green woods; j
Not at the trees I gaze, but at the - hazy
space between. " '
That haze is a Wood-nymph, she beckons,
she beckons to me; l.
Gladly. I follow hertver log andLthra' tan
gled brush. ": X
She ignores the courtly bow of a tall'state
ly poplar; -
She eludes the outstretched arms! of a
kind, caressing beech. .j . "
The dew drops cling In vain to hei: fine
floating draperies; it
The brook babbles uselessly to one s) coy,
4 " coquettish. ii '
Farther and farther still she glides, inadly
I still pursue; : " J:. :
Longingly I cry ."O, IUusia, Illusia." j .
Mockingly she answers rDeludio, Deludio,"
And vanishes among the sunbeams jup a
grassy slope. " -rl-S.
Hon. William H. Miller
" Hon. William H. Miller, one of
the' most substantial citizens " of
Madison county, was here for sev
eral days the guest of his relative
Col. S. T. Harris. Mr. Miller.who
is now connected with the South
ern National Bank at Richmond,
was formerly circuit clerk of his
county and was a wheel horse in
politics in his day. He retired
from the game some years ago,
and has since devoted his time to
his farm and the bank. Stanford i
Journal.
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Nicholasville Fair
We are in receipt of catalog of
the "Knights of Pythias Fair As-i
sociation" to be held at Nicholas
ville August 26th, 27th and 28th.
The catalogue is .well gotten up
and shows that the good people
of Jessamine County have three
days of high class entertainment
before them. It should be well
attended by the people of Madi
son.
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The Paragraph er of the Lexing
ton Herald says that a Landham,
Md. man reports that lightning
struck his bean patch and cooked
that "vegetable on . the vine. If
Kentucky has any fish liars "lying"
around loose, now is the time to
take up the work of coming to
the rescue of the state; in a race
in which the honors , seem to be
getting away from us
Oldham
Furniture and
Undertaking
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Prof. Caneer Arrives
Prof. M. L. Caneer of Richmond,
who has been chosen as Principal
of the i local school, has arrived
with his family, and has taken up
his residence in the cottage recent
ly vacated by Prof. Riley. Prof.
Caneer will spend the time inter
vening between now and the open
ing of the school term in forming
the acquaintance of the teachers,
pupils and patrons and formula
ting plans for his course of work.
He comes highly recommended
as an educator and a prosperous
year is hoped for and expected
under - his supervision. " It was
with a great deal of reluctance
that the citizens of Richmond con
sented to part with Prof. Caneer.
Lancaster Record.
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