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Show I oo 1 WHERE MEN I 1 SHOOT TO KILL. There may have been times in the past when the people of Utah felt a? j though their elections were conducted conduct-ed on other than a high plane, but Utah is without experience in political j fights as demoralizing and bitter as those in the mountain districts of I B Kentucky. I At Jackson, Kentucky, thirteen men lit are charged with murder In connection with the killing of four men in ("lay-hole ("lay-hole precinct of Breathitt county on election day last November. Breathitt county is one of the few counties in the mountains of Kentucky where the Democratic party has n majority. ma-jority. The margin though Is very I I close and as a result political lines are sharply drawn and intense feeling pre-1 'vails. Last November there was no balloting Id Clayhole precinct which' normally is heavily Democratic The ballot boxes were thrown Into the rler and the election officials were shot Now an al tempt is being made to bring the offenders against law j and order before Justice, but even the orderly process of the courts is inter I tered with, it everywhere in the Unll I ed Btates elections were conducted & they are In the mountain counties of j Kentucky, the republican form of gov j eminent would be a failure. Them men are uncompromising and unyield ing In their prejudices and hatred! They are very sensitive as to their honor, which is only skin deep, and when crossed they shoot to kill. Much of this lawlessness and bitterness bitter-ness is due to ignorance so dense as to be impenetrable The liner senti-ment.s senti-ment.s are driven out by the vanities which consume and devour. When the mountaineers of Kentucky have no other diversion, they indulge) in family feuds shooting and killing human beings with as Utile feeling as though I hey were hunting a wild boar The mountain districts of Kentucky are In need of more school houses, more churches, more love and kindness. kind-ness. The people should have closer contact with real civilization. Envy and hatred are gnawing at their vitals and they do not kDOW this weakness because of their extreme stupidity I |