The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-23
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.

The majority of Governor Leslie in
Kentucky is estimated at $4,000, and
the Radicals have succeeded in elccting
less than twenty members of the Leg
islature. The Radicals, who expected
great things from the popularity of
their candidate, General Harlan, i'm
mediately after the election announced
that the Democratic majority had been
reduced from 10000 given for Govern
or Stevenson. The absurdity of such
comparison will appear on a mo-
nlent's reflection. When Governor
Stevenson was elected by 10000 ma
jority the negroes in Kentucky had
not been enfrancliised under the 18th
amendment. The first time the ne
groes ever voted was at the Congress
sional election last fall. The aggre-
gate Democratic majority at that time
in all the districts was 1928. So that,
sofar from losing, the Democrats have
actually gained nearly $4,000 on their
majority. And this is shown by the
aggregate vote for the Democratic
candidate. Governor Leslie has re-
ceived several thousand more votes
than were ever before cast for any gov
ernor of the State.
Superhuman efforts were made to
distract and defeat the Democracy at
the recent election in Kentucky. Sen
ator Morton, the ablest of the Radical
orators in the West, went down to
Kentucky to demolish all the Demo
cratic orators who should put them
selves in his way. General Harlan
himself, an able speaker, made one
hundred and fifty speeches in the
campaign. Every effort was made to
array t he Democrats against each
other on what's called in party slang the
"1ew departure" But the gallant
Democrats of Kentucky took counsel
only from their own wisdom, and turn
ed deaf ear to the eloquence of the
Radical orators. They found abundant
material for oratory in the corruptions
of the Grant administration and IN the
difference between the Treasury o
Democratic Kentucky. d t h t o.
those Southern States which have en-
joyed t b benefits of Radical re-
construction. Governor Leslie said
that at the commencement of the war
the debts of Kentucky and Louisiana
were about equal. Now that of Ken
lucky is one million and that of Louis
lana forty millions. The people I'M
derstand such logic as this and have
shown that they will act upon it when
occasion offers.
From this Kentucky electionIwe may
learn the power of a united Democracy
and a thorough Democratic organiza-
ton. When peace reigns within the
ranks of a party it is absurd to disturb
it by introducing irrelevant issues.
Let the example of the Democracy Of
Kentucky be followed, and we may be
sure of the permanent ascendancy OF
the party and its principles.
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II One of the oldest questions ever
submitted to lawyers is now puzzling
those of Hartford, Connecticut. 1t
seems that a man who recently died
there left widow, childless, but ex-
pecting shortly to become mother.
By his will he provided that if the ex-
pected child should prove to be boy,
two-t thirds of the property should go
to him, and third to the widowed
mother. If, however, the child proved
to be girl, only one third of the es-
tate was to go to her, and two thirds
to the mother. The result was OF
course awaited with an interest even
greater than that usually bestowed
upon such events. The result is-the
widow has become the mother OF
twins-a boy and girl, to whom OF
course, the property belongs, the boy
taking his two-thirds, the girl one
third, and the Misunderstanding to
Providence.
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