The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-07-11
Cesne To Grief

Come To Grief
In our last issue. We took occasion TO
notice very briefly Mr.. Snecd's pretensions
ss candidate for the senate. We then
ventnrcd the prcdictier, that he would
not receive City Democratic votes In the
Senatorial district This week hssstrcngth-
ened that conviction. Il may now be
safely assumed. that the only support he
viii receive. worth mentioning. will be
from q portion Of the Republican party
In Boyle county. But even In that
county, the better class Of Republicans
win stand aloof from him as they would
from a candidate who was an avowed
Democrat Nor will the Republicans Of
Garrard or Lincoln take 10 him with any
great show Of appreciation. We come
10 the>e conclusions from what we have
learned Of the proceedings Of the Repub-
lican Convention, which assembled in
Stamford on Monday, the 9TH inst. II
we have been correctly informed, that
convention, after mature deliberation,
declined to make nomination What
reason governed them in this matter, We
are not able TO say, unless Il be that no
one could be found who was willing 10
make the sacrifice necessarily attendant
upon candidacy. After this conclusion
had been arrived at, Messrs. Beddow and
Goodloe, Of Boyle, very urgently pressed
the convention TO recommend Mr.. Sneed
to the Republican party Of the district.
This failed TO carry. Many Of the men,
bers declared they would not touch him
with iorty-foot pole. They regarded
him as neither Democrat nor Radical
a man Who would sell out and betrsy
any party for a proper consideration.
What that consideration is, what its dis
tinguishing feature is, whether valuable,
as contradistinguished in law from good
consideration, II is not our province to
say. The only thing Of which we are
advised is, that il was thought he would
sell out for a consideration. In this con-
nection it is noticeable, that upon this
point many Democrats agree with the
members Of the Republican Convention
who talked so strangely Of Col Sneed.
Now it may be inquired, why were
Goodloe and Beddow. Of Boyle, so strongly
in favor of recommending Col. Sneed to
the Republicans Of the district We are
sorry we cannot answer; but people ~in
talk, and some folks say that the secret
is found in this, that Beddow is candi-
date in Boyle for representative; that he
first persuaded Col. Sneed to be for him
instead of McFerran, the Democratic
candidate. although Col. Sneed is a pro
fessed Democrat. Havingsucceeded thus
far, people go on to say. that Mr.. Bed
dow persuaded Col. Sneed to become On
indedenpent candidate for the Senate, be
lieving that the Coils candidacy would
have the effect of inducing few Demo
Gratis in Boyle to vote for him (Beddow)
rather than McFerran. We note, by
way of parenthesis, that Beddow is re-
ported to be worth COED deal Of money,
aud that he will spend it freely in his
canvass. But, this simply by the way.
Beddow's money has no grammatical con-
nection with the subject whereof we
write-that is, Col. Sneed's candidacy.
We therefore resume, and inquire i'm
prints, where will Col. Sneed get the
votes to send him to Frankfort The
Radicals don't want him; the Democrats
wouldn't have him, and in our benignity,
we are constrained to commend him to
the most gracious and merciful kindness
of those nincompoops, who occasionally
venture to whisper in 'still, small
voice." that "both sidesars wrong"
The most famous part of John Adams
speech, in favor Of the Declaration, is,
II therefore conclude as began" So,
in order to give this little piece fame,
which the subject of it could not do, we
conclude as we began-Come to Grief