The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-06-27
THE SENATORIAL CANVASS
IN THE sEvENTEENTH
DISTRICT.


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The campaign In this Senatorial Dis
trict, composed ofthe counties Of wayn'
and Pulaski, has fairly opened. Judg'
JoHS L. SALLEE Is the accredited repre-
sentative Of the Democratic party, and
BARTON WARREN SroNE HurFAKEl
stands forth as the henchman Of IN
Radicals. A rose might smell rs swee
by any other name, but IL we had first
class Marshal Neil before our front door
we would be slow to risk the improv.
ment, 10 say the least Of Il, Of its fra
grancc by labelling IL with the ecclesias
tico-secular, double-compound-cathsrti
mixture, BARroS WARREN SroxI
HuFrAKER. Shakespeare was touchet
with little prophetic, as well as poetic
Ere whe he wrote Of b. w. s. H.:
On, whats name
To sound the squcaking trump Of fame !
The gentleman with the name has IN,
advantage Of starting into the campaign
with a majority in the district; but IL 4
believed that Judge Sallee viii be eua
bled TO overcome il. In their political
anteccdents they are not entirely dis
similar. Both were favorable to the
cause Of the Union during the war, but
Hufiaker manifested the greater shrewd-
ness in mixing a broken dose Of self-in.
terest with his patriotism. In other
words, he sold his negroes and pocketed
the money, while sallee lost his by the
fortunes of war. The only excuse offer.
ed by ecclesiastical Barton for selling his
own negroes and demanding the freedom
of his neighbours, was, that che took SUI
gar in his'n." Being strictly a temperate
man, this bar-room excuse came with
much force and pertinence. II likewise
showed to the jolly fellows, who loved to
quaf something stronger than cup Of
sack, that, Notwithstanding his straight
laced jacket and Young Mems Christian
Association white neck ties, he had some
proclivities after all, and would
make as good a representative in the
Legislature as he would in a District
Conference. Ecclesiastical Barton has
another pOnderous advantage. He Is a
ponderously wise-looking man. There is
ever something more than owl-like wis
dom or jack-ass sagacity depicted in his
But the unskilled physiogno-
mist will sometimes come 10 the conclus-
ion, that Nature over did the thing in
up BARros's face. thinking, rs
Fox said of Thurlow, that "t Is impossible
Tor any man to Be as wie as he looks. .
But we assure our skeptical friends, that
they do much injustice to the gentleman
with the ecclesiastical martin-pole stuck
INTO his surname. In proof whereof we
call especial attention to
HIS LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
When representing Wayne in the
Lower House from 1S65,to 1867 did he
not vote 10 pay himself his per diem in
yoldi Was not the "yaller stuff then
worth a premium of fifty per cent?
Was not bis pitiful per diem of five dol
ars thereby increased to seven dollars
md four bitss Who then will say that
.stute Barton possesses but a little BIT Of
If wisdom, when he showed q sagacity
or taOenty bits over and above ordinarily
honest and wsll meaning legislatorsf-
And what further testimony should even
doubling Thomas wantl Yet behold
HIS LIBERALIrY,
With reference to the Cincinnati South
I'm railway, in respect of which the
'ounties Of Wayne and Pulaski are 50
jealous. When the trustees
we're soliciting donations and the 'relin-
Iuisbment of right-ofway through this
ounty, liberal. ayei prodigal Barton
'roposed to relinquish the right-ofway
Trough his farm, albeit tie survey did
ot run sitlin foe miles Of Il. Ali
rincely generosity, that would not stoop
0 offer a pitiful bonus of a few hundred
ollan, but told the trustees they were
{ liberty to run within Eve miles of his
arm without paying him a did cent !
Who cares for expenses give us Eve
ents worth of cheese and crackersl
As the Colonel of his majesiy's 18th
Dragons said, II am no friend to ex-
ravagance, Ensign Cutterbuck. but on
he day we pass before our Sovereign the
ling, | would have you show, at least.
n inch of clean linen"
Ecclesiastical Barton with his accus-
Dmed astuteness, will not fail TO observe
be point. His constituents are not
riends to extravaganza. but they would
ave him show an inch of clean linen when
g PROCESSES such devotion to the inter
st of his district. II is likewise a par
o. of ecclesiastical Barton's political his
Try, that when a candidate In this
'unty two years ago, for the House OF
he was unequivocally
opposed, and so committed himself. to
lie grant Of charter to the trustees of
lis railway. All, Bartonl show US just
10 inch Of clean lineai We do not
can for you to hoist the white Gag this
Irly la the fght; nor do we mean for
~ to stick il out from that dilapidated
ctiOn Of your pantalOOns. which would
test your iuei tia more strongly than