The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-14
a aEw DEAL.
a Row Among Our RepubII-
cans.

Col. Thomas j. Pickett, the editor
of the Psducah Commercial, in the is
sue of that paper of August 8, an
nounces Nimself as an independent
Republican candidate for Congress in
this District. Hereby hangs a tale:
We catch il from "reliable sources"
that our Republican ''breethreen" of
this District are far from harmonious.
Col Pickett at the head OF the straight
Republicans are DESTROYS of putting
regular nominee IN the field, while
Col. Lush. Anderson, the great chief
fugleman of the party, has, it is said,
manifested an open opposition to or
gauization and determination to throw
the weight of his influence for one of
the present Democratic candidates,
(Which one to dependon developments)
We DOB I know anything of these facts,
only as the story goes. Al any rate
the Republican Executive Committee.
at the instance of Col. Anderson, so it
is understood, resolved, that owing to
peculiar surrounding circumstances it
was uuwise to put a regular nominee
in the field. This lick brought the
blood from Coli Pickett aud the
'sslraightouts" Of his party, aud hence
the Colohel's announcement to ruu
asubieet TO the SECESSION OF the people
at The polls" - -.
lsaders OF the Purchase and those OF
the counties East of the Cum berlaud
have family quarrel on hand since
the last Congressional race, between
the faction which supported Houston
and that which supported Trsbue. II
is said that ira Due and his East of the
Cumberland Radicals accuse the Pur
chase leaders of want of fidelity to
the straight ticket, aud of disposition
to sacrifice the party for little county
interests. Trabue appears determined
to nurse the wrath against Anderson
& Co, for throwing the Republican
vote of the Purchase for Houston. and
will not be comforted By anything
short of straight ticket.
/ Col Pickett, who is decidedly the
most popular and genteel Republican
leader of this district, chimes in with
Trabue. and accuses the District Re
publican Committee of bad faith in not
making nomination. Here him
i "wbat the peculiar circumstance"
were that surrounded" the committee
/ the public are not informed. Of course
I the Republican voters of the district have
been given no chance to express their
sentiments, AID this committee take 20 on
+ tFen,selues 10 sgs the Republican rioters me
f. priviisgs OF casting ballot for one of three
Democratic candidates Unless we miss
our guess the Rep. TX. Com. viii learn by
election day that they were not appointed
TO dictate TO the people to whether
they should or not nominate a Republican
/ candidate for Congress. The idea of com
polling Republicans TO make choice be
tween Turner. Boone and Bennett ali
radical Democrats-is queer sort of engi-
heering on the part of the leaders
Right here, We beg our Democratic
leaders to remember that Col Pickett
has labored artfully to encourage the
idea that no Democratic convention was
desired or deemed necessary by the
faithful, aud yet he accuses his own
party committee of bad failh. of arbi
THY dTcTdFToI IN pot aTIowIng The ~
publican voters to decide in the matter
of presenting nominee. He thinks
it 'queer sort Of engineering Oh the
part of certain leaders" not to permit
a Radical nomination, but emineDtly
wrong in the Democracy to organize
We must be allowed to sympathiae
with Col Pickett in his bold and man
y determination not to be sauelched
by Lush Anderson & Co. lie is re-
putsd = msa Of ability, thorough
life long dyed in the wool Republican,
fought through the late war in the
Federal army, and will not yield to
any time sereng maneuvers of party
leaders. He presents himself as an
unfsliering Republican and de6es the
leaders to manipulate the truly loyal"
from BIN. It Re even shrewdly given
out that Pickett. Trabue s Co, are to
make the issue direct not so much IN
the hope of electiug Pickett to Con-
gress. but to force Office holders of the
District 10 vote for or against RePub
licon, and then off with the heads of
any who vote for either of the "Radi
cal Democrats
The Republican leaders Of the State.
snd of the Nation, of course, must
sympathize with the Pickett ticket
Pickett possibly has not forgotten being
turned OUT of the Paducah postofice,
aud there are doubtless a number OF
other Republicans signing to get "some
of the ms out and some of the outs
iu' bah for Pickett"