The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-07-25
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The Paducah Commercial, the edi-
tor of which is Col. t. j. Pickett. who
is conceded to be the most probable
Republican candidate for Congress
in this District, tnanifests lively in
terest as to whether the Democracy Of
the Congressional District will hold
a convention to nominate candidate.
Why this great concern upon the part
of this distinguished Republican? II
Col. Pickett should address. himself as
to the policy of con2ention of his
own party, it might excite no special
comment, but coupling the idea that he
is Republican and III prospective
candidate Of his party 6P' Congress, the
hope that the Demdafacy may re
maiu divided npOn three or more can
/ didates, aud that he himself, or one OF
his party, may be presented at the
eleventh hour and win the day, must
/ prompt his great concern in this matter?
We copy one of the Commercials ar
,icles entire, to show how nervous its
/ distinguished editor is, and to correct
some of its high blown errors in re
gard to the COURIER
evil the Democrats of this District
hold a Congressional Convention to nomi-
nate n candidate? il now an interesting
question. Parties in the lower end of
the District, headed by George Warren,
/, favor a Convention A goodty portion OF
/ the ex Confederate element want Col.
1 Grassland endorsed, and hence favor "a
I Convention. Col Grassland in order TO
get on the track, must receive a nomina-
ton. because of pledges TO Judges Boone
{ and Bennett. Our own impression IS that
Warren, (who is very shrewd manager,
cares less about Grassland than for other
parties. lie takes little or no stock in
Boone, Bennett or Turner, and his object
really is 10 get Convention and then
nominate, not Grassland, but Tyler, Of
! Hickman. The success of Judge Lindsay,
1 in his contest for the Appellate Bench
{ warrants his friends in making the At
tempt TO break down the opposition to
Tyler by means of a Conve- ton.
Our own notion about the matter is that
/ the scheme for n Convention will fail.
/ While Warren and the personal friends
of Grassland and Tyler desire 4 Conyen-
+ ton, the great body Of the faithful in
I the District, have made O. their minds TO
support one of the threpIgcaudidates al
/ ready in the field, and h1lce n Couven-
/ ton, 10 reflect the sentimenph2f the party
/ is out of the question. TlRNt two most
widely circulated aud influential papers
/ in the District, the KeHtuckiaH and May
( field Democrat do not favop~8 Convention
and besides this, the massnG Tphe peOpl e
oppose them,--be lieving that they are
usually manipulated by tricksters.'
The COURIER in advocating a Con
vention from time to time, has been
actuated alone by motives for the gen
eral good of the party, aud whatever
the Commercial or others may say tc
the contrary, has had no designs foi
sharp management" in the interest o.
any individual or Individuals W,
simply know if we concede the three
present candidates, Bennett, Boon ans
Turner, anything like the popular
strength claimed for them, that Their,
/ IS a reasonable possibility that the edi
tor of the Commercial, OF some othe
Republican, may enter the field at thu
last hour and be elected. We hav,
Submitted these facts in all honest,
and sincerity of purpose, knowing tina
the figures of previous elections justi
fy our apprehensions, and having tn
. disastrous results of similar discussion
=, 80 ,,,;.I ia.r;e< 1sas,sz,s-..a slizrriot
fresh in our minds, and now If the
candidates and those a party authority
persist in refusing to take any actor
in the matter, be the error upon their
heads. 1t may be that some one o
the present candidates may command
strength to run far ahead of any Re
publican that eau be started, and if :,
all is we'll but, if the three somewha
equally divide the Democratic strength
and the Republicans triumph, as il
Tennessee last year, (where they hac
larger Democratic majority than VI
clain), woe be upon the heads of thos
public men who are the means 0
thwarting Democratic unity.
That the astute editor of the Con,
mercial, himself the conceded Repub
ican candidate, should attempt t
throw opprobrium upon the COURIER
efforts in favor of Democratic con
vention, is not at all strange, but tba
Democratic papers, leadsseaand candi
dates, should be deceivdP by Col. Pick
ett's "shrewed management, is a it'll
singular. We must beg5the Demo
cratic people, howevegy to conside
we'll and seriously Fbs much thos
papers and public med who are sup
porting one or the other Of the pres
sent aspirants may be Influenced b.
their own partialities as to this or tina
: ones strength. The COURIER has
/ well founded admiration for each 0
the present distinguished aspirants
and is prepared to give either a mos
cheerful support as the nominee of tn
party. We have no right to anticipate
that the convention will be unfair, o
who will he the nominee Ordinarily
it might be expected that one Of th'
declared candidates would be the nomi
nee; aud as to unfairness, it is within
Sns e2a1 skssx kzsss- \
make a conYention fdir by manifostine
interest enough to send honest dele
gates. We are not the one to den,
that conventions are often unfair, bu
they are not necessarily so, Will
, they are absolutely necessary to the sue
cess aud maintenance of any party
: Take the worst view OF the matter, an
say that the convention should b
"tricked" into the nomination of TuI
/ ner, Boon, or Bennett, or into th
D nomination of some one of the numbC
of the distinguished democrats who's