The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-06-12


AFTER the speaking by the candidates
for judicial honors, last Monday, the
crowd raised an enthusiastic call for
Judge Saufey, Democratic nominee for
County Judge, who made his appearance
and. before commencing his speech, sent
out for his Radical opponent and especial
friend, Mr.. Lyle, as he wished to have
little discussion with him upon certain
points connected with their canvass.
Mr.. L. was in the hands of his trainers,
however, and failed to come to time un.
III SauAey had well nigh finished an elo-
quent and sensible speech upon a p'pu'
lar topic. He entered, Mt last, rubbed
up and smoothed down, and Sautey
pounced upon him like duck on June
bug: After little sparing l.. went to
grass to avoid home thrust. The sec
ond and third rounds we're but a repeti-
ton of the first. Fourth round 5. hit
him over the head with Summers leg-a-
CIV, the civil rights bill, and, falling to
ward the blow, he swallowed his radical
ism and threw up white flag with
miserably dirty border around it, which
made his friends throw up the sponge,
an declare Sauhey entitled to the stakes.
Mr.. l.. expressed himself willing to be
questioned regarding his fitness for the
office Of iud;ship, but when Sauiley
proposed to examine him as to his quail
ficatiors. for one hour, pledging himself
to Weld him the track if he answered
one singfe question correctly, l.. begged
to be excused. lie would leave the peo-
pie to judge of his qualifications. but
would not submit to be catechised publicly
by competent examiner. We hope
they will meet again, as it is important
that some Democrrts who are strongly
attached to Mr.. Lytle on account of his
personal cleverness, should be made to
see his utter incompetency for the I'M
portant position, and also see through
the gauzy sub,erfuges now being prac
ticed by Mr.. Lytle and his cohorts to
defeat the Democratic nominees Of the
t}iatrict frst and the r~unty next. Mr.;
! Lyle i, personally, clever man, and
is one Of our most useful and sterling
citizens. Personally, the writer OF this
admires him, and has the highest regard
for his cleverness, but he is a bitter, un'
compromising partizan, hating those
who take up the cudsel for Democracy
with fervency exceeded emily by his
love for the EXTREMIST Radical measures
ever adopted by the present Administra
,ior. He is not only incompetent by
reason of his prejudices to sit in judg
ment upon poor "rebel" offender, bu
is wholly incompetent to perform ever
the everyday routine Of office labor ap
pertaining to the judgeship. There i
0
not a magistrate or peace-offioer IN tn
county that could not I'll the judges pc
sition better than the man the willy Rad
Gals of this county have>selected to de
feat the Democratic nominee for this of
fee. Mr.. Sauilcy is IA man OF superior
natural talent; of questionable integ
rity and ability; an impartial judge
prompt in the discharge of his ofhcla
duties without fear or favor, and Is al
able and willing exponent OF the ever
lasting truths of the Democratic creed
His decisions, during term CT foi'
years as County Judge, attest hi know'
edge of law and justice, while his well
ordered and Systematically kept records
stand as a monument to his energy and
industry. To defeat such man witt
even the cleverest Democrat in the coun
~ would he shame, but to elect an in
competent Radical mogul, would he t.
commit the unpardouab,e sin spoken o
in Hoy writ, (not a line Of which doe
this model citizen helieve). But Their
is no politics in the oficel Neither i
there politics in poslotlice, or a mai
agency. or the humble position Of carry
ing the mails from heal depot to a 10
cal po,toflice. Yet there is not Demo
cr,t engaged in either line Of bushes
in this section and only Il short tim
ago clever gentleman was remove
from a postofiice in the county for "splil
ting hi. ticket" DO they think Den
ocrats are blind set of fbolsl
Mr.. j. w. TuTrLE, of Wayne cour
ty, Independent Republican candidai
for District Judge, whose announcement
annears in another column of this paper