The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-01

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"what benefit is a Democratic pger to
the Democratic party unless it supports
members of the party for Office in prefer
ence 10 Radicals p Greensboro Shield.
The Shield puts the point pithily
and truthfully, and is applicable to this
section as we'll any other, though a
somewhat different situation may pre-
vail. There is possibility that the
Judicial race pending in this District,
may result in the election of Repub
TTcaH' th1ro 60T1g TOur DEMOCRATS ana
one Republican in the field. At the
very inception of the race, the COURIER,
with the Columbus Dispatch, submit
ted a statement of facts to the Demo
cratic people, and urged some party
arbitration. The warning was not
needed. 1t is now too late for any
action to be had, and we can only hope
that some one of the DemocratiA can
didates may command votes enough to
run ahead of Judge Marshall.
A like state of facts exists in regard
to the Congressional race, with this
addition, that the Republicans will
more sOlidly vote their ticket for Con
gressman than for Judge. The CoU-
RIER has from time to time suggested
convention, primary election to be
held on the regular August election
day, or any fair party arbitration.
These suggestions have met the ap
proval of portion of the Democratic
Committee, whose duty it is to act in
the natter, while others, prompted by
this or that partiality, indulge the APP
prehension that their favorite might
not be successful 10 a convention.
This is the secret of opposition to a
convention by some Democrats. II
they could feel assured that "their
favorite' would be the nominee, no
fear of fraud OF tricks" would deter
them from a convention.
The most remarkable element of op
position to Democratic organization,
however, is to be found in the "New
Deal" put forth by the Paducah Com
merciai, the editor of which is the Re
publican candidate for Congress in this
District, and of course wonderfully
disintereste9 and Independent in the
matter; and that Democratic papers
aud Democratic people should heed
its disturbing Vaccinations, is passing
strange The Paducah Commercial,
falling to find any tenable ground to
base even a suspicion that the COURIER
was acting in the interest of either of
the candidates in the field. and real
ling that our independent position
would carry weight with that class OF
Democrats who preferred principles to
men, artfully wrung in outside names
alledging it as our purpose to slaugh
ter all three of the present candidates
This was a shrewd devise of our pros
pective Republican candidate. We
must hold that the Commercial real
ize& that the COURIER was acting for
the good of the Democratic party, aud
so feeling, its editor ctisinterestediy made
such gable a pretext to impugn the
purposes of the movement. The CoU
RTER, acting from its own stand point,
might readily siipulate, that no other
than the names Of the present aspirants
should be presented to the convention,
but the Ca0amerciot may truthfuIly
anticipate that we. nor any other Demo
crat, has the right to make any such
promise. We beg our Democratic
cempeers, however, to give no heed to
the Commercials efforts to throw dis
repnts upon convention. We charge
that it is prompted from partizan
stand point, aUd no good DemStrat
should be deceived by its claims to
being an independent paper.