The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-19
RADICAL STfyE CONTENTION

RADICAL .STITE CONTENTION.
The Radical State Convention assem-
bled AZ Louisville lazt Thurslly, and
candidates for the several
State Offices, cXcepsthatof Supegintcnd-
ent OF Public instruction. About four
hundred delegates we're in attendance.
1t was the most solemn assemblage that
ever met in our commercial metropolis
outside of funeral occasion. Sad eyes
looked mournfully into eyes that were
sadder yet, for the glad bird of hope
was singing in no heart there. They
saw nothing in the past to inspire them
nothing in the future to cheer them.
They were as shipwrecked people cast
on a barren, sandy island, far out of
the track of commerce, with a leaden
and sombre sky overhead, while around
them as far as their aching eyes could
see the black and angry waters ara furl>
ously but impotenly striking at the face
of the storm with their inky arms.
General JACK BUNsBY FINNELL, of
Covin9 ton, smole CHASTITY smile as he
called the mourners to order in a sepul-
chral voice, and in the tones of dying
swan proposed HELP-ME-CAssIUs-oRI-
SINK GooDLOE for temporary chair
man. The melancholy gathering listless'
" assented, and GooDLoE, after a vain
attempt to dispel the apathy that "squat
like nightmare toad upon a glutton's
stomach" took his seat as chief mourn
err sin silence and in tears"
General JACK BUNsBY FINNELL then
moved the appointment Of the usual
stock committees. They were appoint
ed. They retired to draft the sponta'
neous resolutions General JACK Buns.
BY F. had been carrying in his pocket
for month past. The stiffness of the
grave followed their withdrawal. There
were tongues in that hall that were ell
oquent aforetime, but now they were
dumb as oysters. The shadow of the
Might-have-been brooded over all. Ii
was omnipresent. 1t shOne with dull,
icy glitter in each ones eyes. 1t chung
with a grasp of pain to each heart. II
showed in the wrinkles of their coat col
lars. 1t was visible in the rumpling Of
their hair. Every cough sounded like
the falling of clod on a cohin-lid.-
The only person present not haunted
by ghostly memories of the past was q
1 niger named Neal, who attempted to
make a speech "that had some
reference to illusions" when he wa,
summarily squelched by the chairman
with the information that the commit
zee WAS cOlllHg'
All the committees marched in to
gether to the music of the dead March
in Saul, performed by brass band il
the gallery. The resolutions were fircd
off first. Then the nominations were
exploded. They were as follows:
Governor--John NJ. Harlan. of Jefferson
1t. Governor-Robert Boyd, OF Laurel.
Attorney General-W. c. Goodloe, of Fa
yette.
Auditor-R B. Radcliffe, of Caldwell.
Treasurer-Dr w. J. Berry, of Ohio.
Register-Reuben Patrick, of Magofiin.
The selection of a candidate for Su
perintendent cf Public Instruction wa
left to the State Central Committee.
Take it all in all, they were a prett,
respectable gathering of political weep
ers and mourners. What they did wa
decorously accomplished. The bras
band nearly "blowed" its brains out il
vain efforts to enliven them. TIL
ticket nominated was about the best the
could have constructed. 1t will be bu
ried next August beneath q Democrat
ic majority of from seventy-tive thOus
and to one hundred thousand.