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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-12
HARTFORD. OHIO COUNTY, KY.
WEDNESDAY, MAY IL, 1875.
THE NOMINA TIOMS.

The long agony is over. The Con-
vention met, did its work, and dissolv-
ed. There was no rupture, no bicker-
ing, no sowing of dragon-teeth. 1t was
the largest gathering of the kind that
ever assembled in the State. 1t was
composed of the intelligence of the par
ty, and its patriotism. 1t performed
its labor intelligently and patriotically.
The ticket IT placed in the field is an
exceptionally strongone. There is NOT
man upon it who is not conspicuous
for the purity of his private life; and
each one is eminently well qualified fol
the position assigned him. On the
whole, it has been many a year since
the people of Kentucky have had pre-
sented to them a ticket composed o.
90 faultless material. We will give il
our earnest, hearty, enthusiastic sup
mort 4
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COLONEL n cREARY's SPEECH.

FELLOW CITIZENS OF KENrUCKY:-There
are times in the lives of us all when words
are but feeble to express the feeling and
emotion Of our hearts. This is one such
occasion to me- l have been an humble
worker in the Democratic party all my
life. / have been honored with some po-
sitions, but the honor which the people
of the proud Commonwealth of Ken
lucky have now done me is one for which
| have not words to express my thanks.
| extend to the people Of the Common>
wealth, through their delegates, through
you, the representatives Of the people, my
most heartfelt thanks.
have believed that the success Of the
Democratic party was paramount to the
success Of any individual, and when
entered upon the canvass as a candidate
for the nomination of Governor, deter-
mined when the convention was held to
bring whatever claims might have and
lay them here at the Capital, where you
were to hold the convention, and the peo-
pie of this Commonwealth pass upon
them. Had you selected one OF these dis
tinguished gentlemen who were nv COM
petitors, ] would have supported him
nCdIbuJ. L "Ouiu tnht I
could. / should have gone to work and
spoken for him throughout the Common
wealth, wherever l could have added to
his interest and advanced he interests OF
the Democratic party. ....
But. fellow-citizens, now that you have
nominated me as your standard-besrer in
the race for the Governor of Kentucky, l
extend to you my heartfelt thanks. l 90
forth in kentucky as your stsndard-bear-
er, nerved always by the memory OF this
scene; nerved and encouraged all the time
by the fact that l was nominated, as it
has been told to me, by the largest con-
vention ever assembled in Kentucky since
1850 This proves to me that the DEM
ocratic party in Kentucky is growing;
that the Democratic party is a party OF
progress. | will go forth encouraged by
the fact that the Democratic party, as
sembled in great multitude like this
representing every class, profession and
trade-selected me to be their standard
bearer, and ask you all, and the people
you represent, to aid me in this canvass.
OF these gentlemen, with whom l have
had the contest for the nomination, will
say l entertain nothing but the kiudest
feeling of friendship, and l will say If they
had received the nomination / would have
gone forth and worked for them. | be-
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GENERAL WILLIAMS REMARKS.

Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CoNvENTIoN-Ih have been too much
accustomed through life to such struggles
as this to be hurt by this. bow on this,
as / have on all such occasions, to the
majesty of the people. desire here TO
return my sincere thanks to the gallant
and true-hearted friends who have sus>
tanned me through this conflict to the
present moment. 1t has been said that
might bolt if / were not nominated.
Those who have asserted that have entire
ly mistaken their man. know my duty
too well to my country and to my party.
Applause Fellow-citizens it is no poor
distinction to be the siandard-bearer of
the Democratic party in the grand and
glorious old commonwealth Of Kentucky.
But as you have not chosen me, but have,
in your wisdom, chosen another gentle
man, you will find no man who will work
more faithfully for the success Of the
Democratic party than myself APP
plause. 1t is not myself 1t is my coun-
try. I am one of the people, and my
heart knows no emotion except allegiance
to the people. l hope this convention
will, before it adjourns, place the party
upon a true Democratic platform. de-
sire to see success above all things on
earth--iar above anything personal to
myself do not feel, because you have
thought proper to honor one above me.
that l have lost any Of my self-respect
or regard for my countrymen. want you
to lay down chart for our guidance in
the coming campaign. The people de-
/ lin
shall be fixed between State and Federal
power; that you shall assert the citizens
has rights and the people liberties that
must be sustained at all hazards. APP
plause.l The Democratic party has a
high and holy mission before it. 1t has
to preserve the liberties Of this country,
the grand old house our fathers built.
Although it has had great holes knocked
through it by cannon balls, and the
beauty of its columns have been marred
by the hacks of the saber, still it stands
upon the rock of the will OF the people.
| want to see the Democratic party put
back once more upon principle. 1t is the
only party that can save the country and
restore peace, and put it in a new career
of prosperity. The party cannot die-ii
is immortal. Applause This grand
old party has stood the storms of a hum
dred years. 1t has had the strongest OPP
ponents against it. The old Federal par
ty, the Wing party, the Free Soil party
and the Know Nothing party have OPP
posed it. All of you have seen the con-
ficts that have been waged against this
grand old party. the Democratic party o.
the nation. But they could not prevail
against it. Gentlemen, will not detair
you. l give my hearty acquiescence tc
your verdict. Applause.
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The Speechffying.
REMARKS OF COL. JOHNSTON.

GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION Il
thank you for the compliment in calling
me to appear before you, inasmuch as it
gives me an opportunity Of returning my
thanks to those noble friends who have so
bravely stood by me during this extended
canvass, and Who may have cheered me
by their presence in this conventi"n. /
have no language to convey to them the
gratitude l feel. Although defeated in
this contest, beg them to believe shall
ever cherish the friendship and devotion
they have exhibited to me. thank you
for the opportunity of appearing here and
giving my cordial endorsement to this
nomination, and to say that there fingers
not within my heart the slightest particle
of modification in my defeat, but that
rather cherish with pride the opportunity
which will be offered me to show my de-
votion to the party of my choice, and in
sustaining the nomination with all the en-
thusiasm at my command. 1t Is true,
that, in placing my name before the Dem
ocratic party OF Kentucky for this NOM
nation, l fondly hoped to receive at yo |
hands such an honor, but what is perso"
al aspiration as compared with the sue
cess of such a party as ours, with thu
principles? have ever felt ready to maxi
any personal sacrifice for the success o
those principles, and had I consulted m,
own sense of duty, instead Of yielding Il
what l regarded as the claims Of m.
friends. my name should not have beef
before the convention to-day. But L re
joice that all seems 30 pleasant now, ant
that we all stand here united, bound to
gether in the bonds Of great fellowship
determined to preserve the unity Of tn
Democratic party and work for its success
not only in Kentucky, but in the Who'll
Union. .r-. p .ae.
Again l thank you, gentlemen.
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lieve from the warm friendship that ex-
lists between myself and those gentleman.
they will be found assisting me and adj
vancing the interests Of the Democratic
party.
Fellow citizens, it has been but few
years since the fragments OF the Demo-
cratic party were gathered in the city OF
Louisville, after the war. Since that
time the Democratic party has extended
its power throughout the United States.
1t was in our own Commonwealth, 1t
was here on Kentucky soil, that the
Democratic party was first gathered up
after the war. 1t was here that the DEM
ocratic party won its first victory after
the war closed. 1t was from Kentucky
YOU first sent solid delegation Of Con-
gressmen. The victory that was gained
in Kentucky sent a thrill through your
sister States bordering on Kentucky, and
now extends all the way up into Massa-
chusetts, and all over the country the
Democratic wave is beginning to roll +,
from the most northerly point Of the
United States to the most southerly, and
| from the Atlantic To the Pacific oceans.
To-day the watchword ofthe Democratic
party should be
| CONSERVATORY AND RECONCILIATION.
The party to-day il composed of old
line Wings and old-line Democrats; Fed
eral soldiers and Confederate soldiers; all
combined together to resist the encroach-
ments Of Radicalism. IL was a union OF
all these elements That enabled us, last
November, to elect majority in the
lower house OF Congress II is by the
union of all these elements that we will
be able, dare say, in 1876, when the re-
turns come from the Presidential election,
to say to the people Of the United
J States that the Democratic party again
elected President
, But, fellow-citizens, I will not detain
you at this late hour. hope in every
part of Kentucky to have the opportuni-
ty Of discussing the national issues Of tbs
day. shall spend the time from now
until the August election, endeavorine
everywhere to carry your standard as val
iantly and faithfully as can. Thank God
that can; that am not only friendly
with all my opponents in this race, but
throughout the borders of the Common.
wealth there is not man in the Demo
cratic party who 10 hostile to me car
stand up and look every Democrat in the
, face and ask him for his aid. and l be-
lieve that l will receive it. i thank you
+. again for the honor you have conferred
: upon me.
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may decree against it. avsrice may utter
It's seifash threats. unlsttered folly NAV
boast 10 Its shame and legislatures he tar
dy in afording the requisite aids. bat the
dlsenthralment of mind from thedehasipe
slavery Of superstition and ignorance .
near at hand It ia Of the ordinatiou Of
God-the destiny Of triumphing kamsni-
ty. Vain is opposition; vain the obssa-
cles OF ill-advised or unfriendly legisla-
ton; vain the menacing rod of tyranny:
vain the protest OF crown or crosier; vain
the Fictitious distinctions created by vealh
or caste-they will be swept away before
the tempest Of the popular will like for.
ests are rended when the vbirlvind
| lightning-girt and thunder shod, is on ia
resistless march II man . 10 be ,duca-
ted he is to be free. The genius of liber>
ty follows close on the steps Of the angel
Of light, and no sooner does the latter
wind his bugle-call than there is an an
swering thrill from the trumpet Of the
former.
l thank you, gentlemen Of the conven-
ton, for the compliment OF this hour. I
congratulate you upon the ticket you
have otherwise prepared for the popular
support.
further congratulate you upon the pu-
rity OF that administration which is 70
honorably drawing to q close. The Ro-
mans had q shield which was tabled to
have descended from heaven, and which
30 long as it remained at the capitol was
the pledge Of national peypetuify and
prosperity. May We always find in the
fidelity Of our public officers to the trust
of liberty loving people an Egis that
shall shelter from harm every interest Of
our grand old Commonwealth.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-12

BURBRIDGE, the Federal hero, was
disappointed in obtaining an Office from
the Administration; and WILLIAMS, the
Confederate hero, was disappointed in
obtaining an Office from the Democracy
Of kentucky. Now let these twin he,
roes together seek some secluded spot
in the vastsolitude of the primeval for
est, and there, in some wild and ghost
ly glen, create a Fountain of Sorrow
with their commingIed tears. -
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We hold il to be absolutely essential to the
pre,eryat Of the liberties Of the citizens, that
the several States shall be maintained in all
their rights, dignity and equality, as the most
eomplste and reliable standardization Of their
own domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks
AGAINST snti-republican tendencies. Every
attempt on the part Of the Federal Government
to-ezercise power not delegated to it in the
Consultation, or to exercise delegated power
many manner not therein prescribed, is an ac'
Of usurpation, demanding the instant and un.
QUILTED coudemnationof a people jealous o.
their liberties. And we hold that any uncon'
stitntioual interference by the General Govern,
uSnt With the local affairs of any State TO am
e1.sut or under any pretense whatever shoulc
be at once condemned by all classes of etery
section Of the Union, as all such acts tend 4
The destruction Of our Federal system and tn
consolidation of all power in centralized des
potism "-
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THE resolutions of the Oranges de-
nying that theirs is political organi-
ration, read very well in print; but how
about this thing of meeting IN secret
conclave and nominating candidates for
the Legislature? as was the case in this
and Ballard counties. We confess that
we areold fogy enough to value an ounce
Of practice above ton of profession.
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We are inclined to the opinion that
the New York Ledger school of etiquette
leans somewhat to the uncomfortable.
For instance, the Ledger thus decides:
"When a gentleman and lady are walk
ing in the street, the lady should walk
inside the gentleman" For our part,
We have enough trouble with our Gin
nards" already, and don't care to have
any one stamping around inside of us.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-12

SMALL TALK, of the COrier,Jo1anal,
says that to our trained ear the hand
organ is the sweetest piano in the world
except a brass band. Wherein he is
mistaken. The piano of our soul is a
steam-whistle.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-12

An Owensboro maiden ate five pounds
of wedding cake, the other night, pre-
paratory to dreaming of her future hus-
band. She is now hunting for con-
vent, declaring that she'lltake the black
veil to keep from marrying the monster
she saw in her dream.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-12

Judge McManama has fined and
put under bonds some of the magistrates
ofHenry and Franklin counties because
they refused1te build secure jails." We
sorely need sJudge McManama in this
neck of woods.
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A YOUNG man in Connecticut, aged
%, who has holy horror of mothers
in-lsx, made dead sure thing of miss
ing one the other day by marrying AL
orphan of 65 summers.
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IL view of the character of weather
we are now treated to, it will not be
amiss to read THoMsoN's couplet after
this fashion:
Come, gentle Spring,
Dipthereal mildness, come.
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We predict that General Williams will.
be nominated for Governor to-day in the
State Convention on the first ballot
F2eminssbUZg Democrat, 9th.
Spit on your hands and try it again.
Bro. TEAGER. Even ISAIAH didn't
spring to eminence in prophesying at
one bound.
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A PADUcAH clergyman lectured the
other night on The Devil, and the
church couldn't hold the crowd, such
was the anxiety of the Padukes to
hear what he had to say about their pa
iron saint. -.... ..-
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Gov. King succeeded in getting his name
withdrawn just before the result was an
nounced, and those who had voted for
him went to the other candidates. Mr..
Underwood briefly thanked the convention
for the honor conferred upon him. and
promised to prove during the canvass that
the trust reposed in him had not been mis-
placed. '.' .
The convention, at l2:45, adjourned un-
til o'clock next morning.
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MAN says VICTOR HUGO. was
the conundrum of the eighteenth CEN
fury; woman is the conundrum of the
nineteenth" We can't guess her, but
well never give her up-no, never!
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iNighf Session.

The convention met at 8 o'clock and
proceeded to the fourth ballot for Govern
or. Before the ballot was entered upon
the names of Johnston and King were
Withdrawn. "a
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Now let the Southern Agrie1kt'ralist
trot out its candidate for Governor.
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In this realistic age the bogus hero
stands no show. - O.
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A motion was agreed to that the name
of the lowest candidate should be dropped
at the result of the second ballot
Before the second ballot was concluded
the contest had narrowed down between
Marcum and Grant, and the result by
changing, and subsequently recalling the
counties, showed large majority for
Marcum. The result of the ballot was
not announced by the secretary.
Mr.. Marcum was called to the stand,
and in a brief speech thanked the conven-
ton tor the nomination.
Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay moved vote Of
thanks to the presiding officer and others,
after which the convention, at l:30 O. clock,
adjourned sine die
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FIRST BALLOT.


Whllauls. .....,........-...-"... 900
McOreary ............-.:........ooS4
Jonustoh...-........... loff
hlng rs
When the first ballot was announced, a
motion was made that at the close Of the
fourth ballot the name of the candidate
who had the lowest number of votes should
be dropped. The motion was agreed to,
after considerable confusion.
SECOND BALLOT.
Wlllams.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
McCreary'."............ 4OO
johnston ....."............,....l 0f
hlng lZo
On the third ballot the vote of Adair
was changed from Williams to McCreary.
| THIRD BALLOT.
Williams. .......0Ol
acknowledgements. ......"............. 4o5
TOMBSTONE. ............................. "a
hlng. LUG
When the result Of the third ballot was
announced, the convention took a recess
till o'clock, to meet at Major Hall.
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Fridays Session.

The convention was called to order in
Major Hall by Gen. Desha at $50 O clock
An. The first business in order was the
NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The following gentlemen were placed in
nomination: Thos. F. Hargis, of Nicho-
las; Jere D. Lillard, of Owen; ]. W. Blue,
OF Crittenden; Thos.. E Moss. of McCrack-
en-, and Robt j. Breckenridge, of Boyle.
Ballotting commenced and proceeded to
a point where it was evident that Moss
would receive the nomination, when Mr..
Hargis withdrew his name from before the
convention, paying high compliment to
the other candidates, and thanking the
convention for the support that had been
given him. 3c-7g srf'2A4
Col. R. J. Breckenridge also withdrew
his name. with thanks to the convention.
Thos. E. Moss was then declared the
nominee ofthe convention by reclamation.
The nominee was called to the stand, and
returned his thanks in a neat and happy
little speech.
NOMINATIONS FOR AUDITOR
Was the next order of business, and D.
Howard Smith, Fayette Hewitt. aud jos
R Gardner were named as candidates.
Before the ballot was concluded, a motion
was made and adopted to the nomination
OF Smith by reclamation, which was done
and Col Smith gave expression to his
qualification in short speech.
TREASURER
James W. Tate was nominated for Trea.
urer by reclamation. He was called tc
the stand and responded briefly.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
DR.. II. A. II. Henderson was nomina.
ted for superintendent of Public Instruct
ion by acclamstion. Ibis speech appears
elsewhere. ...
REGISTER OF LASD OFFICE.
The following names were proposed fol
Register of the Land Office: Richd. Sharpe
Sam. NJ. Sanders, W. H. Thompson. Thos
D. Marcum, R F. Harrison, C. J. Hiukle
and Alexander Grant. The first ballo
resulted as follows:
Sharpe. ..38;
Harrison........ -. 80 Hinkle........-1 6C
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FOURTH BALLOT.


Wllllams...........-.. ...-..................09
McCreary ......--......ooo
When the result was announced, Col.
McCreary was escorted to the speakers
stand and addressed the convention. His
speech is reported elsewhere.
Col. Stoddard Johnston, Gen. Williams
and Gov. King, the competing candidates.
each thanked the convention for the sup
port they had received and pledged their
hearty support to the nominee of the con-
vention. .......
BALLOT FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
The convention then proceeded to ballot
for Lieut.. Governor. 1t was now IL o'clock,
but the convention refused to adjourn
The names of John C Underwood, james
W. Hays, Thomas S. Grundy and R. A.
Burton were presented. Gov. King was
nominated, but at his urgent request his
name was withdrawn, and Immediately
placed again in nomination by two other
partial friends, although he begged it be
not done, as he feared it would injure his
friend and neighbor, Major Moss, who
was also candidate for a State Office,
but they put him on anyhow. The result
| of the ballot was as follows: