The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
.E>iyItins ib" spells iD the First
EHfSRrlce

a T0tHlfA DOifOt 10 the r11elhN
the Purchase counties hat FAIR dl
vide of official honors musi be accord
ed to the upper coun,ie Of this Con
gressional District or i9rre will. be
row in the camp The NIayheld and
Paducah papers are disclosing the i@c''
with it, The Interesting part OF the
controversy is. that Trigg. Graves an"
NcCracken COUNTIES. - papers u
which are making all the Iuss about
this division of official spoils, have
enjoy ed the honor, Or the dislineii9n
Of furnishing the member OF Con
sress from this District, from time
whereof the memory OF man runneth
not to the contrary. The counties o.
Fulton. Hickman, Ballard, Marsha''
Lyon, Livingston, or Critteuden never
had the membe Trig' owing TO
the long service Of Lynn Boyd ha'
held the longest service, though ms
c n,hip was shared by Galloway anu
/ McCracken. Caldwell stands next l'
seryice-hsviug had the long terms o
Col Matthew Lyon and Gen. Chl'ten
den Lyon-father and son. So, II geo
graphic position has anything 10 do III
the allotment, which it should Dot have
we beg to remind the organ OF the
Trigg Democracy, that it is yet IN or
der for Trigs county to s'fni aside
she having enjoyed moLarS5an her
share of Congres-iva~ts thew ~
cording to its own arsHfFs1s4, Irigg
should hands off. and let Fulton and f.
the other counties which have never
had the meuber, contend for tie prize
Pursuing this idea, How would the .
Trieg Democrat relish race between /
the old farmer OF Ballard, CFurner) .
and the young farmer OF Fulton +
CTyler). Wotsdn'tit be lively, though? .
It's no use miucing words, "'he fur
would fiy, and Rome would howl
We don't believe rhat geographic
position should have anything to do
win furnishing '"e n'''H'''' ou' 'n
'ereS's are s"fliien''y nsa, "''' ''eN''
cal 10 render them one aud the same
1t makes no difference which county
the man comes from so be is a good
man. honest caPaOl7' a|u "O' ny one
county should have the member ''r
II II eau pFeSso' 0'' '"s
most r "'ny a. slpaOLo n he ana ml5 rf','.s"s to
'ut if the houors are to De distributed
y latifudinaI OF longitudinal INES we
IRE prepared 70 prove that the true
meridian IS to be found IN Fulton, aud
hat the variations will thence carry it
ntO Hickman, Ballard Marshall,
-yon, Livingston and CrIi'endeu,
nd that it will be a century or two
.etore 1t vii! ever strike Ings' Ca!d
yell, NcCracken OF Graves, again.
HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISTRICT
For the information of these eotem- !
oraries, aud the public, We will give
be succession Of members Of Con
ress
From 1903 to 1911, C.l Mathew /
yon, of Caldwell county, represented e
le District IN Congress.
From 1912 Is and l914-15-Geu.
am Hopkins, Of Henderson The
st term it is not clear w+~ted w1SFe ;
Iember
From 1916 to Io2'' Hon. Jno. J. Il
urray' alter whom the town OF Muir p
y Galloway comfy was named
From 1874 70 1850 zen. Chi''saden =
} on son oi Col VI '''e" l. ) 'h' o' q
yon couh'y-'hen OalI"e''' was 'ne J,
emOer. b
In 1852 Lynn BOYD commenced W
: long career fePfes n''ns 'ns Di7 ;;s
-e' Tor 10 eonse'u''!7 years, eA'5P'
," - MI Doyu was d V.''1eu oi Fl
50 nc al Tes' P"'' - N'9 A. al
It resided whlIe'n Galloway and hi. ii
i yeaFS III McOIacAs"' u Doy p
'Seu MS Oon reSS'olA d career i'i 1000 Y,
from lo'l TO Io'o, ,ne Di',,''' was d.
presented Oy Mf. EDWARD huW'ey' re
'1 1u''Iehou'2'
1856-7-S-9, the District was repre- sc
nted by Hon. Henry c. Burnett, Of
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