The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-06-07

says that the dincuity arises nom no fauli
Of the Superintendent, Of Public Instruc
ton or himself, bat from a failure on the
part Of Sheriff. 10 pay the School money
into the Treasury.
THE CONGRESSIONAL AsPIRASrs.--A We.
~ large crowd gai hered here on Monday,
to listen TO the various speeches OF the
candidates for Congress, and during the
four hour occupied by their delivery The
heat Of good order was observed. Judge Tur-
ner led oa, and sfter expressing hi. views
fully on AL the issues Of the day, he finally
came to the correspondence that took place
between him aud Judge Durham in regard
TO a voluntary promise made by the latter;
that IL Turner would withdraw from the
race in 1876, that he 3D. would not he q
candidate this time, but give his support
To a Madison county man. Last winter
Judge Durham visited Judge Turner, at
Frankfort, and asked 10 he released from
this promise. Judge Turner was not dis.
posed to let him of 40 easily, and after
two months Judge Durham wrote to
him, renewing his request. In answer to
this, Judge T. Wrote that he was disinclin.
Ell TO aocede to II, wherenpon Judge ID. an
swered by saying that he had been 50 re-
peaiedly and urgently asked to make the
race that the question had now become one
for the people to decide and II Judge L.
was disposed to risk coming between him
and them, he did not think hi. %. s)iriends
would support him. NC. Then II was that
Turner released him, and through his mag
nanimiiy Judge Durham was to day before
the people. The speaker made some good
points aud was repeatedly applauded.
Judge Durham followed and admitted that
Judge Turner'S statement vi" true, and
that he felt IN a case where 40 gresta num-
her Of his constituents had petitioned him
to run, that he owed Il TO them to make
the race, and Il was for this reason, and
this alone, that he had urged Turner to
release him from his voluntary promise.
His colleagues in Congress. too. were ex-
ceedingly anxious that he should return,
and IN palliaiion of his last letter to Tur.
ner, he stated that the Hon. j. Z. :. Black
burn had assisted him in preparing il.
Having disposed of the subject, as he sup
posed, satisfactorily, he proceeded to rem
der an account Of his stewardship, and
wound up by stating that he Was unalisra-
bly, opposed to the Texas Pacific X. r., and
that II the people wanted to send a man to
Congress TO vote Tor Il that they must send
another man and he wonld resign before
he would do so. During, and at the close
Of his speech, Judge Durham was fire.
quently applauded. Next came T. b.
Thompson, Jr., who spoiled the effects Of
the applause Of Judge Durham's friends
by inlimaiiag that he 3D. had brought
along number Of his friends from Dan.
vile, and had scattered them over the au'
dienoe with instructions how, and when 70
hollow and stamp" He might have done
30 but Harrodsburg was too FAR 10 bring
them For some time he kept his hearers
in continual round Of laughter and ap-
plause, but he finally got down 10 hard
pan and gave his views on the Important
ques'ions-Ipuolished IN the !. J. eeiore.)
Little Phi isths smallest horss IN the
rHee' put ne u cut out Tor running. and We
ssn saiely say that his speech won many
friends 70 him. Last came Col. w. Mckee
tox, who. though laboring under the diff.