The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-04
Courier Political Notes.


stitu,ional convention 10 August the
proposition must again be voted o0
the August following. Our forefa'h-
ers wanted US to be suro We were right
and then 90 heed.
Still the exchanges are full of the
hum and buzz Of rsviviug industry
Sill the clearing. houses Of the lapd
tell the cheerful story of trade that is
picking. When will this revival per-
msate the INTERIOR When, oh when?
Born the Democratic and RePubli-
can pariies in Kentucky, ara agreed
10 recommending and urging the poo-
PIE 20 vote 10 favor Of Constitutional
Convention in August. Therefore, it
looks Ike the volo should be unani~
mons.
SHALL wo ma Ike up - pony purse
and Get soma of the candidates for
State Offices to visit our section? They
wee generally attentive and sciici,Ous
before they got The Democratic nomi
pa,iOul Is iheiesuppIY. Of stamps eE-
hausied9
Is property owners would desire
good rents and have good tenants, they
must encourage business that will give
employment to such people. Each
work man, supporting himself ADD family
helps to support all other branches of
business.
Is town which manufactures moth
ing, each citizen preys upon the other
There being nothing Induced from
abroad, the gain Of one is the loss Of
another, aud hence no real increase Of
wealth. /. is oniy continual ex-
change Of business.
II tho Hickman money nov invest
ed 10 bonds could be directed so SO to
give employment in our midst to those
who toll and spend tleir earnings again
right here, our population and trade
would continually increase, and prop
eriy value rsmsin firm.
IF the Democratic party lays down
rule or prooeden: about calling
convention to nominate candidate for
the Legislature ought it not to live up
to il regardless Of whose OK is gored
IF four candidates justified tho calling
Of convention in 1877, Why not in
1892
HUBBELL, when drumming up mon
ey from Republicans to be used to keep
up the Grssnback paper, mis;ook Os-
car Turner for Gen Robinson, OF Ohio,
who does, i. is said, very much rcsem
Die Turner. It was mistake, aud the
facts stated wore Tot Intended for Dem
Ooratio ears.
II is wrong and seoseless to enter
| tain OF cultivate prsi@aie= against the
owners of bonds. Pu, yourself in his
place. But it is also ssnseloss and
wrong for man to bury his talents
with which God blessed him, by not
using it for the best tsuei. of himself
and fellows!
TIE Green Hargis sui, has com !
mencsd. The deposition of Judge
Andrews, the presiding Judge who
signed Hsrgis' license testified that be
did not sign same uuil August,
whereas Hargis has been Affirming
that they were signed in February. |
This looks bad for our new Judge.
Ir can be demonstrated that certain
manufactures actually pay three times
as much as u 8. boOds, and equally |
as certain. Ons difference, however.
tho factories require sctive, industrious, |
good management, and vigilant atten
ton. The bondhOldsr eau sleep while
the factory owner must be up and
doing.
MAHUFACToRIEs give life and thrift.
reputation aud business to a town aud |
surrounding country. People who
consume articles from abroad. which |
can be made at homo, cripple these vi
taliziog influences. Each workman
draws his supplies from the local mer
chsut. &c. Thiuk of this in all its
workings.
Our legislature will no doubt con
tinue to dcnasOgue as to our collect
ing laws, under the false pretense of
sympathy for the poor man" In the
meantime, tho best law which the
CoUnIEE Gao suggest aud which each
man can adopt and enforce for himself
is TO sare and hare These three
words embody rule, which observed,
will make this section rich.
EVERY community complains Of the
want Of capital. Then, is system of
collection laws which drives your home
capital out OF the State aud into other
investments, good for the general in
tefest of the people? Kentucky law
does this. Would it not BIS better to
have State laws which insure prompt
and certain payments, aDd thereby in
duce capital 70 DO brought into your
communities?
You SAY it is visionary in the Hiok
man COURIER to talk of money at 4
per cent in Kentucky! Why, is it
practical in tho State of New York?
Why is it not visionary in the Eastern
States? You say thoy have the most
money IN the East. True. But why
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