The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-11-11
thE SOUTH. KERTUGKIAN.
OFFICE; Bridge ST., bet. Main and Rire
HOPKlNSVlLLE ky.
WASHINGTON LETTER.

week ana Washington .preschls |
llvelier appearances tiian it Inns for |
many day before. The national
character Of the exhibition is mot
fully developed yet, and the general |
: outside interest is not as great as it
viii be in the future years, but from
Washington standpoint the enter
prise is a gland success The i'm
mense procession on the opening day
was four miles long and comprised a
representation of all the business in
tcrest of the city. For q community
not much engaged in manufactures il
was a big thing, and the industrial ex-
libilion on the grounds is surpris-
ingly good OF course. as EXPECT
TO be an angel when die, ! won't
say anything about the "hoss races"
and sich. But speaking of industrial
matters reminds me Of the lecture de-
livcrcd here Tuesday evening by Mr.
Ilolyyoke,the English authorand pro-
mote of'co-operalIve trade among the
working cl.ss oflhat country. lie
de'cril Il in detail the plan upon
which the cooperative Societies of
England are organized, aid aston
ished his auditors by detailing the re-
markable degree of success which has
resulted from their efforts. lie said
that the societies now have two ships
running between this country and
England, Transporting supplies pur-
chased here for the co operative stores.
The societies Save also established
permanent purchasing agencies in
almost every producing country in
the world, i'll order TO obtain abso.
lulely pure articles OF food at first
prices.
The newspapers have had good
deal of fun over the suggestive APP
pearance, on a platform in Brooklyn.
of that domestic trio, Conkling.
Beeeher and Hicks, and Frank Les
lies illustration entitled "A fellow
feeling makes US WonGrous kind"
was a timely hit. Com'ling fresh
from Canonchet, Beecher with the
odor OF ElizabeIl's confession cling
ing to him, aud Hicks Fresh from
Florida, whcreh lie is known as "The
Devils Deputy" Hicks is probably
the worst seducer ofthe lot, but lie |
has the advantage of not protesting
to be much better than lie is. The |
three on platform certainly made
striking picture. They tell a good
story apropoS of Conkling's vanity
and love OF admiration from, the fair |
sex, which is worth reIjaaiings triiefa l
IL a lively little lady in New York |
who keeps on her centre table, under
a glass case, a largo lock OF wayy
auburn hair labelled The Rape Of
the Lock-rare and curious 1t is
nothing less than the historical curl
which people who have seen Conk-
ling will have noticed hanging proud
ly over his forehead, Somebody
wrote verse, on it, thus:
'There was big Senator and he had little
curl,
That hung right down in the middle q his
forehead,
when he was good he was very, very good,
But when he was bad he was honid.r
This little lady heard Roscoe speak |
in Cooper Institute, and was so struck
with his ordinary vanity that she sent
him an letter setting forth that she was
young girl just. ont of school, and
80 enamored of the handsome. elo-
qnent man that she begged OF him q
correspondence, and, ifpossible an
interview. The able man whose van
ity makes him all ass, and sometimes
vicious ass, fell into The trap, and
he first correspondent with, then
sought out and conried the little witch
in petIcoats. She had but one Oh.
jectiye point in view, and tina. was
the capture of the lock of hair that
the statesman had cultivated into a
Distinguishing feature. She made
its possession test of his love and
won, and then she disappeared from
his gaze, leaving "Bully Bottom" of
tho Senate transformed out of all
recognition 10 his immediate friends.
The result of the Ohio election
seems to have emboldened John Sher-
man, and he now declares openly that
when q member of Congress or an
officer of the National Government is
10 be elected, Congress has power TO
regulate such elections, and the Re-
publican party intend, If the present
law is not strong enough, TO. make ii
still stronger, This indicates that
The Republicans are looking forward
TO another disputed election. Their
original plan was to capture the
present House of Representatives
In this they were foied; hence the
raising ofthe bloody-sliirt banner in
the fight which has just closed in the
Buckeye State and which is now on
in New YORK, in the hope ofsecuring
the governments of those States for
next year. If they succeed in New
York as they have in Ohio the plan
for 1880 is TO give the electoral votes
OF those States TO tho Republicans,
whether they are entitled 10 them or
not. How they will do this in New
York is indicated by the plan for
sort Of eight by seven electoral com.
mission which they concocied last
winter at Albany, and Which they
dared not press while Governor Rob-
inson was in the executive chair.
With two such uDsrIpulous partisans
IS Foster and Cornell toexercise ex-
ecuiivep power in Ohio and New York,
the project of "Solid North" is feas-
ibe, ahdgthe declaration of John
Sherman quoted above, shows tliat /
the Repdb)ican leaders arc ready 10 |
resort tomy IN cans ofBperpctratihg
their power, no matter how reprehen-
eible il may be. John j. Ingalls,, !
United States Senator from Kansas. |
Ivy virtue Of jay Gould's money, has
been strulting around Washington
since the return ofthe subcommittee
sent there to investigate the manner
of his last election. lie felt conf
dent that lie will not 10 nnseated, and
from all | can learn guess he is
right. Not that such a result will be
in accordance with his deserts or the
facts in The case; but instead of max
ing the inquiry when the circum-
stances were fresh il was postponed
until late in the summer, after the
artful dodger had been given time to
fix witnesses aud destroy all the posi-
tive evidence against him. / saw q
letter last winter from Republican,
now in Kansas, formerly connected
with the Radical organ here, in which