The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-17

gentlemen hold substantially an identi-
cally the same positions. and unlss some
differences are hereafter develoed. the
vote between them must be upoI purely
personal grounds.
Mr. Vaughn's speech was mainy deyot-
ed to an account of his service in the
last Legislature, claiming that he had
served the people ialthtuiiy ana desiring
endorsement by a reelection. he said
that he had heard of no one faufnV his
course in the Legislature, excepi several
charges which came from eertaiIeitizens
OF the town OF fudon' 4hese charges
were:
1st. He had declined to pass a act re-
lieving that locality of the Opeation of
the Local Option law. There cane to him
petition asking him to pass sch bill
and there also came to hima petition pro-
testing against its repeal. He sbmitted
these petitions, together with the vote of
the county adopting Local Option law. to
the proper com mittee, and that Committee.
reported adversely to its passage. The
committees report.met his mphatic ap-
prevail and endorsement. TIE Local Or
ton law was adopted by vote of the
entire county, and he held nat If ever
repealed it should be done by vote of
the entire county. He (Vaughn) claimed
to be sincere and honest temperance
man, and friend of good morals and if
there were those who desired to strike
him down because of these conscientious
convictions, let the blow come, for he
would not sacrifice or stultify tAsm for no
, Office in the gift of the people.
2nd. The second charge or complaint
from these citizens of Fulton was his
failure to pass bill giving The town of
Fulton the benefit of the poll tax Of its
own citizens to keep up bridges Sc, in
her corporate limits. lie declined to pass
said bill, because it was maniisstly I'M
just to all the other tax payersof Fulton
county, leaving the burden Of airing for
the paupers, Sc, of the county, on the
other taxpayers without pr9lortiOnate
help from the citizens Of the town of
Fulton. The
3rd charge which had found its way
into the FHltonian-this one fOm dis
appointed ofics-seeker-was to the effect
that he (Vaughn) had caused sbill to be
passed relieving himself as sheriff of
Hickman county, SC. The fact were that
the Attorney-General of the Sute had the
bill psssed-the State owing hin Vaughn J
some 5000 on delinquent tax ist, an ex-
cess he had paid TO the STAT and the
Attorney General decided tha the only
way for him to get his mOneyback was
to pass such a bill.
These were all the complaints he had
ever heard alledged, and he demanded
that his opponent, DR.. Luton, safe wheth-
err he (Lutonl endorsed or disSproved of
his course on these points. He Vaughn }
knew that there was q comhniticn or
clique about the little town of Fulton,
which had been working assiiu'usly to
him. He knew this eombinatoI at Full
ton, and elsewhere, was compsd chiefly
of the anti-optionists, and hroug hout
the two counties this vote as pretty
generally arrayed against him.Dr Luton
he knew TO be heightened entleman,
and professed to be as strong [ advocate
of the Local Option law as hiself, and
he (yaughn) wanted Luton tGpeak out
plainly and unequiVOcally on this
question
DR.. LUros's
/ speech, being his first in the ctvess, was
for the most part merely an nnounce-
ment, and personal statemei relative
To his present candidacy. lie as can
didate on his own merit, ar not the
candidate of any ring. cliquelr combi-
nation Of the town of Fulto or any
! other town. He was a citizen the town
of Fulton-proud that he vs., but if
henored by an election 10 at in the
Legislature, it would be his abitiOn 70
| represent every part aud porbn of the
counties of Hickman and pultoialike and
I impartially. He had no fFieRdspecialiy
TO reward or puRish, and muohess could
he entertain any prejRdiccs four against
any portion Of the two countie,ih which
ne was born, raised, and ivi all the
days of his life. IL was doubtless true
that there were citizens of th town Of
| Fulton who desired TO defeat NJ Vaughn
Tor causes named; and it wal possibly
true that anti-optionists in oths portions
OF Hickman aRd Fulton countie desired
ms defeat; but il was wrong aud unfair
ia Me- Vaughn to charge or institute that
because he (Lutonl saw proper q come
out as a candidate against hin hat ne
Luton was therefore of necessity the
candidate or toei of the anti -optiousts, or
any special element of our people This
was specially unfair, because he lVughn J
Sne" that he (Lutonl fully endered his
Ns"san 81 course on the option lSE; and
hsu always been as true and stSulch an
advocate aud friend OF the Law as Mr..
vaughn or any other man. IL might be
part OF Mr.. Vaughn's course to attempt
to play the role of a
rERsEcuTEp TEMPERANCE MARTIN,
thereby attempting to array the s,mpa-
thy OF All the temperance peonls forbim-
sell, but he (LutOn) knew az no r.ason
why 1t should be coucedea hat "a e
morals. or temnaranca- ~, H. Sas.-r grand
qualities OF mankind, were sone,frated
in Mr. Vaughn; or why IL sbor,t he adj.
mitted that his competitor hatmanopo-
lized these virtues, and was tn only fl
representative Of such ideas in. race for
the Legislature. He was deteripeJ that
Mr.. Vaughn should not lug thiiss in.
or give to the race any such airing or
shape. He presented himself fore the
people on his own individual ,eri, and
thought it but fair that NJ Vaughn
should stand before the peoe in The
same way, and let the peoplendve be-
tween them at the polls.
In regard to the bill from Fton ask
ing that the poll tax be givenbat town
for the purpose of keeping u'hrilues.
&C., in corporate limits, we leaitbat ur.
Luton understood that the bill iadlition
devolved upon the town Of Elton the
expense of caring for her o Nv manners,
| (precisely such provision as ~ existed
In the charter of the city of Hixman for
years and years. The Doclo dill not
refer to this, but we are authrixed to
make mention of his position. There is
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