The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-01
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( psarcah Ky. on Tuesday last. and called
I a nelecate Convention 70 be held M Pa
aneal on Tuesday, October 9. We would
1 ike 10 know whether Oscar Turner. the
/ oil outiaw will submit his elaine 70 the
action of Democratic convention Tur-
nor has heretofore Yaia no attention -
/ tie action Of conventions. and has always
( taken the bii in bis teeth and run inde
pendent -! HaPkiesrii's As's Ora.
persons besides yourself would ike to
have solved.
But n is not Ososr alone who has "tak
en- the biz in this teeth so far as Dele
cate Conventions are concerned. He has
! the company Of one half ef the Democracy
| Of the district. and amongst them many
| Of the old 40 miners men who have
never tnrned their hncks on Democracy
and who never fail TO put in sn appear
ance 81 every Presidential, State, or
County election; but at the same time
men who viii not have anything to do
with nor obey Delegate Conventions.
This is the mischief Of It. Nor are they
men who are led by Turner. They are
like Collins ram, "men OF their own
heads" They control Turner aud not he
them. They are the butt-cut of the old
rGrangers" WHO drank in the inspirs-
ton of that Mystic Brotherhood and
found cut that they were able to dispense
with leaders and 20 lead themselves. Tur-
ner is their pupil and not their teacher
Like Mon r. outh's rebellion, she found it
and Joined ii"
il Is an unhappy uarrel, this. between
the advocates Of Delegate Conventions on
the one hand end Primary Elections on
the other, and it has worked great injury
to he party aud o Welding Demo-
erAt IN The district ssel,s.,.l - tered Trim
bic aud Tics, ond had NIIrre influence in
tho defeat Of several distinguished gem
,lemmn who have been candidates fer
judicial position within thepast two years.
rs influence may be realized from the
fact that enc OF the cleArest-headed
Democratic editors of The district, AIR.
George Warren, OF he Hickman Courier,
made the statement IL his cditoriol col
uuns a short time since that If the next
contest for Congress turned upon ques
tions Of political policy, such as the tariff,
river Improvement, ETC, be would oppose
Mr.. Turner, belle wing him to be wrong
in bis views; but IL II turned upon he
question of Delegate Conventions or Pri-
mary Elections, he would support Turner.
There iE q PRINCIPE iavclvcd in IL, he
thiuks, which viii determine bis course.
We have not AR. Wsrreu's sriicla DO,
fore as =, this time, and speak from mem
Org; bat We think that we have fairly
stated his position.
That there are hundreds Of good men in
this district who take the same views of
the matter that are taken by Mr. Warren
we have no doubt, and II isa dcplorable
thing that our young meu are compelled
TO listen to the imprescripsible and eier-
nal iteration about "Court-house rings
and ciiques," or TO the equally eternal
monoiCuy about "bolters aud diBorRRniZ-
ers,' instead OF to able and enliEhieninR
discussions upon the onestiops OF the tar
if, river Improvement, 6nsDce. and the
great fundamental principles which IN
derlie cur Government.
When We first read George Warren's
article on the subject, We we're greatly
pleased with it. snd look up our pen to
write cur adhesion to his platform, bu,
our old-time Allegiance to the party was
TOO strong, and while VIC endorsed sub
stantiallV the principles laid down by
hin, we were irresisiibly lmpelled 20 ra-
new our allegiance TO the party Pa
dsesk Ns'rs
The CoURIrR doss not wish 70 aRtsg-
onizo the convention or ita nominee, or tc
dispute in any sense the authority OF the
District Committee. We simple view as
a practical fact the kaovn attitude Of the
two elements OF the Democracy Of this
District, and from this view are forced
to the conclusion that the assembling OF
the convention SO called instead CT produ-
cling harmony will tend 10 perpetuate dis
organisation in the party 2nd. II the
conventions nominee should win, It
would be but victory over ones own
political brethren, and leave the urangs
ling seeds Of disaifection TO gorIninate for
future contests. 3rd. tas~ convention
viii bring to the front, the old question,
Convention and anti convention, and
that the result will be made to hinge upon
this useless issue, to the ignoring Of 9th
er important questions upon which the
contest should depend; and we have said
that the coUaIEA could have no heart in
such controversy, and didn't care the
toss of copper which won.
The article printed above from the very
able editor Of the Psducah Nes5s is an hon.
est, plain and able pressata tien Of the
facts of the situation, aud we do believe
that the District Committee should listen
to and heed the voice Of this venerable
"f@ther in Israel"