The Hickman courier., 1882-10-13

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HICKMAN, -: -: KENTUCKY
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FRIDAY. :: -: OCT. Is. 1882
George, you are aware thsi the District
Convention assembled At PaducHh Tues
day, aud by aociamation nominated Hon.
John r. Grace of Trigx county for Con
eress, are you not? Now George yoa will
please tell us in your next issne whether
1sx nsi ess ~aresgoilssr 40 ssSsz1.sfee lrxssx<i
Grace ar Turner. The former Jon know
has been chosen by the Simon pure Demo
Gratis. while the latter has taken IL upon
himself to run as an Independent candi-
date. Come ont George aud lct as know
where to fnd you If you are strai ieht
out for Oscar. the people ought 10 know
il, aud il you are going 10 support Judge
Grace. they still ought to know it.-t-fKi
ton FEttonids
The Courier will support John K. Grace
for Congress. Is that plain encugh2
We have argued ths. a primary election
was he fairesi mode Of party orgsnizs
iion, and best calculated TO produce har'
rnony between democrats in this District,
and we still adhere to that conviction
why do we support Judge Grscea
Because,
He is honest
lie is capable;
lie Is not only life time democrat, but
he is n Ire de mocrat, welded to no fossil
liked ideas, and in full sympathy with
the material development and prosperity
Of his country.
His public aud private life warrants the
belief that he has never directly, indi
rectly, or remotely, been connected will
any real or supposed office seeking ''ring'
or clique
He has never been an Office seeker.
He has never been politician
lie has large experience as to public
affairs, but this experience has beer
gained on the bench and al the bar, Anc
never by any admixture with the "poiiti
cal feuds" which have divided the demo
Gratis OF this District.
lie has always voted, but as an honor
able, pure minded Judge on the Bench, he
has wisely chosen not TO participate in
the wild poliiisal scramble for Office which
has been raging for years in this District
When these democrats with whom We
have differed for years aslto the mode OF
party organization, come forward for the
sake OF harmony, aud setting aside each
and every one of that class of asPiranfs
whom the anti convention democrats have
been accustomed TO charge as members Of
"court house rings and cliques, and give
us a democrat of Judge Grace's ability
and reputation, how any democrat " no
earnestly desires TO see his party acting
uniledly, can refuse this olive branch OF
peace in our ranks, is beyond our com
prehension-
Judge Grace 8 not only Col Turner 5
equal as u democrat, but we are led 10 be-
lieve that he is Turner's superior in abiii-
~ and immeasurably his superior in the
courage Of his convictions, and his adap
liability to the live, practical issues OF
the day.
The burden Of Turner's eloqucnce has
been for many years, the grievous taxa
tions and expressions upon the people
and he has made the welkin ring will
his patriotic pleas for
RELIEil RELIErll RELiErl!l
How powerfully he rung these change,
upon Judge Boone. charging that tbs
people had trusted Boone for four years
that Boone had failed to bring relief {,
the over-axed masses, that he had faileC
TO have enacted any law for the relief o.
the people, and that therefore the peoPL
should let Boone stay At home and Civ,
the .sold man OF Ballard" chance. Is i
unfair 70 re turn the same argument u
Turner, aud to judge him by the sam,
rule that he urged the people to apply il
Judging Boomer
The people have trusted Turner fon,
years.
What relief has he brought TO tax bur
dened masses?
What law has he succeeded in having
enacted for the benefit of the people?
The records of Congress will be search
ed in vain for one item Of relief from ai
that catalogue Of grievous burdens whicI
tulc ota tu8n CAoiuCat oe tstSee1@J ~
trayed to the people 10 induce them to sc
aside Boone and try Turner.
We shall not say one word agains
Turner's democracy, because We betiey
him 10 be democrat ia all his convic
tions, but in our judgment, as menbe
Of Congress, he, in several Instances
acted
AGAINST rnE INTEREST or TIE PEOPLE
Of this District.
He voted against the per cent. Fund
ing Bill, which was simply measure {
rsducs the interest on the national debt
This measure would have saved the tax
burdened people millions of dollars /
needs no rhetoric of speech or elegance o
disiion TO show q man in debt that to re
duoe the interest on his note from to
per cent is favor TO the payer. Th'
same is bound TO be true Of the naiiona
debt.
He suffered his popular prejudice t,
preoipitate him into voting against re
charting the National ianks, when th
business world all know that these bank.
in some shape or other, must be rechar'
tered. We understand him to be in favol
of wiping cut all the National banks. II
this, we think, he acted
AGAINST ruE INTEREST or rHE PEOPLE,
unlees he can substitute some kind o.
paper money equally as good, steady and
unohangeAble in value as The present Ma
tienal bank money. The wiping cut o.