Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-01-17


vention returned considerably crest
fallen and sore over the defeat ofthei
candidate for Appellate Clerk. w,
enquIred of one Of the least excita
BILE Of them how il happened that th'
favorite was beaten by the field. "By
the most shameful kind of com ina
TONS" he replied, "and paradoxica
as it may appear, Col. Hills nomina
ting speech, which was, without
doubt, the finest effort ever heard
him make, had much to do with the
defeat Of Col. Wolford." "You see,
he continued, when he made it, the
whole Convention was taken by storm
and Wolford's stock went away above
par, and had ballot been then Ia
ken, no power, hardly, could have
kept him from taking the prize. His
opponents seeing this, we're almost
panic stricken, but they conceived, or
some of them did, the happy idea of
staving off the report of the Commit
tee on Credentials, and on the excuse
OF trouble with the con testing delega-
tons Of Louisville, it notified the
Convention that they would not be
ready till the morrow. That night
all kind Of schemes we're devised. A
halfa-dozen or more of the candid
ates had spent their last cent, and
borrowed all they could get, to make
the canvass, and it was a matter of
life or death, and they laid their
heads together to defeat at all hazards
the apparently coming man"
"Doyou believe that this talk that
Wolford was defeated because he was
a Union soldier, is true?"
81 do not. l think that the result
would have been the same, if Wolford
had been a Confederate. He was by
long odds, the most popular man be-
fore the Convention and it was soon
recognized that he either had to be de-
feated by one trick or another, or he
was sure to. take the plum. My
chief reason for thinking that his war
affiliations had nothing to do with his
defeat, is, that Henry's vote came
from that portion of the State, the
Eastern, which was the most intense
ly Union during the war, and which
furnished more Union soldiers than
any other portion. Besides, the three
leading manipulators of Henry's in
terests were Tom Turner, a bitter
Union man, who voted after the war
to expatriate all rebel soldiers, and
Thos.D. Marcum and Judge Geo. w.
Mcclure, both of whom were Union
soldiers. 1t seems plain to me that if
there had been any feeling engender-
ed by the war, in the contest, that
those men would have rallied to the
support of Gen. Wolford."
"What do you think Of the nomi-
nee?"
81 regard him as a pretty fair sort
of man, but there we're several 9TH
ers that / should have preferred over
him /, however, voted for him az
ter Wolford was dropped, because l
believed that next to this, that por-
lion in the State needed some sub
'tantial recognition"
The combination that got away
with the boys, was Henry, Poore and
Gaines, and it is said that after pay
Dg Sam Gaines a good salary as first
Clerk and general manager Of the
,ffice, the balance Of the funds are to
be divided equally between Henry
md Poore. We do not think the
friends of any candidate have reason
o complain. None of them we're too
rood TO form combinations had they
thought it necessary, and it is too late
now to cry, because the winning one
got away with them. Capt. Henry
was born in Bourbon. in 1910; enter
ID the Confederate service as Lieuten-
ant, and afterwards commanded a
Company under Morgan. For a while
lfter the war, he sold goods in Bour-
bon, and in 1869, he moved 10 Nor
gan, where the beginning of the war
Iound him. In 1873 he was elected
% the Legislature, and in 1877 was
appointed by Mat Adams. as Assist.
ant Clerh of the House OF Represent
atives. He lie described IS a warm
hearted, genial gentleman, OF great
popularity.
The Ashland fiends stand a fair
chance to atone, as much as their
worthless lives can atone tor the MUIR
Ter of the three children on Christ.
mas Eve. They have been indicted
y a special grand jury, and the judge
las set today for the calling Of Meals
ase, tomorrow for Crafts, and Fri