Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-22


end raised q Wing was too young to
help myself, but fell into the arms Of the
Democratic party pleasantly az young
maiden receives a kiss from her lover
when she takes IL for the first time. APP
plause.
Fellow.citizens, the man Ia Of small i'm.
portance; the principles Of the party are
above the aspirations and wishes Of any
man; Il doesn't make any difference who II
IL. IL IL said | sm ashamed Of my Union
record. IL IL not 20. ] was a Democrat
then and am Democrat now. Let ne
stand together; don't LET ne have any wav.
erinR fellows. ] am tired OF talking fell
lows who do not stand up for the party. j
would rather die dead game than take a
man who has not the courage 10 stand up
for the principles Of HE party, whether
victorious or defeated. The man whom
you failed 10 nominate to-day, and who
fought with the Confederate army, knew
how TO calamity surrender a. we'll as he
knew how TO act the hero when occasion
required IL. That man was Simon Bolivar
Buckner. [Applause.l Col. Jones has
been misrepresentsd all over Kentucky by
persons saying that he IL not man Of ge-
nial impulses and Of the people. He Is a
man Of the warmest impulses and most
genial habits, whom | love, and am sorry
he il defeated to-day. Jacob, who repre-
SCENTS the city Of Louisville there il not a
more elegant gentleman anywhere-Will
stand defeat az we'll a. any man; and Proc
tor Knott, the little David, will overthrow
any Goliah which the Republican party
can place in opposition to him. / want
you only TO name some good Democrat and
we will support him. | was in the FEEDER
al army, Buckner in the Confederate; these
other gentlemen had their escapes. Jap
plause and laughter. You fellows do not
want to get gray before you come TO the
front, and let US now bring the young De-
mocracy forward--I am for the young De-
mocracy. What, IL had known the peo-
pie Of Kentucky and had seen them AZ
we'll ~ can see them to-day, there il moth
ing on earth that could have kept me from
being the nominee Of this convention for
Governor Of Kentucky. Applause am
glad that have seen you; | am proud Of
being a native Kentuckisn, and glad that
am surrounded to-day by native Kentuok-
ians and men of courage and honor.
love, too, the women Of Kentucky lap
plausel and when you present good liquor
sometimes like to take drink Of that.
Laughter. Now il had known that
was TO be picked up TO make an elegant
speech | would have had one Of that kind,
full Of the flowers Of rhetoric. As Roger
Hanson remarked, when some one CRITICS.
ed a grammatical error: "What do L care
for grammar; when see a common-sense
idea Jump over everything to get to it,"
rCry OF "four votes for Owsley" Another
voice: IL will nominate you for Governor
four years hence."1 All, that is my friend
Sci Miller, one of the best men in the city
Of Louisville, incorruptible, who can nei-
ther be bought nor sold. ] will ask the
Lord to bless you all here, but that is I'M
necessary as far az my supporters are con-
cerned, for they have been blessed enough
already; they they have got their blessing
Laughterl / come here not call the
righteous but sinners to repentance, as the
Savior said, il may be permitted to use
the Scripture; for what you have done in
regard to my nomination for Governor may
the Lord forgive you-you knew not what
you did. Repeated laughter snd APP
plause Now lam going TO tell you am
anecdoie, and | want 10 say frst that
nv own district stuck to me and voted
for me fret TO last, and | would rather
have that thought than to be Governor OF
Kentucky without IT, ] hope Proctor
Knott will make you a good Governor,
aud believe he will Now for the anec-
dote
Down In the county of AdRir there was
an old bachelor who was a candidate for
the Legislature, and once in the middle OF
a speech some fellow asked him his views
on the subject of matrimony. He replied;
IF should conclude to marry and be
elected to the Legislature, l would choose
such a wife as would give general satisiac.
ton to every member Of the Legislature"
Loud laughter and applause and cry OF
"len votes for Owsley."l l call upon the
Lord to bless each and every one of YOU
and am going to fall back into the arms
of nv district and into the arms Of my
wife, where | am safe and sound, while
do not always feel so in the city Of Louis
willie