Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-22
State Officers.


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Our esteemed contemporary. the
Ycoman, which has held office long.
er and drawn more revenue from
the State EXchequer than any other
private enterprise in Kentucky,
takes issue in lengthy editorial,
with Brother Tom Young, of the
Ow.ngsville Outlook, for his calling
on Western and Eastern Kentucky 10
join forces against the army of "stall-
fed politicians of the Bluegrass
country" Like the Yoeman, we de-
precate the arraying of the grograph-
ical divisions Of the State against
each other; but unlike our meighbor
we can not admit that the "Bluegrass
is very meagerly represented among
the State officers :" and, as to Western
Kentucky, we do state that it has
secured but small portion of the
elective offices of the State in the
past. We can also assert, as suscep-
tible of proof, that the Bluegrass re-
gion is much more energetic Office
seeking section than any other sec
ton of Kentucky. In support of this
may be cited the caucus proceedings
in the Legislative organizations every
two years, and the officers who are
elected or appointed by each General
Assembly. Not only the Bluegrass
section, but Frankfort especially is
always on hand with a healthy army
of applicants. At the last electoral
college Frankfort secured everything
the clerkship, the Sergeant-at-
Arms and the Messenger, Major II.
I. Stanton. She received a clerk
ship of the Board of Equalization.
She had a number of appointees in
the last General Assembly. The
senior editor OF the Yeoman has been
candidate for Governor; and has been
Secretary of State, Chairman of the
State Democratic Central Committee,
President of the Press Association,
and delegate at large TO the Hancock
and English conventional Cincinnati !:
to the Cleveland and Hendricks con-
venti0n, and Others holding the three
latter named offices at once and be-
ing a candidate for two of them at
the same time. A Frankfort man is
Secretary ofthe Governor, and Frank
fort men are respectively tipstaff and
Sergeant of the Court of Appeals.
Two clerks in the Auditors office are
Frankfort men. The Superintendent
of the State Arsenal is a Frankfort
man, the warden of the penitentiary
it claimed as Frankfort man, the
Secretary in the Geological Office is
by adoption a Frankfort man, and
the chief clerk of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction is a Frankfort
men. The Reporter of the Court
of Appeals is a Frankfort man, as
was the Reporter before him
These names occur to us from
memory. Doubtless by an investiga-
ton of past records we might find
Others to increase the list. They are
all able and trustworthy officials, and
the Capital has been a warm defend
er and friend of the administration
with which they are connected. But
we cite them to show that this i'm
mediate section of the bluegrass is
by no means "meagefiy represented"
in the official patronage of the State,
as our neighbor alleges.
All other things being equal, we
advocate an equal division of official
among the various sections
of the State.
AS to the heads of the departments
of the present administration, they
are now more evenly apportioned
among the various sections of the
State, than has usually been the case.
The Capital will be satisfied if as
fair an apportionment is followed
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