Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-31
The Local Situation.

The KENTUCKIAN has shown no
disposition TO cover up facts nor 10
mislcad any one in its advocacy of
Mr.. Mclicnzie's claims. We have
conceded from time TO time that
there was opposition to him here that
threatened TO become formidable.
This opposition was headed by Mr..
McKenzie's political enemies in his
own party and great deal of loud
talk and noisy Boosting was done by
them. One issue after another was
sprung, only to be met and answered
by his friends until,at last IN their
desperation these persons, who were
so Industrious in their efforts to de-
feat Mckenzie in his own county as
a last resort circulated falsehoods
about him that were so fragrant that
many who were arrayed against
became disguised with such
methods and are now his avowed
supporters. Just at this opportune
moment when the anti-McKenzie
men had exhausted all their re-
sources and the people had fully re-
allied to what extremes they were
willing to go 10 carry out their ends,
Mr.. Mckenzie reached the city and
his presence at once caused tidal
wave Of Mckenzie enthusiasm to set
in which is sweeping every obstacle
before it. Leading business men and
pominent citizens Of every class are
changing over every day and the
people are becoming thoroughly
aroused. Tho backbone of the OPP
position is broken and we doubt if
there will be so votes in the city cast
against Mckenzie. The changes have
been so many and the opposition has
been so reduced in numbers that il
now embraces scarcely more than
his personal and political enemies.
A party of gentlemen who under
took Saturday TO count hundred
men in the city who would oppose
Mckenzie threw up the job at SO and
they counted in their list many who
had already changed or have since
changed to Mckenzie. We have tried
TO count fairly and 80 is as high as
we can 60. On the other hand Nc
Kenzie men are so thick that you
can't start out in any direction with
out running into crowd of them.
We cannot find ten business men OH
Main street opposed TO Mckenzie and
several of those who are will have
their votes killed in their own houses.
Half dozen or more who have been
for LaiIoon have changed TO McKen-
zie or will not vote at all.
OF the l3 Democratic lawyers in the
city, 8 are warmly for Mckenzie and |
one or two others are not actively OPP
posing him. Nearly every man who
is opposed to him has some one in
his own house or family who will kill
his vote. Mr.. Mckenzie after max
ing a personal canvass ofthe city and |
putting the direct question to the
voters says that at least So per cent. |
Of those seen told him that they were
for him. There were 73l Democratic |
votes polled in this city this year and
We do not believe there will be lO0I
votes cast against Mckenzie under
any circumstances, and, as we said
above, the number may not reach so. |
Probably about 600 votes will be poll
ell and McKcnzie's majority ought to
be 400 in the city. At any rate it is
next to a certainty that he will bt at
all of the opposition combined two TO
one in Hopkinsyille.
And the reports from the country
are even better. In South Christian
there will not be corporal's guard
of votes mustered against him. The
ii precincts south of the Russellville
and Princeton roads, including Balm
bridge, gave Bennett and Bowden
l,l79 votes and ifa thousand votes
are polled in these precincts Mcllen-
zic will, from present indications, get
nine hundred of them. In the ten
precincts in North Christian the Dem
ocratic ticket received at the last elec-
ton 1913 votes. These precincts are
thinly settled and it is safe to say that
not much over half of this vote will
be polled. The principal opposition
to Mckenzie is in these districts, but
he has strong following in several
of them. In Wilson he will get good
vote If he does not carry The precinct.
In Fruit Hill and Kelly he has ardent
friends and in the Mt. Vernon and
Handy districts he will get a good
vote in spite ofthe intense opposition,
AT Fairview the opposition is worst,
but 1t is not altogether one-sided by
any means. 1850 votes are cast in
the north it is pretty certain that Nc
Kenzie will not get less than 100 of
them and if the same changes are 60
ing on there that are elsewhere these
figures will be largely altered by Sept.
18th. These estimates are carefully
made and it will be seen we calcu-
late on about 1900 votes being polled
If these figures hold good Mckenzie
will get about l,500 votes in the conn
ty and the opposition 500. The vote
may not be so large, but we believe
the proportion will remain about the
same no matter how many votes are
cast. Unless we are very much mista-