Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1888-04-27
Gov. lanes 3. McCreary.

over 600 republican at the last August
election, it behoovcs our party to put its
best man to the front. The presidential
race will bring out even fuller republi-
can vote than before, while the prohibit
ton ticket will take votes from the dem
ocratic party. A new man with a limit
ed acquaintance would have warm and
close contest, ii indeed he were able to
pull through at ALL Fortunately such u
contingency as the selection of new
man is not likely to arise, when We have
in the present encumbent of the office
one so capable, energetic and faithful
and one who has never known defeat.
Governor McCreary knows everybody
in the district and by his uniform cour-
tesy and untring efforts to assist his
constituents, be they democrat or repub-
lican, he has drawn to him such follow
ing that we believe he is absolutely in
yincible i'm the old Sth District.
Entering Congress with the prestige of
having been governor of the great State
VI NtHtuthN, li' Nb UNIV NbpN lipihi
nent place in the body, which his ability
has enabled him to keep and increase.
lis standing is shown in the fact that he
was made chairman of the private land
claims committee, one of the leading
committees of the House, and md on the
committee on foreign affairs, of which he
virtually acts as chairman, Mr.. Belmont
having been absent nearly the entire
session. Besides, he is called to preside
over the body quite frequently. where
he displays that perfect knowledge of
parliamentary rules which characterized
his service as speaker of House OF Rep /,
resentatives Of Kentucky.
Governor McCreary's first work in /
Congress was to aid in settling the silver
question, then the most prominent be-
fore the body. Six of his committee
were for free coinage and six for stop
ping the coinage altogether. The Gov
ernor alone was for letting the law di-
recting the coinage OF not less than
+, 900, 900 month stand as il was. He
advocated this in speech before Con-
gress, the first made on the subject, and
was followed by others, the result being
that the body endorsed his position and
the question was eliminated from poll
ties He is author of the bill to estab-
fish Department OF Agriculture and
Labor, which passed the House by a
large majority. He introduced the bill
and referred it To the committee on Ways
and Means, directing that the surplus in
the treasury be used to pay off the three
per cent. bonds. 1t was reported favor
ably and passed and all these bonds
to Sl50,0OO,OO0 were bought
and cancelled. This session his bill for
an international Conference of the Ma
lions OF North, Central and South Amer
ga to be held at Washington to improve
IN social and business relations with the ;
,0,OO0,OO0 of people who reside in those
has passed both Houses and
will be of incalculable benefit To H.: in
act. il is one Of the most important
measures that has been adopted for
years He also introduced and had pass I
ii in the House bill to authorize the
secretary of the treasury by and with the {
approval of the president, to use such a 5
,art OF the surplus. as is deemed proper, t
o buy and cancel t. ;. outstanding in
crest bearing bonds. The bill to estab- I
ish L. :. Land Court to settle and de- t
ermne private land claims, of which he !
5 author, will also likely become II law,
" which 10000, 900 acres Of public lands Il
viii be reclaimed from the land pirates Z
nd land grabbers. \ copy of his speech G
m the subject, now before us, shows the i
reat Importance OF establishing the
curt, which is limited to four years, and {
, a most effective and exhaustive argu- o
lent. There are other bills of less inn q
ortance and many OF a private nature Il
'hch he has had passed, to which it is
OF necessary now to refer except to say a
nat he has done fully as much i'm this b
ne as any member in Congress. to
The amount OF work that Governor 90
IcCreary does is a matter OF surprise to
very one at all acquainted with it, He n,
verages about Is hours day and no in
IAN, not even his bitterest republican II
pponent, has ever asked him to attend q
any proper business for him in vain, b,
nd it is remarkable fact that he has
ever failed to respond to every letter b,
ritten him, Notwithstanding his mail al
latter often reaches TO as much as the III
ntirc receipts Of day at the Stanford a
Jst-oiiice We were in his room one or
lening at the Riggs House in Wash
gton when it came in and we know V
at this statement is not overdrawn. bf
We also know from personal expert eel
zee as well as from the many favors he ",
Is secured from his hands, that no mem oi
n of either branch OF Congress stands -
CHER than our representative in the ",
timation of the great man in the White
ouse. President Cleveland has found LAT
i his worth and is willing to trust his ed
,rd for anything. He man OF the sa'
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