Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-10
THE CONGRESSIONAL CAM
PAIGN.
The Couriar.Journal's Synopsis
Of the Situation.
I'm and About Kentucky

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me pre',,l'nhl! iloVe''ents III tht
hemnmcky Congresslohal cannpa'ghA
Q OF 1888, so iar as. they cohcerh Dem
0 ocra's, are ABOUT as 'o'o"f
Q III rlrst uistric', thc cohllhl,'ce mas
not yet decided whelher convention
or primary electIon sha,i oe heid
Inc nonlinalioh oi Capt' WhlIaih d
: Stone, the present member, seems aD-
solutely assured; ,.
In the Second, capt. William L
Ellis Is the nominee, haViDg Deen
CHOSEN SIX weeks ago at primary
without opposition
In the ihird, the nomination IS 10
be made by convention winch viii
meet at Bowling Green, August 20
a number OF prominent men III the
district have been mentioned, but II Is
as yet purely mater OF conjecture
TO predlct me nominee. Inc names
most prominently spoken OF are
Judge wins L., Reeves, oil Tood
county, the presiding Judge OF the
Fifth Judicial district the Hon. w.
IT, Dulaney, OF warren county; the
Hon. l.. IL. Goodnight, OF simpson I;
Mr. John u Craddock, oil Cumber-
land, the present CommonwealtE 8
Attorney for the Seventh district;
Col. Ben L. Perkins, OF Todd Mr..
w. L. Cox, OF Warren, one OF the
members OF the Legislature from That
county, ana the eieclor III the distr'ct;
the Hon. Barton stone. OF Monroe,
and two or three others VINO nave
| hpom rewarded as dark horses.
In the Fourth district a primary
election VIII be neid on the nrst uAy
OF September Ihe lion. a. d. MONT
gomery, OF Hardin me present con-
gressmah, anu MT. 81 w. . CIe,1cn.s' ,,l'
ni washington: arc lne oanuIua'es
Friends OF each are cohhuentol sue
cess, but impartlal observers III me
district say that lhe result can nov oe
ioretold win any certainty.
In the flith, LOUISVILLE, uistrlct,
the committee has not yet announced
me method OF choosing nominee.
Whether IL be oy primary election or
convention. .though, the cholce VIII resi-
upon the Hon. Asher u uarn'n lne
cresentliepresentative; lie mas J1stl-
lied the peoples confluence plsced III
him two years ago, ana this time ma
no opponent In his reinforcement:
In the sixth no actlon mas yet oeeh
taken to detlrmihe the candluate
THIS Is, however, ihlnaterlai, as 'he
Hon John a. carlisle, VINO mas slgnl-
lied his desire 10 return 10 Congress-
wiz pe ms o" succeasor.
In the Seventh the method OF choos-
ing standard-Dearer Das hot ye'
been fixed. That the Hon. w. C'.F
Breckinridge VIII De CHOSEN again,
however, Is beyond any reasohaoie
dout, as there Is no oppositioh 10 MN
as yet and no prospect that there wiz
be.
In the Eighth convention mas Ocen
called at Danvllle ior tne eignth OF
August, when the lion. James u NC
Creary VIII be nominated as ne Is
the unanimous oholce OF ,, ms 9is'rnt
In the Nlnth the selec.ioh OF eau
dtdate VIII oe maze oy a convention
called 10 meet AZ MaysvllIe Auguss 20
a prediction OF .he no,niuee no, woulu ,. DC
mere guess-"o's, az 'ueio AZ
number oil canui9a'es III 'ne helu'
-Four have been discussed, perhaps,
a little more tnah lhe resi-, anu ,hese
are the Hon. ureen helier' OF Memo
lac, clerk OF tne Ilousei lne non
Thomas foyhter, OF 1reehupi the
Hon. y Z: Bsscon, OF bain, anu ine
'lon. u. W. Castle, OF Lawrence, ine
present Sergeant al arms OF the otate
Senate
In the Ienth district a convention
will be held al Wlnchesteroh august {
y. There are more asplrahts IN thls
ne famous mountain uis'rio', 'han in
the Ninth, because there are more {
counties IN II. Iosay nothihg OF pos {
the following, gentlemen
are in full pursuit OF the covetea q
prize: Hon Z. H. BROOKS, OF Mont t
lomery Hon. lnomss ". stuart, oi Il
clark Hon; u: ~ Suoiett, OF Misol- {
IN Hon. D. d. b,acK, Oh hhoN t
Judge H. n. Day, OF montgomery, anu h
he Hon. Thomas l. fltzpatrlck, OF P
fioyd' It's pret'y sure 10 lali 70 one $
u these, WIN the cnsnces prooao'y a
title IN favor oil the huoN county 8
nan. a
In the Elevehln no prlnlsry Vi ooh u
0n''V" 80 sc.; a., na,.,,I "
1ut the duty oil deIeatlng the heguo- d
lean candidate mas oeeli asslgneu 70 a
he Hon, FRANK Wolloru' py unan,- n b
nous cohsen', as IL we're ne is ueeP e.
a hls canvass Already ana wherever b
70 goes ne leaves iran among tne CT
tepuDiicah ranks markeu marked Dy ues,ruc, "
Ion ana carnage. VIA ven. MoIIoru CT
s not as ndnusOUo hS OOl. NlCuOlaS In