Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-01

resolute and more intelligent than
was when Williams was defeated TO
re-election. As it looks now, Black
burn has the lead, not oply In thi
city, where he began laying his line
early Iii the action, butalso In tn
State, where his friends have beer
actively at work securing nomin ?
tions and influencing elections. 1
he can hold these forces togethe
after they reach Frankfort (Which Il
very demoralizing place., 1t will
be hard matter TO defeat him; bu
Legislators are weak and argumen
In q senatorial contest is often YER,
conclusive, and the men who ar,
loudest In his prsise TO day may de
sert his cause altogether when they
rest under the shadow Of the Cap
itol. ,-b
Close upon Blackburn's track Il
the Hon. James b. McCreary,e Con.
gressman from the Eighth district
aud a politician who has never
known defeat. He wants 10 rep.
resent the State In the Senate. 1t Ia
not new ambition with him. His
long and varied career has been
shaped slowly to that end, and he is
prepared 10 make every sacrifice Of
time and money to secure the coveted
honor, AsGoyernor of the State
as Congressman, in every position
that he has held, McCreary has made
friends by the force of his persona
character. his tact and his diplomacy
He never found politician In
distress nor newspaper man In
want that his hand and his purse
were not open to them. These favors
have not been forgotten and when
McCreary opens his head
quarters at Frankfort, his beneficia-
ries will crowd his rooms and boom
his cause in and out of season.. He
will cut into Biackburn's strength In
the Bluegrass region and the mount
aims will also rally 10 his support. 1t
may be said that these two men, COM
ing from the same section of the
State, will divide the vote of Central
Kentucky and in a measure retard
each others progress. McCreary is
personally as popular as Blackburn
and will make as much headway
when itcomes to the social feature Of
the fight.
Unless McCreary and Blackburn
come to an understanding or combine
their forces, q Western Kentucky
man is liable to come in and clean
the platter. Proctor Knottis, with-
out question, candidate. Jim
Mckenzie Is in the hands OF his
friends, which, in plain English,
means that he will be at Frankfort
when the Legislature meets and he
will not leave there until the last
ballot is cast in the Senatorial strug-
gle. Proctor Knott went out of the
Governors chair q misunderstood
and unpopular man, but the tide Is
gradually turning in his favor and
the people are beginning to recog-
nize his strength Of character and his
force as man and q lawyer. He
will have q good following In Middle
aud Western Kentucky and his can
didacy will embarrass the ambition
of both McCreary and Blackburn.
Mckenzie must not be forgotten In
the race. He comes from a section
of the State long neglected in the
distribution of senatorial favors.
The people Of that district will stand
faithfully by him and ifa deadlock
comes between Blackburn, McCreary
and Knott, McKenzie's name will be
the only solution of the question. 1t
will be In any event q magnificent
struggle between four political giants
and the war win be watched with
interest in all parts Of the State.