Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-25
Iopkinsuille Kentnfkiaii.
FRIDAY, :
APRIL 25, 1890.
HIS GREAT SPEECH.
How u Californian secarca the Somini
tlon of Ills Candidate.

How n Californian secarca the Nomina.
tlon of Ills Candidate.
~ saw Tom Fitch in town the other
day." said the man with the wart on his
red. rcd nose, as no gazed out to where,
on the blue, unrufiied expanse, o peli-
can with prominent lip was making life
precariously lively for school OF fish,
land every time see him am 70.
minded Of his great speech in the Los
Angeles convention when he secured tho
nomination IS Attorney.G General for w.
u, u. Hart, now attorney for Florence
Blythe. Hart really hadn't the ghost OF
show. Thomas l.. Carothers, OF Mem
docino, was the slate candidate, with
George A. blanchard, OF Colusa, Rob-
bert p. Devlin and Carroll Cook
all showing some strength. Hart hadn't
over three votes to 60 in on, with no
county behind him. Fitch wasn't
delegate to the convention, but agreed to
place Hart in nomination II he could
get a proxy. One OF llart's friends went to
Boss Bill Higgins and asked him to give
Fitch proxy and lot him nominate
Hart. Higgins was for Carothers first,
last and all the time. but said to the
pleader: Yes. let Fitch go in and talk
II he wants to. II won't do any harm.
Hart hasn't the remotest chance in the
world. Toms talk will please the
boys
: $50 Fitch was given proxy, and
when the time came took the floor in
liarts behalf blanchard, Cook, Deylin
and CarOthers had already been placed
In nomination, and the knowing ones
we're all ready 10 choer when Carothers
should be declared the choice of the
convention. Fitch took up Harris war
record, and went with him into the bat
tie OF Cold Harbor. In his vivid word
painting he told how Hart, then mere
boy,was sent for during the thick Of the
fight and given dispatches for brigade
commander. On the carrying and de-
livery OF these dispatches hung the fort
unes Of the day. 1t became necessary
to take them through the enemy's lines
and Hart began his perilous trip.
suddenly 1t was noticed that the
noisy convention was still. The dele
gates sat as motionless as rows OF
stones Their mouths we're open.
Their eyes hung out on stems. They
were interested In that story OF mag
nihcent heroism so magnifcently told. |
Hart lodged here, crept there; cut
his way in one place, bribed it in an
other. About him hell was Kissing and
death hurtling along the gale. Ex-
hausted, dust covered, powder-burned,
wounded, the gallant boy at last reach
cd the commander whom he sought,
presented the dispatches, and saved the
day.
This boy was w. ii. II. Hart, whom
now present to your consideration for
the nomination OF Attorney-General,'
Fitch
AT once the convention broke out in
to tho widest applause. Every body
was up shrieking like mailman. Hats
were tossed; canes broken. In the en-
thusiasm OF the moment Sam Short
'idge, Carothers man, moved that the
Of Hart be made by acclama-
ion. His wild motion would have gone
through had 1t been put Carroll Cook
urnped to his feet, his face radiant and
In favor Of the hero Of Cold
aarbor. The balloting had hardly be-
run amid the Wild confusion when
Blanchard withdrew. Thon Deylin
pulled out. carothers held on, hoping
hat tho slate would hold together not.
outstanding Titoh's eloquent assault.
iut the slato waA smashed Into
'mithereens. before half the counties
wore called carothers had his name
and Hart was unanimously
The convention had been
by the magic Of one mans
'oice.
And the joke OF 1t all was that Hart
wasn't in the battle Of Cold Harbor at
ll."-San Francisco Examiner.