Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-14
The CAT OUT.
Undoubted Evidence that the Demo-
Gratis are Being Played for Suckers,

Undoubted Evidence that the Demo-
Gratis are Being Played for Suckers,
In its issue of Friday the KENTUcK-
IAN stated that the Christian county
delegation to the Wheeler meeting al
Henderson was composed principally
of Republican politicians.
1t now has the facts to back this
assertion and open the eyes of Demo
cratic Wheelers. Three out-and-out
Republicans, two scratchers and one
Democrat were present as delegates.
THO of the Republicans mere then
and are no,c members of the Repub-
licdn county committee. These gen.
tlemen are Mr.. j. A. Boyd and Mr.. j.
I. Walker, whose names appear else
where in this issue, in list of men,
bers of the Republican committee.
The Secretary of the Republican
committee is authority for the state
ment that erery district in the county
was represented on Oct. 6, when the
Republican committee endorsed E. g.
Sebree for Congress. AS two of its
members were ON the same day and
at the same hour engaged in nominal
ting Mr.. Bourland for Congress, their
proxies must have been held in this
city by other members of their com,
mittee.
At any rate we have the spectacle
presented of members of the Repub-
lican committee representing Demo
cratic Wheelers in Wheeler meeting
and nominating a Democratic Wheel
er for Congress, at the self same hour
that the committee of which they
were newly chosen members in an
other county was tying to get a Re
publican candidate on the track to
run against the Wheeler candidate.
This double dealing could have
been done with but one purpose in
view-to divide the Democratic vote
and let straight, high-tariff, anti
silver, force-bill Republican slip into
Congress.
This has been the scheme Repub
lican politicians in and out of the
Wheel have been working on all sum
mer. Various Democrats were ap
preached and finally one was fou1t
whose vanity was tickled by the ide'
of being candidate for Congress an'
he consented to become the tool O
: designing men.
We cannot believe that Democrat
9 who joined the Wheelers' Union wit
the understanding that il was not
political machine, will be gulled int
biting at this bait of Tom Reed R'
publicans who are playing them TO
suckers. The scheme is too transpa
rent to deceive and too absurd to sue
coed. Democrats in the Grange an
Wheel have in Mr.. Ellis a champio
who has shown by his actions what h
! can and will do for them. How woul
} it benefit them to retire him and let
, Republican succeed him, or to elec
an untried man of limited menta
power, without even the ability to tcl
what he knowsl Such man in tn
) Congress of the United States woul'
be worse than knot on a log, h
would attract no more attention thai
worm-hole under the bark.
Mr.. Ellis is a man Of brains and ed
ucation. He is u gifted and force
full speaker. He has ideas and know
how to express them. He can stud.
the wants of his constituents anC
knows how to benefit them. He j,
entitled to an endorsement and hai
merited the support of all classes o.
, his constituents. He has been nomi
mated by his party without opposition
and Democrats should and we believe
will support him to a man.