Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-04
Saint Halgfs Beacon.



ing campaign. The nomination
was made last week, and according
o Kentucky man, who wfs at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day, the be-
ginning Of Inc boom for NJ. Brown
was made by his daughter, p-e.ty
girl Of 10 or 90 years. This il the
story
"Mr. Brown was in p-,it;cs in
his earlier life and ably represented
q district of the Blue Grass State
in Congress. After serving with
credit he declined to accept q re-
nomination and settled down to the
practice law.
''He said ut the time that he was
done with politics, for he could not
afford to devote the best years of
his life to office-holding. For years
he kept TO his determination, and
though personally popular oil ove-
his State and standing high in the
councils of his party, he would
neither ask nor accept any place
within the gift Of the people. But
he has o daughter, who was little
girl when he was in Congress, and
while he has been prac:icing law
she has been growing to be woman
and has fallen desperately in love
with her father.
"She 10 devoted to him and ia
very attractive, with al the spirit
and beauty Of the traditional Ken
lucky girl. She was ambitious, not
alone for herself, although the So
cial prominence that would necesse-
rily come to the family OF one. who
held high Office was to her liking,
but she wanted her father to shine
among the public men of the State
once more. She begged him to be-
come q candidate either for State
Office or fer Congress-, and brought
oil her fine persuasive powers -
bear upon him in that direction.
She waged an incessant campaign,
but he put her off, joking her upon
her am5iti:n MS and declaring at TIE
same time that he had had his day
in politics when she was q little girl
and he must stay ut home now and
practice lis profession.
"Eut she gave him no peace, and
each morning ut breakfast she
bewitched him with her arguments.
At last he said he could not resist
her appeals, but he had not the
time tc wc-k up b,om; he would
leave that to her. He told her to
outline the intail camcsign and start
him on the road fer any Office as to
her seemed best. Then he laughed at
her and went 10 his law Office for
the day. Next morning ~ break
fast the fair campaigner handed
him q sheet of delicate note paper,
on which she had written u note
ready for his signature. 1t was an
announcement that the undersigned
was willing to become candidate
for Governor. He laughed at her
and signed her document.
He did not know just how
serious the affair was getting; but
ne had promised his daughter and
he kept his word like true Ken
lucky man. That day the young
lady took the note to Louisville
and with it went to the editorial
rooms of the COarier-Jouraal and
to Mr.. Watterson's cwn Office. She
showed him the note and explained
that her father had promised to be
q candidate, partially because she
had asked it.
"The letter bearing his signature
was documentary evidence. Editor
Watterson was charmed. He was
the personal and political.fricnd of |
Mr.. Brown, and if anything had |
been wanting to insure his support |
of his candidacy the young lady |
captured him. The romance of the |
whole affair pleased him. IF John
Young Brown says he will be
candidate and You are his daughs-
he will get the support Of -'er.
said the editor, az any paper,
went awa~' Ia tine young lazy
y happy.
"She went home the next morn
ing and told her father that size
had his campaign well started, and
insisted, with laughing eyes, tina.
he must not recede q bit from the
pledge he had made. She wanted
him to be one of the men whom all
Kentuckians honor, and to be in o
position such as she knew he de-
served. She did not tell him just