Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-30

hcputatiOn OF the State and DO
Honor TO the Memory of Her De-
parted Sister.
Louisville, Aug. 2s.-Miss Mary De-
shaw, of Washington, sister of Col.
W c. p. Breckinridge's second wife.
has issued an appeal, addressed ITO
the men and women of the Blue
Grass" urging the defeat of Col
Brecliinridge. 1t is in part as follows:
Il have hesitated for many DAYS
before writing this letter, because I
know the prejudices of Kentucky men
and their opinion that if woman
lifts her voice against the estab-
lished order of iniquity' she is out of
her sphere. But the occasion is so
grave that l venture, even at the risk
of shocking my friends, to tell you
some truths which 1t is necessary for
you to know, knowing well you will
never hear them from Kentucky men
who have been in Washington. They
are bound to keep silence, either from
the feeling of loyalty which Is stronger
In man than In woman, or from "a
fellow feeling that makes them Won
drous kind"
That Col Breckenridge will be re-
turned to congress has never for one
moment entered my mind. The very
thought of 1t is an insult to the state
whose boast has been that her men
were brave and her women virtuous.'
Il am not troubled about his re-elec-
tion but | am afraid that the poll
ticians will send some onelike him.
If they succeed in renominatng him
or some other immoral man, will the
reputable portion of the community
unite on man, regardless of politics,
who can lift the soiled banner of the
Ashland district cleanse its stains by
a pure life and bear it with such honor
that we, who live in Washington, and
have been deeply Inundated, may
again be able to say, with uplifted
heads: We are Kentuckiansr
THE plain truth is that of all i'm
moral delegations in congress, that of
Kentucky has the reputation of being
the worst. With the Taulbee and
Breckenridge scandals and the low OBJ
scenety of Thompson, you will not
wonder at 1t.
ITO the women of the Blue Grass I
give my grateful thanks that they
have remembered my sister-her faith
full beautiful life-and have showed
appreciation of 1t, and their detesta-
tion Of the man who dishonored her
while living, who has desecrated her
memory and dsgraced her children.
ITO the Confederate veterans,
would say-living she never forgot you
In persecution, in trial, in exile her
own people were always remem-
bered. You passed resolutions of re-
spect when she died and followed her
to the grave with almost the honors
given to a solder-show that your pro-
testations We're sincere by retiring to
private life the man who has commit
ted the objectionable sin against her,
and by sending to congress a respecta-
BILE, reputable man, to lift kentucky,
the state she loved SO we'll back to
its proud place among it's sister states.
with pride in Kentuckys past, with
shame and confusion that even one
man is left within her borders who is
wiling to Sc her Inundated. with
an abiding trust in the final triumph of
law and order, decency and morality
in her midst l am,
MARY DESHA,
A citizen of the Ashland district of
Kentucky.
The letter caused much excitement
here. 1t is the talk of the town, re-
calling to mind as it does the memory
of the woman who founded the Ken
lucky Woman's Veteran association.
Col. Breckenridge spoke at Ather.
this county, yesterday, His address
was devoted principally to evening up
scores with exControler of the Treas
ury Milton ]. Durham, Judge Jere
Morton and Judge Kinkaid who have
recently ben making such hot speeches
against him.
The colonel thought something was
wrong politically or personally with
each of his assailants, and the crowd
went wild with enthusiasm.