New-York tribune., 1894-04-16
INJUSTICE TO KENTUCkN Y
SHE DOES NOT DEFEND BRECKINMpGH ASo
WILL. not HONOR Rim


| SHE DOES NOT DEFEND BRECKINRIbGH ANO
WILL not HONOR HiM
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The editorial "lIr. Breckurlges Reception
! in The Tribune Of March .; was uniouOtcdy Ue
most inasterful article % its Kind from ioreb"
poiut or View that has yet been written on '"e ~
uatlon in Lexington. but from tho lisht on 'he SUD
! iect obtained by an intimate acquaintance Win Il
n,a aioritv Of the representative people of the biuc
| Grass capital. and from firm conviction that they
ora ban unfairly criticised by the c0untry at large
| make objection ana viii endeavor 10 sHo" l"St
! how high virtue and honesty OF the '. T. /,
| Rreckinridge order are held in the estimation OF
| Kentucky men and women To all the criticisms on
the immortality. dupllcty. hypocrisy AMI dishonesty
IN his constituents Of Colonel Breckinrlge the srea'
Of representative citizens OF Lexington rc-
rorrel 10 and those Of the entire With Distflct
as well say amen; but when 1t has arrived al 'ha'
point where their failure or rather inaDIiy 20
speak out in meeting Is interpreter a. d" "i-
proval OF the Has5n which has existed for nine years
he,r,een their Congressman and one Madeline Pol
lar, ! say such Interpretation does them great
injustice.
To begin with. the report sent out that Coione.
Rreckinrilge on his return home after the Ula VIII
have "a rousing reception is about as untrue as any
thing that ever emanated from the deVil-hAuh'ei
brain of manils. How such story could ever nave
been ..hashed u3" and sent out as the truth can
only no accounted for hv the almost unlimited power
riven 10 the correspondents In this CITY by U''
respective papers to send anything connec'cd VIII"
the dsgraceful affair which could possibly De i%meI %
preted as item Of news. From me o' 80, ,,e
banquet etc report It is evident that at east one
and it may be more correspondShts ny "rt1 ~
the bounds of truth ana EooI Jlu,@ntS @ .ct.,ii no
their efforts fatten their purses nave lyii,. %
very hands that feed them. II colonel BrecHtnrnt;e
is frazen enough In the sclf-condoning OF nus 81
fence against public deCency 70 attempt 10 w W
m3rr,ed or 'unmarricd who would arse 10 sccor
him and by doing such place himsriI on I'o-'" az
an enemy - virtue tn thr home and % the ircsife
I;y this IL must not De understood ina IN. ,
tonc1icd' orator IS wi;hou; support There are many,
" many in fact VINO will support him that wAen their
votes are counted Election Day every dec.At i!a
vii blush Win shane ' ,ne So many men
Who have SO little regard for the gooi name; pI
daurbters hrse viii not bc in the majority. how
ever as the ant-Brecklnridge vote IS now am ~
ways has been to the pro-nreoN'''' ''"' '''' 80 ''
With the women OF the With District Congress,
man Brcckinrldge Is dcader than ne iraaiiioi,ii
herring and II left TO them he would BE- lmpctcAel
Immediately and forced into dishonorAn,c, re,trf
mcnt Indeed there Is said to be a laIcI Wicn W rf -
on Congress take such IN action now circula'.ns
in Lexington for signaturcs Blue Grass woman, ,i
hood IS a ssterhood the members OF SIi, W3ic ',., [
out now as they have in the past. AS brilliant sais
in the constellation OF vrtu9ns ,s,. wUn' b,c cti o
nel Breckinridec VIII attempt 70 iut p np9n @ ,nrl" ~
asking their husbands. their fathers tl'ir sons ana
their brothers to vote for him VIII not be submitted
Tho press Of this district holds aloof 70 cert1in
ext"n. and refrains from criticslng Congressman
Hreckinridge until after his trial because hr a~kei
that his irlenlS susp'hu Jd'bH,r,i "'''.. -. -
chance 70 prove hs innocence. With st"a .'nrt7
that amounts almost 10 crime the Democraic Hhll!c7
OF Lexington at least have Kept thelr rToin'7r< -
4, so. but when the foreign members OF The ~
ternitv are pouring hot shot, not only into 'he'r
representative in Congress but into the people OF
no civ as well for keeping a silence that is b.
Ueycd 10 mean approval they should. ana one WILL
Colonel Brcckinrdge's plea that the woman tempt
el him Is regarded here I'm Lexington 10y th0s, wh"
have known him since ne arrived At tho age or ma
turitv as the weakest and most foolish q al! tnr
excuses he could possibly have made His whole
Is against
WASHINGTON gives Madeline Pollard q &p.PH verdict
or him an acqutt3i makes lltN" dln"rence-inis
'silver-tong1el monumental hypocrite' stands CON
vcte1 deep down in the heart OF every honest Ken
tucky man and woman IF high offending against INC
peace OF The nreside the chastity Of the home ana
the honor Of public station. and tho election returns
will show that virtue IS still triumphant In the
Blue Grass over immortality and dcpravitY.
ROBERT WICKIIFFE WOOLLET.
Lexington, Ky. March 30 1894.