The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-02-14

been greatly impeded by fussing, confu-
sion and noise in the rear of the house,
and the chairman now appointed FIVE
Sergeants alarms and called upon the
Marshal of Iardinsburg to preserve
order.
Now comes the fight Of the day, and
the nervousness of the house shows that
the excitement is intense. The call is
made for nominations for County Court
Clerk. Mat Shrewsbury places the
name Of Taylor Beard, of Ilardinsburg
before the convention, and John p. Has
well, jr., in u most eloquent speech nom
mates James Owen Cunningham, OF
Stephensport. The vote, as for judge, is
taken by separating the house into two
parts, and the count gives Cunningham
20G and Beard l6I. Pandemonium reigns
for many minutes. Cunningham s
friends crowd around him, shake his
hand and congratulate him. Beard
moves to make the nomination unani-
nous and the whole convention yells
itself hoarse. At last quiet is restored,
and the chair calls for nominations for
County Attorney.
Mr.. II. A. Oelze nominated r. n. Mil
Ter, of Cloverport, and Sherman Ball
mentioned the name of Jesse Eskridge o
Hardinsburg.
The convention waits while Burton
talks.
The vote was then taken as before and
the count gave Miller lSl and Eskridge
1852. Miller was then declared the nom
inee.
Nominations for Sheriff were then call
ed for. Frank Payne, of Cloverport,
with Sias Pate, of Hardinsburg, as de-
putty was placed in nomination by Mr..
Oelze. Mr.. Burton then got the ear of
the Chair and commenced pleading for
Hardnsburg stating that the Cloverport
and Union Star Magisterial districts were
gobling all the places, and he prayed
that other parts of the county be given
some show. lie proposed that Pate be
given the head of the ticket Burton
was followed by others arguing in the
same direction. Payne's name was then
withdrawn and Pate was made the
choice of the convention for sheriff by
reclamation. and the selection of de-
puties was left with the county commit
tee.
Next came nominations for Jailer.
W. II. Hawkins, of Cloverport Jesse
Tucker, of McDaniels; Gus Shellman, of
Union Star, and Perry Perkins, OF Clo-
verport, were put in nomination.
The convention waits while Burton
talks about Baltown.
A rising vote was taken on each can
didate, and resulted as follows: Haw-
kins lG, Tucker Is, Shellman 124, Per-
kins 76, jerry Norton /. Snellman was
declared the nominee.
Next came assessor. VIM. Dockery,
of McDaniels, and Len Taul, of Clover
pert, were put in nomination. 1t de-
veloped that there was an understanding
between the two gentlemen to make the
race together and a vote was about to be
taken as to which should head the
ticket.
"Mr. Chairman"
"Now, Mr., Burton, the chair, will rec
ognize you, but you must cut it short
Time is pressing us and we have no time
to listen at speeches. We are all Repub-
licans here, good ones too, and further
speeches are not necessary. We don't
want to listen to any more talk. We
have business to transact, and We must
do it, | will give you just two minutes
to say, what you were going to say. Pro-
coed, SIR"
81, ah, was just, ah, going, ah, TO sug-
gest, all, Mr. Chairman, that we proceed
all, to take the voice of the house, ah, as
to which, ali, OF these, all, two gentle
men, all, should head, all, the Assessors
ticket, ah, and, ah,-
THAT'S just what we were going to
do" (Rap)
"Well,you allowed me two minutes and
am going TO take up the time"
"You are out of order" Bang and
the gavel left its impression ON the
table. Burton struck his chair again.
The vote resulted in Dockery getting
95 and Taul 80. The other deputy will
be selected by the County Committee.
The candidates for Surveyor were Bion
jolly and Chintz Royalty. Jolly got the
nomination.
Joe Taul, of Hardinsburg, was NOM
mated for Coroner, by acclamation.
The Committee on Resolutions report
ed the following which We're adopted.
B. it resolved by the Republicans OF
Breckenridge county, in convention as
sembled:
First.-That, We reafiirm the principles
OF the Republican party as set forth in
the platform at Minneapolis in 1892,
and that in the light of recent events, we
more than ever pledge ourselves TO sup
port that principle and policy, which has
made this our country, the grandest ma
ton on the globe
Second.-That, We condemn the policy
and acts OF the present Democratic add
ministration as destructive to the best
interests of the American people, and
that we condemn the Wilson Rill as n