Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18
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np u a lute hour this afternoon,
Observation-Disclosures STATEMENT.
clncinueu, O., Sent. i7-rhe Conn
merciM Gazcttcs Lexington. Ky, epe-
ciai says Since midnight there seems
To be no doubt about Colonel Brock
inrldge making hgh, for the nom.
ina,lon before the district committee,
on which all possible pre-. ara has been
brought tonight nrecknr;dgc tonigh;
made public u statement In witch he
says he secured a majority OF the legal
Democratic votes OF the district and
that fraud was praoticed against him
In several counties. The following Ia
hrcckinridgc's statement;
None OF the intcrvlows printed In
various papers pufporting to he held
with me wcrc authorized hy me. The
Democratic committve uf the district
alone has The power TO declare who In
the nominee, and until that declaration
Is made, no one IL the nomilee Of the
party and when It is made i will
Loyalty submit 10 their declsiop and
support thc person declared to De the
ncininoe, Under the law and dndit the
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the power to ascertain what votes have
been east ana what votes ahall be
counted and which declared 10 be
fraudulent
No court has any power over It's
action and would regret to 400 New
Notkq judicial methods introduced into
Kentucky politics and plant Judges
currupty giving the apparent sanction
of tho judicial proceedings to base
methods, what IL the legal vote OF
the uigh, counties of this congressional
district W a question which Is not In
tltpii power 10 decide and when decided
by the proper authorities II viii be ace
ccutcd aa binding 10y me aud my
friends and until that ia done any
charges TINT hp or his friends win at
tempt In the why of ahaunRNt" or
Improper practices are alike maoient
and fulsc, and when coming from tho
Courier Journal aud Louisville times
owned and edited by gang OF black
matters, II N an inaolent, interm0dr
dilnR with aftalrs ~ tho district and
u corrupt attempt 10 prevent proper IN
ytstlgatlon aud deliberate action.
The nomination has not hecn made
and II might be Improper 10 suggcst
nat ma0icnt nhugo docs not tend toe
wards harmony nor VIII II lead to tho
path OF party victory Aud II might be
wen for thuNc who are plotting TO dis
charge their employees and eviet their
tenants because they voted for me TO
suspend their proceedings
inc extraordinary order ~ the Judge
nf the FourtceBth judicial district OBJ
tnined rs II WAS by the friends OF Mr..
Owenn seems to decide that the party
had no riglt to require vutor
Mt the primary 90 be pledged 10 sup
port the nomihce aud this u tenahlc
only ON the ground that under the
HH.lH Ian 10 u.sts 81
election ii not bound by the result,
II may be- Ill cult Ia puisuado All who
participated Ia the primary election
not 10 retnllnt0 upon him who obtained
this injunction pnd Invoked this law.
| do not bcliOvo that such rs the law
and 20 use the mildpE term possible
concerning that order the circum-
stances ! think Il WAS imprnvldontly
given ! for one rcnudlate II both a
principal of law or Of morals ! have
no doubt OF my nomination by legal
votes ana that by many votes
had no doubt that fraud would be
praoticcd upon me In Scott county aud
I am certain Il has boon deliberately
done. ! believe TINT az least 300 Illegal
yptos have been cast against me In tho
county OF FayAtto and perhnps ncnriy
80 many In tho county ~ l'rnnlsiiu I
shall make no frivolous contest, shall
INNN' nv i'NNiA'NN h'HNNANh NNl
ontlr into amy contests about
doubtful points bu, shell pre-
serve untii next Saturday the right
10 have such proceedings takou before
the district committee az win accord
with my judgement regret certain
Incidents Of the day OF election, the
voting with the consent n not approval
Of the faculty Of Georgetown and some
Of whom are under age. hnve no
regrets M 1 look bnck upon the cnn-
ynhs for the utternncea ! felt called
upon 20 make and al Of the statements
made by me whether N speeches Or
Interview are abroutely true, IN fact
ns well aH ordernte IN uiteranoc and
temperate IN spirit.
/ was offered u lbrRe amount Of iesu.
piony conc. rrir The private iiNos of
MT ny u those who attacked mo and Of
ecandRioue connections with others ro-
lated to those porrona All this de-
olined 10 uAe, and while II might have
made certain enemies less virulent, l
am glad that did not permit my prov
oeatlon 10 tempt me to use ~ NY graf
ltuds 10 my friends cannot be put into
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