St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-23
GOOD-BY TO BhECk.
Owens Is Formally Declared
the Nominee Down in
Kentucky.
CNE LAST VIGOROUS KICK,
In Which the Defeated States
man HoWlS Of
Frauds.
cNE LAST VIGOROUS KICK,
OWENS ALSO MAKES A KICK.
Certain Offensive Resolutions
ReScinded Before He
Would Accept.

FRANKFORT. KY, Sept. 30. - The
Democratic committee of the Seventh
congressional district was called to
order by Chairman Field Mcleod at
$3.50, with all members present. A
protest against Chairman Mcleod vo;-
ing and a decision of Chairman Carroll.
of the state committee, deciding that
Mcleod could vote only in case of a tie,
were flied in behalf of Breckenridge.
The following communication from Col.
Breckenridge was received, read II
ordered fled:
TO the Democratic Committee of the
Seventh Congressional District: Under
the statutes of Kentucky and the order
OF this committee YOU are duly antl!or-
lied aud constituted the governing
authority of the people to count the
votes cast for candidates in the primary
election of Sept. Is. and to declare the
candidate receiving the highest number
of woes the nominee of the Democratic
party in this district, aud you alone
have the power TO determine upon the
form and manner of the proceedings
you will take TO discharge this duty.
In case of a contest, you and you
alone have the power to hear and de-
termine such Contest and decide who
shall be entitled to The nomination, and
you owe to the Democratic party of the
district and TO your sense or right that
the duties imposed upon you shall not
be performed by any one else, FOR shall
they be e%ncroacled upon. 1on and you
alone have the power 10 prescribe what
political qualifications shall be possessed
by such legal voters as reside within
the district and desire TO participate i'll
that primary, and you, and you alone
have the right 10 determine whether
the rules laid down by you, and i'll
which were necessarily Incorporated
the provisions CT the statutes have been
complied with. | deem it a duty | eve
to the Democratic party OF the district,
to my friends AID to myself, TO state
this principle and protest against any
action OF any Judge. county committee
or any county, or private individual
who encroacleS or attempts 10 encroach
upon your exclusive jurisdiction, or that
whatever has been done in the primary
may not be held 10 be precedent to be
used hereafter for the want of an open
and formal protest against it.
FORMALLY Protest
against the action of the judge OF the
Fourth judicial district in the issue of
the extraordinary order in the case OF
W. Z. Sims and others vs.. others. This
committee met on Sept. S. and adopted
certain rules; the plaintiffs waited until
the afternoon of Friday the 14th. having
had ample time 10 take such steps Us
they deemed necessary and give proper
notice TO me Or 10 the nominal defend
ants, so that 4 hearing might have been
had. This delay was known to that
judge. aid WaS of itself a cause for re-
IuSal 10 Issue any restraining order.
But |, as well as the nominal defend
ants, lived hear enough for notice to
have been given Of the application
for the r Straining order, so
tie judge might pass upon it after
a hearing, and with he oppor-
tunity afforded TO present reasons
against 1t, and the issue Of the so-cal.ed
temporary Injunction, which under the
circumstances was equivalent 10 a final
and permanent uUe, and tile setting of
the hearing OF any application for its
dissolution or modification for a date
Six days after tile election, is such an
extraordinary abuse of the discretion
lodged In a judicial officer, even if that
officer had jul. sdiction, and the order
were one which on hearing might prop
eriy have been issued, that it ought not
to pass without attracting universal
attention and receiving unanimous con
domination; and WHEN it is remembered
that this Judge has been for many years
my bitter personal enemy, permitting
and participating III malignant attacks
upon me i'll many parts OF the country,
II was also my political enemy. his
action becomes lhe more extraordinary.
This action in ami of itself would
justify me i'll making a contest and
Justify his committee i'll refusing TO
declare the beneficiary OF such conduct
the nominee Of Tie party.
also deem it my duty to solemnly
avow that | have not the shadow of ii
doub that / have received, as against
William I. Owens, OF Scott county, a
majority of The legal votes OF the dis
tIict. and that | am legally entitled to
be declared the Nominee OF the Demo-
cratic party Ia this district.
Ehe EEexplicabie Increase
in the vote cast at this primary over the
vote cast i'll 1892 would be sufficient