The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-11
INTERVIEW VIII JUDGE eEcKNeR.
The People Enthusiastic aud His Pros
poets Fiattsring.

poets flnttering.
Judge w. NJ. Beckner, Democratic can
didate fer the short term in Congress, was
at home last week, and one of the Win
chester Democrat reporters dropped in on
him for an interview.
"What do you think of your pros.
poets ?" was asked.
"rhey are very hattering indeed he
answered 81 have been over twelve of
the sixteen counties in the District aud
the Democrats are wide awake and
greatly strengthened by the improvement
in business since the repeal of the Nc
Kinley act"
"Where have you been this week,
Judge p
"In Elliott county, where spoke Mon.
day, Tuesday and Wednesday"
"Was Mr. Bosey with you"
"No; left him at lIindman last Tues.
day week. He said that he was going
from there in search Of Mr.. Hopkins,
whom he had never seen. 1t was rs
touching as the departure of Jason in
search of the Golden Fleece, or the iegcu.
dary quest for the Holy Grail invited
him TO be with me at Martiushurg last
Monday, but AS he did not come, sup
pose he is still on the trail OF the preach.
ing candidate"
as Mr.. Hopkins making any speeches.
"Oh, no. He can't. lie knows moth
ing about public questions and his party
does not want him to appear in public,
because if he did, he would show his en-.
tire want of qualification forthe position
he aspires TO fill He has been moved
since his nomination to an unwonted nc.
tivity in preaching. | see that the sun
quotcs me as speaking slichiiugly Of Mr..
Hopkins rs merely 'an old Baptist min.
istcr." OF course | did nothing of the
kind I said chat as far as had heard
he is a good man, and ought not to be
taken from so noble a calling as the min
istry, in which he seems to be useful, to
be sent to Congress whore he would be
of no service. served with him in the
Legislature last winter and know whereof
/ speak. He had no standing at Frank
fort rs a legislator, and it cannot be said
that il was because of his politics. There
were Republicans in the House, such as
Tom Kirk, of Johnson, and DIR. Bowman,
OF Lewis, who were frequently heard in
debate and who had influence with their
colleagues. Mr., Hopkins was nominated
rs votecatcher, but the Baptists of
Eastern Kentucky do not mix their relig-
ion with politics. That church suffered
too much in its earlier history from those
who were trying to combine church and
State to commit such folly themselves"
"What are Mr.. Hopkins religious
views, Judgeg'
+" He is a Free-will Baptist. want to
repeat here what have always said about
him. Since he has been nominated he
has been seized with great zeal in his
Masters service, which is hardly consist
ent with his desire at a stated period to
abandon it and go to Washington. /
have made no criticism of him that is in
any sense ungenerous or unkind, or that
he would not confess to be true" :
"What do you and Mr.. Bosley dis
cuss %
"Mr. Bosley talks about little else save
protection. He enlivens it little occa-
sionally with rhapsody on the humbug
called reciprocity. He is the most rabid
protectionist ever heard talk"
1--WE have heard that he admits wool
has gone up in price since it was put on
the free list ~
"Yes; he did at Mt. Sterling and in his
speech at the Courthouse in Winchester
He gave it up at Mt Sterling squarely,
and said that the only way he could &C.
count for IL was that the people had be-
come scared lest wool would be'made free
and had disposed of their sheep. lie did
not explain why it should happen that
the sheep were all gotten rid of the day
the Democratic tariff bill went into eff
feet Wool has always gone down in
price when a high tariff was imposed on
it, and goes up when tho duty is re-
moved"
"Do you believe that free lumber will
hurt the Democrats in the Eastern part
OF the State ?"
"Of course not. The Mckinley bill
did not protect our lumber in any sense.